Hackers in Europe have been paying up to 25,000 Euros (over 32,000 USD) for the long-discontinued Nokia 1100, which originally retailed for under 100 Euros. The phones, which were originally intended for developing countries, were discovered to be hackable to be able to intercept one-time passwords used in banking transactions. More »

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Lucky people in the Baltimore - Washington D.C. area will be the first (at least in this country) to be able to watch broadcast TV directly on their phones without the need for any extra hardware. Whether they take this opportunity to rock out to Sponge Bob or the newest episode of The Office remains to be seen, but at least the possibility of availability and choice is there. More »

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Taiwanese smartphone juggernaut HTC bust onto the world scene with their original HTC Touch - since then, they’ve had several iterations, like the Touch Diamond and the original Touch Pro, both wildly successful in the “I want a cool smartphone phone but not the iPhone or a Blackberry” crowd. More »

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LG is taking it to the next level with the LG GD910 – a cellphone on your wrist.

This little gizmo can do quite a few things for its petite size: voice calling, text to speech and stereo Bluetooth. It’s also waterproof, weighs 85 grams, a touch screen and includes “real buttons”. It’s due for release sometime this year. More »

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Sammy’s back with another interesting phone concept - the M7600 “Beat DJ” touchscreen music phone adds a turntable interface as its primary means of navigation, which can thankfully also be used for scratching - y’know, that cool thing DJs do with their vinyls. More »

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While we’ve seen Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor conceptualized in a variety of phones, netbooks and pocket PCs, the Toshiba TG01 is the first Snapdragon device to actually make it to the public. Utilizing a heavily skinned version of Windows Mobile 6.1 that features a “striped” interface More »

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Oh my. LG’s new GD900 touchscreen phone just showed up at MWC 2009, and it’s quite a stunner, with its brushed aluminum outer, rounded edges, and chrome bezel - but the real highlight is the transparent keypad that glows faintly when slid out. More »

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A new initiative led by the Group Special Mobile Association (GSMA) to adopt a micro-USB charging standard to all cell phones has been endorsed by 17 major mobile companies and will be implemented by January 1, 2012. Not only would this save you the pain of going through a painful replacement process should you misplace your precious unique charger, but also reduce heft by combining both USB cable with the power charger, a feature that’s curiously absent from many phones. More »

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Sony Ericsson unveiled their new Idou media phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona - not much information yet except for the 12 megapixel (!) camera with xenon flash, 3.5 inch 16:9 touchscreen (640×320 resolution), and that it’s going to run some version of the Symbian OS. More »

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Samsung’s new Blue Earth handset isn’t just about the solar panel on the back - after all, I normally stick my phone where the sun don’t shine (my pocket), and my room is always kept at an ambient pitch black to maximize contrast on my computer monitor. The highlight is in the entire package - Samsung really pulled out all the stops on this one - in addition to the solar panel which reportedly will charge the phone enough to make a phone call, More »

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LG’s been keeping the details on their Arena KM900 touchscreen phone under wraps for a while, but that hasn’t stopped retailers from leaking info - a nice looking phone, if not a bit familiar. T-mobile Germany looks to be the first to pick this up in March, and since it is tri-band, there’s nothing to stop Americans from snapping one up… More »

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Several lines of code in Apple’s latest firmware release for the iPhone reveals an “iPhone 2,1″ - considering the original was designated the “iPhone 1,1″ and the 3G was “iPhone 1,2″, this suggests that the next iPhone revision will be a significant one that involves changes to the hardware. More »

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Chinese company Meizu has just gotten Network Access License for their highly-anticipated M8 touchscreen smartphone, and should be due for a public release (finally) in China sometime in March. More »

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