From Microsoft’s beaming quarterly revenue reports is a nasty line that will have many executives within the Redmond company cringing for years: the discontinuation of the KIN cell phones has cost $240 million, a figure that does not take research and development into consideration. More »

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Unimpressed by mass-produced, cookie cutter cell phones from Apple, Motorola, HTC, RIM, etc.? Then be blown away by Bellperre’s collection of hand-built and highly customizable cell phones with over 100 kinds of luxurious leathers and different types of metals - steel and gold - to choose from. More »

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Manufactured by Toshiba for Japanese carrier giant KDDI, the Light Pool is a cell phone that is fittingly covered with LED lights and has incredible specifications. More »

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It is, in fact, the world’s lightest cell phone thanks to its modular design. The diminutive modu can be outfitted in various “jackets” and is only 72.1 x 37.6 x 7.8mm by itself. More »

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From Htcyou: She may or may not know much or anything about the products that she sponsors, but clearly, tennis superstar Maria Sharapova’s name and face sell commodities. Sony Ericsson gets her to unbox and play with its Xperia X10 Mini Pro Android smartphone. More »

When Microsoft retired the KIN quasi-smartphones after they had been on sale for barely a few months, everyone recognized the project as a monumental failure. Just how big of a catastrophe the KIN has been can be summed up in one number: 503, the alleged sales figure of both the KIN One and Two. More »

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Barely having time to settle itself into Verizon’s strong roster, the Microsoft KIN, which was supposed to smarten up cell phones (but instead dumbed down smartphones), has been canceled, although current stock will (probably) be liquidated. European launch of the KIN has obviously been canned. More »

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Jung Dae Hoon’s cell phone/projector on a fashionable bracelet is red dot’s 2009 winner for best “design concept.” More »

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Come June 19th, T-Mobile is celebrating Father’s Day with a one-day only promotion that discounts all of the company’s phones, including the priciest Android and BlackBerry models, at four-figures –that is right, free. Of course, such a sweet deal is attached to a big stipulation. More »

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We all know how popular Twilight is, but who would have thought we’d actually see a Twilight phone?! Unfortunately, it’s only due for a release in France, July 7th; which will have all the French Twilight fans squealing in delight, while leaving the rest of us green with envy. But hey, if we’ve figured out how to unlock Japanese phones in the states, what’s stopping the most determined Twilight fan from doing it with a French phone? More »

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Google Voice is a newly released product by the search-engine giant that allows you to do all sorts of things that you couldn’t do with a traditional phone. The problem is, though, that many are intimidated by these features and are unsure about how to use them. Well, fear no more, because Google has developed some helpful tutorial videos that will walk you through some of the key features. More »

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Sure, Windows Phone 7 just released, but that doesn’t mean that Windows Mobile 6.5 is dead just quite yet. Apparently when Windows Phone 7 becomes available for retail, Windows Mobile 6.5 will be called Windows Phone Classic. More »

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From Wirebot:

Today at X10 Microsoft unveiled their Windows Phone 7 with Xbox LIVE integration. This feature allows users to sign in with their gamer tag and view a mobile version of their dashboard. Now you’ll be able to read the Spotlight feed, view which Achievements you are missing, and even play downloadable XBLA games. More »

Check e-mail, text your friends, call your mom, stop a bullet… Wait, what? That’s right. Stop a bullet. An Ohio woman said she was saved from an accident gunshot by her BlackBerry. More »

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Many, if not all of you have probably used Google Translator at some point in time. The more recent update to the translator has allowed for an almost instant text-to-text translation. Now, Google says it is working on phone software that will allow for speech-to-speech translation. More »

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