Mobile Evolution

 IntroductionThe words "Black Label" evoke images of things exclusive, reserved for the lucky few. The new entrant in the arena, the LG BL40 New Chocolate, the intriguing successor of highly popular style-conscious phones such as the Chocolate, Shine and Secret, fully deserves the honor. It looks like the kind of gadget that is always on the other side of the store window or in the hands of someone demonstrating a prototype that never...

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 has been in the center of attention ever since its first unofficial shots leaked online. Much like most other gadgeteers, we've had our hands itching to get one and luckily our wishes just came true. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 is one impressive device full of industry leading features - it's the first Windows Mobile smartphone with an 8 megapixel camera and WVGA video recording and it's actually the first...

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) are likely to finalise draft of the "Third Party Mobile Banking Regulations" within a month. This was stated by PTA Chairman Dr Muhammad Yaseen, while addressing a joint press conference with Head of Sub-region Gulf and Pakistan Nokia Siemens Network Waqar-ul-Islam, while introducing the 2009 Connectivity Scorecard here on Wednesday. "The PTA is...

Pakistan Telecommuication Company (PTCL) has lauched a Special offer on Christmas and New Year. Special International Call rate Package for its valued customers the tariff includes Charges Countries Rs 0.40 per 20 ISA (fixed + mobile) Rs 0.40 per 20 Canada (fixed + Mobile) Rs 0.40 per 20 China (fixed + Mobile) Rs 0.40 per 20 UK, Australia and Germany (fixed only). For further information call 1...

JAZZ SIM Lagao Offer JAZZ welcomes all its family members with wide open arms. Living up to this promise, JAZZ brings forward its latest SIM Lagao Offer! All such subscribers who have not used their Jazz SIMs since 8th November, 2009, can get 50 upfront free minutes as well as Extra Bonus Minutes on recharge up to Rs. 100, every month for three months upon reactivation by sending an SMS to 550. Terms & Conditions •All subscribers...

(December 16 2009): Intel Pakistan held the Intel education awards ceremony in recognition of schools and teachers using technology to enhance learning skills here on Tuesday. The award ceremony was organised by the Intel Education Initiative in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, which was attended by Muhammad Juman J Jamro, Additional Secretary Education. Addressing on the occasion Muhammad Juman said that student's...

KARACHI : At a launching ceremony held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, Nokia has unveiled the latest device in the company's range focused on mapping and navigation, the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition. The new arrival is GPS enabled and pre-loaded with Nokia Maps, making it the most affordable GPS device in Nokia's broad portfolio. It will be available in the second quarter of 2010. Mobile phone navigation has just changed forever with...

At a launch event held in the Egyptian capital Cairo, Nokia has unveiled the latest device in the company’s range focused on mapping and navigation, the Nokia 2710 Navigation Edition. The new arrival is GPS enabled and pre-loaded with Nokia Maps, making it the most affordable GPS device in Nokia’s broad portfolio. It will be available in the second quarter of 2010 estimated to cost, before taxes and subsidies, €110. Due to the accessible...

We did inform  you about Microsoft plans to release some of the apps/games from Vista Ultimate Extras for Windows 7, and well they are finally here  via Games for Windows Live. Microsoft today has released Tinker – a puzzle game in which the goal is to help a robot reach his home by solving all the misleading puzzles. Tinker offers 60 different puzzles for you to solve and master. You can find...

Microsoft has finally released the official Bing app for the iPhone platform. This is infact the third app which has come out of Microsoft for the iPhone platform, the two other being Seadragon Mobile  and Microsoft Tag  for iPhone. Bing app is also available for Windows Mobile and RIM BlackBerry devices. Bing for iPhone and iPod touch is a neat little app which includes features such as standard...

The Motorola Backflip (it's also known as Enzo) is a first for AT&T - it's an Android phone. It's not official yet, but it's a very interesting phone in that it was designed by someone completely lacking spatial awareness. First things first. The Motorola Backflip is a rather appropriate name as you're about to find out. Spec-wise it's almost identical to the Motorola CLIQ (or Motorola DEXT MB220 as...

The Samsung I8000 Omnia II has just been updated with HTC Sense UI by a hacked firmware. We also spotted the first shots of a ceramic white version of this uber-phone, so HTC HD2 might just have lost an edge here. Truth be told, we knew this will happen sooner or later, but now was probably the best time (or worst, depending on which side of the barrier you are), with the Christmas shopping spree peak coming...

You hear a lot about camera modules on mobile phones, but not so much about the chip that does all the work of compressing the images and video. The new Broadcom BCM2763 VideoCore IV can handle photos up to 20 megapixels and record Full HD video among other things. Of course, it would need a 20-megapixel sensor to do its 20-megapixel photo trick but the first devices using the Broadcom VideoCore IV are...

We have been hearing all about the upcoming Google Nexus One phone, including pictures, specs and price , but its hard to believe that not even a single video of the phone existed, until now. Folks over at The Nexus One , who seems to have the phone have managed to capture the device in action, showing the now-famous “X” boot up...

The most awaited movie of Christmas 2009 has finally arrived as a game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Based on the film story and developed by Gameloft, James Cameron’s Avatar on the iPhone has great graphics, sound effects and story line that will keep you busy for hours of play. Graphics are stunningly smooth on iPhone 3GS, and there is no reason why the experience shouldn’t be same on the iPhone 3G/2G...

The latest round of rumors regarding the Google branded Nexus One  suggests that Google is going to sell a subsidized version of Nexus One for a mere US $199 on contract free T-Mobile. If the rumor turns out to be true, then this is going to be the first time that a handset manufacturer has subsidized its device, rather than a carrier. Rumor also has it that the handset in question would be available...

Folks over at Sholes.info  have managed to port Android 2.1 on Motorola Droid. You can go ahead and try it now but the hacker has a warning placed on his site which states that the current Rom release is unstable and might brick your phone. Earlier this month, Android 2.1 Rom was leaked for HTC Hero with the latest version of Sense UI, fully optimized to run on this latest version of Android. Both...

The iPhone juggernaut continues to roll. After Apple reported the last quarter as its most profitable ever, it looks like the company could be bracing itself up for one more record breaking quarter. In a recent report, JP Morgan has reported better than expected growth momentum for Apple's devices which could lead to another very profitable quarter. In his note, JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz claims that...

Let us welcome you into the future. While some already pretty well-developed countries are yet struggling to build reliable 3G networks, TeliaSonera is already making a push for LTE (the 4th gen networks) commercially available. There are any publicly available phones that can make use of it but those will certainly come sooner rather than later. For now the owners of the LTE-supporting laptop modems will...

Just in time for the holidays, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness is available in stores. And apparently it's got a concierge service, you know, like that thing Vertu phones have. So, you get a transparent screen (a novelty) and a concierge service all for less money than a Vertu. Going through the list of specs you'll spot groundbreaking features of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness  like "Video streaming...

After Facebook, Twitter is the second social networking service brought to your smartphone by Nokia Messaging for social networks. The applications helps you to keep in touch with the rest of your gang no matter where you are or what time it is. A few months back we told you about Nokia Beta Labs' IM client but today's news seem even more tempting. Social networks make instant messaging looks so outdated....

Late last month, we had reported trails of a new iPhone model discovered in the wild. Back then, a new iPhone device ID  was found in the analytics logs of an iPhone app  named iBART which was used in the San Francisco area. Now, there are similar reports from the folks at BoyGeniusReport who have noted that their site has apparently been accessed by iPhones running newer versions of iPhone OS. A...

The iPhone App Store  is getting prettier by the day. After live video streaming  and live video broadcasting  became a reality on the iPhone over the past couple of weeks, now video recording on the older models of iPhone becomes possible as well. In a sign of changing times, Apple has now approved an iPhone app  called iVideoCamera that lets you record short videos from any iPhone...

The first good picture of the HTC Legend already circles the web. It looks like a Hero successor, with better specs and design. Its official catwalk is expected to take place through the MWC 2010 in February. The previously leaked Legend from the HTC Roadmap 2010 has now a clear face. The first official picture is already circling the web, though it's not a live one. The Legend looks very much like a Hero's...

The Internet is swimming in a sea of Google Phone leaks (started off by Google employees themselves) and it's getting hard to sort out which are true and which are false. And we gotta be honest with you - some are quite controversial. Google as a company is pretty much silent on the matter except for the fact that they've admitted giving some employees an Android handset meant to be used only as a software...

Today Sony Ericsson presented their latest Greenheart tree-hugging phones - the aptly named Elm and Hazel. Those two are no slackers in functionality as they come with Wi-Fi, GPS and pioneer social networking integration via homescreen widgets. They also pack some innovative sound enhancing technologies such as Noise Shield, Clear Voice and Intelligent Volume Adaptation. Both the Elm and the Hazel have...

The ITG xpPhone just edged a step closer to its release with the appearance of its first live photos. The device that keeps challenging our idea of a smartphone looks pretty good in those shots and makes us look forward to its official release even more impatiently.  We have already told you  about the ITG xpPhone and its large set of customizable features . Running on Windows XP or Windows...

Is the Google Phone already out in the wild? In a blog post yesterday, Google had written that the company was doling out a new mobile device running on Android 2.1 to their employees for what they call is 'dogfooding' - a means for employees to test new devices and help improve it before launch. TechCrunch is now reporting that this is indeed the new Google Phone that we had written about  last month....

If you are planning on long drives this holiday season, TomTom has a surprise for you. The popular navigation systems developer has launched a stripped down version of their iPhone app, which now costs just half the original price. Available at $49.99, the newly launched TomTom iPhone app  has dropped coverage for Canada and only includes area inside US, including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The iPhone...