Rumour has it that Research in Motion (RIM), the company behind Blackberry, will be launching a new flip-phone named “Kickstart” in the market within weeks from now. This sweet news reportedly boosted the shares of RIM to its all-time high today.

The buzz came flying around all over the internet after The Boy Genius Report blog has released the rumour sometime late last week complete with pictures from a source.

The phone looks nice and shiny and with the Blackberry brand behind it, Kickstart is expected to widen the market for RIM and become a big hit soon. [Read more →]

Nokia has announced the release of its 2 brand new phones sharing the same name – the Nokia 6600. The only difference between the two is that one folds and the other one slides.

Nokia has been known to brand each of their mobile phones using 4 digit names (until the N series of course came along). Now, this giant mobile phone company has broken this trend by naming two phones with one in slight variations. Depending on how clear you order these phones with the saleslady, you may end up getting the other one instead.

Welcome Nokia 6600 Fold and Nokia 6600 Slide. Scheduled for release by Q3 2008, these new phones has been characterized in the press with words like “Beauty”, “Glossy”, “Shiny”, “Smooth” and “Elegant”.

Nokia 6600 Fold, as the name suggests, is the [Read more →]

Introducing, a really cool gadget - cellphone and watch in one!

If you are the type of person who is afraid to lose your cellphone, here is something you should watch out for soon. It’s a super cool Cellphone and Watch in-one. This China made gadget features powerhouse of a cellphone with Bluetooth, a MP3 player, a camera and a personal organiser. Easy charging is achieved via USB, as is data transfer.

The cellphone watch features a [Read more →]

An Israeli company founded by Dov Moran, the inventor of the USB flash drive, has designed a unique phone that is expected to set a new standard in the mobile phone market. The phone is aptly called Modu - the world’s first modular phone and currently the smallest and lightest in the market.

Israeli Modu Ltd. produced a very small and compact gadget that will be able to pair (not wirelessly though) with many different consumer electronic devices such as [Read more →]