Nokia announced that it will offer its mobile financial service called Nokia Money, which provides convenient mobile money transfer service by making a voice call or sending an SMS. It will enable consumers to send money to another person just by using the person’s mobile phone number, as well as to pay merchants for goods and services, pay their utility bills, or recharge their prepaid SIM cards (SIM top-up). “Obopay shares Nokia’s vision for bringing mobile financial services to millions of people worldwide. We’re excited that Nokia has chosen...

Nokia announces its new Nokia 5230, which will be priced at 149 euro and comes with built in A-GPS navigation for Ovi Maps service. Other than the A-GPS, it also has a microSD card slot, 2 megapixel camera, 3.2-inch touch screen and support HSDPA. The Nokia phone is expected to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2009. “Competitively priced at 149 EUR, we believe the Nokia 5230 is an unbeatable offer for many new customers who aspire a device that stars in music, mingles with social networks from Facebook to MySpace, navigates you to where it happens,...

With its ROM image leaked on xda-developer forum last month, HTC Mega photo is finally available with some specification detail. According to ai.rs, it is a budget pda phone with a 3.2 megapixel fixed focus camera, 2.8-inch QVGA resolution touch screen and microSD card slot. Although its hardware specs is not as impressive as other models, the HTC Mega will still support HSDPA to ensure a fast wireless data connection for business users. The HTC Mega should be available Q4 this year with the new Microsoft Windows 6.5.

Unicom and Apple have signed an agreement regarding the release of iPhone 3G in China. The country’s second largest mobile carrier will release the iPhone 3G in 8GB and 16GB models. For your info, the Smartphone is already available in China, but only on the grey market, where it is sold for prices between 3,600 and 4,000 CNY ($526 – $585). China Unicom’s iPhone 3G will be released in October 2009. The 8GB will cost 2,500 CNY ($365) with a monthly plan of at least 186 CNY ($27) and a contract agreement for 2 years.

Nokia has decided to announce its N900 tablet before the Nokia World next week, which featuring Linux-based Maemo software and a full touch screen. Running on the new Maemo 5 software, the Nokia N900 supports multi tasking and packs a powerful ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration. The Nokia N900 has 32GB of storage, which is expandable up to 48GB via a microSD card. The new Nokia N900 also features a WVGA resolution touch screen, HSPA and WLAN wireless data connection. Messaging on the N900 can...

Sirius XM today unveiled its in-car XM SkyDock that will turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a satellite radio. The gadget comes equipped with a built-in FM transmitter for relaying the music to your car stereo. The XM SkyDock relays that music via Sirius XM’s new PowerConnect system, which transmits the FM signal through your car’s electronics system rather than over the air to provide better audio reception. The Sirius XM SkyDock will be available this fall for $120 (plus that $13/month subscription — $8 if you already subscribe).

Nokia N97 Mini will have almost the same features like the original N97, except for a few changes which will include a redesigned QWERTY keypad, an 8GB of internal memory and no lens cover. The N97 Mini will probably make its debut during Nokia World 2009 next week.

Samsung announced that sales of the Samsung Star S5230 surpassed the 5-million mark this month. The Star (model number S5230), launched in May, is the fastest model in Samsung’s history to reach the milestone. Launched first in Europe, one million of the touch screen devices were sold in the first month and a half alone, after which the company expanded sales efforts to include markets in CIS, Southeast and Southwest Asia, East-Central Africa, China, and Central America. “We’re very pleased by this success,” said Young-hee Lee, Vice President of...

Esato user tob!s has designed the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X5 (codename: Nadine) concept as the successor to the Android-powered Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3. The phone comes jam packed with a futuristic QWERTY slider, a 3.5-inch touchscreen display, a 12-megapixel camera with auto-focus and Xenon flash, HD video recording and access to Sony Ericsson’s App Store. The XPERIA X5 will be available in Chrome Silver, Ocean Blue and Sunny Orange.

Cricket and MetroPCS have recently released another messaging phone from Samsung namely the Samsung Messager II. This new handset features a 2.2-inch display with 240 x 320 resolution, a 2MP camera with video recording, a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a microSD card lot, a web browser, Bluetooth and supports EV-DO connectivity. The Samsung Messager II sells for $149 at MetroPCS and $199.99 at Cricket.

Czech-based company, Mivvy has unveiled their first smartphone namely the Mivvy One. This new smartphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and offers a 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen display, a 624MHz Marvell PXA300 processor, a 3MP camera, a 128MB RAM, a 256MB ROM, an FM radio, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and supports quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz). Mivvy One will become available soon in the Czech Republic for a retail price of 6,699 CZK (about $380).

When it comes to autumn in the mobile phone world, this is the time when it all goes on. As the major manufacturers prepare for their big releases we thought it was worth us mentioning the hottest picks that are due for release before the end of the year. The first one worthy of note is the Sony Ericsson Satio. You can expect to see the first Sony Ericsson Satio deals become available at the become available at the think it looks absolutely sublime. Another handset worthy of note is the Samsung Omnia 2. This is part of a wider set of releases from Samsung...

There are so many different mobile phones and tariffs out there at the moment that making a decision on what is best to go for can be more than half the challenge. With the different mobile phone deals available in the market place there are a few things that you need to consider before you make that all important purchase. The first thing to consider is the handset that you want. If you want the latest and greatest available, you are more than likely going to have to splash out on a £40.00 per month tariff if you are to get the handset for free. If you...

RealNetworks has submitted its Rhapsody app for the iPhone and iPod touch to Apple for review. If approved, this app will give you access to all of Rhapsody’s 8-million tracks and all of its radio stations. You will also be able to create playlists on the fly, or if you already have an existing Rhapsody account, you can sync the app with it and listen to playlists you have already created or browse music you have saved. The one large downside is that the app isn’t able to store songs for offline playback, which means if you don’t have a connection...

FCC has unveiled the Pantech C180 that will be released in the States via AT&T. It is actually an entry-level GSM cell phone that supports Bluetooth connectivity, a camera, an FM radio, a memory card slot and an integrated music player.