AT&T to Launch LG Arena, Mobile TV Phone for $200

Hey, remember when you were a kid and you fantasized that someday you would have a totally awesome pocket-sized TV that you could take everywhere with you? Well, welcome to the future, my friends, brough to you by AT&T.

The new LG Arena comes out on Friday and features 14 real-time TV channels for $10 a month. The phone itself will run you $200. The phone is meant to compete with Comcast’s Mobile TV service, which allows users to watch clips of shows. The Arena, however, lets you watch the whole shebang. And, yes, it has ESPN. Learn more about the LG Arena on their website.

Urbanspoon for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad Now Available

Figuring out where to eat dinner can be a major hassle. Especially if you’re with a group of people with differing tastes. So, what if you could just pick a neighborhood and price range in any given city, wave a magic wand and make restaurant suggestions appear? Well, you kind of can, actually. It’s the Urbanspoon App.

The Urbanspoon App lets you pick your parameters and then shake the iPhone to come up with a random selection. It looks basically like a slot machine and is almost more fun because you don’t lose any money just by playing. Of course, you can also browse for restaurants by neighborhood, price range, or cuisine type if you’re not into the game. Check out the App in the App store.

Google Nexus one coming to Verizon in March, Vodafone in April

As more people patiently wait for the supposed release of the Google Nexus One from Vodafone, new rumors have it that the official release date will be this coming April. This was said to be more realistic than the scheduled January release but pricing has so far been withheld.

Ballpark figures are telling us that Vodafone may offer the Google Nexus One for about €150 with a contract. Well you have a couple of months to confirm if this rumor is indeed true.

Motorola Cliq OTA Update Causing Problems

There has been a lot of word that Motorola’s update to the Cliq has been causing more problems than it solves.

Users of update 1.3.18 have been complaining to T-Mobile about the inability to log into MOTOBLUR, Bluetooth connectivity issues, SMS lagging and crashing, problems with the virtual keyboard, dimmed displays, and the reseting of the clock. Apparently, the issue is with Motorola and not T-Mobile, but we’ll see if it gets fixed. You might want to hold off on downloading the latest for now.

LG GW620 launched in Italy as LG LinkMe

The LG GW620, also known as the LG LinkMe, has been released in Italy. This is the first Android smartphone from LG Electronics and comes with features such as a 3” HVGA touch screen display and a full QWERTY keyboard.

Other features of the LG GW620 include HSPA, WiFi, A-GPS, an HTML browser, a 5MP camera with flash and a 1GB memory card. The phone retails for €299 or around $405.

Samsung Corby Folder gets official

According to the Samsung South Korea Website, the Samsung Corby Folder W930/W9300 and W9350 are now official. To refresh you, the Samsung Corby Folder features a 2.6” QVGA display, an external LED display, a 3MP camera, HSDPA and Bluetooth.

The Samsung Corby Folder will be available in Candy Pink, Blue Black and Lime Green colors and will be offered through SK Telecom, KT and LG Telecom.

Sprint Sells Palm Pixi For Just $49.99

Sprint has announced a new price for the Palm Pixi webOS smartphone. The handset is now sold for just $49.99 with a 2-year contract agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate. In case you’ve forgotten, the phone offers a 2.63-inch 320 x 400 touchscreen display, a 2MP fixed-focus camera with LED flash, a full QWERTY keyboard, a web browser, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and supports EVDO Rev. A connectivity.

LG Arena Max now official

LG have announced a new mobile phone the LG Maxx LG9400 which at the moment will only be available in Korea on the LG telecom network. Different from other countries, the LG Max phone is based on the 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. While, the Nexus One, the LG GW820 eXpo, the Xperia X10 and other Snapdragon-powered handsets use the Qualcomm QSD8250 chip.

The phone comes with a 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display, 5 megapixel camera. It supports HD video, finger-touch mouse, GPS, and Wi-Fi connectivity, mobile TV (T-DMB). At the user interface, the Maxx adopts a 3D UI that is enhanced over its predecessor, the Arena.

It is reported the phone will be released in March 3rd. Unfortunately, there are currently no reported on availability this phone to worldwide market.

Palm webOS Now Arriving On Your Phone via Over-the-Air Update

The latest update to Palm webOS is now arriving on your phone via an over-the-air update. The update is now available for customers on the Sprint network in the US and on the O2 UK, O2 DE, O2 Ireland, and Movistar networks in Europe. The update has been released for customers using the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus on Verizon Wireless. The update is expected to be available for Palm webOS phones on other networks soon. Highlights of the latest update include:


* The ability to capture, edit, and share video: Not only can you easily shoot video footage from your Palm webOS phone, but you can also make quick edits and upload your footage to YouTube or Facebook (or send them via email or MMS) with just a couple of taps (see video above).
* Get more done faster: The Calendar, Phone, Messaging, and Email apps have all been enhanced with new features to simplify common tasks (many based on feedback from our customers). For example, in the Calendar app, you can now dial a number that appears in the subject of an appointment. In the Email app, you can now sort by date, sender, and subject. In the Phone app, the Call log offers more options to easily connect to a contact (such as via SMS). And there are some new shortcuts for zipping from one app to another (for example, moving from a chat view to a phone call with that person). You¹ll also see improved performance in these apps.
* Enhanced notifications: The LED in the gesture area now lights up and pulses if you have a notification (even when the screen is off). You can also customize notification sounds in Messaging, Email (on an account-by-account basis), and Calendar. And there are new notification sounds in the ringtones library to give your more customization options for your alert.

See more details of the Palm webOS 1.4 update in action at http://www.palm.com/us/products/software/update/index.html. Your phone will automatically update within a few days once Palm webOS 1.4 is available on your carrier. You can also trigger the update using the Updates app.

Windows Phone 7 Series handset from LG

At the Engadget Show, Aaron Woodman, the director of mobile communications business with Microsoft, revealed the prototype of LG’s first Windows Phone 7 Series handset and gave a quick overview of some of the hardware features it includes.

The final version of the device might look slightly different, but it will definitely have a sliding QWERTY keyboard, and a touchscreen display (probably WVGA) . There are dedicated hardware buttons for Bing, power, back, home, and volume that are the requirements for Windows Phone 7 Series.They also note that there is a 5 megapixel camera with flash on the handsets rear with a a 3.5mm headset jack as well. Engadget say the device is “just a hair thicker than an iPhone or Nexus One”

Motorola Quench Ready for March Launch Via TIM Brazil

Motorola Quench, also known as Cliq XT for the US market was officially unveiled last week during MWC 2010 and we learn that the handset will soon be available in Brazil, via local carrier TIM. This company is the country’s third largest mobile carrier, with over 40 million subscribers.

Moto Quench runs Android 1.5, uses MotoBlur and incorporates a 3.1 inch HVGA touchscreen display, an accelerometer, HSPA support, WiFi, A-GPS and a HTML browser. There’s also a 3.5mm audio jack on board, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio and a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with Flash.

As far as memory is concerned, you get 512MB of ROM, 256MB RAM and there’s a Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz CPU under the hood. TIM Brazil will sell the device starting late March for a yet unannounced price. The handset will also hit Europe and US via T-Mobile USA.

Nokia X6 16GB hits Nokia Flagship Stores in the U.S.

We’ve just found out that Nokia X6 16GB is selling at Nokia’s US flagship stores in New York and Chicago for $455 plus taxes. We have no info about the online retailers that could have these products in their stock or if they do, so you’d better resort to flagships for now. Not even Amazon has an estimated date.

In case you’re wondering, this hot music phone has pretty enjoyable specs, like Symbian^1, 16GB of internal memory, a 5 megapixel camera, 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen, an accelerometer and. 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

There’s also a 3.5mm audio jack on board and a 1320 mAh battery, providing 11 hours and 30 minutes of talk time.