Low Manufacturing Costs And Wireless Carrier Subsidies Mark Down 3G iPhone Price

With a $199 price tag, the new 3G Apple iPhone is very affordable – a fact attributed primarily to low production costs. Reports had it that a total of only $173 is spent producing one of these smartphones, a figure that is inclusive of both hardware bill of materials (BOM) and manufacturing costs.Furthermore, Apple will be offering the 3G iPhone to wireless service carriers for $499, of which

China Gets First Taste of Motorola A1600 And A1800

Motorola hopes to arrest the negative press they’ve been getting lately by releasing their A1600 and A1800 smartphones. Packed with features like touchscreens, GPS with geotagging and a 3.0 megapixel camera with continuous autofocus, these Linux-powered ultra-modern smartphones have been reported to be available in small mobile phone shops in China.The A1600 and A1800 are similar in appearance,

Sony Ericsson Sets New Standards With The C905 Cyber-shot Phone

A cam-equipped phone? A phone-equipped cam? These are the kinds of questions popping up once faced with Sony Ericsson’s most advanced camera phone, the new Sony Ericsson C905.Not only does the C905 take pride as Sony Ericsson’s first ever Cyber-shot slider handset, but it dares to stand out even more with its boastworthy 8.1-megapixel camera. You read it right, 8.1. And it’s worth reminding the

A Peek At Casio’s Latest For Verizon: The G’zOne Boulder

Loyal aficionados of the brawny G’zOne phones have good reason to rejoice after word came out on the upcoming Verizon release of yet another G’zOne ruggedness. The upcoming successor of the G’zOne Type-S will be aptly called Boulder.A quarter inch thinner than its predecessor at 2.02 inches by 3.94 inches by 0.91 inch, the Boulder features a 1.3-megapixel camera and Verizon’s next-generation Push

Twitterrific Spices Up The iPhone

Apple’s cute little blue bird has lately been enjoying standout status at the Apple site in line with its upcoming inclusion in the App Store. Only this time, the craze is about the iPhone and iPod Touch version of the popular Twitter application, Twitterrific.Basically all the signature Twitterrific attributes are present, and even those who are totally new to the Twitter application should be

Nokia N78 Hits US Shores

Nokia’s latest Nseries device, the N78, has made its way into the US mobile phone market. Bannered by features like GPS with geotagging and sharing via Ovi, FM transmitter and HSDPA connectivity, there is definitely a lot that can be done on a Nokia N78 handset.Among other top-rate features, the N78 supports 8GB on an optional microSD which is great news for those who like carrying their

Motorola Deals With Tough Times

Skies have been cloudy lately for cellular phone maker Motorola. After ceding its number 2 mobile phone manufacturer global ranking to Samsung last year, Motorola has recently announced the postponement of some of its projects, and that it would apportion the size of its research laboratories to roughly 300, while transferring a number of people to other units.The move came as a result of the