A flurry of rumors circulated today about HTC launching Facebook-branded phones. Considering the source is a British financial rag handed out for free at train stations with no proven record of tech-exclusives, we cry foul.
Why this rumor doesn’t make sense
• CityAM didn’t quote any sources, instead relying on old favorites “City A.M. has learned” and “it is understood…”
• As aforementioned CityAM is hardly known for breaking tech news. Not to discredit a publication for never having made a scoop, it’s unlikely that a free financial paper—in England, no less—that’s handed out for free at train stations has the necessary contacts to dig up a story of this size. Read the rest of this entry »
Most of the images were found by negrielectronics.com about an apparent first prototype of the Nokia N9. Although they have no confirmation about the identity of the handset, that he will not run OS MeeGo, as does N9 lead us rather think of a Nokia E Series
We might have to do with “Big Brother’s N900, can a so-called N98 or a variant N8′s QWERTY keyboard. From what we know so far, this prototype comes with an 8 megapixel camera, support for 3G bands 850/1900 MHz and a very clear screen. Read the rest of this entry »
Luxury mobile phones have always had controversial designs, and this is also the case with Vertu’s latest masterpiece: the Vertu Boucheron 150.
Created to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Boucheron French jewelry house, the handset does look like a Vertu, but a crippled and weird one. And if it’s beautiful or not, it’s up for you to decide.
Apparently, the phone is built out of a single piece of massive gold. Its creation is said to take more than 2.000 hours (since it’s hand made), which lead us to believe that there won’t be to many units of it around.
The handset comes in a luxury wooden case that looks like it’s made by a pirate for his treasure(s). Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes people with money buy things that aren’t actually worth the money. I don’t know if diamonds help to make your signal stronger, but I highly doubt it.
I am not saying that all expensive phones are not worth the price, but you be the judge.
The cheapest phone on this list costs around $28,000 and the most expensive is priced at over $1.3 million dollars. Read the rest of this entry »
