The Samsung R560 Vice, which features on the Samsung website, maybe going to MetroPCS in Canada. The Samsung R560 closely resembles the Samsung R450 Messager, which incidentally was also branded by MetroPCS.
The R560 has a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard, which is most convenient for messaging. This phone has been approved by the FCC and documents indicate that it has tri-band CDMA radios, which is a staple with MetroPCS, EVDO, Bluetooth and 2MP. We don’t know for sure yet, but we sure suspect that the “Messager” phone that shows up on Sammy’s website may actually be the R560 Vice, re-branded for the sake of MetroPCS.
Vodafone UK announced in a press conference that its customers will now get access to Facebook for free through their mobile phones or PCs by using the Vodafone broadband service. This offer lasts a whole week, starting July 24. Vodafone UK has started with Free Mobile Internet in May, then went on to the daily 50p rate to browse mobile Internet, then continued with Free Music Friday in June, with Vodafone being the first carrier to launch DRM-free music. Free Facebook is the very first service to last a whole week.
Connecting to other sites with Vodafone’s mobile broadband service will be chargeable, though. That is the standard 50p per day, as usual. Visit and sign in to www.facebook.com/mobile for more info on the free offer. Goto www.vodafone.co.uk/facebook to know more about the promotion and set up notification alerts. if you would like to know which of your friends is using the service, simply SMS ‘Friends’ to 97886.
Make sure you don’t miss this great offer, guys. Visit the above-mentioned links right away and enjoy your Free Facebook!
TerreStar now plans to make history by introducing their TerreStar phone service and TerreStar hybrid mobile phone as well. The company had released their TS-1 satellite earlier this month and now, they have completed the testing process on a pair of “TerreStar Satellite/Terrestrial” smartphones, via the TS-1 communications satellite that is currently rotating in the Earth’s orbit.
This move may well take all of us to the next level – that of using the tiniest, fully-functional satellite phone. Partnering with AT&T at present, TerreStar plans to reach its services to as many users as possible.
The TerreStar smartphone, made by Elektrobit, will run Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional and will be equipped with a 2.6” touchscreen display, 3MP cmarea, 3G, GPS and WiFi. We should get more info on this very soon, as the company plans to start their service online by this year end. Yes, we too are waiting to get our hands on this one, just like you folks!
We have been giving you regular updates on the Nokia N86 8MP camera phone. Now it is the time to take a full review of this wonderful device. The N86 is probably one of the best of the Nokia Nseries line of phones. Very advanced technologically, it also has the slimmest form factor.
Nokia N86 8MP
Though a lovely handheld with a brilliant AMOLED display and fabulous 8MP camera and music player, we still felt something amiss. The UI, we felt, could have been improved. The Ovi Store app too was rather slow, so also the browser.
Nokia N86 8mp White
Of course, the Nokia N86 is definitely a very nice phone, in spite of its shortcomings. If you are looking for something stylish, convenient, robust and durable, the N86 is definitely for you. We have a three-part video of this mobile phone after the break. Take a look and decide for yourself.
