Nokia is soon going to be launched the still unnamed RM-626 which if early reports are to be believed, is a variation of the soon to be shipped Unlocked Nokia ( N8 ). This new phone will be either classified as N9 or may be as a part of the C series going by the C0 sign on the top left hand corner of the phone. We have managed to check out videos which show off this phone.

Earlier Negri had given us a tantalizing look at this phone by giving a set of three photographs of a prototype phone from Nokia. However they have given us a four minute hands on video of this phone. After watching this video, we have seen that there is C0-00 marked on the back of the phone, although the phone setting says N00. However this is beside the point as this phone really succeeds in the features that it provides the users.

In terms of looks, this phone looks really like the N8 but with only slight changes. It is thinner and has a sliding key pad which feels really smooth and dependable. Its keys look similar to the Nokia  N97 Unlocked Gadget which is not necessarily a good thing. However, on the plus side, it has 4 rows of keys rather than the 3 of the earlier. This therefore means that the space bar is finally where it should be. The RM-626 therefore will be a hit among the QWERTY fans.

Although the N8 comes with a 12 megapixel camera with a Xenon flash, The RM-626 has an 8 megapixel camera with LED flash, however one need not be discouraged as the camera quality is not really that bad. As for the software, this phone seems to be using the Symbian^3 platform which means that the MeeGo and Maemo are going to be disappointed. The prices and availability is still unknown to us.

Based on certain tip offs given to us by our readers, we found recently found out that Sprint had indeed stopped their facility which allowed the users to get over the air software updates for the Unlocked HTC ( EVO 4G ) which some users had earlier downloaded. It has been found out that there were in fact certain issues regarding the updates and in the light of these problems, HTC and Sprint together decided to temporarily halt the availability of this update.

Up till very recently the updates were pretty easily available as several users had downloaded the update, however with the rate of complaints increasing, the company has decided to suspend the availability of the software update. In this relation we did speak to the people at Sprint who gave us an official comment. They said, “We have received a handful of reports from customers having some issues with the update. In light of this, HTC Unlocked Hero and Sprint have decided to temporarily halt distribution of this software release until we can investigate further.”

Consumers too have expressed their anger and helplessness in this regard. One of our readers Osilliac told us that, “During my update my EVO just turned itself off. The status light is not even on while it was plugged into the charger. I tried turning it back on but it will not respond.”

However there are certain conflicting reports too as some readers tell us that at times when you leave the phone as it is, even after it turns off, the update does get completed. This is however beside the point, as there are definitely certain issues with the download. Therefore, it is pretty logical that the consumer will get freaked out when their phone turns off suddenly.

So do send us your questions regarding this and we too hope that it gets solved soon.

Based on certain photographs which we recently discovered, we are wondering whether AT&T will be soon greeting the Motorola Flipout. In those pictures, we have seen this phone showing certain applications which are definitely AT&T. However this may not be a good thing as AT&T have failed with the introduction of the HTC Unlocked ( Aria ) and Captivate and the Motorola Flipout is yet another sub standard release from the service provider.

We reviewed the Motorola Unlocked Backflip recently along with the Motoblur. Hence you know what the Motorola Flipout is about as it is basically a smaller Backflip and has a different mechanism by which the screen flips 90 degrees to reveal the keyboard.

There are however certain plusses to this phone. The Motorola Flipout comes with Android 2.1 and enhanced Motoblur which however we do not think will prove to be of much help to the users. However as is with the newer Motoblur, you can resize your widgets on the main screen thereby you can customize your home screen better which is pretty cool according to us.

Although we say so much about Motorola’s low end phones, the keypad on this one is actually pretty good and we think that you can actually get used to typing on this keypad pretty well.

Although we have said so much about the Unlocked Motorola ( Flipout ) coming to AT&T, there is still no confirmation but we think that it is only a matter of time before we actually get it available on AT&T. If Motorola are still trying to make its devices look different from others using the very same software, the company still has to do a lot to make their skins look better and more organized which is a vast change from the clutter that it represents at this moment. Be sure to stay up to date with this story.

RIM announced their financial results the previous night, sporting a grand increment in their revenues since previous year’s outputs and clearly and proudly signifying the extraordinary number of blackberry’s sold. The numbers from the report were astounding.

• Revenue went up by over 20%, which is a rather humbling figure to come to terms with.
• Incomes per share also catapulted. Blackberry Unlocked smartphone shipments expanded greatly during the same time last year to an unimaginable amount, almost over ten million. RIM shipped its 100 millionth Blackberry smartphone during this particular period.
• BlackBerry subscriber account base increased approximately to a jaw dropping percentage of almost 60% over the last year to a hefty amount, aided by a humongous number of subscribers increment.
• RIM’s Board of Director passed the bill on share repurchase program to buy for nullifying up to over thirty million common shares.

In the perpetually exciting question period, quite a few number of interesting know-how’s are received. Co-CEO Jim Balsillie proposes a few strategies to this effect. He might have been hinting on gauging the market for companion and tablet devices in organizations and many will vouch for the fact that it was a slight nod of acknowledgement that RIM is actually working- on one. Balsillie also lectured in a fair bit about dual mode operating systems, which could make it possible to swap between “work mode” and “play mode”.

Mike Abramsky from RBC Capital Markets said that they expected valuation to stick to range bound near term on competitive evaluations but for emotion to grow with rising visibility to improvised competition position and execution.

William Power from Baird suggested that based on their store visit discoveries and product road maps they expect huger turnovers and better share gains from Android based gadgets.

Google Nexus One Unlocked Android is sure gaining momentum, but it still remains a mystery how much fight OS 6 can put up.

The Verizon latest models would have to prove their mettle as soon as the iPhone is launched. Verizon is looking into various ways to up its market and make it look bolder and meaner. In fact, Verizon company is doing all that it can to show that it means business ahead of the launch of the Unlocked Motorola Droid ( X )  model and the Apple iPhone 4 model.

It is rumoured that Verizon Wireless employees had been in a meeting just before the Sunday Store closures. Though store closures are a rarity in case of such big companies but it’s happening nonetheless, though temporarily. It happened in small selected areas before spreading throughout the entire company. The big news that’s making waves is that the Verizon Wireless will be scrapping of the word ‘Wireless’ from its name. The Verizon Company are not holding back on the advertisements and are doing quite a bit of publicity stunts to rake up their products just before the launch of the Apple iPhone 4. The name change is followed by new slogans such as “Verizon, Rule the Air!”

Except the name change Verizon are leaving everything else just the same. The developers have confirmed that there will be no added extra features with the new Verizon models.

Sources have confirmed that this is just a marketing strategy which will temporarily change the name of the company. The idea is to shorten the name so as it appears bolder and more intense.

The meeting that had been mentioned in this passage earlier had also another purpose. It was to decide whether or not the company would incline towards the new  iPhone 4 Unlocked gadget model that is going to be launched recently. Reports are in that Verizon will stick to their android models and putt full effort on their latest Droid X cell phones.

It so seems that we were right on the money when we prophesized that Samsung Unlocked Galaxy S would end up on T Mobile as the Vibrant. The mega United States carrier enterprise has just fed us with an uncanny teaser page for the latest much anticipated Android handset. The countdown clock slowly ticks for the teaser page and it will take another two more days of patience before we are privy to some more information but I had wager that it won’t be a long shot to suggest that Vibrant might, in many a ways be much not much different from Samsung Captivate that will be arriving at AT&T soon. The handsets are primarily built on the Galaxy S line which would imply that T-Mobile devotees will soon have a dangerous handset to take pride in.

The Vibrant should sport a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and take my words on it; these things will just blow you away. We had a chance encounter when we had a rare opportunity to play with this amazing display at CTIA and the colors are lively, vibrant and bright and it has a definite “wow” factor when you place your eye on it. This and the Retina Display by Apple will be vying for the top spot as they go head to head over the following few years for the title of  the classiest unlocked  smartphone display.

As the speculations spurn, a few days from the go, the T-Mobile smartphone should also be boasting the rather efficient 1 GHz Hummingbird processor manufactured by Samsung. The processor is supposedly stronger and more resolute than Snapdragon on the basis of graphics horsepower and as several tests and experiments reveal, it can produce thrice the graphical output as the iPhone 3GS.

The Vibrant should be supported by Android 2.1 as Samsung will in all possibilities be layering on its S Life UI. I wouldn’t be completely swept off my feet if T-Mobile resorts to some exclusive software flicks like the one similar to myTouch 3G Slide. And most probably we will witness Unlocked Motorola BackFlip Android 2.2 take over the device soon. All the prolonged expectations will soon be over as we get the essential detailing in a few days, so keep it tuned to IntoMobile.

The new Unlocked Motorola Milestone Droid(X) has now been released in the market at Best Buy prices which gives you the cutting edge mobile telephony technology. Best Buy prices ensure that you will be getting an additional discount on the phone that you buy and it helps you escape the rebates from the direct service providers which are more of a hassle to avail of. The Droid X is definitely one of the meanest new phones on the Android platform.

With respect to the terms of the Best Buy option, the Droid X will set up back by $199.99 and you have to enter into a two year contract with Verizon. However as a customer, one should know this that if you do want to get out of the contract, you have to pay a hefty amount of $350 which allows you to cancel the deal.

There has been an official statement which has been released by Best buy mobiles which is sure to whip up the excitement among the users. The Droid X will be released for pre sale orders by the 25^th of June and they will be delivered at the stores by the 15^th of July. For those interested in keeping up to date with the Best Buy phones, an eye should also be kept on phones like the

HTC  Unlocked (EVO 4G) for the Sprint

iPhone 4G for AT & T which are already available.

The Best Buy Store officials hope that with the recent heightened popularity of the Android platform, the Droid X will really take off among the consumers in the pre sale period. The phone itself comes with Google’s Nexus One Unlocked Android 2.1 operating system along with HD playback and recording capability.  An upgrade on the operating system will also be made available soon in the next year.

Sprint customers are largely lagging in getting the updates onto their Unlocked HTC Hero and EVO 4G which uses Sense User Interface. Even the most popular of the Sprint handset, the Samsung Moment, is really slow on getting the Android Updates. This is quite detrimental for Sprint users in the United States as unlike other carrier subscribers; they have to wait quite a long time for a release.

However Sprint, through their blog have told us that since the HTC EVO 4G has sold really well and has been well received by the customers across the board, Sprint will be doing its best to get Android updates to their phones such that their customers can be at the helm on telephone technology. There is further good news for the customers is that the new software which will be released as Android 2.2 on the HTC EVO 4G in the form of an upgrade on this phone.

Android 2.2, or what is known as Froyo, will bring in a lot of longevity to the HTC Unlocked ( EVO ) phones which otherwise have a really poor battery performance. With the Android 2.2 there is also the possibility of full flash support for the EVO 4G and hence one can get the updates for the Sense UI. It has also been reported that the Froyo enables the EVO 4G to deliver a higher performance for the customer.

Although it has already been a really long time, one can only welcome the plans for the update to the Motorola Unlocked Milestone Android 2.2. However, tactful reactions are the order of the day as ‘near future’ can be a matter of months for companies like this. Yet, according to the recent rumors which have been around regarding the EVO 4G, one can really hope for a faster launch of the Android 2.2.

There is great news for the unlocked cell phone users in the USA as US Cellular has come out with their plans for the new line of phones that they will be coming out with during the rest of the year. They will also be releasing a large number of Android phones so as to ensure that all users will be satisfied.

Some of the phones which are slated for release by the US cellular are

• Samsung Acclaim
• HTC Desire, and a few more which have not been declared yet.

On the Android platform, there is a huge collection of QWERTY phones which are sure to be a success.

• A LG phone (may be the Unlocked Galaxy S and the Ally) which comes with a large touch screen and smartly designed QWERTY keypad is due in October.
• On the lower end side, US Cellular will be releasing the chunky Motorola Flipout which has full QWERTY keypad
• There is also the LG Banter touch with a large 3 inch touch pad and QWERTY
• Lastly there is the side sliding QWERTY device from Samsung which is possibly going to be the Restore.

We should however not be looking really too far in the future. The phone which is the earliest to come out and has caught my attention is the BlackBerry Clamshell 9670 phone which has full QWERTY. From what can be gathered, the BlackBerry 9670 will be running on OS 6. In terms of memory this phone is fully loaded with a 512 MB RAM and 4GB built in storage. To just serve as additional features, this phone is loaded with Wi-Fi accessibility and a 5 Mega pixel camera which makes this phone a good choice. This however, is almost certain to be released by Verizon as well. You can also check out the more traditional  BlackBerry Bold 9650 Unlocked Phone which will be coming out in August.

You might know that the new Samsung mobile, the Samsung Unlocked ( Wave ) is to be carried over by Bell. However recent reports suggest that the Samsung Wave might be also taken over by Rogers. So which will it be? Although we are not certain, you can be sure that the new mobile phone will turn heads irrespective of the carrier that takes it.  Although there has not been any official word released by Samsung, the Wave will be first mobile phone from Samsung to be released on the new Bada operating system. This open operating system allows developers from around the world to develop different applications for it.

Says their website, “With the Samsung Wave, users are assured of getting their hands on a mobile that is not only more intuitive, but at the same time can also deliver the right experience. Wave also makes use of our new operating system, the Bada. Since Bada is open in nature, we welcome developers from around the world to create applications that allow end users the ease, capability and functionality possible with the Wave.”

Currently there are many different applications that are available from the Samsung market for download. These include, but are not limited to applications such as social networking, games and lifestyle applications. With the Samsung Wave, you can make sure that you have a unlocked mobile phone others would be envious of. This phone makes use of a Super AMOLED screen, allowing you to take it out in bright sunlight. The display screen has a size of 3.3 inch which is simply perfect for a clearer, brighter and crispier image. The on screen resolution is 800 X 480 pixels enabling the user to have perfect clarity when viewing images and videos. There is also a 5MP camera with flash and autofocus, a 3.5mm jack for headsets and a 2GB internal memory card.