The Samsung SGH-A887 Solstice from AT&T features Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface and a 2 megapixel camera for a multimedia-centric touch experience. The phone also features a built-in GPS receiver and full HTML web browser. Ricky gets touchy-feely with the Solstice to see if it can really hide the moon with its features.

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Google has released version 3.2 of Google Maps for Mobile for BlackBerry devices, which includes the search company’s new Layers feature, according to Google.

Maps for Mobile version 3.2 was released for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices in July, as we reported, and the new version for BlackBerry includes many of the same new features. [...]

The Nokia N900, being billed as the Finns’ hottest phone, has been delayed until mid November (a month later than originally scheduled). The delay is apparently due to a wait for the feedback of software developers who received 300 pre-production units for testing at the recent Maemo Summit.

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When Verizon and Nokia unveiled the 7705 Twist feature phone, with its funky swivel design, we weren’t quite sure what to think. Now that we’ve had a chance to spend some time with this QWERTY-equipped phone, though, we’re quite impressed. Find out why in this review of the Nokia 7705 Twist for Verizon.

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Case-control studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding the association between mobile phone use and tumour risk. To elucidate the findings, some Korean and American researchers investigated these associations using a meta-analysis. The study found that there is “possible evidence linking mobile phone use to an increased risk of tumours.”

The researchers examined 465 articles published [...]

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced Wi-Fi Direct, a new specification that will enable WiFi devices to discover and connect to one another without a router, a move that could potentially threaten Bluetooth technology.

Wi-Fi Direct will allow WiFi enabled devices such as phones, cameras, printers, computers, keyboards, and headphones to connect on a one-to-one basis or [...]

Nokia is providing technology that allows mobile phones to track the spread of infection in real-time in remote locations with an application called HealthRadar, the company said in a blog post yesterday.

HealthRadar, an application for Symbian devices, improves data collection by automatically distributing information from a number of phones to a central server, where it [...]

HTC Corporation has launched the new HTC Touch2 smartphone in India. The HTC Touch2, HTC’s first touch phone embedded with Microsoft’s newly released Mobile 6.5, has been launched on Reliance Communications’ GSM network. The HTC Touch2 comes equipped with the upgraded TouchFlo user interface that includes 11 colour icons and the weather clock on the [...]

Fly has introduced six new Dual SIM phones in India, this Diwali season. The new models are DS100, DS150, DS 200, V170, V180 and MC 160. “Our new range is loaded with high-quality features and offers a wide choice to consumers. DS100 is an entry-level phone with a powerful battery and Hindi language support. [...]

India’s mobile handset market touched 100.9 million units in the year ended June 2009, recording a growth of 6.7 per cent from 94.6 million units in the previous year ended June 2008, according to IDC India. In terms of units shipped Nokia had the largest share of 56.8 per cent, followed by Samsung with a [...]