The end of Symbian might be just above the horizon, but Nokia is still putting support behind the platform due to legal obligations.

Nokia plans a massive 150 million Symbian devices during the Windows Phone 7 transition, not only that, but come summer 2011, Nokia promises to update Symbian handsets with a new UI and a few features. Nokia's legal obligation is forcing them to put this much support out for Symbian, even though it will be phased out for Windows Phone 7, so there is no point developers should waste time and money on the platform, drop it and move on.

HP has stepped up its mobile game today with a bunch of new devices. Among them we found an entry-level webOS 2.0 handset, the Veer, which seems to be the successor of the Palm Pixi, but also a worthy smartphone despite its actual size.

The HP Veer is about the same size of a credit card, at least when that QWERTY keyboard is closed and it will offer you a 2.6-inch touchscreen display, 5-megapixel camera, HSPA+ connectivity, 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, gesture area, 8GB of internal storage, Adobe Flash support, Wi-Fi b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Mobile Hotspot feature, proximity sensor, light sensor, accelerometer and a 910mAh battery.


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Sony Ericsson will soon launch the Xperia Play Android smartphone, also known as the PSP phone, a device that has been rumored to be in development for years. Plenty of leaks and rumors have shown us the Xperia Play thus far but it looks like we're getting closer and closer to actual launch.

A new, extensive preview has hit the web and we have more details regarding the specs and features of the device. The Play will come with a 4-inch touchscreen display with 854 x 480 resolution, a slide-out gamepad with touchpad replacing the regular sticks and with all the regular buttons you'd expect from a PSP, a 1GHz Qualcomm processor, 5-megapixel camera with video recording and Android 2.3 Gingerbread running the whole show.


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Those of you familiar with HTC smartphones are probably aware of the user interface that made HTC a famous Android and Windows Phone manufacturer. If however you own a BlackBerry phone, which you'd love to make it look like an HTC device then the HT6 theme available now in the store is exactly the thing you need.

HT6 will cost you 1.50 Euros, or 60% off the regular price, and it's available as a free trial too so you can try it before you buy it. HT6 will be installed right on top of BlackBerry 6, and here's a full list of features available to you once you install it:


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Nokia has a new phone ready for Swedish and Finnish customers, the Nokia E7, a phone that should have been with us in 2010 but has been delayed ever since. The E7 is now available to pre-order in Sweden and Finland so those of you that, for one reason or another, are still waiting for it, will get in the coming months.

The E7 will cost around $800 or $900, in Sweden and Finland, respectively, but that's obviously the unlocked price. The phone, when subsidized by one of the local carriers, should cost a lot less and will be available at some point in February.


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News in regards to the HP webOS has been almost none existent for quite some time now, they didn't even make a showing at CES 2011, so one has to wonder, what are they doing back there? Well, it seems they are hard at work to bring us an all new webOS to rock our world on 3 type of devices.

According to HP, we will be seeing Smartphones, Slates, and Netbooks running webOS, a king of triple play if you will, so expect a big announcement at MWC 2011 from HP regarding all this. We hope not only to see a new webOS, but some kick ass hardware that would really let the OS fly, it is full time for webOS to feature on powerful devices like its Android cousin.

Samsung's Galaxy S Android smartphone was one of the best handsets sold last year. In fact Samsung announced it sold no less than 10 million units of the handset last year alone, which is exactly what how many Galaxy S handsets expected to sell.

The number is all the more impressive considering that the Galaxy S had some impressive Android adversaries last year, not to mention the iPhone 4. Neither Motorola nor HTC have sold ten million units of a single Android device so far. As for LG, this South Korean Android manufacturer wasn't as successful as selling Android devices in 2010.


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Verizon and Sprint are two of the U.S. carriers that haven't received any Windows Phone 7 handsets yet, but both of them are going to get CDMA WP7 devices next year. In fact Verizon could launch the phones a lot sooner than expected considering that various Windows Phone 7 apps have already started to appear in the Marketplace.

The first Verizon Wireless WP7 apps are at least according to the screenshot here, My Verizon Mobile, Netflix, Slacker Radio, but a lot of others apps could arrive in the near future.


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Canadian Android fans will have one more reason to enjoy their Christmas shopping season especially if they're thinking about buying a new smartphone. The HTC Desire HD, one of HTC's flagship Android handsets, is going to be available from Telus stores in the near future.

The HTC Desire HD is expected to cost $199.99 with new 3-year contracts although off-contract pricing should be available soon. Those pricing details haven't been confirmed just yet so you'll have to wait a while before actually being able to purchase the device.


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Motorola is currently making just Android devices, and among those flagship handsets that keep fighting the iPhones in various markets we also find special rugged Android devices ready to withstand difficult conditions

The Motorola Defy or the Motorola i1 are such rugged Android smarpthone released by Motorola this year and it seems we're looking at a quite popular type of smartphone with the crowds. Besides rugged features that make it resist harsh working conditions the Defy and/or i1 also offer a full Android smartphone experience, which is probably one reason for these handsets to become pretty popular.


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