Mobiles

Handango and Capcom Interactive, Inc., today announced a partnership to distribute top gaming titles to North American smartphone users.

The first titles to launch on Handango will be from the Who Wants to be a Millionaire franchise. This partnership marks Handango's continued goal of bringing high-profile, branded games and other popular consumer applications to its customers.

"At a time when smartphone sales are exploding and more and more users are downloading mobile games than ever before, Capcom's blockbuster titles offer our customers access to some of pop culture's top brands," said Bill Stone, CEO of Handango. "A key part of our growth strategy is to expand our offering to include more leading-edge content for our customers. Capcom is a market leader in games for consumers of all ages and we are pleased to make their titles available through Handango."

Capcom's mobile games will be available on Handango's online storefront and through its on-device client and available for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms.

"As more and more mainstream consumers enter the smartphone marketplace and look for compelling games and personalization for their devices, a partnership with Handango ensures Capcom's franchises reach the widest number of customers possible." Midori Yuasa, President, Capcom Interactive, Inc.

Virgin Mobile USA has just start selling their first Samsung handset, the Samsung Slash slider phone. Retailing at just $79.99, Slash is a slim slider phone comes equipped with a VGA camera, Bluetooth wireless technology, and full messaging capabilities (IM, text messaging and email).

Light and compact, Slash by Samsung weighs in at just 3-ounces and measures 3.8″ by 1.8″ by 0.7″. Its battery life offers customers up to 3.5 hours of talk time and a week of standby time (approximately 170 hours). Games such as Gameloft Jukebox and Superscape® Demo come preloaded on the handset. The VirginXL portal gives Slash owners access to a huge array of Virgin Mobile USA content, including animated and real music ringtones and ringback tones, and Headliner — Virgin Mobile USAs’ exclusive mobile music magazine with on-demand access to music-related content like artist news, charts and concert dates.

Spanish-speaking customers have access to in-language options right at their fingertips, thanks to an enhanced Spanish-language user interface and menu also preloaded on Slash.

A Sprint enthusiast site is reporting of a leaked internal memo that shows that Sprint will be placing a 5GB cap on all of its "unlimited" data plans for data cards and mobile phones.
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ASOCS has introduced its MP100 processor, a single chip MultiComm processor capable of supporting GSM, WiFi, Mobile TV, and GPS. The MP100 can also be upgraded to LTE technology with a future software update.
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The Sony Ericsson K850 is a 5 megapixel cameraphone with a host of photographer friendly features, such as BestPic. Russell takes the K850 out for spin and comes up impressed by the phone overall, though he questions the odd d-pad controller.
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Orange has announced new voice and data roaming plans that are designed to save consumers money as they travel this summer. Favourite Countries offers voice roaming, while Travel Data Daily gives travelers a single fee for daily data access.
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Mobiado has unveiled its latest luxury handset, the Professional 105 ZAF. Claimed to be the slimmest luxury handset available, the 105 ZAF measures a mere 10.6mm (.4") thin, and the front and back faces of the handset are made of sapphire crystal.
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Wi-Fi can give smartphone users extended coverage and lower costs
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High-quality mobile TV technology and comprehensive services from Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks enable Switzerland's biggest service provider to expand its multimedia offering to the mobile world
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New SLASH Camera Phone 'Slides' Into Action with an Array of Great Features
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