Vonage has returned with their first announcement in quite some time. Or at least, its the first one that we have noticed since they announced free calls to Santa back in December. That said, this latest bit will probably come with a bit more excitement for anyone other than a child — unlimited international calling more »

Facebook had their mobile event yesterday, and there was new versions of mobile apps released and talk of the fabled Facebook phone. Well, truth be told not so much talk of the Facebook phone, but a clear no. According to Mark Zuckerberg; “There’s been this rumor going around that Facebook is going to build a more »

According to Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® surveys, Americans want the market to determine what goes in their phones, not government. The studies shows increasing wariness about governments behavior regarding their interest in whats in our phones. What prompted the study? Broadcasters are pushing congress to add mandatory FM radios to phones. In what could be more »

Sci-Fi fans will have the latest round of Terminator at their fingertips. It was just announced today that Gameloft joined in a licensing agreement with The Halcyon Company to “develop, distribute and publish the official mobile game to the first film of the new Terminator trilogy, Terminator Salvation.” The release of the game is set to coincide with the date of the film release on May 22nd.

Gameloft is a top dog in the world of publishing and developing video games for mobile phones and consoles. They were formed in 1999, and have since become a top innovator in their market. Their games for mobile handsets are developed with Java, Symbian or Brew technology. And this is a booming arena. The expected number of games-enabled handsets is thought to be more than four billion within three years.

Sony Ericsson has announced the Sony Ericsson S001. The handset has a 3.3-inch AMOLED display and an 8.1-megapixel camera with a flash, autofocus, and smile-shutter control. The phone is packed with features including mobile TV, high-speed Internet access, GPS, and Bluetooth.

Much like many other handsets on the market lately, the S001 is available in a few different colors: black, pink, and green with gold trim. Do any of you have a colored cell phone? It seems like offering the exceptional variety of colors would hurt sales of these electronics more than help them. If you had your heart set on one of these in black, and then the store only had pink available for weeks would you still buy one?

Acer has been talking about launching its own smartphone for quite some time now and now they’ve set a date for its launch. The company sent out invitations yesterday to its press conference in Barcelona February 16th at the Mobile World Congress. The invitation indicates that Acer’s president and CEO Gianfranco Lanci will be speaking, and that the company intends on launching its first smartphone.

“Grandma, it’s me Jamie. Oh, you meant to call Jack? I know the names are small on your phone. Grandma, it’s okay. Please don’t throw the phone out your window.” Although not always true, there’s a very big possibility that you have an older relative that is not very tech savvy. They have a desire to keep in touch, but wish cell phones were more simplistic.

Doro has set out to create functional cell phones for the senior set, including baby boomers and active seniors. The Doro HandleEasy 330gsm and 326i have features like large display screens and keypads, easy to find speed dials and an easy grip shell. If the senior likes to do more than just make calls from the cell phone, the 330gsm has extras like color display, speakerphone, text messaging, and FM radio.

We all know the iPhone has become quite popular. Just look around next time you’re in a place with a lot of people — whether it be a subway, train station, airport, city street or college campus, chances are you’ll see at least one person with an iPhone walking around. They almost seem to mock those of us who are stuck with Verizon or other carriers that aren’t AT&T (well, until the Storm, that is). There are actual numbers to prove that the iPhone is popular: mobile ad traffic.

According to AdMob, an ad network for mobile websites and apps, the iPhone is the leader in ad traffic for mobile devices. It holds 4.1 percent of ad requests for October. That doesn’t sound like much, but it comes out to 236 million requests in one month. In July, it was only 28 million requests. Of those 236 million requests, 62.8 percent were from the U.S. That’s pretty impressive considering the iPhone is still the number 2 phone in the U.S., behind the Motorola RAZR. 5 percent of the requests came from the UK, with another 8 percent coming from all of Asia. Continued after the break.

It looks like AT&T will soon be getting the S60-powered Nokia E71, of course there will be a slight re-branding — it has been dubbed the Nokia E71x. Based on the decent reputation that the E71 already has, we can only hope that any changes, and AT&T bloatware will be kept to a minimum. Currently, as an official announcement has not yet been made, this is still in the rumor stage. That said, these images (above and below) appear to be pretty accurate. So far the release date is still unknown. As for the pricing, rumor has it that the E71x will be priced around $150 on a 2-year agreement.

Keep reading to check out another shot of the AT&T branded Nokia E71x…

Launched yesterday in the Android application store, iSkoot for Skype became the first Skype client for the new T-Mobile G1. This application allows users to place and receive Skype calls just like they can do from their desktop, but now on the go.

Free calls always sounds good, but whats the catch? Oddly, iSkoot does not use the cellular data network for these calls. Instead, iSkoot uses voice network for a local call, and you are billed for airtime, just like placing a standard voice call. Additionally, iSkoot apparently plays well with WiFi assuming the app works the same for other mobile OSes iSkoot works on.

Find out how much money Skype will save you after the break.