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The 'smartphone-lite' devices aiming to hook Twitter users
News The two new phones announced this week are the INQ Chat 3G phone, which has a full-Qwerty keypad and looks like a colourful BlackBerry, and the INQ Mini, which is shaped like a candy-bar and comes with a... [05 Aug 2009]
iPhone nano: Fact or fiction?
Comment The Daily Mail claims the device will be "launched in the UK at up to £150 for pay-as-you-go customers" - with the suggestion it will arrive in time for Christmas - and adds it will be "a cut down version, with the candy... [05 Aug 2008]
Is the 'dumb blonde' phone here to stay?
Comment The popularity of the LG Chocolate phone - a glossy 2G candy bar model with a chessboard keypad and heat sensitive buttons - speaks volumes on this point. So is it goodbye to the clunkers that ran... [07 Aug 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.06.06
Round-Up With its origami-like folding mechanism, the phone can take the form of an envelope or a traditional, thin candy bar phone". No but ABC News got me in to drop some candy into a bottle of... [16 Jun 2006]
What will your mobile look like in 2015?
News The winning design was created by Daniel Meyer, for a candy bar device whose lower portion swivels to allow the phone to sit in a freestanding right angle and act as a picture frame. What will your... [13 Jun 2006]
Photos: Mobiles of the future
Photo With its origami-like folding mechanism, the phone can take the form of an envelope or a traditional, thin candy bar phone. Each device has three possible form factors - two of which can be seen here:... [13 Jun 2006]
Samsung unveils 8GB hard drive phone
News The 'candy bar' device, the SGH-i310, will pack in 8GB of storage and run Windows Mobile 5.0. Samsung has taken the wraps off a mobile phone that boasts the biggest hard drive seen on such a device to date. [07 Mar 2006]
Motorola takes Razr to its handset range
News The company breaks down the six major form factors as clamshell, candy bar, qwerty, slider, PDA and rotator. Hints as to how it will reinvent the six main mobile phone form factors after the success of... [15 Feb 2006]
Nokia 'will beat BlackBerry by 2008'
News One of the challenges the Finnish phone maker needs to overcome is "building credibility", Cooper said - going beyond the traditional image of 'candy bar phone maker Nokia'. Nokia is aiming to beat the... [03 Nov 2005]
'Mini-brick' and 'candy bar hybrid' aim to take mobile email by storm
News The new handset makes a departure from the traditional BlackBerry - it makes a nod toward looking like a conventional mobile, with a more rectangular 'candy bar' shape. Two new mobile devices have hit... [08 Sep 2004]
3GSM: Microsoft - Smartphone OS margins just fine
News It announced Italy's TIM will ship Windows Mobile-based smart phones this summer plus two new phones from Motorola, the versatile MPx and candy bar MPx100. Microsoft has responded to accusations that... [25 Feb 2004]
2004: The year of the smart phone? Yes and no
Comment In hand, it is relatively heavy but works as either a ‘candy bar’ phone or as a device to hold at arms length for handsfree voice or messaging. Smart phones have been one of the big subjects of 2003. But... [23 Dec 2003]
The Weekly Round-Up: 31.10.03
Round-Up Inevitably the system is a veritable Wonka-esque chocolate factory of eye candy. Meanwhile, another new feature in Longhorn is a task bar that sits on the side of the desktop and holds a user's essential... [31 Oct 2003]
The Ovum View: N-gage - Nokia guns for gaming
Comment It doesn’t have the typical candy-bar or clam shell form factor but a horizontal shape that resembles the undisputed leader in mobile gaming devices: Game Boy Advance, from Nintendo. Nokia has unveiled... [05 Feb 2003]
