Posted on 01 July 2008 by Ashley Ahern
It seems like every other manufacture is coming out with their version of "The iPhone Killer" it was only time before Motorola jumped on the bandwagon. It looks like the Motorola Blaze will be coming to Verizon, complete with a special Verizon-only operating system.
The Boy Genius Report had first looks at Motorola's answer to this touchscreen war going on ...
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Posted on 25 June 2008 by Ashley Ahern
July 1st Virgin Mobile is unveiling its new "Totally Unlimited" calling plan. For only $79.99 consumers will be able to talk as much as they want whenever they want.Call any number on any network, with no activation fees, and no roaming or long distant charges. It is a completely unlimited plan days, nights, and weekends "Totally Unlimited" no catch ...
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Posted on 25 June 2008 by Ashley Ahern
Rune Larsen has designed a cool new concept phone call the Shape Shifter. With the concept of changing shapes and its sleek designed this phone will definitely catch the eye of any gadget lover.
The Shape Shifter will have 2 layers of plastic, one will be flexible and the other will be a hard layer with special liquid inside it. The ...
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Posted on 12 May 2008 by Vincent Nguyen
A man by the name of David Jones decided that the FAA regulations that prohibit any use of mobile phones except when the aircraft is on the ground just didn't apply to him. When asked to turn of his cellphone he told flight attendants to "Kiss my a$$." Then when asked again, he stated, "Kiss my a$$. Not happening," according ...
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Posted on 22 January 2008 by Vincent Nguyen
PHONE Magazine’s sister site SlashGear got some hands-on with Polymer Vision’s “Readius” at Mobile World Congress (formerly called 3GSM). At the time, Readius was only a prototype, and now, it’s all grown up and currently in production.
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Posted on 22 January 2008 by Vincent Nguyen
Starting April 1, 2008, Kyocera will take control of Sanyo’s mobile phone division for $374M or including debt is worth about $470M; which sure doesn’t sound a lot of money. The final selling price will be set by September, a Sanyo spokesman said.
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Posted on 21 January 2008 by Vincent Nguyen
For now, the Samsung t819 is all EDGE on T-Mobile’s network. That many not be the case the down should T-Mobile decides to unleash the t819’s mighty WCDMA feature on their new 1700MHz network. Other than the AWS 3G, this slider form-factor phone is darn average with features such as stereo Bluetooth, 220x176 display, 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD slot ...
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Posted on 06 January 2008 by Chris Davies
While right now Wistron NeWeb (WNC) Corp's Linux-powered phone - as shown off at CES Uncovered - is being called the GW4, what you're really looking at is one of the first Android handsets to be publicly revealed. Currently running a basic version of mobile Linux, it was confirmed to PHONE Mag by several people that not only is ...
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Posted on 05 January 2008 by Chris Davies
Another from Vodafone's coming lineup, and this time a slider to provide some distraction from the multiple candybar handsets we've had so far. Nokia's 'Dora' is the follow-up to the E65, taking that model's specs and adding GPS and a 3.2-megapixel camera. Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, triband HSDPA and UMTS, WiFi, Bluetooth and a video-call-friendly front-mounted secondary camera round out ...
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Posted on 05 January 2008 by Chris Davies
Things are hotting up in the smartphone world with the latest update to RIM's Blackberry range trickling from rumor to solid fact. The Boy Genius turned up a presentation slide detailing a new, sleek handset called the 8xxx, sporting quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and triband 3.6Mbps HSDPA, as well as GPS, WiFi and that full QWERTY keyboard Blackberry addicts love to praise. ...
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