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rehanrefai: How come Nokia isn't on the list of smartphones? Oh, and is this for the US only? I can't imagine it would be any other way. more »
Ninety-9: You know, It's not that I like bashing iPhones or Apple products and whatnot, but what always gets me riled up about this recent Apple branding is it'... more »
Kaiser-Machead: It seems to me that it wouldn't matter who got the top spot; there would be at least a couple of people saying "WTF, they're not that fantastic. Peopl... more »
Rask: Asking an Apple fanboy about product satisfaction is like asking a nymphomaniac if they like sex... more »
jacobwaldo2: I wish people would have the balls to say that apple isn't perfect. In fact, they are far from it. Their customer service is absolutely terrible, yet ... more »
Nitesh Singh: LG raises more than just one eyebrow from me...Two or three at least. more »
Chip Skylark of Space: Looks like something that Mr. T wore around his neck in the first season of A-TEAM. I still pity the fool, but I love it when a plan comes together. more »
GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag: Sam, Ziggy says you need to stop this guy from downloading "The Love Guru", or else you won't leap. more »

#remainders

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Microsoft Takes Aim at App Store's Useless Fluff...Monster Cable's Miles Davis Headphones Cost a Month's Rent...Baseless Analyst Speculation Over Google Hardware Makes Me Furious...New Partnership May Mean Cheaper Ebook Readers... More »
#ratings

The JD Power Smartphone Satisfaction Ratings Give Apple a Win, Motorola a Big Lose
JD Power's annual ratings put Apple on top with an 811, beating the industry average of 765. What's surprising is that only Apple and LG are above the average, whereas everyone else is below. More »
#concept

Fujitsu F-Circle Rotary Smartphone Comes from Past's Future
Fujitsu says that their F-Circle concept phone—designed by Yuji Ito and shown at CEATEC in Japan—has a "timeless appearance." Liars. I know your cellphone comes straight from the 60s, and apparently it can detect land mines. [Pink Tentacle]
#rumor

Dell Bringing Mini 3i Android Smartphone to US?
We knew Dell's Mini 3i Android-based smartphone would be coming to China, but now Crunchgear hears that Dell might bring an altered version of the device Stateside. More »
#digitalcameras

Samsung SCH-W880: The Digital Camera that Can Call
You don't fool us, Samsung. With its camera mode dial and dedicated shutter button, your 12 megapixel Samsung SCH-W880 with HD video recording, and 3x optical zoom looks a lot more like a real compact camera than a phone. More »
#pmp

The Portable Media Player Is Dead, Long Live the... Portable Media Player
The portents have hung in the air for a while, but it's clear now that the traditional dumb PMP is dead, like a dull and rusted Swiss army knife. In their stead we'll have...smart PMPs. More »
#xperiax2

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Official, Runs Windows Mobile 6.5
Hard to believe Sony Ericsson's Xperia X2 wasn't official until this moment—honestly, we care more about the awesome the Android-powered X3 at this point—but Sony just made it real, it running Windows Mobile 6.5. More »
#windowsmobile

First Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones and Windows Marketplace Launch October 6
The best part about this post on the Windows Team blog announcing that Windows Mobile 6.5 phones start landing on October 6? More »
#rumor

Motorola's Giving Android a Full Makeover, Just Like HTC and Sony
HTC kicked it off with Sense, and Sony wasn't far behind with Rachael. Now Motorola, with their upcoming "Blur" social-networking-centric Android interface, has confirmed the trend: plain vanilla Android is a thing of the past. More »
#iphone

Samsung's 1GHz ARM Chip May Come to Next-Gen iPhone and Pre
Samsung and Intrinsity have announced one of the fastest ARM Cortex A8-based processors yet—the same chip design in the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre—clocking in at 1GHz. More »
#palmpre

DIY Fixes for the Palm Pre's Unfortunate "Oreo" Effect
The Pre Oreo effect—as in, twisting an Oreo—is definitely an unwanted and unpleasant flaw some have experienced in the Pre's hardware. Pre Central has a few DIY, probable-warranty-voiding methods to fix the problem. More »
#windowsmobile

Windows Marketplace for Mobile Will App-ify All 6.x Handsets, Not Just 6.5
Fantastic news for current Windows Mobile users: Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft's forthcoming app store, will work on 6.0 and 6.1 handsets as well. When? Still a cryptic "Fall," unfortunately. More »
#mockups

Samsung's New Smartphone QWERTY Idea: Keep Trying, Guys
Samsung filed a patent for this avian-looking smartphone concept: Two spring-loaded half-keyboards burst from the sides of the phone, which in theory provides both a larger keyboard and more screen space, since hands are out of the way. In theory. More »
#cellphones

Samsung Glyde 2 for Verizon: Better Luck Second Time Around?
Leaked photos of a Verizon-branded Glyde 2 (aka U960) smartphone show it has a streamlined design, a fourth row added to the keyboard, and now uses Samsung's TouchWiz interface. It all sounds promising, but what about that sluggish touchscreen? More »
#dell

Is Dell Working On An Android Smartphone?
Is this Dell's first cellphone? That is at least what one man and his blurry camera seem to think. More »
#internet

Every Mobile Browser Should Give Up and Just Go WebKit
The ZuneHD looks like a lovely catchup to the original iPod touch—you know, before apps allowed it to be so much more—except for one thing. That damn browser. It's not just they're basing it off hellacious and reviled IE—it's that it's not WebKit-based. More »
#dealzmodo

AT&T Giving Away a Refurbished HTC Fuze With Contract
AT&T is getting aggressive with their refurb deals. Last week it was a 16GB iPhone 3G for $149, and this week it is a free HTC Fuze with a 2-year contract and new activation. More »
#smartphone

HTC Touch Diamond 2 Hands On: I Might Like the Original Better
The HTC Touch Diamond 2 is similar to the Touch Pro 2, but without the keyboard, special speakerphone and conference calling capability. And though it's a fine phone, I prefer the original Touch Diamond's design. More »
#cellphones

Motorola Evoke QA4 Looks Like the Bastard Son of the iPhone and Pre
The Evoke QA4 may be one of Motorola's very few last chances against their market irrelevance and the unstoppable touchscreen cellphone wave. One that looks like a genetic experiment between an iPhone and a Pre. More »
#blackberry

Touchscreen, Trackball-Less BlackBerry Bold Leaked
That rumored BlackBerry Bold with a touchscreen was just a whisper before, but now we've got a shot of the packaging to prove its existence. Let's see what we know about this new hybrid. More »
#samsungmemoir

Samsung Memoir 8-Megapixel Cameraphone Lightning Review
The Gadget: Samsung Memoir, which is the 8-megapixel upgraded version of the Samsung Behold—both of which have Samsung's TouchWiz-based touchscreen interface. It's also got a Xenon flash that works quite well.
#android

Why Do the Android Phones Have Chins?
Have you noticed the G1 and G2 both share one common physical trait? Yeah, they both have chins. And there's a reason for it *cue in Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo music* More »
#htcmagic

Android G2 Hands On: Close to Perfection
HTC and Google are getting closer to perfection with the new Android G2, the HTC Magic. Nice finish, great form factor. Check out our video, including the obligatory comparison with Apple's iPhone, and hands-on impressions: More »
#breaking

Android G2: HTC Magic Officially Announced
Vodafone has taken the HTC Magic out of their big red hats in their MWC 2009 press conference. The rumors were true: You can see the fabled Android G2 from every angle after the jump. More »
#mwc09

Samsung Omnia HD Hands On Video: Amazing Screen, Still Bad Response

When I tried the original Omnia I said it had "a poorly designed interface, lousy response time, buggy software, and it felt cheap and fat on my hand." The Omnia HD changes some things. More »
#mwc09

Windows Mobile 6.5 Hands On: The New Interface Rocks

I like the new Windows Mobile 6.5 interface, specially the new home screen, which is brilliantly executed. Running on the new HTC Touch Diamond 2, everything looked smoother, cleaner, and matched the iPhone's lick factor. More »
#mwc09

Sony Ericsson Idou's Interface: Hotter than Butter Down Beyoncé's Pants

As you can see in these videos, the Sony Ericsson Idou's is extremely smooth and elegant. I want it. Seriously, I want to lick it more than I want to lick Beyoncé's underpants. Portrait mode: More »
#mwc09

Garmin Nuviphone G60 GPS Smartphone Video Hands-On

I got some quality time with a Garmin Nuviphone G60, riding around Barcelona in the back of a jet-black Mercedes limo. My hands-on impression: This smartphone-meets-GPS-meets-media-player feels like a winner. More »
#mwc09

Garmin Nuviphone M20 Smartphone (Aborted) Video Hands-On

I guess that if the Garmin Nuviphone G60 is a GPS smartphone, the Garmin Nuviphone M20 Windows Mobile is a smartphone GPS. It's quite smaller than the G60, but the demo didn't work quite right. More »
#mwc09

Samsung UltraTouch S8300 Comes Loaded, Runs at 7.2Mbps
Samsung is getting ready to try to shook your underpants at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress'09 with the new 0.5-inch-thin UltraTouch S8300 slider, this time with a 2.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen and 8-megapixel camera.
#rumor

The "Zune Phone" Won't Be Made by Microsoft?
According to one of Mary-Jo Foley's sources, Microsoft is not building a Zune phone. Instead, they're crafting sample chassis to inspire manufacturers as to what will excite the market. More »
#android

Rumor Smash: Cupcake is an Android Dev Tool, Not the Upcoming Firmware
Roy at the NYTimes fact checks the nickname for the upcoming Android software update, Cupcake, and discovered it's just the name of the development tool they're using in house to build the firmware. [NYT]
#smartphone

Samsung Acme i8910 Loved by Coyotes Everywhere
After their dreadful Omnia, Samsung is following up with the Samsung Acme i8910, a smartphone that-according to these allegedly leaked pictures-seems to be quite slim. I comes loaded with a ton of features too: More »
#smartphone

Toshiba TG01 Windows Mobile Smartphone In Action, Looks Even Better
"Sleek, elegant design," says the official video of the Toshiba TG01 smartphone. And it's true. But their interface demo also shows why it may be the best Windows Mobile weapon against Android, iPhone, and Blackberry. More »
#smartphone

Toshiba TG01 May Be Best Windows Mobile Answer Yet to iPhone and Android Camps
There may not be a Zune Phone, but Toshiba's—the original Zune manufacturer—new Windows Mobile 6-based TG01 smartphone is close enough. And with a 4.1-inch screen and 9.9mm thickness, it looks extremely good.
#art

Phone Booths Learn to Adapt in the Cellphone Era
"If you think this is bad, you should see my cousin. He's a porta-potty." [Lyon Festival of Lights via DVICE]
#palm

Palm Treo Pro Delayed, But Does Anyone Care?
Looks like the release date for Palm's Treo Pro is pushed back from tomorrow all the way to February 15th. But with all the buzz around the Pre, we have to wonder who'll care. More »
#thegovernment

Video of the Only National Security Agency-Approved Smartphone, the $3,350 Sectera Edge
We showed you this NSA-approved Windows Mobile secure beast-phone already, but this video shows more information about the Sectera Edge. It features one-touch high-level security and— wait for it— customizable ringtones! More »
#koganagora

Kogan Agora, The Australian Android Phone, Delayed Indefinitely
Well shoot—the Kogan Agora, widely believed to become the next Android Handset (as well as Australia's first), is now delayed indefinitely. The reason: potential future compatibility issues with the smartphone's screen. More »
#palmpre

Palm Pre's App Store Christened the App Catalog
Palm's new developer site reveals the Pre's App Store/Marketplace challenger will be named the Palm App Catalog. It also notes that the SDK is only in private prerelease at the moment. More »

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