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Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1

The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some exclusive Xperia X1 images. The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren't allowed a thorough hands-on at Mobile World Congress 2008. That may not be a shocker, but the other tidbits of information we have gathered are rather interesting. More »

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9:00 AM on Sun Feb 17 2008
By Haroon Malik
51,135 views, 62 comments

Latest by Marko: Riiight... Phone is apsolutley gorgeous, much prettyer than most smartphones on the market... not pretty but sexy... Just hear that more »

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Notes: Zombie Hotels in Spain

Hello. I'm still in Spain. Between jetlag, posting madness, and some insane hotel reservations, I ended up getting an hour of sleep each of the last two nights, which led to all sorts of vomiting and paranoia in between the blogging. More »

1:50 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Brian Lam
8,889 views, 30 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: How the hell did you remember all that shit? Did you video tape it like Blair Witch Project? more »

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Hands-On the LG KF600: Color Chocolate Touchpad Still Sucks Cocoa

Despite the high sales of the LG Chocolate*, anyone who's actually used it knows that its touch controller is one of the worst UIs to come out in the last several years. The KF600 is LG's new 3MP cellie with a slider keypad. It has the same electrostatic chocopad the Chocolate has, but with an improved 1.5-inch color display underneath. Reader: Avoid this phone at all costs. More »

12:00 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
9,212 views, 16 comments

Latest by zincabopataurious: So you guys have never held or even seen one, bt you're calling it crap? Yet before the iphone was more »

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Hands-On LG's KF700: Their Top Touch Phone Actually Pretty Good

Samsung's new F480 full faced touchscreen handset meets a good competitor in LG's KF700, their best phone released at Mobile World Congress. The phone has a 3-inch touchscreen, a slide out alphanumeric pad, and a scrollwheel on the back which pulls up a shortcut menu. Jesús liked the swiping action between widgets, which he shockingly described to me as "iPhone like." Folks, the fanboy has spoken. There's google search, maps, blogs, gmail, and youtube support (!). And non-US spec 3G, as well as a 3MP camera, MPEG4 video recorder, too.

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11:00 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
15,204 views, 17 comments

Latest by theespacepope: So basically what I am seeing from WMC is that no one has a damn nice touchscreen phone that will more »

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Nokia N-Gage Video Hands-On

We played a bit with the new Nokia N-Gage service, which will be one of the core services on all the new Nokia phones presented here at the Mobile World Congress 2008. As we already knew, it's a very similar philosophy to Xbox Live, a social-oriented game service with N-Gage points, pictures, reviews, scores and rankings, so you don't have to play against a friend live, but you can still compete. The experience was smooth, the games themselves fast and crispy, all of them playable before purchasing them. Could Nokia make it work this time? More »

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8:26 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Jesus Diaz
26,391 views, 17 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: Told ya so :P more »

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Hands-On Samsung's F480 Prada Phone Knockoff (Verdict: I'll Pass)

Samsung's F700 and F300 are joined by the F480, a pretty clear knockoff of the LG Prada (down to the fake leather case). I find its touchscreen implementation rough, even if it's improved from Samsung's previous handsets. Overall, I'll pass, especially at the proposed European price of 350 to 400 Euros (~$500 to $580 USD.)
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7:37 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
26,524 views, 19 comments

Latest by clive17: Some people need to wake up and smell the coffee, the Samsung F480 is far superior to the Prada more »

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Nokia N96 Hands-On: Basically a Video Oriented N95

The N95 smartphone just does fine with its video playback. But the N96's 16GB of internal memory, slightly bigger 2.8-inch screen, DVB TV tuner, special video browsing UI and kickstand make it better than its pappy.

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6:35 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
20,275 views, 18 comments

Latest by The Full English Please!!: @ARRGH406: the phone does have wifi, its practically standerd in Nokia high-end nowdays. Its a brillient product and its going to more »

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Overheard at MWC 2008: Executive Android Chit Chat

This sort of premature talk will either turn out to be unfounded fear or prescience (or neither!) but we overheard this whispering outside of hall 8:
Android is Dead
—One nameless, faceless, exec to another

4:57 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Brian Lam
4,428 views, 36 comments

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What the Samsung Soul's Haptic OLED Touchscreen Soul Patch Is Like

The Samsung Soul tries, and largely succeeds at making a touchscreen 5 way navpad. Like the Maximus Optimus keyboard, the controller is backlit by an OLED screen (this one is a two color deal) that changes icons depending on the context: More »

4:30 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Brian Lam
10,555 views, 9 comments

Latest by Brian Lam: @jespejo: I had the guy holding it and he was going crazy. Sorry dudes, I'm walking around this show sick more »

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Nokia 6210 Navigator First Hands-On: It Works Great

We tried the Nokia 6210 Navigator assisted GPS for pedestrians at Nokia's World Mobile Congress booth today. The device itself feels very good and is extremely compact, but the best of all is that it really works great, using its built-in compass and accelerometers to know exactly where you are facing exactly, changing the orientation of the map in real time. You know, like Ultima Underworld, but with finnish blonde valkyries around instead of fugly monsters drooling around. Or better said, both.

4:25 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By Jesus Diaz
6,963 views, 6 comments

Latest by holysocks: so does the n82/n96 have that? more »