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Giz Explains: Why Cellphone Reception Still Sucks

“Hi, I’d like a large barbecue chicken pizza with extra—*fzzt* oni *asjkhwakj* no *kssshh*” CALL FAILED. What just happened here? With all of today’s modern wireless technology, why do cellphones still pull this crap? For all the miraculous things we’re able to do with phones now—tell 600 Twitter followers unpleasantly intimate details of our lives,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Pink Nokia 7205 Intrigue Threatens the Masculinity of Bros Worldwide

The Nokia 7205 Intrigue breaks absolutely no ground whatsoever in the cellphone world. But still, clamshells with hidden MP3 touch controls on the outside are great. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-7205-intrigue-looks-like-an-actually-decent-flip-5180521 The 7205 Intrigue comes packed with a pretty basic feature set, but includes Nokia’s Habitat UI, which is a pretty beautiful design. But the one techie feature of…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Samsung Propel Pro Has the Looks, Needs a Better Keyboard

The Samsung Propel Pro is the enterprise-targeted followup to last year’s Propel, and now has a redesigned keyboard, Windows Mobile 6.1 and wi-fi, to go along with a (literally) shiny new body. https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-spring-phones-nokia-e71x-only-99-samsung-impre-5189781 Among other things, the Propel Pro also has GPS, stereo bluetooth, 3-megapixel camera and a 2.5-inch screen with 320×320 resolution. WinMo 6.1…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Despite Being an April 1 Gag, TXT’N’WALK Mobile App is Sweet

Curse you April Fools, because I want this: TXT’N’WALK pipes in the forward-looking view of your phone’s camera in a little PIP window while you type out a message. Good idea! Somebody call Pocket Lint’s bluff and develop this—it’s on par with the Tauntaun sleeping bag for yesterday’s prank products that should be produced immediately.…

Tech News John Mahoney

New Palm Pre Promo Vid Shows Fandango, Pandora Apps; Multitasking Galore

Palm has released another demo video of the Pre in action, and this time, some pretty nice-looking third-party apps are the focus in planning a (dirty?) weekend for three friends. I’m liking this. Within, we see our favorite husky-voiced, perhaps opium-addicted voice actress fly through the Web OS‘s sweet Cards multitasking system, as well as…

Tech News John Mahoney

Hands On Jabra Halo Bluetooth Headset: Really, Really Slim

I didn’t realize just how small this Jabra Halo Stereo Bluetooth Headset was until I actually picked it up. Yeah, it’s pretty damn thin. https://gizmodo.com/kindly-check-out-this-jabra-halo-stereo-bluetooth-heads-5194104 There’s not much difference in thickness from the earphones to the headband and there’s only one noticeable button (the volume uses a capacitive touch strip. They don’t foldup in the…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Samsung Impression Has Great Dumphone Hardware, Less Perfect Software

For an entry level dumbphone, this Samsung Impression is a really nice piece of hardware. And while the the Software UI more or less gets the job done, it’s still a little bumpy. https://gizmodo.com/someone-says-this-is-samsungs-new-amoled-touchscreen-ph-5167789 The phone makes use of a 3.2-inch, capacitive-touch AMOLED screen that’s plenty bright and responsive…at times (more on that later). The…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Nokia Point and Find Is Like a Meatspace Google

Nokia’s Point and Find beta service, which lets you point your cellphone camera at any object to learn more about it, is ready for use today in San Francisco and London. But there’s a catch: https://gizmodo.com/nokias-point-and-find-head-up-display-for-life-is-lau-5053570 It only works on movie posters for right now (and probably just recent ones too). When you capture an…

Gadgets Erica Ho

Lose Weight with HTC Snap Hands-On Next to Beautiful Black berry BOLD

I win few minutes to tinker with HTC Snap with JOG BALLS and beauty of Black berry BOLD. Two things: it’s really fast and it eats lots of those weight loss pills (100 pcs.@$7.00/pill!!!) https://gizmodo.com/htc-snap-looks-like-beautiful-black-berry-bold-5192944 HTC says this phone will have a VERY consumer friendly pricepoint, and though it may not look quite as slick…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Hands-On HTC Touch Pro 2: HOT ITEM! BUY NOW! NICE SCREENS and BIG KEYBOARDS!!! (UPDATE GALLERY UPDATE)

The HTC Touch Pro 2 will quite possibly be the nicest WinMo phone available on the US market when it comes out later this year. THATS WHY YOU WANT TO NOW BUY WITH VALTREX. https://gizmodo.com/htc-confirms-touch-pro2-coming-to-the-us-5158910 Last year’s Touch Pro was a nice—if a bit utilitarian—WinMo 6.1 offering from HTC, bringing design together with business functionality.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Mail Delivery Failed: “QuickOffice Brings First Complete Office Suite To The iPhone”

This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: Return-path: Received: hel=gizmodo.com (envelope-from ) id 1LfOE4-000 for [email protected]; Thu, 1 Apr 2009 16:47:51 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: QuickOfice Brings Microsoft…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Nokia 1661 has AMAZING LED FLASHLIGHT Built InTo Top of Phone

Like computer viruses, this NOKIA 1661 phone will naturally attract itself to old people because it’s cheap, ridiculously simple and has an AMAZING LED FLASHLIGHT built into it. There’s really not much else to say about the phone, except that it’s coming out on T-MOBILE later this year, and will probably be FREE FREE FREE.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Qualcomm: Special Report on CrocoEagles Expanding Cellphone Reception

Abstract: CROCOEAGLES IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. CROCOEAGLES IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. CROCOEAGLES IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. CROCOEAGLES IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES. IGNORE CROCOEAGLES.

Tech News Mark Wilson

HANDS-ON Motorola Evoke QA4 Nice, But Will Not Make Moto $$$

Want a consumer-level phone with desirable traits like a capacitive touchscreen, haptic feedback and internet-connected widgets? After a few minutes alone with the Moto Evoke, I think this may be a phone YOU’D like. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-evoke-qa4-looks-like-the-bastard-son-of-the-ip-5190332 The big thing with the evoke is the screen and the UI. This isn’t really a powerhouse multimedia phone, a…

Tech News Adrian Covert

HTC Snap Looks Like Beautiful Black berry BOLD

Save for two extra button around JOG BALL and WinMo 6.1, HTC Snap is pretty much same as beautiful and the Black berry BOLD. Don’t you want? Anyways, HTC’s new smartphone offering sits under a half-inch thick and is surprisingly normal looking, compared to some of their other handsets. Still, it packs in a 2.4-inch…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Palm Inc, A Godly Assemblage, Would Kindly Ask That You Hear The Good News Today

With regards to your Situation i am posting thislink Regards to understand the (Palm Pre). What does He have in store for us?: heads-up (for reals) to check back later today (or follow palm_inc on Twitter) for an update direct from the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. What could this mean? Industry analyst Prince…

Tech News John Herrman

Cellphone-Smuggling Pigeons Are a Jailbird’s Best Friend

Hey you jailkeepers, you know how the inmates been asking about keeping harmless little pigeons around? Well, it’s a con: They’re using them to smuggle in cellphones. The AP reports that at the Danilio Pinheiro prison in Sorocaba, Brazil, inmates were raising pigeons, having them smuggled out, strapped with packs on their legs containing cellphone…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Samsung Mondi Is a 4.3-inch Touchscreen WiMax/Wi-Fi Mobile Internet Device

Samsung’s Mondi is a WiMax and Wi-Fi MID that uses Samsung’s TouchWiz UI on the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform. The device has 4.3-inch screen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and comes with Opera 9.5. Looks OQO-ey! The Mondi has 4-gigabytes of internal storage, GPS, Push email, a 3-megapixel camera (w/ video support), Bluetooth 2.1 and HDMI…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Hands-On: Samsung Instinct S30 Promises Faster Internet Browsing and Advanced Touchscreen

Samsung just formally introduced the heavily leaked Instinct S30, the followup to Sprint’s hot-selling 2008 feature phone. This one supports up to 32GB of SDHC memory, and has improved Calendar functionality. https://gizmodo.com/sprint-s30-mini-is-just-the-new-instinct-isnt-mini-at-5191766 The phone will be available on April 19 for $130 (according to Gadget Review), and seems eerily similar to its predecessor. But Samsung…

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Sprint S30 ‘Mini’ Is Just The New Instinct, Isn’t Mini At All

The Sprint/Samsung S30 ‘Mini‘, a presumed colleague of the existing Instinct, well, isn’t. Nope, it’s the replacement for the current Instinct, and if anything it’s slightly larger than its predecessor. https://gizmodo.com/sprint-instinct-mini-captured-in-customarily-blurry-ima-5165116 Samsung Korea let slip a press release teasing their CTIA announcements, in which the S30 makes a clear appearance. Alongside its picture, we find…

Gadgets John Herrman

Giz Explains: Why Cellphone Reception Still Sucks

Pink Nokia 7205 Intrigue Threatens the Masculinity of Bros Worldwide

Samsung Propel Pro Has the Looks, Needs a Better Keyboard

Despite Being an April 1 Gag, TXT’N’WALK Mobile App is Sweet

New Palm Pre Promo Vid Shows Fandango, Pandora Apps; Multitasking Galore

Hands On Jabra Halo Bluetooth Headset: Really, Really Slim

Samsung Impression Has Great Dumphone Hardware, Less Perfect Software

Nokia Point and Find Is Like a Meatspace Google

Lose Weight with HTC Snap Hands-On Next to Beautiful Black berry BOLD

Hands-On HTC Touch Pro 2: HOT ITEM! BUY NOW! NICE SCREENS and BIG KEYBOARDS!!! (UPDATE GALLERY UPDATE)

Mail Delivery Failed: “QuickOffice Brings First Complete Office Suite To The iPhone”

Nokia 1661 has AMAZING LED FLASHLIGHT Built InTo Top of Phone

Qualcomm: Special Report on CrocoEagles Expanding Cellphone Reception

HANDS-ON Motorola Evoke QA4 Nice, But Will Not Make Moto $$$

HTC Snap Looks Like Beautiful Black berry BOLD

Palm Inc, A Godly Assemblage, Would Kindly Ask That You Hear The Good News Today

Cellphone-Smuggling Pigeons Are a Jailbird’s Best Friend

Samsung Mondi Is a 4.3-inch Touchscreen WiMax/Wi-Fi Mobile Internet Device

Hands-On: Samsung Instinct S30 Promises Faster Internet Browsing and Advanced Touchscreen

Sprint S30 ‘Mini’ Is Just The New Instinct, Isn’t Mini At All

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