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For The First Time, Buy and Activate an iPhone 3G At Home Without Pants

According to Boy Genius and Gadgetell, AT&T is now finally offering home activation for the iPhone 3G. Before, it was necessary to go into an Apple or AT&T store for activation, but no more. That means that Xmas iPhone receipts will be much more pleasant. Interestingly, home activation only appears to be working if you…

Tech News John Mahoney

Sony Ericsson C905 Hits The FCC With U.S. 3G, 8.1MP Camera

The race to bring the first retardedly huge 8MP cameraphone to the U.S. is on! After a Samsung 8MP piece with T-Mobile livery surfaced, the FCC has outed the 8.1MP C905 bound for AT&T. https://gizmodo.com/spied-t-mobile-branded-samsung-may-be-the-states-first-5104382 Asia and Europe have been enjoying the C905 since the summer, but the FCC report lists the 850/1900 WCDMA banding,…

Tech News John Mahoney

Congress Says FCC Chairman Abused Power, Played Favorites with Verizon

What’s up with corrupt politicians this week? Congress just filed a 110-page report on FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s “egregious abuses of power,” documenting his favoritism for companies, and possibly impropriety with some, like Verizon. For instance, he leaked early warning to T-Mobile about a Do Not Call violation fine, and then helped get it reduced…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Virgin Mobile Lets You Send Texts to Nobody, Charges For Confirmation

Virgin Mobile has a new service that allows its customers to send text messages into space, with a “formal confirmation” costing $15. Yes, sending text messages to nobody in particular, allowing them to travel out in some random direction and end up in space, is the hot new thing. You know, because aliens will know…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Sony Ericsson, HTC to Release Android Phones in 2009

It was bound to happen, but we never imagined it was going to be so soon. Phandroid says that Sony Ericsson will release their first Android-based telephone in summer 2009, according to IDG Sweden. Update: Gustaf Brusewitz has said that no specific timetable has been officially announced yet. https://gizmodo.com/androids-open-handset-alliance-adds-14-members-sony-er-5105406 We expect to initially focus on…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

E-Wave Chip Protects Against Scary, If Not Scientifically Proven, Threat of Cellphone Radiation

Cellphone radiation is spawning worries that it can do everything from making sperm stupid to popping popcorn… which means it’s prime time to start selling “cures” like this “radiation reducing” E-wave phone chip. https://gizmodo.com/bad-news-cellphones-make-your-sperm-stupid-5052259 Omega, a Belgian health products company that usually markets things like suntan lotion and wart treatments, is branching out into protective…

Tech News Elaine Chow

Skype 2.5 Beta For Windows Mobile Now Available

Skype claims to have overhauled their VoIP client for Windows Mobile with their 2.5 beta release. Improvements include: better sound quality, better stability and friendlier interface. Hit the link to give it a whirl. [Skype]

Tech News Sean Fallon

Nokia N85 Now Shipping

Nokia has confirmed that the NAM version of the Nokia N85 is now shipping (listings on both Amazon and Nokia have been updated). Still, it may be tough to score by the holidays. [Amazon and Symbian-Guru] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n79-and-n85-roll-out-officially-with-us-3g-aboar-5041787

Tech News Sean Fallon

The Booty Caller Texts You When to Make Babies

As my friends reach that point in life when they make babies (voluntarily), I can’t help but be remiss that I didn’t spot The Booty Caller earlier to lend a hand with conception. The Booty Caller is a series of text messages (3 per menstrual cycle) that lets women know when they’re most likely to…

Tech News Mark Wilson

FYI: Blending a Charged iPhone Causes Explosions

On Saturday at the Gizmodo Gallery, we blended a fully-functioning iPhone with a Blendtec, sacrificing it to the gods of copy and paste. What we learned was that if you blend an iPhone with its battery inside, it explodes. Whoops! Yeah, so we probably should have taken the battery out, but we wanted to show…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Broadcom Launches 802.11n Wi-Fi Chip For Cellphones

The new chip, which also integrates Bluetooth and FM radios, can grab 802.11n data at speeds of up to 50Mbps, and Broadcom claims it can do it all without totally devastating your battery. While mobile browsers are far from fast enough to handle data coming in at draft-N speeds, this does open the door for…

Tech News John Mahoney

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Delayed Until January 12th

The U.S. version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has been pushed back until January 12th. That gives you another month to figure out what else to spend your $800 on. [Electronista] https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-review-5088071

Tech News Sean Fallon

Spied T-Mobile-Branded Samsung May Be The States’ First 8-Megapixel Cameraphone

TmoNews is pretty confident that the cellphone depicted in these blurryvision photos is a successor to the Asia-only 8MP Pixon, only with T-Mobile branding. If legit, it would be the states’ first 8MP cameraphone. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-pixon-8mp-camera-phone-gets-groped-5057284 If you’re thinking eight megapixels on a cameraphone is a bit much, you’re not alone. But the Pixon’s camera was…

Gadgets John Mahoney

HTC Touch Diamond Backlights Permanently Dying, No Fix Yet

At Giz Gallery, Tom alerted us to a serious problem with HTC Touch Diamonds: After a few minutes, the backlight becomes permanently dim, making the phone unusable, and there is no fix yet.Updated 9:15AM Tom’s unlocked Touch Diamond that he showed us was a sad little brick, barely readable, and absolutely impossible to use in…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Crazy, Ugly Mystery Phone Pops Up, Begs to Be Identified

This mystery phone has appeared on the internet with absolutely no info about it available. We don’t know what it is, but we do know that’s it’s ugly as sin. The accepted educated guess about this thing is that it’s the upcoming Palm Roteo, based on the keyboard looking like the keyboard on the Centro…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Natural Year Phone Refuses to Be Out-Greened

OK OK, we know this grass phone is totally nuts, but hear us out. The Natural Year Phone concept is the brainchild of designer Je-Hyun Kim. Given that most of us replace our cellphones with the two-year circadian rhythm of our contracts, a phone constructed mostly of all natural material (like hay) may not be…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Confirmed: iPhone Coming to Walmart By the End of December, Regularly Priced

Inconsistent rumors that Walmart would soon start selling the iPhone soon have been pinging around for a few days now, but Bloomberg has finally come up with a solid answer: It’s happening, and probably by Christmas. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3g-coming-to-walmart-just-in-time-for-the-new-gr-5062183 Store representatives at multiple locations confirmed to the publication that employees are training to sell the handset, which…

Tech News John Herrman

Chinese QIGI Android Phone Gets the Video Treatment

The brief, not-really-a-race for the second Android handset looks to have been decided as the Kogan Agora will be out next month (in Australia). But now QIGI has shot back with some actual footage of a working i6 phone. There are a few things missing here, as the data connection and on-screen keyboard don’t seem…

Tech News John Herrman

Tiny, Adorable Walkman Phone Is Hard To Use Unless You’re Also Tiny and Adorable

By the numbers, the KDDI Walkman Xmini phone is nothing special. Well, except for a few of the numbers: at 44mm wide and 18mm thick, the 1.8in screen phone is absolutely minuscule. Well, for what it is, at least. there have been smaller gimmick phones for quite some time, but none with a solid featureset…

Tech News John Herrman

Motorola Is Officially Junk

Standard and Poor’s Rating Services acknowledges what Giz readers have known for a long time: They now classify Motorola as junk. Specifically, their Ratings Services cut its long-term corporate credit rating for Motorola to junk status. Last week, though, Moody’s Investors Services also warned of future cuts to Moto’s rating, which is hanging on two…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

For The First Time, Buy and Activate an iPhone 3G At Home Without Pants

Sony Ericsson C905 Hits The FCC With U.S. 3G, 8.1MP Camera

Congress Says FCC Chairman Abused Power, Played Favorites with Verizon

Virgin Mobile Lets You Send Texts to Nobody, Charges For Confirmation

Sony Ericsson, HTC to Release Android Phones in 2009

E-Wave Chip Protects Against Scary, If Not Scientifically Proven, Threat of Cellphone Radiation

Skype 2.5 Beta For Windows Mobile Now Available

Nokia N85 Now Shipping

The Booty Caller Texts You When to Make Babies

FYI: Blending a Charged iPhone Causes Explosions

Broadcom Launches 802.11n Wi-Fi Chip For Cellphones

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Delayed Until January 12th

Spied T-Mobile-Branded Samsung May Be The States’ First 8-Megapixel Cameraphone

HTC Touch Diamond Backlights Permanently Dying, No Fix Yet

Crazy, Ugly Mystery Phone Pops Up, Begs to Be Identified

The Natural Year Phone Refuses to Be Out-Greened

Confirmed: iPhone Coming to Walmart By the End of December, Regularly Priced

Chinese QIGI Android Phone Gets the Video Treatment

Tiny, Adorable Walkman Phone Is Hard To Use Unless You’re Also Tiny and Adorable

Motorola Is Officially Junk

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