cellphones

Palm Centro Hands On And Gallery (Verdict: They’re Gonna Sell a Lot Of ‘Em)

The Palm Centro was a joke until the price dropped this morning. $99 for a full featured touchscreened Palm device is a great value. It loses the heft found in previous Palm Treos, and it’s even a little bit…shiny. The only thing to be concerned with is that tiny keyboard. Despite it being targeted toward…

Palm Centro Launch Event (The Treo for Hobbits)

12:25 There’s little doubt today’s event is about Centro. We’re here, and we’ll just see how it goes while we eat lunch. 12:37 Ed Colligan is up on stage, says he’s going to announce a new phone, but first, goes into marketing. Yay. 12:38 Why aren’t people buying smartphones? He says it’s because they’ve been…

Ericsson’s Tower Tube Give Cell Towers a Touch of Scandanavian Design

Cell towers are ugly. They either look like, well, big ugly antennaes, or they look like big ugly anetnnaes poorly disguised as gigantic metal trees. Whereever they’re set to go up, property values drop and local communities get in an uproar. But everybody likes having five bars of service, so what can you do? Well,…

If you’ve been waiting for a 3G Nokia N95, now’s your chance to drop $700 on one, as they’re officially released as of today. [Crunchgear]

Palm Centro to Sprint to the Streets in Two Weeks for $99.99

There have been spy shots and leaked official photos, and now Sprint just made it official that the Palm Centro will find itself in someone’s hot little hand on October 14 for a mere $99.99. And looky there, it’s got a surprising color slathered onto it, too. https://gizmodo.com/palm-gandolf-officially-the-centro-smallest-treo-ever-290451 Just in case everyone is completely bored…

Sling Steps Outside With SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian S60

SlingPlayer mobile, the app that lets you watch all your TV shows on your cellphone streamed from your SlingBox, has just launched in the US for $29, Canada for $34, and the UK for £19. It’s the same basic functionality—although this has streaming support over 3G and/or Wi-Fi and landscape fullscreen support—but now supporting Nokia…

Sling Player Now Available on Nokia N95

We knew it was just a matter of time before the HSDPA-enabled Nokia N95 would score itself a Series60 friendly Sling Player, and lo, here it is. As you can see in the gallery, you initially access commands through menus, but the trick is to set your favorite commands along with your favorite channels. In…

Sprint and Motorola Launch Cruise to Prove Xohm WiMax Runs Swimmingly

In order to simulate the most difficult WiMax reception scenario, Motorola and Sprint took reporters and analysts on a Chicago River (booze?) cruise. The service, which officially be ready for “pre-commercial” service by the year end, performed excellently, in spite of deliberate obstacles: “Motorola has reached a significant milestone in the industry by proving through…

New Au Infobars Shave Corners, Just Need Lube

Au’s Infobar 2 is hitting the streets in Japan in November. Impress describes it as “Square it was and the form like whether the candy dissolved in the mouth and had roundness of,” which makes me certain that it was designed by Yoda (another clue is that it comes in Yoda Green.) The 2.6-inch OLED…

Sidekick LX and Sidekick Slide Go Official

Last week, I played with T-Mobile’s upcoming Sidekick LX built by Sharp and Sidekick Slide, built by Motorola. Though it’s still over a month from their “holiday” release, T-Mobile is acknowledging their existence today with some official pics and specs. Both are more slender than anything yet seen in the Sidekick family: the $299 swivel-action…

Woman Coats iPods, Cellphones in Gold

See this woman? She wants to coat your gadgets in 24 karat gold. Or, if you don’t have a cellphone or iPod, she’ll coat a brand new one and send it to you. Here are a few that are available from their store: a LG Prada for £399 ($800), LG Shine for £279 ($561), and…

Samsung Armani Phone Hands On Video

Susi from Shiny Shiny has a hands-on demo of the Samsung Armani phone we showed you earlier. Not to spoil anything, but the phone has part of a UI that’s Cover Flow-esque. Oh, and Susi dies at the end. [Shiny Shiny] https://gizmodo.com/official-launch-of-samsungs-armaniphone-in-milan-303263

AT&T’s 3G Network Getting a 6X Kick In the Upload Pantalones

Cellphones on AT&T’s 3G network will be getting a speed bump that could be worth 6x. Right now, AT&T’s HSDPA networks are limited to 130kbps of upload, but when HSUPA (High speed Uplink Packet Access) is pushed live in October/November, the network will be good for 500 to 800kbps with HSUPA devices only. (Who knows…

Official Launch of Samsung’s ArmaniPhone in Milan

It’s not the first time we’ve seen Samsung’s Armani phone, but its official unveiling happened in Milan yesterday, following Giorgio’s runway show. The credit-card-sized phone is 10.5 mm wide, has haptic feedback and will be on sale in Europe from November. An Armani-Samsung Casa LCD TV is to follow in January. Stats, pricing and more…

Running Any Third Party iPhone Apps? Bye-Bye Warranty!

Click to viewYou heard that the new firmware bricks unlocked iphones? Get this: Apple just confirmed to me that running any third-party app at all voids the warranty, and you won’t be covered if your iPhone bricks for whatever reason. The reasoning is that Apple cannot distinguish between other third party apps and those that…

Spy Shots Emerge of AT&T 8925, Verizon i-760 and XV6800 Phones

Samsung is probably wondering where these spy pics of its i-760 came from. Contrary to the design of the one we showed you almost a year ago, this one has a numeric keyboard on the front and slides to the side. Neato. And what’s that next to it? The AT&T 8925? Yes, and its roots…

MySpace Mobile is Coming; MySpace Still a Horrible Site

News Corp, the daddy of MySpace, has announced that it’s launching a mobile version of the social networking behemoth. It’s great news for the people who still use MySpace, although that number is plummeting quickly. I mean, come on, who uses MySpace anymore? It’s all spam these days, and the ads are overwhelming. It’s a…

T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi BlackBerry Curve Is Fo’ Real and Quite Tasty

In the hot summer months, rumor was that the critically acclaimed BlackBerry Curve was coming to T-Mobile—and unlike the AT&T “exclusive” edition, the T-Mo one would have Wi-Fi. Last week, Jason Chen reported that the Curve would be equipped with T-Mobile’s Hotspot @Home for unlimited Wi-Fi calling at home or in Starbucks. Chen also posted…

T-Mobile BlackBerry 8320 Curve Now Official: $249 With 2-Year Contract

We reported on the BlackBerry Curve getting T-Mobile hotspot compatibility, but the 8320 has just become official, retailing now for $249 after $50 mail-in rebate with a two-year contract. It’s available in titanium and gold, and you should be able to pick one up from retailers (they just got the go-ahead to sell). Thanks tipster!…

NYC Subway Stations Will Get (More) Cell Service

The New York subway system, that bastion of gentility and mutual respect, is about to get a cell-service upgrade, allowing people to talk n’ text in all 277 underground stations. Cell service is already pretty easy to pick up in a station, especially those in midtown. The new 10-year deal stops short of offering service…