cellphones

LG VX8700 Launched on Verizon: Good News

What timing. Yesterday, I reviewed the LG Shine long enough to give it a thumbs down. Today, Verizon launched the LG VX8700, the flip version of the same Shine with the same 2MP camera with design to die for and boring OS. The two share DNA, yet this one is worth considering. It’s all about…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 6

i-Mate’s 2007 Phones Leaked Online

We’ve given you a heads-up on a couple of i-Mate’s forthcoming phones, but now someone at the company has done us the favor of leaking the company’s entire roadmap for ’07. Aside from the new Ultimate models, there’s also an X Series that looks particularly interesting with HSDPA/Edge support and Wi-Fi. The series consists of…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 6

The Best iPhone Guide Ever Now Available for Pre-order

Did you guys see that iPhone for Dummies book cover floating around the blogs today? That’s a weird cover, isn’t it? The girl’s holding an iPod up to her ear. I mean, aren’t these guys supposed to know the difference between and iPod and and iPhone? Plus, you guys aren’t dummies, so why would you…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 6

My 24 Hours with the LG Shine: Shiny and Sucky

I apologize for all the buzz on the mirror-faced LG Shine over the last few months. Across the Internet, it looked good. At CES, when I touched it, it looked good. I have a LG Shine here, and after spending a day with it, I’ve decided that it really is gorgeous (see the pics). And…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 5

Ring Ring Ring Ring, LG SV80 Banana Phone

I like the shape of this phone, the LG SV80, and how it contours to the face. I initially would avoid making the banana comment until I see the LG press picture that has a child actually comparing the phone to a banana. I guess LG wants to milk the age-old banana phone song for…

Tech News Travis Hudson Apr 5

Death of Innovation: Hop-on Gets Patent for MP3 Phones, Plans to Sue Everyone

You may not be familiar with Hop-on, a company based in both Irvine, CA, and China, but you’re going to hear a lot about them soon. Why? Because they’ve just been granted a patent for an “MP3 phone with speakers on the side, in addition to front and side buttons to activate its camera/video features.”…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 5

Madonna Gets an iPhone, Is Still an Old Floozy

I usually try to stray away from the celebrity gossip goods and leave it to my Gawker brethren at Defamer, but this is too good to pass up. It seems Madonna is the proud owner of an iPhone a few months prior to the official release date, at least according to the fine folks at…

Tech News Travis Hudson Apr 5

Verizon Wireless Gets its Mitts on BlackBerry 8830 World Phone

Being a Verizon customer, I’m always complaining about their lack of phones, but it looks like the boys in red just got first dibs on RIM’s BlackBerry 8830 (aka the Cyclone), which is a CDMA/GSM hybrid. In other words, it’ll work here in the States and overseas on GSM networks. It’s Verizon’s second phone with…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 5

Rumor: iPhone Battery Craps Out After 40 Minutes

John C. Dvorak clearly has it in for the iPhone. Aside from suggesting Apple should pull the plug on the holy gadget, he’s also “leaking” info from a Cingular rep who claims he’s testing the iPhone and complains that its battery dies after 40 minutes. https://gizmodo.com/dvorak-isnt-drinking-the-iphone-kool-aid-thinks-apple-248208 According to mystery Cingular man, “there’s lots of issues”…

Tech News Louis Ramirez Apr 5

Hands-On Video With Microsoft’s Deepfish Windows Mobile Browser

To say that Windows Mobile web browsers are hard to use would be tantamount to saying babies are fairly easy to beat up. Microsoft’s trying to remedy this with their experimental Deepfish web browser, which tries to give you desktop-class rendering on your WM smartphone. Does it work? Well, sorta. Watch the video and hit…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 4

Shatner Says Cellphones are Better Than Star Trek Communicators

Captain Kirk, while speaking at a Toronto press conference to shill for Canada’s Rogers Wireless, says that cellphones today are more impressive than communicators from Star Trek. Assuming he’s not just saying this because he’s a spokes-rep for a phone company—like the time he said booking online was better than calling a travel agent (Priceline)…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 4

Random Van Halen Video: Sony Ericsson’s TrackID Can Name That Tune

I just won’t shut up about Sony Ericsson’s new phones, so friends at Dynamism sent me a W880, their flagship Walkman. The best thing? Not the slim case, but the extremely useful TrackID system. Basically, you can play this phone a song, and it’ll take a sample by microphone, compare it to digital signatures on…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 4

15-Year-Old Designs Butterfly Concept Cellphone

We have seen “iPhone killers” of all shapes and sizes, but this one is a bit different because it is extremely farfetched and extremely cool on top of that. Oh, and it was designed by a 15-year-old Korean student studying in Canada. The “Butterfly” is a slider, but it slides out horizontally, rather than vertically…

Tech News Travis Hudson Apr 4

Sony Ericsson to Make Future Mobiles Like the PSP?

File this under “Rumor” for now, but the folks at Clipset are reporting that Sony is looking for some cellphone gaming action via their Sony Ericsson line of mobiles. Like the high-end Cybershot and Walkman phones, Sony Ericsson’s new “gaming” phones would pack a lot of media muscle and have an interface like the PSP’s.…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 4

Be Your Own Wireless Provider With Sonopia

Sonopia’s idea is simple. They let you, Joe One-Pack, create your own wireless provider customized to your own liking. Then, with this provider (which is free, and you don’t even need to sign up to use yourself) you can get your friends, family and coworkers to join up and pay you monthly fees for wireless…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 3

Phone Charm Provides Life with No Responsibilities

I’m not a huge fan of cellphone charms, as I feel like the point of slick little gadgets is to take up as little space in my pocket as possible. Sure, a cigarette-smoking baby wearing a cowboy hat is kind of awesome, but not so awesome that I want it cluttering up my pockets. https://gizmodo.com/japan-loves-it-some-wacky-cellphone-charms-238490…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 3

Nokia N95 Gets Felt Up

Now that we know it’s coming to the States, we can’t help but wait till the day Nokia’s N95 officially arrives. It’ll be pricey ($500-$600 unlocked), but it’ll be worth it considering the phone will have Wi-Fi, Edge/HSDPA support, a 5-megapixel camera and a bunch of other specs you can check out here. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n95-coming-stateside-247075 So…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 3

Sprint’s Treo 755p Also Comes in Maroon

The only other maroon gadget we could think of. https://gizmodo.com/possio-greta-combination-printer-scanner-fax-and-cell-235790 Thanks tipster!

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 2

Mystery Nokia Phone Caught by Gadget Paparazzi

Looks like Nokia has some post CTIA surprises left in store for us. A HowardForums user by the name of micrors4racer leaked this shot of a never-before-seen Nokia mobile, which is believed to be a more affordable version of the 8800. https://gizmodo.com/blingin-nokia-8800-170086 Other than the fact that it’s a slider and it has a cam…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 2

Will Phones Replace Wallets?

According to Mike Elgan, the wallet is an endangered species. That’s because phones are primed to become upgraded, more secure, and more convenient versions of the standard wallet. He talks about things like the fact that credit cards are woefully inefficient in that they store a minuscule amount of data on a relatively bulky object…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 2

LG VX8700 Launched on Verizon: Good News

i-Mate’s 2007 Phones Leaked Online

The Best iPhone Guide Ever Now Available for Pre-order

My 24 Hours with the LG Shine: Shiny and Sucky

Ring Ring Ring Ring, LG SV80 Banana Phone

Death of Innovation: Hop-on Gets Patent for MP3 Phones, Plans to Sue Everyone

Madonna Gets an iPhone, Is Still an Old Floozy

Verizon Wireless Gets its Mitts on BlackBerry 8830 World Phone

Rumor: iPhone Battery Craps Out After 40 Minutes

Hands-On Video With Microsoft’s Deepfish Windows Mobile Browser

Shatner Says Cellphones are Better Than Star Trek Communicators

Random Van Halen Video: Sony Ericsson’s TrackID Can Name That Tune

15-Year-Old Designs Butterfly Concept Cellphone

Sony Ericsson to Make Future Mobiles Like the PSP?

Be Your Own Wireless Provider With Sonopia

Phone Charm Provides Life with No Responsibilities

Nokia N95 Gets Felt Up

Sprint’s Treo 755p Also Comes in Maroon

Mystery Nokia Phone Caught by Gadget Paparazzi

Will Phones Replace Wallets?

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