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Palm Pre Launch Window Is First Week of June, At Odds With the iPhone

An exact date is set to be revealed tomorrow, but a recent NY Times article is backing up earlier rumors by putting the Palm Pre launch in the first week of June. https://gizmodo.com/palm-launch-lunch-memo-hints-at-early-june-pre-releas-5244292 The Times also discusses a possible iPhone release as early as the kickoff of the WWDC on June 8th—a “few days” after…

Tech News Sean Fallon

T-Mobile G1 Android 1.5 Cupcake Rollout Pushed Back a Week

The Cupcake update expected um, now for the T-Mobile G1 has been pushed back a week, and now it’s gonna be “early June” before everybody has it on their phone. Lame. [T-Mobile, Thanks Jon] https://gizmodo.com/android-1-5-cupcake-update-coming-next-week-5242992

Tech News Matt Buchanan

US Cellular Offering Free Battery Exchange For Customers

US Cellular is poised to become the first carrier in the States to offer a free battery swap program for customers that are loyal enough to hold on to their handset. Starting tomorrow, customers with dead or dying batteries can walk into any US Cellular store and receive a fully-charged replacement for free. The only…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Tag Heuer Headset Constantly Whipsers ‘You’re So Rich’ Into Your Ear

This Tag Heuer Bluetooth headset isn’t quite as gorgeous as the company’s watches, but it’s still unlike anything else on the market. The light, 40g headset snaps in/out of what is essentially a combination flash drive/USB charger. Rather than just offering a charging cable or dock, this design allows you to carry all that stuff…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Android ‘Donut’ Build For HTC Hero Caught On Tape

Move over cupcakes—donuts are now on the menu thanks, once again, to the 17-year old whiz kid Haykuro. This time he has come through with the Android build for the upcoming HTC Hero. https://gizmodo.com/htc-android-hero-handset-snapped-its-the-chinniest-of-5240456 After a bit of tinkering, Haykuro managed to get the build to work on the G1. I have to admit, the…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Verizon LTE Devices Will Have Swappable SIM Cards

Maybe a no-brainer, but seeing “Verizon Wireless” anywhere near the words “swappable SIM cards” is like seeing a little slice of hell freeze over: Verizon’s confirmed that their LTE devices will have swappable SIM cards, meaning you should be able to actually choose your device. Holy balls. [DSL Reports]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

LG enV Touch (Voyager 2) Will Contain Many Ubiquitous Cellphone Features

We got a quick, blurry look at LG’s upcoming enV Touch (aka Voyager 2) in April, and now we have the specs for this ho-hum handset: https://gizmodo.com/lg-env3-and-voyager-2-leaked-5197380 – dual WVGA touchscreen displays – full-QWERTY keypad – stereo speakers – Bluetooth – microSDHC support – 3.2 megapixel camera with auto-focus, flash and Schneider-Kreuznach lens Don’t get…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Mysterious ‘Project Charlie’ Delivering Three New Phones To Best Buy

What could these strange new Best Buy bound phones be? No one knows for sure, but since this is the Internet, when all else fails, just say “iPhone” and watch the chatter begin. That’s what Phonearena’s Best Buy tipster is saying anyway. The evidence? Wishful thinking and another infamous Best Buy inventory screen. That the…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Are You This Douchebag?

Suburbanites need not venture further, since your torpid bodies have grown into your automobiles. City dwellers, this is how you probably look to everyone else, stumbling around with your iPhone. What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve done while walking and Twittering about how that stupid barista yelled at you for using your phone at the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Meizu Pondering Follow Up To M8 With 3G, GPS And a 5-Megapixel Camera

Despite years of unfulfilled hype about the M8 iPhone clone, it appears that Meizu’s CEO Jack Wong is talking about a new installment that may or may not include 3G, GPS and a 5-megapixel camera. Given their history, you probably have as much of a chance of getting your hands on the proposed Meizu phone…

Tech News Sean Fallon

BlackBerry Storm 2 Screen Won’t Be Clicky, Verizon to Un-Ban Wi-Fi on Smartphones

Boy Genius rolls up Verizon’s entire lineup of new BlackBerrys, but the most interesting point confirms what I suspected when I saw the Storm 2 shots yesterday: The Storm’s clicky screen is gone. Update: https://gizmodo.com/the-blackberry-storm-2-5255143 Instead, it’ll work “more like traditional capacitive touch screen panels,” maybe with haptic feedback. Given Palm and Microsoft’s push toward…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Pay Attention to the Road Please, Sir

This taxi driver in Hong Kong has somewhere between six and eight cellphones on his dash. Maybe he just uses phones people leave in the back? [Holygadzooks Flickr]

Tech News Jason Chen

Google Product Search For Android Phones Now Features Barcode Scanning

Google has announced that Android handset owners can take advantage of barcode scanning support built into Product Search. Using the Barcode Scanner app, users can scan UPC/ISBN codes to pull up results on their browser. https://gizmodo.com/google-product-search-now-available-on-iphone-android-5225015 At the moment, Google claims that the service works best with “products like electronics, books, movies or video games,”…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Finally, a Way To Desecrate An iPhone With Cellphone Charms

If you have always wanted to dangle a bunch of stupid crap off your cellphone like the Japanese, but lacked a built-in ring for this purpose, you are in luck. Strapya has a solution. The answer is simple: adhesive buttons. Just place them on your phone and insert the strap of your choice. The only…

Tech News Sean Fallon

TeleNav GPS Navigator For Android Reviewed (Verdict: Impressive)

The guys at KickingTires have put the TeleNav turn-by-turn GPS Navigator for Android and the G1 through its paces and have emerged feeling that the software is impressive, but overpriced. https://gizmodo.com/telenav-brings-turn-by-turn-gps-to-android-and-the-g1-5152170 Indeed, while they felt that the software scored well in major categories like ease of use, routing, map quality and accuracy, the value factor…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Don’t Take Your Effing Cellphone to the White House, OK?

Oh, those White House press corps kids and their baggie pants and rap music and ringing cellphones. You can tell that—behind that smile—principal Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is pissed off. [Thanks OMGPonies]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Samsung SCH-W760 Shoots Your G-Rated Videos in the Dark

It’s as if thousands of preteens sharing naughty videos cried out over a direct line into Samsung’s R&D department. The Samsung SCH-W760 is a pretty typical slider for Korea (the only place it will most likely be released), but it features a 3MP camera that can shoot video calls in the dark. The system uses…

Tech News Mark Wilson

ViewSonic Fails to Come Up With Reason Not to Make Smartphones, Decides to Start Making Smartphones

ViewSonic, known for their LCD monitors and HDTVs, is trying something new again—this time, smartphones. All we know for now is that they’ll be 3G, “smart”, and available in North America. [Register] https://gizmodo.com/viewsonic-is-making-a-lap-crushing-22-inch-notebook-5173614

Tech News John Herrman

Palm Pre Box Shots Leak, Suggest Pre Will Come In Box

BGR snatched up some Pre box shots from a forum. No surprises here—we don’t even get a look at the way the phone is packaged, and the list of gear is obvious… …Still, I didn’t want you people to miss out! More pics over at BGR. [Boy Genius Report]

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Texting While Driving Is Becoming Ridiculous

It’s pretty redundant to make laws outlawing texting while driving because it already falls under laws covering distracted driving, but holy crap, something needs to be done about it. https://gizmodo.com/89-of-americans-want-texting-while-driving-outlawed-286731 You have ridiculous cases like the Trolley driver rear ending another train because he was texting his girlfriend, and train conductors causing a 25-fatality crash…

Tech News Jason Chen

Palm Pre Launch Window Is First Week of June, At Odds With the iPhone

T-Mobile G1 Android 1.5 Cupcake Rollout Pushed Back a Week

US Cellular Offering Free Battery Exchange For Customers

Tag Heuer Headset Constantly Whipsers ‘You’re So Rich’ Into Your Ear

Android ‘Donut’ Build For HTC Hero Caught On Tape

Verizon LTE Devices Will Have Swappable SIM Cards

LG enV Touch (Voyager 2) Will Contain Many Ubiquitous Cellphone Features

Mysterious ‘Project Charlie’ Delivering Three New Phones To Best Buy

Are You This Douchebag?

Meizu Pondering Follow Up To M8 With 3G, GPS And a 5-Megapixel Camera

BlackBerry Storm 2 Screen Won’t Be Clicky, Verizon to Un-Ban Wi-Fi on Smartphones

Pay Attention to the Road Please, Sir

Google Product Search For Android Phones Now Features Barcode Scanning

Finally, a Way To Desecrate An iPhone With Cellphone Charms

TeleNav GPS Navigator For Android Reviewed (Verdict: Impressive)

Don’t Take Your Effing Cellphone to the White House, OK?

Samsung SCH-W760 Shoots Your G-Rated Videos in the Dark

ViewSonic Fails to Come Up With Reason Not to Make Smartphones, Decides to Start Making Smartphones

Palm Pre Box Shots Leak, Suggest Pre Will Come In Box

Texting While Driving Is Becoming Ridiculous

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