Everything You Can (and Can't) Do With the New Nokia 3310
There’s been an intense debate in my head ever since Nokia introduced the new iteration of its classic 3310.
Microsoft Announces Nokia Dumb Phone
Microsoft might be selling off its feature phone division, but that hasn’t stopped the company from announcing the Nokia…
LG's Latest Innovation Is... An Android Flip Phone?
Do you miss T9? Do you dislike productivity? Then the new LG Gentle is for you.
You Can Have a Zack Morris Brick Phone Without Going Back In Time
Ok so this? This is the Brick. You may remember it from such places as Saved By the Bell and 1992. But this is 2014,…
A New York City Mugger Declined to Steal a Flip Phone
There have been 13 robberies reported in Central Park so far in 2013. But in most of them the robber presumably takes…
The One Trick Dumbphones Are Still the Best At
We all love our smartphones. Who could ever go back to a time before having an all-knowning internet brick on hand at…
You Won't Believe How Smart Dumbphones Actually Are
In spite of iOS and Android's quest towards world domination, it's easy for us overprivileged first-world residents to…
Charge This $20 Nokia Phone Once Every 35 Days
First of all, don't get too excited because this phone will almost certainly never be available where you live.…
Custom-Printed OwnFone Makes You Choose Your Friends Wisely
While most companies are pushing phones to have bigger screens and more processing power, OwnFone is taking things in…
What Was Your Favorite Dumbphone?
Sure, I love my smartphone, but she's not my first love, and she never will be. I've loved another, the beautiful LG…
How Many of Your Friends Still Use Dumbphones?
I was in the airport last week surrounded by grumpy delayed travelers, one of whom was brandishing his feature phone…
The Worst Phones You Can Buy
You might find this hard to believe: not everyone owns an iPhone or one of the several thousand decent Androids for…
Dumbphones Are Not the Answer to Smartphone Addiction
We look at the constantly rising numbers for smartphone adoption and just sort of assume that sooner or later,…
Facebook for Every Phone: Now Even People With Crappy Dumbphones Can Check Facebook
Facebook just unveiled their Facebook for Every Phone app which will put a serviceable Facebook experience on even the…
It's Official: Smartphones Are Winning
In the last three months of 2010, smartphone shipments doubled all the way up to 101.2 million handsets. Android…
The Most Popular Phone in the World
Nokia has problems. Smartphone problems. Software problems. American problems. But to fully understand what's wrong,…
Would You Be Happy With a Phone That Just Calls and Texts?
Once upon a time, cellphones were used for making phone calls. Then text messaging became a thing. Cameras, maps, and…
Kin Memorial Site Helps You Work Through The Pain
Kin, we hardly knew ye. If you're overwhelmed with grief over the demise of Microsoft's smart-dumbphones, or maybe—just…
The Sidekick Gets Kicked To The Curb
I come to bury Sidekick, not to praise him. Less than 24 hours after Microsoft killed Kin dead, T-Mobile has abandoned…
Microsoft Kin Review: The Best Cellphones You'll Never Buy
The Kins have an audience, a sense of style, and—a rarity from Microsoft—a coherent philosophy. They're precocious…