Mwc 09 - Tech and Science Tips, Reviews, News And More.

2/19/09

Mobile World Congress 09: The Good, The Bad, the Ugly and the Boring

Despite the new HTC Magic, the Sony Ericsson Idou, and Windows Mobile 6.5—which still is not Windows Mobile 7—the…

Save

Verizon LTE Wireless Clocking 60Mbps In US Tests, Confirmed to Launch in 2010

Verizon's rollout of its 4G Long Term Evolution network is in the trial phase in three metro areas, and lucky…

Save

Coolest Cellphone Interface Ever Is Also Absolutely Useless

Dear people from TAT: I love you, and not only because you are Swedish, but because you really do cool stuff. LIke…

Save

NTT DoCoMo Snap-Apart Phone Belongs in Museum of WTF

Charlie at Wired's Gadget Lab finds NTT DoCoMo's two-piece magnetic phone entertaining, but to me, the reasons it's…

Save

SIMSense Motion Detecting SIM Card: Drunk Dial Even When You Pass Out

Oberthur Technologies has come up with yet another interesting application of accelerometer technology. Their new…

Save

Why Do the Android Phones Have Chins?

Have you noticed the G1 and G2 both share one common physical trait? Yeah, they both have chins. And there's a…

Save

Android G2 Hands On: Close to Perfection

HTC and Google are getting closer to perfection with the new Android G2, the HTC Magic. Nice finish, great form…

Save

How Not To Make a Touchscreen Phone

Samsung's slogan here in Barcelona is "The Power of Touch." It should have been "The Power to Drive You Freakin'…

Save

Bluetooth Over Wi-Fi Zoomtastic Speed Shocks Our Pants Off

If there's a must-have mobile technology this year, that's Bluetooth over Wi-Fi. Easy-to-establish, peer-to-peer…

Save

AT&T CEO Slips Up, Possibly Confirming Dell Smartphone Rumors

AT&T's Mobility CEO just referred to the fact that "Dell announced they're entering the smartphone market." The…

Save

Android G2: HTC Magic Officially Announced

Vodafone has taken the HTC Magic out of their big red hats in their MWC 2009 press conference. The rumors were true:…

Save

Hyundai MB400 Phone Looks Like a Bad Apple Fan Concept from 2006

Still bitter that Apple didn't use your totally rad theoretical iPhone concept all those years ago? You know, the…

Save

Samsung Omnia HD Hands On Video: Amazing Screen, Still Bad Response

When I tried the original Omnia I said it had "a poorly designed interface, lousy response time, buggy software,…

Save

LG GD900 Phone Slides to Reveal a See-Thru Keypad

Boy Genius posted an image of this new LG GD900 Phone previewed at Mobile World Congress that appears to be a slider…

Save

Sony Ericcson W995 Walkman Phone: 8MP, Wi-Fi, Media Server, aGPS, YouTube

The Sony Ericsson W995 is a beauty, like all their flagship Walkman phones. This one has 3G, Youtube playback,…

Save

Acer's First Smartphones Are Missing Something

Acer has unveiled their rumored smartphones, the X960, F900, M900, and DX900. And they don't look half bad, other…

Save

Windows Mobile 6.5 Hands On: The New Interface Rocks

I like the new Windows Mobile 6.5 interface, specially the new home screen, which is brilliantly executed. Running…

Save

Leaked Nokia N86 Features an 8MP Camera

While today's Nokia announcement onslaught didn't include the N86, some of the company's own press materials leaked…

Save

All Windows Mobile 6.5 Phones to Feature Physical 'Start' Button

Here's an interesting one-off about Windows Mobile 6.5. Microsoft has mandated that all phones running the OS…

Save

HTC Magic, The Fabled Android G2, Looks Like It's Headed to Vodafone in Europe

File this under decidedly unconfirmed, but Boy Genius has unearthed official shots and an advertisement that…

John Mahoney

2/16/09 9:20AM

Comments (16)

Save