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Leaked Pics and Specs Suggest HTC’s Droid Incredible 2 Will Be a Very Nice Android Phone Indeed

The first HTC Droid Incredible was notable because of its awesome camera, so it only figures that Verizon’s Droid Incredible 2 would be even better. Leaked specs and photos suggest it’ll have the same 8MP camera, but will be joined by a 1.3MP forward-facing camera. The website AndroidSpin has heard the Droid Incredible 2 will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Sidekick Returns as the Samsung-Made T-Mobile Sidekick 4G

Danger-powered Sidekicks may be dead now, but the Sidekick brand is still living on. Samsung’s Android Froyo Sidekick 4G is the first ‘kick to have a touchscreen (a 3.5-inch one), along with that famous Sidekick qwerty. Running on a 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird chip, it has a forward-facing VGA camera, but no mention of a…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Yves Behar Designs a Sleek Handset for Those Who Really Hate Smartphones

Yves Behar thinks there some merit to a phone that does one simple thing well: make calls. So he tossed out the touchscreens and complex operating systems, teaming up with Aesir to produce a well-constructed, tactile dumbphone, the +YvesBehar phone. Designing the UI and hardware himself, Behar got some of the best watch component makers…

Tech News Adrian Covert

AT&T Customers Can Call and Text Japan for Free

Anticipating that a lot of Americans will be trying to contact loves ones in Japan, AT&T has implemented free international calling and texting until March the 31st. UPDATE: Verizon too, until April 10th. [PRNewswire]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Iraqis Flocked to Western Digital Habits During the War

Aside from infrastructural devastation and enormous loss of civilian life, the 2003 US invasion of Iraq has had some pretty fascinating effects on the way they live—particularly their absorption of American habits. Including the way we’re glued to our phones, says NYT reporter Mahmood Al-Bachary: The cellphone, this weird creature that entered our lives with…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Details of Microsoft and Nokia’s Cash-Laden Handshake Surface

Full details of the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft still haven’t been disclosed fully, but Bloomberg has spoken to people “with knowledge,” who claim Microsoft is paying Nokia more than $1 billion to promote and develop Windows Phone 7 handsets, for the 5+ years of the agreement. Microsoft is also paying for Nokia’s patents, such…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Host of Sprint Smartphones, EVO View Tablet Due at CTIA?

Over at Engadget an anonymous tipster has sent word that Sprint may be populating its 2.5-hour CTIA spot with a bevy of smartphones and a new tablet. The first phone is shaping up to be the Samsung Nexus S 4G, which will no doubt have 4G functionality, while the second rumored handset is something called…

Gadgets Jack Loftus

I Am Not Talking on a Human-Shaped Phone That Feels Like Skin

Japanese researchers at the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International seem to think that making a humanoid-looking phone and covering it in a material that feels like skin will make us feel closer to whoever we’re talking to. Judging from that photo, I’d be seriously weirded out. The phone, which is made to look like a…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Popularity of Every Smartphone OS, Visualized

It’s easy to throw numbers around about the relatively popularity here in the US of Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and so on. But it’s not until you see the comparison laid bare in bold, blocky colors like this that you get a real feel for the playing field. This visualization from Nielsen shows just how bottlenecked…

Tech News Brian Barrett

HTC Arrive: WP7 Finally Invades Sprint March 20th

As it was foretold at CES, Windows Phone 7 has achieved CDMA nirvana. And given Verizon’s recent comments about Microsoft’s nascent mobile platform, it’s no wonder the first CDMA WP7 handset to hit shelves comes from Sprint. Fortunately, the HTC Arrive makes a fine first impression. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-7-is-coming-to-verizon-and-sprint-with-co-5726113 In addition to all of the standard WP7…

Tech News Brian Barrett

It’s a Good Thing the World’s Thinnest Phone Has a Gorilla Glass Screen

Matching Monday’s leaked pics perfectly, the NEC Medias actually looks really nice. When was the last time you could say that about an NEC product? https://gizmodo.com/the-latest-worlds-thinnest-phone-will-soon-eat-up-jap-5766009 It’ll run on Android 2.2 when it goes on sale mid-March with the NTT Docomo carrier, and will no doubt be a hit with Japanese girls (and slender businessmen…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Nokia: Culture Will Out

Before starting Urbanscale, his own design firm, Adam Greenfield spent two years as Nokia’s head of design direction for user interfaces and services. Here, he explains how Nokia’s focus on commodity over user experience led to the company’s precipitous decline. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-is-the-mcdonalds-of-phones-5638995 OK, you got me. You knew I couldn’t go for very long without having…

Tech News Adam Greenfield

$200 $150 Could Buy You a Motorola Atrix 4G Today

People may still be running around with their hands in the air, screaming about the rumored price of Motorola’s Xoom, but at least we know the Atrix 4G is reasonably-priced. It’s on sale at AT&T now for $200 with a two year contract. [AT&T via Slashgear] https://gizmodo.com/adobe-a-few-weeks-until-honeycomb-tablets-can-run-fl-5766894 UPDATE: Thanks to reader Nicholas, who told us…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Video of BlackBerry Storm 3 Fails to Show NFC, But it Does Look Fast(er)

Ordinarily, video of this…”quality” would be a punishable offense, but at least it does actually show the higher-resolution screen and boost in speed the BlackBerry Storm 3 supposedly has. Sadly the purported NFC tech hasn’t been confirmed yet, but if any of the rumored specs come true, we’re looking at the biggest, baddest BlackBerry of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Download Amazon App Store Apps Before Your New Android Even Shows Up

We know the Amazon app store for Android is coming—but did you know that you’ll be able to download apps before you even own an Android device? https://gizmodo.com/amazons-app-store-for-android-will-be-tablet-focused-an-5725164 “Onto what?!” I can hear you asking. Why, your brand new Android device which you’ve just ordered from Amazon, naturally. When that shiny new tablet or phone…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Latest “World’s Thinnest Phone” Will Soon Eat Up Japan

Specs? I don’t think the Japanese care—just as long as this NEC Medias phone lives up to its 7.7mm-thick promise. Unlike other super-slim phones that cry of a 6mm waist (the LG Optimus Black, at its thinnest point), the Medias is actually 7.7mm up and down. https://gizmodo.com/lg-optimus-black-meet-the-worlds-new-slimmest-phone-f-5725434 The phone has leaked out ahead of its…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Would You Pay $835 For LG’s Optimus 3D Phone?

You might have guessed that LG’s Optimus 3D smartphone would come bearing a steep price-tag, but did you imagine it would be in the region of $800? Dual-core processors and 3D cameras don’t come cheap, which is why UK online retailer Expansys has listed a £514.99 ($835) price for it. Supposedly it hits shelves April…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google: All of Honeycomb’s Features “Will Come to Phones in Some Form”

Worried that the tablet-optimized version of Android, Honeycomb, has features your phone will never see the light of day of? Dan Morrill, the Android Open Source and Compatibility Tech Lead, has tweeted that “Honeycomb runs all existing Android apps; all the APIs & features will come to phones in some form. Just a matter of…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Why Are Cellphones Taxed So Massively?

When tax expert Bob McIntyre’s daughter bought a cellphone for $25, he was surprised to learn she ended up paying almost $60 in total, once taxes were added in. What followed was his adventures into the messy world of the government’s cellphone taxing scheme, which is calculated based on the original sticker-price of a phone,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Video: The Next Snapdragons Can Stream Netflix on Android Phones

Those upcoming Snapdragon chips of Qualcomm’s can actually stream Netflix on Android phones, as we saw on an LG Revolution at the MWC tradeshow in Barcelona, Spain, this week. It’s unlikely you’ll be streaming from your queue anytime this year though, as we wait for Qualcomm’s new chips to find its way into phones, but…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Leaked Pics and Specs Suggest HTC’s Droid Incredible 2 Will Be a Very Nice Android Phone Indeed

Sidekick Returns as the Samsung-Made T-Mobile Sidekick 4G

Yves Behar Designs a Sleek Handset for Those Who Really Hate Smartphones

AT&T Customers Can Call and Text Japan for Free

Iraqis Flocked to Western Digital Habits During the War

Details of Microsoft and Nokia’s Cash-Laden Handshake Surface

Host of Sprint Smartphones, EVO View Tablet Due at CTIA?

I Am Not Talking on a Human-Shaped Phone That Feels Like Skin

The Popularity of Every Smartphone OS, Visualized

HTC Arrive: WP7 Finally Invades Sprint March 20th

It’s a Good Thing the World’s Thinnest Phone Has a Gorilla Glass Screen

Nokia: Culture Will Out

$200 $150 Could Buy You a Motorola Atrix 4G Today

Video of BlackBerry Storm 3 Fails to Show NFC, But it Does Look Fast(er)

Download Amazon App Store Apps Before Your New Android Even Shows Up

The Latest “World’s Thinnest Phone” Will Soon Eat Up Japan

Would You Pay $835 For LG’s Optimus 3D Phone?

Google: All of Honeycomb’s Features “Will Come to Phones in Some Form”

Why Are Cellphones Taxed So Massively?

Video: The Next Snapdragons Can Stream Netflix on Android Phones

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

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Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

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Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

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