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Nokia Has No Plans To Give Up On Symbian Or Maemo

Symbian’s problem isn’t that it lacks capabilities, it’s with the user experience: namely the clunky, awkward, and occasionally terrible S60 interface. Enter Maemo, to save the day! And also, apparently, a newer, friendlier Symbian. Nokia wants to get better, please. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n97-review-nokia-is-doomed-5308440 The latest of Nokia’s reliably rousing Capital Markets Day reports points to two goals,…

Tech News John Herrman

I’d Call This Phone Cute, But I’m Afraid That It’ll Hurt Me

I don’t really know whether you can actually make calls on the Bandai Phone Braver 7, but I’m certain that I’ve never seen another cellphone that looks like it could karate-kick me for saying that it resembles a cute Transformer. The gadget’s apparently based on a Japanese show about “a high school boy, his transforming…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Augmented Reality Twitter App Shows You Exactly Where Your Friends Are Tweeting

Augmented reality Twitter isn’t new to the App Store, but their official geolocation service is just a few weeks old. How? Hacks! Twitter 360 is the first augmented reality Twitter app to support the official API, and it looks fantastic. https://gizmodo.com/androids-best-augmented-reality-app-hits-the-iphone-5381846 Previously, the only way to grab location data from Twitter was to scrape through…

Tech News John Herrman

Cellphones Mean Nothing to Londoners, Who Lose Over 10,000 in Taxis Each Month

Either phones mean nothing to Brits, who are accustomed to getting them free on contract, or they’re just crazy drinkers who can’t keep a hold of their gadgets. Around 1,000 laptops and iPods are also lost in the depths of black cabs each month, with the VP of security company Credant Technologies, who carried out…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Dolphin Browser Gives Droid the Multitouch It Should’ve Had From the Start

As far as phones go, the Droid is an olympian. A supermodel. A movie star. But without multitouch, it’s a movie star with rickets, and awkward inflection. That is: mildly disappointing! That’s where the Dolphin browser comes in. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-review-5396168 At first glance the browser is a bit of a mess: its Android Market listing is…

Tech News John Herrman

Unknown iPhone Model Number Being Field Tested in San Francisco

Could be something, could be nothing, but an “iPhone3,1” mysteriously popped up in the usage records of a Bay Area App Store developer. If you’ll remember, the “iPhone2,1” turned out to be the 3GS. The 3,1 phone was spotted in an analytics report from November for the iPhone app iBART. This isn’t the first time…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Let’s Sing About Safer Sext (NSFW)

Click to viewSext. Sending pictures of your naughty bits through MMS. Oh, don’t play coy. You already knew what it is, so let’s just watch this educational video and learn about safer sext practices from some singing, underwear-clad people. All joking aside, there really is a lesson to take away from the clip. Those silly…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Waze Turn-By-Turn App Lets You Play Pac-Man With Your Car

Free, crowd-sourced turn-by-turn app Waze might not navigate quite as well as the Navigons and Telenavs of the world, but it’s got one killer feature that they don’t: cherries, to chomp with your car. The cherries (and various other icons) are part of Waze’s new “Road Goodies” program, which essentially turns the navigation service—which has,…

Tech News John Herrman

Cellphone-Using Pedestrians at Higher Risk of “Getting Run Over”

First driving, now even walking: The combination of cellphone use and motion seems to be the most dangerous threat facing Americans today. Two new studies have shown that pedestrians using cellphones are significantly more likely to get smacked by a car than anybody else. A simulation indicated that older people are especially likely to be…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Your Phone at 55 Degrees Below Zero

At -55 degrees, your phone’s dead, but unlike people, it can be revived. In fact, a Moto Krzr survived a bath in a -314.7F bucket of liquid nitrogen. More from Popular Mechanics’ winter hell phone survival test here: [PopMech]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Luke Wilson’s Droppin’ Post Cards on Verizon Wireless

When I think escalating mega cellphone carrier ad war, I think actor Luke Wilson. Oh wait, no I don’t, and yet here he is, again, striking back on behalf of AT&T against Verizon Wireless. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-goes-on-the-offensive-with-new-side-by-side-comm-5408029 Now, good on AT&T for fighting back with more ads and not more silly lawsuits and all, but the Verizon…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Motorola Droid Prototype Floating Around On Ebay?

eBay, the auction site that’s been no stranger to rare gadgets in the past, could have an interesting new denizen under its roof if this Motorola Droid prototype turns out to be the real deal. The seller bills the phone as “limited edition,” which means this is, purportedly, one of only five such prototypes produced.…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Erotica Phone: 1984’s “Masterpiece of Micro-Processor Technology” (NSFW)

Hey, that’s their words, not mine—I’m almost lost for any. “Sculptured by a European artist…the phone plugs into any wall-jack and is fully-guaranteed.” I bet, just look how classy this gent seems with an ear full of cleavage. Keep it tasteless 1984. I’ve no idea what fine publication this appeared in, but it looks like…

Tech News Danny Allen

Magellan Sends Its Eldest Child Into the iPhone Turn-By-Turn App War, Tearfully

In this war there are two battles: the polite, traditional fight between expensive, full-featured apps like Navigon and TomTom, and the I-will-undercut-you-if-it-means-killing-my-own-mother gorefest of the cheaper apps, like MotionX and Gokivo. With RoadMate, Magellan has taken the road less bloody. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-iphone-navigation-app-telenav-vs-navigon-vs-5343981 Debuting at $80 (and presumably climbing to $100 later), RoadMate recreates as much of…

Tech News John Herrman

iPhone Apps Have to Be Approved by Robots Now, Too

Sounds sinister, right? That’s probably because I replaced the word “computers” with “robots!” For effect! But no, still, this is at least interesting: Developers are now reporting that apps are getting rejected, and not by humans. Word is that Apple has added a new layer to the approval process, called a static analysis tool. This…

Tech News John Herrman

Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open to All 6.x Phones

However you feel about Windows Mobile 6.5, chances are you don’t have it, so you (probably) haven’t been able to try out the new Marketplace for Mobile. Starting today—earlier than promised!—anyone with a 6.x handset can access it. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-install-windows-marketplace-for-mobile-on-winmo-5378168 Microsoft’s take on an app store got off to a timid start, so the accompanying news…

Tech News John Herrman

Sony Xperia X10 Landing Sometime In February

Sony Ericsson, which is apparently narrowing down the release date for their Snapdragon-powered Android phone in stages—it was Q1 before—has posted a new release date(ish)! The X10 will make your Droid feel inadequate in February. [Slashgear] https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-announced-sonys-first-android-5395712

Tech News John Herrman

Leaked RadioShack Black Friday Ad Comes with Wordplay

Shack Friday! Get it?! Instead of Black Friday? You still there? Is this thing on? Anyway, the RadoShack Black Friday ad has leaked to the Internet, and with it a number of purported “deals” and discounts on popular electronics. [CrunchGear]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Why U.S. Wireless Pricing Sucks

The New York Times ran a story today that helps explain why the American cellular industry is so screwy. In short: It’s our fault. There are two main problems: We like bills to be consistent, and we’re risk-averse consumers. To the first point, Sprint tried to offer a plan in 2004 where 300 minutes cost…

Tech News Chris Jacob

The Year Apple and RIM Ate Everyone Else’s Lunch

For today’s data dump: the iPhone now accounts for nearly a fifth of new smartphones, and BlackBerrys are on a surprisingly serious tear, passing a 20% in world market share. So, uh, who’s losing? Well, for one, Nokia, whose smartphones have failed to penetrate at all in the US, despite massive popularity overseas, and whose…

Tech News John Herrman

Nokia Has No Plans To Give Up On Symbian Or Maemo

I’d Call This Phone Cute, But I’m Afraid That It’ll Hurt Me

Augmented Reality Twitter App Shows You Exactly Where Your Friends Are Tweeting

Cellphones Mean Nothing to Londoners, Who Lose Over 10,000 in Taxis Each Month

Dolphin Browser Gives Droid the Multitouch It Should’ve Had From the Start

Unknown iPhone Model Number Being Field Tested in San Francisco

Let’s Sing About Safer Sext (NSFW)

Waze Turn-By-Turn App Lets You Play Pac-Man With Your Car

Cellphone-Using Pedestrians at Higher Risk of “Getting Run Over”

Your Phone at 55 Degrees Below Zero

Luke Wilson’s Droppin’ Post Cards on Verizon Wireless

Motorola Droid Prototype Floating Around On Ebay?

The Erotica Phone: 1984’s “Masterpiece of Micro-Processor Technology” (NSFW)

Magellan Sends Its Eldest Child Into the iPhone Turn-By-Turn App War, Tearfully

iPhone Apps Have to Be Approved by Robots Now, Too

Windows Mobile App Marketplace Now Open to All 6.x Phones

Sony Xperia X10 Landing Sometime In February

Leaked RadioShack Black Friday Ad Comes with Wordplay

Why U.S. Wireless Pricing Sucks

The Year Apple and RIM Ate Everyone Else’s Lunch

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

Meta Has More Smart Glasses Coming Whether You Want Them or Not

Apple Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK Now. Could the US Be Next?

Astronomers Say Recent Rash of Meteor Sightings ‘Warrants Serious Investigation’

Did AMD Just Make the Best CPU for Gamers and Creators?

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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