Smartphones

Verizon: Don’t Worry Guys, That Super High Early Termination Fee Only Applies to Phones You Like

After making lame excuses to the FCC for their suddenly doubled ETF, Verizon has now partially backtracked: The ETF is only doubled for phones people actually like! Cancel those dumb featurephones whenever you want! You’re welcome, America. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-defends-350-early-termination-fee-to-the-fcc-5431184 Basically, the new $350 ETF applies only to smartphones, which they seem to have trouble defining but…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

How Many Minutes and MB Do You Average On Your Cellphone Plan?

3G, 4G, VoIP, Google Voice, a crippling growth in data usage—the bottom line is that there have been a lot of changes to the wireless industry recently. Are you one of the masses maxing out your minutes and data? https://gizmodo.com/okay-that-is-kind-of-a-lot-of-data-5441751 How Many Minutes Do You Use On Average?(opinion) How Much Data Do You Use On…

Tech News Sean Fallon

11-Year Old Writes iPhone Drawing App and Donates Proceeds To Children’s Hospital

He isn’t the youngest kid to write an iPhone app, but 11-year old Cameron is wise beyond his years. He is donating a substantial part of the proceeds from his drawing app iSketch to the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA. https://gizmodo.com/9-year-old-writes-iphone-application-5147072 Writing to Crunchgear, Cameron’s father explains the situation: My son Cameron is 11 years old…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Zune Phone Expected in 2 Months?

All of that Project Pink/Zune Phone rumor madness is back with one statement by Jefferies analyst Katherine Egbert: https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-project-pink-probably-killed-off-the-sidekic-5380011 “Our recent industry checks indicate Microsoft will be debuting its own phone sometime in the next two months…We expect the new phone to debut soon, at either the Feb 15-18 Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Look At This Broken Nexus One

Poor reader Paul ordered a Nexus One and only had it for five days before this happened. No finger pointing—he said he dropped it—so just cry at the sad, broken gadget. Paul does say that the touchscreen still works and there’s no change in the display. It just, well, looks like that. And even worse,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Ninjas Employ Their Own Method Of Unboxing a Nexus One

In this Google-sponsored video by Patrick Boivin, stop-motion ninjas show us only the second unboxing that I can describe as “action-packed.” They easily defeated the Nexus One packaging, but their arch-rival Blister Pack won’t go down so easy. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/the-most-realistic-unboxing-of-all-time-5050076

Tech News Sean Fallon

Windows Mobile 7 Rumor Explosion: Two Versions, New Name, First Hardware

As Mobile World Congress—and presumably Window Mobile 7—careens closer and closer, we’re going to hear a lot more of this. Today’s batch? Business and consumer versions of the OS, a sexxxy new name, and possible first hardware. WMExperts’ post is essentially a digest of everything they think they know from a variety of sources, including…

Tech News John Herrman

Fishbate Finally Brings Violent Fish Masturbation to the iPhone

Pay no mind to the vague, nonsensical App Store description for Fishbate: This app is about masturbating fish to completion. Or, possibly, to death. How do I know this? How can I say with such certainty that the app’s description, which claims that “shaking the slippery fish” is a “great ice-breaker”, is really just full-on…

Tech News John Herrman

‘Froyo’ Is the Next Sweet Flavor of Android

We thought the next version of Android would be called Flan, but Engadget is reporting “Froyo” to be the codename for Google’s next iteration of mobile OS. On a slightly related note, with the current resurgence of the froyo craze, I feel sorta bad for TCBY. [Engadget]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Source: Windows Mobile 7 Handsets Coming Late 2010, Will Support 6.x Apps

Another week, another treat from our mole: Windows Mobile 7, which we should see for the first time at Mobile World Congress next month, is intended for release before the holiday season of 2010—not 2011. And there’s more. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-windows-mobile-7-will-have-gestures-really-debu-5449137 For a release to follow a debut by six months or more isn’t unprecedented for Microsoft,…

Tech News John Herrman

Apple’s Batmobile

With all the Apple tablet talk these days, it’d be OK to lose sight of the fact that the company’s been there before (sort of) with the Newton. Seen here is a rare “Batmobile” prototype of that defunct PDA. From Flickr user and Batmobile owner splorp, we learn that the Batmobile was a pre-release model…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Motorola Shadow: a Droid For the Light Side?

There’s not a whole lot that’s certain about these images, which popped up at Mobile01, showing Motorola’s Shadow as a friendlier-looking Droid. But they’re interesting. These aren’t the first rumors that have trickled out about the Motorola Shadow. One leak, a few weeks ago, pegged it as having a super-thin body and a 4.3-inch, 800…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

AT&T Matches Verizon With Unlimited Talky for $70 a Month (and a Cheaper iPhone Plan)

Oh lordie, you knew this was coming. AT&T’s just matched Verizon’s new unlimited talking plans, basically point by point. Unlimited talking for $70 a month, with unlimited talk + MMS for $90. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-wireless-pushing-new-unlimited-voice-plans-sti-5448919 For iPhone users, there’s a new $100 all you can talk-and-download (but not text, which stays the same, running $20/month separately) plan.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

A New Windows Mobile Is Coming in February, But Which?

It’s clear that Microsoft will bring something to Mobile World Congress. This is inevitable, and necessary. But yesterday’s report that it’ll be Windows Mobile 6.6 has been met with another saying it’ll be Windows Mobile 7. So which is it? https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-7-will-show-its-face-in-february-5443797 The conservative choice would seem to be Windows Mobile 6.6, especially given the nagging…

Tech News John Herrman

Google Cuts Nexus One Upgrade Price by $100 (and Refunds Early Adopters)

Angry T-Mobile customers have complained about the exorbitant $379 upgrade price for the Nexus One, and Google just responded by lowering that price by $100. Plus, they’re sending out refunds to the poor souls who paid the higher price. Those who paid $380 will get a rebate in Google Checkout within two weeks, according to…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Someone Needs To Sell The Android Plush Bag

What you are looking at is a lovingly-crafted Android robot plush bag created over the course of two weeks as a birthday gift. And you can totally rip this idea off. “On and off it took about, I guess, two weeks? I needed to pick the materials, figure out the design and of course, a…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Savagely Beating Cellphones Into Silent Mode: A Proposal

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Intel Labs have developed a system of “whack gestures” that could allow any phone with an accelerometer to be silenced with a punch. This is brilliant. Tap gestures as a concept aren’t totally new, but the new software promises a much lower error rate than previous solutions, as well…

Tech News John Herrman

Nexus One’s Lousy Customer Support Shows Google’s Weakness

For a company that’s invaded our lives as much (and as well) as Google, the one thing they’ve never had to do is provide customer support—until now. And Nexus One owners are paying the price. https://gizmodo.com/nexus-one-review-5443835 Selling an actual product to actual consumers is a very new game for Google, and if the myriad messageboard…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Windows Mobile 6.5.3: Where the Ugly Train Runs Out of Track

In my review, I lamented that Windows Mobile 6.5 didn’t feel finished. Now that we can see what Windows Mobile 6.5.x was eventually destined for, well, maybe that was for the best. [PhoneScoop] https://gizmodo.com/windows-mobile-6-5-review-theres-no-excuse-for-this-5374876

Tech News John Herrman

Why Calls Sound So Good on Nexus One: The Audience A1026 Voice Processor

The reason calls on the Nexus One sound great is Audience’s A1026 voice processor, which works with its dual mics to pluck out voice, eliminate background and dynamically adjust audio properties. I hope it goes standard, like oleophobic screens. [VentureBeat] https://gizmodo.com/nexus-one-review-5443835

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Verizon: Don’t Worry Guys, That Super High Early Termination Fee Only Applies to Phones You Like

How Many Minutes and MB Do You Average On Your Cellphone Plan?

11-Year Old Writes iPhone Drawing App and Donates Proceeds To Children’s Hospital

Zune Phone Expected in 2 Months?

Look At This Broken Nexus One

Ninjas Employ Their Own Method Of Unboxing a Nexus One

Windows Mobile 7 Rumor Explosion: Two Versions, New Name, First Hardware

Fishbate Finally Brings Violent Fish Masturbation to the iPhone

‘Froyo’ Is the Next Sweet Flavor of Android

Source: Windows Mobile 7 Handsets Coming Late 2010, Will Support 6.x Apps

Apple’s Batmobile

The Motorola Shadow: a Droid For the Light Side?

AT&T Matches Verizon With Unlimited Talky for $70 a Month (and a Cheaper iPhone Plan)

A New Windows Mobile Is Coming in February, But Which?

Google Cuts Nexus One Upgrade Price by $100 (and Refunds Early Adopters)

Someone Needs To Sell The Android Plush Bag

Savagely Beating Cellphones Into Silent Mode: A Proposal

Nexus One’s Lousy Customer Support Shows Google’s Weakness

Windows Mobile 6.5.3: Where the Ugly Train Runs Out of Track

Why Calls Sound So Good on Nexus One: The Audience A1026 Voice Processor

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