Smartphones

How Palm’s OS Tried To Go From PDAs to Smartphones

After today’s remarks from Palm Co-CEO Ed Colligan, the Palm OS is officially dead as far as new updates and development goes. But here’s a look at its evolution over its 13-year lifespan https://gizmodo.com/palm-os-is-dead-long-live-pre-and-windows-mobile-5151721 Palm OS will continue to exist for a short while in the Centro, but after that, it’s done. Palm OS was…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Ocean 2 Review (Verdict: A Great Phone If It Were 2007)

The Helio Ocean was an amazing phone in its day, so we were excited to see all the cool updates hitting Virgin Mobile‘s Helio-branded Ocean 2. Turns out, there’s not much cool to be found. https://gizmodo.com/helio-ocean-feature-by-feature-review-259545 Originally released almost two years ago, the Ocean was a great phone at the time. Its dual-sliding design was…

Reviews Adam Frucci

Palm OS Is Dead, Long Live Pre and Windows Mobile

The Palm OS is a dead duck. Palm’s CEO Ed Colligan has signed its death sentence today. But while there will be no more new Palm OS products, their Windows Mobile smarty-panty-phones will survive (!): Talking to investors today, Colligan said there was no point in keeping on with its development. • No more Palm…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Now Available On T-Mobile: $199

T-Mobilers with BlackBerry envy can rejoice: they are the first to get the impressive Curve 8900 for $199 with 2-year deal. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-first-impressions-5140597 We liked what we saw of the new Curve, and it will be on AT&T later this year. It’s not the $150 sweetspot that was previously rumored, but still not bad for an…

Tech News John Mahoney

Nokia E63 Is Here for Under $300 Unlocked

When many Nokias make their way to the US unlocked for your carrier of choice, they often cost as much as a laptop. But the Nokia E63 is a palatable $279. https://gizmodo.com/nokias-e63-blackberry-alike-arrives-in-hisnhers-colors-5084024 The Symbian-based E63 features a 2.3-inch QVGA display, QWERTY, a full browser with Flash support, 850/1900MHz HSDPA data, Wi-Fi and GPS. And if…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Best Buy Could Be Offering BlackBerry Curve For Only $150

Rumor has it that Best Buy will be offering the BlackBerry Curve 8900 for $150 with a 2-year contract. In comparison, buying directly from T-Mobile could cost you between $200 and $300. On the other hand, if you insist on going contract-free, the leaked document claims a whopping price tag of $650 at Best Buy…

Tech News Sean Fallon

The iPhone Is That Guy at Your High School Reunion

Hey, nobody ever said the iPhone was a nice person. But like most celebrities, he’s handsome as hell so he gets away with being a complete dick. Here’s the clip: Click to view[College Humor]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Should Sprint Drop the Palm Treo Pro With the Palm Pre On Its Way?

Sprint has taken their sweet time pushing out the Windows Mobile 6.1 Palm Treo Pro—but with the Palm Pre on its way, is the Pro even worth releasing at this point? https://gizmodo.com/palm-pro-delayed-again-5149987 Should Sprint Release the Palm Treo Pro With the Palm Pre On Its Way? ( polls)

Tech News Sean Fallon

BlackBerry Gemini 9300: The Curve-y 3G BlackBerry We Really Want

A fresh dump from Boy Genius’s RIM spy reveals this perfect-through-evolution BlackBerry: The Gemini 9300 is about the size of the svelte BlackBerry Curve 8900, but with 3G and a bigger, higher resolution screen. Want. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-blackberry-curve-8900-first-impressions-5140597 It, in other words, is all of the Bold’s power—maybe even more power than the Bold, with a faster…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Hallelujah: The iPhone Gets AT&T MicroCell Support

If there’s any phone in the whole world coupled with any service in the whole world that could benefit from femtocell technology, it’s the iPhone on AT&T. Luckily, the iPhone has received an update. Through an iTunes “carrier update” last Friday, the iPhone has been made compatible with AT&T’s upcoming MicroCell—well, a .png file was…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Samsung + Bang & Olufsen M7600 Pledges to Bring the Noise: Funk As Yet Unconfirmed

Samsung teamed up with audiophiler Bang & Olufsen for the Helio Oceanesque M7600 handset. The internal B&O amplifier promises to make it a force to be reckoned with in the sound department. Specs: – 2.8″ AMOLED touchscreen (not sure if it’s capacitive or resistive, hoping for the former) – 3 MP camera – DivX support…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

The “Zune Phone” Won’t Be Made by Microsoft?

According to one of Mary-Jo Foley’s sources, Microsoft is not building a Zune phone. Instead, they’re crafting sample chassis to inspire manufacturers as to what will excite the market. In this way, Microsoft is able to have their cake and eat it too. They build the bar high through a concept, then they pit manufacturers…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Rumor Smash: Cupcake is an Android Dev Tool, Not the Upcoming Firmware

Roy at the NYTimes fact checks the nickname for the upcoming Android software update, Cupcake, and discovered it’s just the name of the development tool they’re using in house to build the firmware. [NYT]

Tech News Brian Lam

Will We See a Microsoft Phone This Month?

Microsoft says absolutely not, but an analyst memo posted on All Things D claims we could see a Microsoft phone at Mobile World Congress later this month in Barcelona. Updated Update: Zune Marketing Exec Brian Seitz says he’s heard nothing about a Microsoft Branded phone launching at any upcoming shows, which seems to rule out…

Tech News Adrian Covert

AT&T Finally Delivers OS 4.5 to All BlackBerrys, Sprint Enables MMS

It’s old news to a lot of BlackBerry owners, but for the AT&T faithful, the OS 4.5 update has been a loooong time coming. The download is now available for all AT&T BlackBerry devices. Just in case you don’t know, the update adds full HTML email, better web browsing, Office doc editing, remote server search,…

Tech News Sean Fallon

LG Arena KM900 Is the Most Unabashed iPhone Look-A-Like Yet

I don’t harbor a fanboy grudge with any company borrowing the iPhone’s UI. Large buttons that are easy to press, a black background for colors that pop—these are good ideas for every touchscreen phone. The LG Arena KM900, slated for a Europe release this March, is about as close as you can get to the…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Our Android T-Mobile G2 Wishlist

HTC’s successor to the G1 is on the way, but with few details to go on, we’ve compiled a wish list of what could make the sequel to a good phone significantly better. https://gizmodo.com/android-g2-photos-thinner-and-no-keyboard-5135926 We’ve included lots of hardware-only feature we want to see, but also on our list are improvements to Android that could…

Tech News John Mahoney

YouMail Offers Free Visual Voicemail for BlackBerry Phones

YouMail has announced Visual Voicemail Plus—a free app for BlackBerry phones like the Pearl, Curve, Bold and Storm. The app works in conjunction with YouMail’s desktop visual voicemail service. Features: •Quickly and easily scroll through incoming voicemail messages to see relevant caller information including caller name, time of call, and length of message •Play voicemails…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Internal Sprint EOL List Hints at March Launch For Palm Pre

The guys at Boy Genius have obtained what appears to be an internal End-of-Life (EOL) list from Sprint, and it sheds some light on when we can expect some hot handsets—including the Palm Pre. According to the document, the Pre has a target in-stock date of 3/15, so it is possible that it will drop…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Garmin-Asus Nuvifones Coming: First G60, Then WM, Then Android

Forget Eee Phones: Garmin and Asus have created a strategic alliance to design, build and sell co-branded Nuvifones, starting with the original one—now called G60—and probably moving towards Windows Mobile and Android. https://gizmodo.com/nuvifone-garmin-drops-a-phone-into-the-gps-350894 Yes, the delayed Nuvifone is still scheduled to come out in the first half of 2009. There’s no carrier or price announcement…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

How Palm’s OS Tried To Go From PDAs to Smartphones

Ocean 2 Review (Verdict: A Great Phone If It Were 2007)

Palm OS Is Dead, Long Live Pre and Windows Mobile

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Now Available On T-Mobile: $199

Nokia E63 Is Here for Under $300 Unlocked

Best Buy Could Be Offering BlackBerry Curve For Only $150

The iPhone Is That Guy at Your High School Reunion

Should Sprint Drop the Palm Treo Pro With the Palm Pre On Its Way?

BlackBerry Gemini 9300: The Curve-y 3G BlackBerry We Really Want

Hallelujah: The iPhone Gets AT&T MicroCell Support

Samsung + Bang & Olufsen M7600 Pledges to Bring the Noise: Funk As Yet Unconfirmed

The “Zune Phone” Won’t Be Made by Microsoft?

Rumor Smash: Cupcake is an Android Dev Tool, Not the Upcoming Firmware

Will We See a Microsoft Phone This Month?

AT&T Finally Delivers OS 4.5 to All BlackBerrys, Sprint Enables MMS

LG Arena KM900 Is the Most Unabashed iPhone Look-A-Like Yet

Our Android T-Mobile G2 Wishlist

YouMail Offers Free Visual Voicemail for BlackBerry Phones

Internal Sprint EOL List Hints at March Launch For Palm Pre

Garmin-Asus Nuvifones Coming: First G60, Then WM, Then Android

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