Archive for March, 2010
Android 2.1 available for Motorola DROID and Milestone over the air
We reviewed the Motorola Milestone earlier this year and even now it is our belief that it is perhaps one of the best Android based GSM handsets available. Additionally unlike the Motorola DROID (the MILESTONE’s CDMA counterpart) which has been facing delays on and off for its much anticipated Android 2.1 update (update, Android 2.1 [...]
Free MapQuest 4 Mobile for Apple iPhone, with Voice Guidance
Android has Google Maps, Nokia has Ovi Maps but Apple does not really have a high quality free navigation app for its iPhone. Or perhaps it does, the MapQuest 4 Mobile application for iPhone is still free and has now been upgraded to include Voice Guidance. Yes, for those of us who love anything free [...]
LG Arena GT950 cellphone preview
At the CTIA Wireless 2010 event held in Las Vegas, LG showcased its latest products this past week and one of the cellphones that caught our eye was the LG Arena GT950 mobile phone. The technical specifications and features individually are good but not amazing as in the case of the Samsung S8500 Wave which [...]
Samsung Corby 3650W Wi-Fi enabled cellphone
Many of you might remember the Samsung Corby 3650 smart phone, a lower end touchscreen phone that had features enough to satisfy the less discriminating amongst users. Now Samsung is going to do what it has done for the Samsung S5230 Star and introduce a new version of the Samsung Corby 3650 mobile phone. This [...]
LG GS107 and LG GS155 mobile phone review
LG has been pushing its Cookie line to the fore recently but has also been releasing low cost, low feature phones from time to time. The latest to join this long list of low feature phones are the LG GS107 mobile phone and LG GS155 cellphone. Both the LG GS107 cellphone and LG GS155 mobile [...]
Palm Pixi Plus smart phone review
Palm has had its ups and downs this year, the release of the Palm webOS UI along with the Palm Pre cellphone and Palm Pixi mobile phone were definitely high points with all three of Palm‘s products being rated highly. On the other hand, lower than expected sales along with diminishing market share over the [...]
Nokia N8-00 Symbian^3 12 MP cellphone leak
This one really is far from being confirmed and the leak, while it suggests that a really top of the line device might be forthcoming from Nokia around September, is nowhere near a confirmed report. The Nokia N8-00 cellphone which some are calling the Nokia N87 and others yet are calling the Nokia N98 seems [...]
Samsung Galaxy S I9000 Cellphone Preview
Samsung recently announced their latest Android based handset, the Samsung I9000 Galaxy S which looks set to be their flagship Android phone. Not only are its features top notch but it will also be among the first few phones to be DivX HD certified and capable of 720p video playback. Of course the first DivX [...]
Dell Aero announced, slimmest Android phone yet
Few details have been released of the Dell Aero Android based smart phone which we fully expect to see at the CTIA Wireless event being held in Las Vegas this week. What we do know about the Dell Aero does intrigue us, as does the undeniable similarity to the Dell Mini 3. Additionally the claim [...]
32 GB microSDHC available from SanDisk and misc phone news
SanDisk was the company that originally made microSD although back then they called it TransFlash or T-Flash, they are however still pioneers and often considered industry leaders in this field. Starting today, SanDisk has started shipping 32 GB microSDHC cards. In other news a new image sensor technology seems likely to allow cellphones to take [...]
Motorola i1 iDEN Android cellphone announced for Spring-Nextel
Last time we covered the eagerly anticipated Motorola i1 Android based iDEN cellphone was to tell you that not had its name been changed from the Opus 1 to the Motorola i1 smart phone but also that the Motorola i1 would feature a 5 MP camera instead of the anticipated 3 MP one. Well all [...]
AT&T to get Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, Palm shares fall
Well to say that Palm shares have been falling is akin to saying that a sinking boat has sprung a leak, as Palm shares fell 25% mainly due to the $22 million announced loss for the third quarter of Palm‘s fiscal year. This despite a recent report by Canalys that forecasts a 112.3% growth year [...]
HTC Magic memory infected by malware, Google intros Buzz and Orkut widgets
Orkut and the recently unveiled Google Buzz are both social networking tools and incidentally both are owned by Google. After the recent release of Google Maps 4.1 for Android, Google introduced Google Buzz and Orkut widgets for Android based smart phones. HTC Magic mobile phones sold by Vodafone in Spain appear to contain the Mariposa [...]