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In many ways the wristwatch is the tech industry’s white
whale. Here you have a pretty common portable accessory that many people have
already integrated into their lives and yet they’ve failed to capitalize with a
savvy tech model. Now LG is taking steps to remedy this issue and they’re
hoping the missing links thus far have been touchscreen technology and cellular
capability.
The LG GD910 is a 3G phone that you essentially strap to
your wrist. Given that many of us were around for the glory days of the
calculator watch, visions ...
Overview: The most ambitious Android phone
from HTC sports unique aesthetics, a 5 megapixel camera, and a multi-touch
interface. So what’s wrong with it?
The Rundown: The HTC Hero really wants to
be your saviour from iPhone clones and, if you’re not a fan, the iPhone. So let’s
give it the benefit of the doubt and start off with the pros. The Hero
immediately strikes you as a new breed of cell phone. Gone are the tired tropes
of symmetrical blocks and nondescript shapes. You can tell the Hero just from
its silhouette. Its slim, rectangular form juts out at ...
Overview: What has more megapixels than the
average digital camera, excellent call quality, and can play music? The Sony
Ericsson C905a.
The Rundown: Cell phone camera aficionados
rejoice as Sony has released another whopper of a hybrid in the Ericsson C905a. However, in a twist, they’ve honed in on a carrier and are offering this silver wunderkind
exclusively through AT&T. This means a lower price ($179.99) but a locked phone
that tethers you to a 2-year contract.
The phone itself ...
One year, one measly consonant. What’s
that? It stands for ‘speed.’ Well, that changes everything!
Meet the iPhone 3GS, last year’s iPhone
after 365 days of a Russian-theme Rocky IV workout. Leaner, meaner, and
speedier.
Faster Processor
The all-new built-in processor is,
according to Apple, twice as fast as the previous generation, capable of
loading message and web pages in less than half the time. What’s more, ...
In the world of technology there is a war raging. The
battlefield is newspaper and blog headlines. The weapons of choice are rumours,
leaks, adverts, and an aversion to preventing them. We`ve already given some
headlines to Palm`s much anticipated Pre (which hits retail June 5th)
and this, in turn, has caused Cupertino to let slid a few hints as to a new
iPhone as early as mid-July. And so it`s only logical that in the Smartphone
Wars that the superpower that is BlackBerry prepares for a counter-offensive.
And if pre-release reviews are anything to go by, it`s going ...
Once upon a technology timeline the flip
cell phone was the bee’s knees. And for a time, things were good. Then they
came out with the phone that not only flipped up but sideways as well. And for
time, things were even better. Then Apple came up with a touchscreen and
BlackBerry popularized the ‘full QWERTY’ (a phrase that is sure to confuse
later generations, especially if time is truly cyclical). Nowadays it seems a
phone has to due something truly amazing to even warrant a Fiest-themed commercial.
So why are we looking at the Samsung Alias 2? Why, it doesn’t even ...
Several additional details came to light
about the Palm Pre, including pricing speculation, interface details and an
anticipated release date. First off, iSuppli compiled a list of components
going into the Pre in a bid to determine the actual manufacturing costs. They
tallied up parts purchased from Texas Instruments and Qualcomm and combined
those figures with estimates on other standard components to come up with a
$138/per unit manufacturing cost. Contrast that number ...
These days if it doesn’t have a touch
screen it’d best be a frying pan or a paper-weight, because it won’t sell.
Apple’s foray into the cellular market first catapulted the technology into the
limelight and there it’s resided, spawning countless imitators, yet (strangely)
few that have matched the iPhone’s finesse. In order to gain an edge in the
market companies have been developing new tweaks on the touch interface, like
tactile screens and gesture controls. But none have been so ambitious as Sensitive
Object and their Anywhere MultiTouch.
Sensitive ...
Have you ever wished you could get the weather, check the
score of the baseball game, order a pizza, and spy on your kids all from one
convenient screen? Well, with the Verizon Hub Phone, you can now. It combines
all the fun of a landline VoIP phone with the fun of the internet...and I’m
pretty sure that’s never been done before.
The Hub essentially combines the greatest features—okay, the
bottom-line features—of online services like traffic reporting and a calculator
and appends them to a bottom-line touch screen handset. The ...
Just in time for the economic downturn comes a a free iPhone app from North America’s
largest VoIP provider! All hail Skype and reduced phone
bills!
Okay, so perhaps Skype’s iPhone launch isn’t that monumental,
especially for those that don’t even own an account with the premier voice over
IP provider, but it could do wonders for the brand. That is, if the app itself
is of sound design. So, let's have a look.
First off, the
logistics. The Skype for iPhone app launches today, for free, via the App
Store. It’s already appeared ...
