No, it’s not that decade old flip-phone. Motorola is reliving the good ole’ days with a modern take on the StarTac. Motorola’s previous StarTac was one of the hottest phones back in its day, we remember Magic Johnson carrying on his hip when coaching games (wow, that really was a long time ago). We already…
N95 Destroyed! – Guts Lay Bare
Apparently, some stinkin’ rich bad-ass in put the hurt on his brand spankin’ new (and likewise expensive) Nokia N95 “smartphone.” It seems that in his post-relationship-breakup rage he was on edge (can you really blame the guy?). The Nokia N95’s failure to locate him with GPS and the constantly disconnecting GPRS connection pushed him over…
Leaked Photo Of The “Zante” – Sidekick X?
The best leaks are always unintentional, if sometimes unreliable. The latest such leak comes to us in embedded EXIF image data from a photo on Flickr. The EXIF info suggests that the pic may have been snapped with a “Danger Zante.” Now, this mention of a Danger Zante, may be referring to the Zante codename…
LG Issues Cease-And-Desist To Hong Kong Shops For Carrying LG SHINE Clone
Sam Chan, over at gearfuse, reports that LG has taken pre-emptive action against rip-offs of its uber-stylin’ LG SHINE phones. “Replicas” can hurt sales of popular phones, even before they start shipping. So LG made the move to squash the possibility of any “replica” gaining enough popularity to cut into LG SHINE revenues – by…
First 3rd party iPhone app available?
Even though there were no official word from Cupertino which 3rd party apps will be available for the upcoming iPhone, eagle-eyed T3 editors found an application on Apple Dashboard that is compatible with the device. Card game, Scenario Poker, description includes “Zoomable!”and “Designed for the size of iPhone’s touch screen.” According to Gizmodo it’s most…
Samsung patents a hinged device; Prepares the next-gen communicator device?
Samsung has recently patented an innovative hinge design that should allow the mobile phone to open in a tablet PC manner, in a number of directions.
High school teens ready to pay $500 for an iPhone
Though it’s still not available, most high school students are already aware of the Apple’s iPhone with a significant number saying they’re to buy it once become available. Investment bank PiperJaffray conducted a study involving 500 high school students at 11 different institutions across the country, asking each about their interest and buying patterns in…
Samsung SCH-u620 V CAST mobile TV enabled phone
We’ve missed this one. But here it is a few days later nevertheless. Verizon Wireless and Samsung recently announced the Samsung SCH-u620, the first mobile phone to support carrier’s new V CAST Mobile TV service.
Nokia N73 Godfather edition – the phone you can’t refuse
The celebrate the 35th anniversary of the first Godfather movie, Nokia has teamed up with Paramount Pictures to bring you Nokia N73 Godfather edition phone. The phone comes with a special box and includes a full length movie recorded on a 256MB memory card. Beside that, other features stay the same as from the original…
Divx Officially Gives Samsung F500 Certified Status
In another “world’s first” claim from the Korean electronics manufacturer, Samsung’s F500 phone, dubbed the “Ultra Video,” is being touted as the “world’s first” Divx phone. That’s great and all, but the claim just doesn’t have the same bite without a certified backing from Divx themselves – you can already play Divx movies on a…