Patents are a bitch and frankly it is why Nokia just gave up on trying to make their chips in house. A company called Interdigital sued Nokia back in 2005 and a judge decided they deserved a quarter of a billion dollars. That case was over 2G and 2.5G technologies. History is repeating itself and…
Archives for 2007
Concept: Phone that changes shape depending on the interface
If creating a device was only as cool as creating it we would have something like the Lukas Koh’s All In One phone. It has buttons that pop out of no where when you need them and go away when you don’t. I don’t like it, but who knows, maybe something like this will be…
HTC Kaiser is now known as the AT&T Tilt, will ship in September
According to a tipster over at Crunch Gear the AT&T Tilt will come in versions with and without a camera, shipping in late August or early September. Knowing AT&T we’re going to say the later. Full spec sheet can he found here along with an unboxing here. Update: Thanks for calling me out on the…
Samsung SGH-i640v hits the FCC
This is all we get to see of it too. It has a 1000 mAh battery so it might be a smartphone. [Via: Mobile-Review]
Sprint releases LG LX160 – an entry level clamshell
Sprint has made available an entry level LG LX160 clamshell, obviously targeting first time mobile phone buyers. Although for some reason it lacks camera, the LG LX160 packs all the basic phone features plus Bluetooth and handsfree calling support. Plus, you can hook up it with your computer, with the phone acting as a modem…
Video (French, but it is a must watch): S40 vs S60, the two operating systems that drive the bulk of Nokia’s phones
I’ve been ranting about this for quite a while and I’m glad someone finally put it on video. As a phone operating system first and foremost, S40 does a better job than S60, there is also more functionality out of the box. This video goes through 10 differences between the operating systems and if you…
Video (French): Nokia 5700 review
The 5700 isn’t my favorite S60 device and with the N81 coming out in a few weeks I have to question the sanity of anyone wanting to purchase this device, but none the less it has the following specifications: S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, Quadband GSM and 2100 MHz WCDMA, 108 x 50 x…
Sony Ericsson W580 tennis-transformer commercial with Caroline Wozniacki
Everyone wants to ride the Transformers wave these days. Previously, we saw Nokia releasing the N93i Transformers Edition and even the Samsung Anycall transformer phone, although the latter is just a toy. Now, we have Sony Ericsson’s commercial featuring 17-year-old tennis player from Denmark – Caroline Wozniacki, practicing with the tennis ball machine, which transforms…
FCC has made roaming a right that every mobile phone consumer should have
If you’re in the USA and your T-Mobile device has no signal yet you’re friend with a 3 year old RAZR on Cingular has full bars, consider this your lucky day. The FCC has mandated roaming for SMS and voice calls to be a requirement among operators at reasonable rates. [Via: RCR Wireless News]
HTC Advantage available for only $899 at CompUSA and Amazon.com
This monster of a device that I have no idea what product category it belongs to is coming to US shores for less than $1000 to a brick and mortar store that is nearly out of business and an online store that sells competitors that frankly do a better job than this … I don’t…