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Over 2 years we covered a Samsung feature phone called the E1107 Guru. It was an incredibly low end device that didn’t even connect to the internet, but what made is special was that it had a solar panel on the back of the unit. Supposedly you got 5 minutes of talk time for every…
Several years ago Qualcomm picked up some key spectrum in the 700 MHz band that they wanted to put to good use by offering a mobile television service called MediaFLO. The goal was to make handset vendors want to start building MediaFLO compatible devices, thus Qualcomm would make an infinite amount of money by having…
Back in November we reported on the launch of a new MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) called Republic Wireless. Their key differentiator was that they’d give you unlimited talk, text, and data for just $19 per month. You couldn’t bring your own smartphone to the network, meaning you had to use the sole device they…
Thanks to the huge the success of the iPhone, nearly every smartphone on the market looks the same. Hell, just look at Samsung. They’ve been so “inspired” by Apple’s designs that they’re in multiple court battles with the makers of the Jesus Phone. Nokia is different though. They wear their “We’re from Finland!” badge proudly,…
Things in Europe aren’t exactly going too well. Unemployment has become a serious issue in several of the bigger countries, the Euro is losing value against other currencies, and in some places there’s even riots taking place thanks to the steep tax hikes that governments are putting in place to reduce sovereign debt. Add all…
Xiaomi isn’t exactly a household name, but they’re well on their way to becoming one. Back in September they released an Android smartphone called the MI-ONE (pictured above, right). Like nearly every other Android device on the market, it doesn’t run stock Android. Instead it runs a fairly popular custom Android ROM called MIUI. If…
Earlier this week we saw Samsung announce their plans to update select Android devices in their existing product portfolio to Android Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of Q1 2012, most notably the Samsung Galaxy S II. Now it’s Sony Ericsson’s turn, and we’re sad to report that they’re moving at a much slower pace.…
Mozilla has just released Firefox 9.0 for both the desktop and for Android devices. Besides being faster, less prone to crashes, and the things you’d usually associate with newer versions of browsers, what makes 9.0 special is that it finally supports tablets. The key question on our minds is of course what’s so special about…
Take the following rumors with a huge mountain of salt. Someone in Finland who claims to be a Nokia employee tipped off DGui with some key information about Nokia’s product lineup at CES next month and the future of Windows Phone. Said anonymous source believes that Nokia will show off two devices at CES. One…
Sony Ericsson, soon to be just plain ol’ Sony, is going to release a device in 2012 that’s currently codenamed LT28at. A description of it showed up on the Bluetooth SIG’s website, which says that the LT28at is a “super phone” that has a 4.55 inch 720p resolution display, 13 megapixel camera with a backside…