Microsoft went ahead and met our expectations of a Windows Mobile 6.1 announcement at CTIA Las Vegas 2008. The revised Windows Mobile UI looks good, works well, and gives the Windows Mobile platform the aesthetic boost that it’s been needing for a few years now. The homescreen has been reorganized with a “sliding panel” UI.…
Hands-on with the Samsung Instinct – Sprint’s answer to the iPhone
Everyone wants needs an iPhone competitor. In a market flooded with notions that sleek and slim smartphones with a rock-solid and intuitive interfaces are the way to go, no carrier can afford to ignore the touchscreen craze that’s sweeping the mobile space. And, Sprint has just announced their own attempt to woo the touchscreen crowd…
Sony Ericsson booth tour CTIA Las Vegas 2008
Sony Ericsson, not one to break the cone of handset-silence at CTIA Las Vegas 2008, didn’t have anything new to show today. They won’t have anything new to show tomorrow, or the next day. The booth was small, but they did have a live music show. An electronic music DJ and violinist make for an…
Samsung F110 Adidas Fitness phone live at CTIA Las Vegas 2008
The Samsung-Adidas duo have their sights squarely placed on the Nike-Apple parntership, and it looks like Samsung’s got a winner here. We got a hold of the Samsung F110 Adidas Fitness phone at CTIA Las Vegas 2008 came away with a few pictures. The Samsung F110 is put together quite nicely. It feels good in…
Alcatel shows off Playboy phone at CTIA Las Vegas 2008
CTIA Las Vegas 2008 is slow, at least from a hardware/handset perspective. There haven’t been many new announcements and even less new hardware on display. Still, some of CTIA’s exhibitors really know how to entertain. Take Alcatel, for example. The Alcatel booth wasn’t the biggest or glitziest booth on the show floor. Not by a…
Jabra BT3030 Bluetooth headset dog tags from CTIA 2008 Las Vegas
You’re either going to love it or hate it. The Jabra BT3030 dog-tag style Bluetooth necklace isn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea. But, if you like the dog-tag look and need an A2DP Bluetooth-compatible mobile phone, you’ll want to check out the Jabra BT3030 Bluetooth headsets. Jabra was showing these unique Bluetooth headsets…
iPhone OS 2.0 firmware sports YouTube plug-in – possible Flash future for iPhone?
Full-featured Flash support on the iPhone is just too enticing to ignore. With Steve Jobs’ declaration that the desktop version of Flash was too slow for iPhone use and Flash Lite not up to snuff for “real” Flash viewing, Adobe was getting ready to make their own iPhone SDK-based solution for bringing Flash to the…
BlackBerry 9000 spotted in the wild – WiFi and HSDPA in enterprise
The RIM BlackBerry 9000 was supposed to take the Canadian company’s push-emailing handset lineup to a whole new level. In the face of increased enterprise pressure from other handsets, like the iPhone, RIM has been a company to watch with their BlackBerry 9000. So, it was a bit of a surprise when I first laid…
ZiPhone 3.0 released – takes iPhone jailbreaking/unlocking to new levels
Right. We’re still waiting on Apple to release the next iPhone OS on us and Zibri has already released an updated ZiPhone utility. The new ZiPhone 3.0 brings with it a handful of bug fixes and new plug-in support. ZiPhone is the simple, one-click (well, it takes a few clicks, but who’s counting?) jailbreak and…
Asus m536 hands-on – killing the Treo in style
How does Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, 2.5-inch 320×320 display, tri-band UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900/2100Mhz), tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE, 3 megapixel autofocus camera (with VGA front-facing cam), WiFi 802.11 b/g, and GPS sound? Yea, we like it too. Tam Hana managed to get some hands-on time with the Asus m536 and posted the lovely pics and video that…