The Garminfone just got really real. T-Mobile today held a little media event to show off their new Garmin-Asus Garminfone and we had boots on the ground in New York City to put hands on the new GPS navigation-oriented Android phone from the Garmin-Asus duo that brought us the decidedly underwhelming Nuvifone line of half-baked…
Original Macintosh Modded To House the iPad
Chalk this one up to creativity, and perhaps a few beers during the design process. Flickr user mapgoblin recently posted the picture you see above… and would you look at what he’s done. Combining the original Macintosh with a new iPad as the modded display is, well… it’s different. By the looks of things it…
BlackBerry Slider 9800 Caught on Camera Running OS 6.0
We’ve had our fair share of BlackBerry 9670 ‘Clamshell’ sightings over the past little while. If this form factor complete with OS 6.0, 360×480 internal display, WiFi, Bluetooth and of course full QWERTY keyboard does it for you… Good on ya… I’m not here to judge, but for my own personal tastes, meh, not a…
HTC G1 Resuscitated with Atari 7800 Joypad On-Board
What do you get when you cross an HTC G1/Dream with joypad components from an Atari 7600? A new lease-on-life for your dusty ‘ol G1. Check out the video above. To get started you’ll need a European Atari 7800 Joypad, a G1, and a lot of imagination and skill. No details or steps have been…
Photo Fight: Verizon HTC Droid Incredible vs Google Nexus One
Wondering if you should grab a Google Nexus One or a HTC Droid Incredible as your next Android phone? If you want a Google Nexus One, the only official carrier option is T-Mobile. Google recently started pushing the HTC Incredible to any potential customers interested in a Verizon Nexus One. So, the decision is as…
BlackBerry Curve 8520 in ‘Fuschia Red’ Coming to T-Mobile May 19th
Some rumors had been popping around a little while back that T-Mobile would launch a BlackBerry Curve 8520 in a new color. Word had it the new 8520 was going to be pink… But according to TMoNews, the new edition will hit us on May 19th, and will be ‘Fuschia Red‘. If you’re on T-Mobile,…
Hands-on with the BlackBerry Pearl 3G
We’re at Research In Motion’s WES 2010 conference this week and that means we get the chance to fondle the latest BlackBerry smartphones. First up is a quick look at the Pearl 3G, which packs multiple features into a small package. The next-generation Pearl feels pretty good in the hand, if a bit light. We…
Hands-on with the Sprint BlackBerry Bold 9650
RIM just announced their latest BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Bold 9650, and we’ve gone hands-on with the handset at WES 2010. The new Bold 9650 is the first BlackBerry Bold for CDMA networks, like Sprint, and it’s packing all the high-end goodies that we’ve seen in the Bold 9700. There are some differences, though. The…
HTC Touch Pro2 and ‘Triumph’ Coming to TELUS?
Take this one with a grain of salt for now, but MobileSyrup has managed to get their hands on yet another internal systems screenshot from TELUS. In this one, we notice not only a WHITE version of the HTC Touch Pro2, but also a new device dubbed the HTC ‘Triumph’. No launch details have been…
Android Running on a BlackBerry Curve 8530?
Having worked in web and graphic design for most of my professional career, I know that sometimes things can slip through quality control… things that should be caught. Mixups happen, but the one I’m going to tell you about this evening is fairly hilarious. Check out the shot above. It’s a shot of a Best…