Archive for the 'Mobile Phone' Category

Price Confusion Over Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Mercifully Ends (Maybe)

It’s probably fair to say that no one in Spain had a very good day on Friday when the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic showed up on Nokia.es for €429 (about $550), up from its earlier €279. Well it looks like the zaniness at least kind of has an explanation, though it’s not one that’s likely to [...]

Keepin’ it Real Fake, Part CLXVIII: Motorola Aura Clone is Everything We Ever Wanted in A Knockoff

If there was ever a phone worth cutting down to size with a completely shoddy but not actually completely unattractive fake edition, it’s the Motorola Aura. What we have here is the Wingtech D20, which shares the swivel form factor of the Aura, mocks the round LCD with a perfectly boring square one in a [...]

LG Launches Prada II Teaser Site, Matching Bluetooth Watch

Not that it wasn’t official already or anything, but nothing demonstrates dedication to a product like an exclusive home on the web. Yep, LG has just launched a standalone microsite for the altogether sexy Prada II, and while you already know about the specs — HSDPA, WiFi, 5-megapixel camera, 3-inch 400 x 240 pixel capacitive [...]

MMS-capabilities Coming Soon To A Swedish iPhone?

The oft-bemoaned lack of certain, um… capabilities of the the iPhone is forcing individual companies to take desperate measures, it seems. It’s not entirely clear, but MacWorld says it’s confirmed with Telia that the Swedish-Finnish carrier’s developing an MMS-enabling app for the iPhone. MacWorld says the app will hit the market in the next two [...]

LG Incite For AT&T, Now With More Official

We noticed this on AT&T’s web store in the wee hours this morning, and sure enough, they’ve gone ahead and announced the LG Incite in all its official glory today (normally the announcement comes before the web store stuff, but whatever). It’s got WiFi, a 3-megapixel camera, a 3-inch touchscreen equipped with haptics and 400 [...]

Motorola Adds Another 5-megapixel Phone To The Mix With VE66

If you like what the ZN5 brings to the table but roundish sliders are more your cup of tea (and when the alternative is a drab gray candybar with purple accents, we can’t say we blame you), Moto’s got the solution to the pollution this morning with the official announcement of the VE66. You’ve got [...]

WinMo-powered iCEphone Comes To Life, Looks Scary

Edinburgh’s own The Medical Phone is just about set to unleash the mobile for the true argonaut in the iCEphone. The Windows Mobile-powered “Swiss Army knife of mobiles” is dubbed a micro-notebook by its manufacturer, and while we’re hesitant to go along with that, we can’t deny the utility here. Sporting a Jacob’s Ladder-style hinge [...]

No, The iPhone Will Not Accidentally Email Photos Of Your Husband’s Genitals

Men, be careful with the lies your tell your wives. See, there’s this thing called the Internet which is… uh, like series of tubes connecting everybody. On The Internets you’ll find services like Google and places to discuss just about anything imaginable, even the iPhone. So when you tell your wife that there’s a bug [...]

Incase Power Slider For iPhone 3G Doubles The Juice, Lets You Sync

Been cursing your iPhone 3G’s disappointing battery life? Don’t have the heart to saddle the thing with that big ol’ Juice Pack? The Power Slider by Incase promises to double your phone’s power for up to 5 hours talk time on the 3G network (10 hours on 2G), increase your audio playback time to 26 [...]

Finally, Proper Banner Ads For Android: Flash Demoed On A G1

At Adobe’s MAX event this morning, none other than Andy Rubin himself helped to demo Flash running on a G1, proving that it’s possible (in case years of Nokias with S60 browsers haven’t already done a sufficient job of showing that) and that Apple’s running out of excuses. It wasn’t mentioned exactly when we’d see [...]