Samsung Trill Pairs Stellar Audio Quality With Basic Phone Features

March 7, 2010

Need a music phone with a price that’s music to your ears? Try the Samsung Trill, a stylish, well-built handset sporting a music player with Bang & Olufsen technology.
Physically, it features slim lines and a curvaceous design. We don’t know if you’ll love the look (you can judge for yourself in the pic), [...]

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For Your Ears Only: A Lip-Reading Cellphone

March 6, 2010


With the help of lip reading cell phones, you may not have to cup your mouth and talk in hushed whispers when you don’t want to let anyone else hear what you’re saying while on the phone.  Yes, a new technology from German researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology claims to allow cellphones to [...]

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Child-Proof Your Kids’ iPhones With The Mobicip Safe Browser

March 5, 2010

Does your kid have an iPhone?  My nine-year old nephew has one – a hand-me-down from his mom when she got her shiny new 3GS.  While kids will most likely use it to play games, you have to keep in mind that they can also use it to surf the web.
As on the PC, you’d [...]

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Motorola Backflip Offers Unique Design, Great Music And Performance Issues

March 5, 2010

Sometimes, a unique design may be all you need to sell a new handset.  That could be what they’re banking on with the Motorola Backflip, a smartphone with various physical innovations that you might find enticing (or retarded, whichever the case may be).
Physically, the unique flip design definitely makes it a noteworthy device.  While it [...]

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Tilt To Live Is Both Addictive And Interesting

March 4, 2010

While I generally avoid games where the main players onscreen consist of dots, arrows and other simple shapes, Tilt to Live turned out to be a totally different beast.  Despite using simple-looking characters, it manages to deliver an experience that’s both very edgy and extremely addicting.
At its most basic, this is just an object-avoidance game, [...]

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Samsung S7070 Diva Brings Fashion Aesthetics At An Affordable Price

March 4, 2010

Fashion phones usually come with a premium.  Not the “catwalk-ready” Samsung S7070 Diva, a female-friendly, style-centric touchscreen device that has just been announced for the UK market.
While it fancies itself a “fashion mobile,” the phone’s general design actually doesn’t veer far from Samsung’s normal touch candybar aesthetic.  In fact, the shape and layout are pretty [...]

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Nokia 5230 Nuron Announced For T-Mobile USA

March 3, 2010

Nokia has announced a new phone for T-Mobile USA, the first carrier-supported handset from the manufacturer to come with free voice-guided navigation (via Ovi Maps 3.0) in the States.  Called the Nokia 5230 Nuron, the device will be a full-fledged touchscreen smartphone running Symbian S60.
With the GPS feature as its biggest selling point, the handset [...]

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Gibson iPhone App Bundles Useful Tools For Novices And More

March 3, 2010

Aspiring guitar players can now get a new free Gibson app on their iPhone.  No, it won’t turn your handset into a Les Paul as other apps are inclined to do.  Instead, it just bundles a number of free tools that six-string instrumentalists of all levels may find of value.
It comes with five different sections [...]

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Gigabyte GSmart G1305 Codfish And S1205 Cougar Unveiled in Ukraine

March 2, 2010

These aren’t likely official announcements, but Gigabyte has a pair of new GSmart handsets making the rounds in Ukraine news outlets.  The two smartphones, which run Android OS and Windows Mobile respectively, are the Gigabyte GSmart G1305 Codfish and the Gigabyte GSmart S1205 Cougar.
The Codfish comes with Android 1.6 at the helm and measures 116 [...]

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