Motorola Debut Is A Sleek And Slim iDEN PTT Phone

October 1, 2009

Sporting an eye-catching, albeit a bit tacky, design aesthetic, the Motorola Debut is one of the most unique-looking iDEN phones around.  For one, it’s the first iDEN push-to-talk handset that comes in a slider form factor.
While most PTT phones are bulky numbers, the Debut comes in at a slim 0.59 inch of thickness.  It’s sleek [...]

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Entry-Level Touchscreen LG GD510 Pop Announced, Touts Minimalist Design And Features

October 1, 2009

LG has announced another new touch-friendly handset, which the company is billing as “the most compact 3-inch full touchscreen phone ever made.”   Yep, it’s quite the mouthful of a description for the LG GD510 Pop, a very plain-looking device that seems cut from the same mold as the company’s massively successful Cookie.
Clad in an unassuming [...]

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Samsung SCH-W880 Announced For South Korea, 12 Megapixels With 3X Optical Zoom

September 30, 2009

Camera phones aren’t generally exciting.  After all, their performance has remained noticeably inferior compared to lower-resolution point-and-shoot devices.  Not that handset manufacturers aren’t trying hard enough.
The just-announced Samsung SCH-W880 (Anycall AMOLED 12M in Korea) is the next device looking to bridge that gap, with enough features to get even the most jaded handset user excited.  [...]

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Google Clears Up Android Open Source Policies Following CyanogenMOD Controversy

September 30, 2009

A small controversy came out of a cease-and-desist letter that Google sent Android modder Steve Kondik, aka Cyanogen, last week.  The letter was drafted as a reaction to his CyanogenMOD, one of the most popular custom Android ROMs around.
Used by an estimated 30,000 handset owners, the modified Android firmware integrates various features, such as multi-touch, [...]

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Nokia E55 Offers SureType Keys, Plenty Of Power And Great Business Features

September 29, 2009

Billed as the world’s thinnest smartphone at 9.9mm, the Nokia E55 is a sexy-looking number with a good set of business talents to boot.  It’s similar, in many ways, to the Nokia E52, save for a SureType-style keypad, in place of the standard T9 keys.
Like the E52, it’s packs a powerful package within the small [...]

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Trapster 3.5 Out Now, Helping You Break Speed Laws Better Than Ever

September 28, 2009

Everybody’s favorite controversial on-the-road iPhone app, Trapster, just hit version 3.5 and it’s better than ever.  The latest iteration brings a good amount of new features, making the semi-outlaw behavior of tracking and reporting speed traps even more convenient.
As before, the app blatantly encourages drivers to break speed-limit laws by watching out for speed traps, [...]

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Above And Beyond Air Combat Soars As One Of The Smartest Action Games On The iPhone

September 28, 2009

The crown for a recognizable aircraft combat title on the iPhone is wide open and Axios Games’ Above And Beyond Air Combat makes an impressive play for it.  Featuring three different modes, impressive gameplay depth and fun aircraft customizations, it makes for a varied, high-flying action game that offers a good amount of excitement.
Operating a [...]

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Sony Ericsson Walkman W205 Offers Low Price, Good Music But Painfully Tiny Screen

September 28, 2009

As the cheapest Walkman-branded phone around, the Sony Ericsson Walkman W205 brings the line’s patented music capabilities to a budget hardware suite.  The result is a good music phone, with a bag of mixed results for the rest of its feature set.
Looking more like a music player than a cell phone at first glance, the [...]

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Horror Racing For The iPhone Is Not Really Scary, Offers Decent Fun

September 27, 2009

Never been a fan of racing games on the iPhone.  Steering via either the virtual screen or the accelerometer has never really appealed to my tastes.  Chillingo’s brand new Horror Racing strikes me in a similar way, although it does add an element of combat to vary things up a bit.
The game handles using an [...]

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