Samsung Instinct: a serious iPhone competitor?
This may come as a shock to some people, but the iPhone isn’t the only smartphone with a touch screen! Samsung’s new phone, the Instinct, also has full touch screen functionality. Gadget Reviews has compared it to the iPhone. Here’s a short summary of the comparison:
Design; No real winner, purely a matter of taste.
Display; [...]
Open Source Smartphone sent to distributors
Openmoko has begun shipping the Neo Freerunner phone to distributors in Europe and Asia. Seems like the Linux-based open source smartphone will finally become available to customers! Until now, it only has been available for developers. The Openmoko Neo Freerunner is an open source Linux-based smartphone. Not only the software but also the hardware is [...]
Samsung Omnia Smartphone in action
The iPhone isn’t the only smartphone with a touch screen! Samsung’s newest phone, the Omnia i900, is a Windows Mobile 6.1 powered smartphone that also has one. The following video shows a demonstration of the touch screen interface in action. A word of warning, though: turn off the sound, because it has one of those [...]
iPhone 3G Faq
Gizmodo has an extensive faq about the new iPhone. A must read if you’re gonna buy one! Some of the questions that are answered:
How much will it cost?
What’s the difference between this one and the old one?
How much will it cost over the course of two years?
When can I buy it?
Where can I buy it?
How [...]
The new iPhone has arrived
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you probably already know this: the new iPhone is coming! It finally has 3G, GPS and it’s a hell of a lot cheaper. Gizmodo has a first hands-on review of Apple’s newest shiny toy.
First impression: it’s thinner, a bit rounder and the reception [...]
HTC Touch Pro
HTC has announced the HTC Touch Pro, their newest addition to the Touch line of Windows Mobile smartphones. It has the same slide-out keyboard as other HTC phones and a 2.8″ touch screen with VGA resolution. What makes this phone even more unique is the TouchFLO interface, wich makes browsing through different tasks and options [...]
RoverPC P7 Smartphone
The relatively unknown Russian electronics manufacturer RoverPC has released its newest smartphone, the P7. It sports a 416 MHz processor, 2.8″ touch screen, GPRS/EDGE, Windows Mobile 6.1, Bluethooth, Wifi. It supports MicroSD cards and has a mini-USB connector and a 2 megapixel camera. Unfortunately, there’s no 3G support.
As for now, the phone is only available [...]
Clamshell Blackberry Phone
It was getting about time this became available: a clamshell blackberry phone. I prefer clamshell phones over other ones, since even with a locked keypad I have ended up dialing someone with the phone in my pocket. Anyway, here are some of the specs of this phone:
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
Suretype keyboard
2 Megapixel camera
320×240 16-bit color display
Wifi b [...]
3G iPhone Coming?
Apple just keeps on screwing its cult members, excuse me, users! First, they create a hype around the iPhone (wich isn’t that difficult, they could make a hype out of anything by putting an “i” in front of it), knowing very well that fanboys anywhere will camp in front of stores to get their new [...]
Sony Ericsson Bluethooth Headset with Faceplates
Sony Ericsson’s new Bluethooth headset, the hbh-pv712 Style Edition, comes with faceplates to add some extra style to your mobile gear. Three faceplates, a red, purple and black one, are included. So far, no other plates are available, but if this becomes succesfull, this may change.
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