Use an iPhone as a modem
When the iPhone 3G was announced, everyone hoped it would be possible to connect it to a laptop and use it as a 3G modem. Would have been nice, except it’s not possible, at least out of the box. Thanks to some creative hackers, you can make it work, however! It requires you to hack [...]
First look at OpenMoko phone
Ars Technica has taken a first look at the upcoming OpenMoko phone, a Linux-based open source smartphone. The conclusion? It offers lots of possibilities and it’s very flexible, but also very confusing.
Like Linux for desktop computers, the OpenMoko operating system offers different operating environments, called “software stacks”, each one of wich offers different possibilities. Because [...]
Half the price? Yeah right!
When Apple announced the new iPhone, they claimed it was twice as fast at half the price. Sound almost too good to be true, and as usual, it is. AT&T announced the pricing plan and as you could expect, it’s expensive as hell! Plans start at $69.99 for the most basic one. But that’s not [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
