Page 11 of Sydney Myers articles, videos, reviews

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HTC Freestyle Review by Sydney

Cell Phone Reviews It's not every day that a featurephone is released by a company that typically only makes smartphones and features a UI that's only been seen on those smartphones. The Freestyle is unique and in a good way. It's made by HTC , one...

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HTC Freestyle Review

Cell Phone Reviews Sydney reviews the HTC Freestyle , a unique featurephone that almost looks like a smartphone. It uses HTC's Sense UI which brings a lot of cool features like the popular weather and clock widget, Friendstream, and a notification...

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HTC Freestyle First Impressions by Sydney

First Impressions HTC has built up a solid reputation in the smartphone world as having top-of-the-line products and one of the best User Interfaces in the business with HTC Sense. Now HTC has decided to take their talents to the featurephone market and...

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HTC Freestyle Unboxing

Unboxing Sydney does an unboxing and gives her first impressions of the HTC Freestyle . Because it uses HTC Sense UI, it looks very similar to HTC 's smartphones, but it's a featurephone. Whether this means that you get all the coolness of a...

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Sydney's Top 5 Messaging Phones - March 2011

Top Messaging Phones It's time for another round of Top Messaging Phones. Of course, we have our list of the top three messaging phones from each of the four major U.S. carriers, but this list brings all of those phones together so I can recommend the top...

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Motorola Brute i686 Review by Sydney

Cell Phone Reviews Most of the cell phones that are made today feature beautiful touchscreens, luxurious designs, and slim bodies. For some people, that's great. For others, that kind of phone wouldn't last a minute in their life. To the latter group,...

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Samsung Galaxy Indulge 4G Review by Sydney

4g The Samsung Galaxy Indulge is the first 4G LTE Android smartphone available on the market. That means that while all of Verizon's customers are waiting for 4G , you prepaid MetroPCS customers can already enjoy all of the 4G...

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KIN TWOm cautiously makes it way onto PhoneDog's Top Messaging Phones list

Top Messaging Phones This one took us a while. It's true that the KIN phones are excellent featurephones, but we're just not sure what the future holds for them. Microsoft recently shut down the KIN Studio , KIN Loop, and KIN Spot so, naturally, we're...

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HTC Freestyle becomes the "King of Messaging" phone on AT&T

Top Messaging Phones There hasn't been a lot of change to PhoneDog's Top Messaging Phones list, but now we've got a big one. Our AT&T list not only has a new phone, but this phone immediately shot all the way to number one, ending the long reign of the...

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Motorola Brute Review

Cell Phone Reviews The Motorola Brute from Sprint is a super-rugged phone that meets military standards for being water resistant, shock resistant, dust resistant, and can pretty much handle anything you put it through. In this video review of the...

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LG Optimus M vs Samsung Indulge Dogfight Part 1

Head To Head Reviews In this video, Sydney compares the LG Optimus M and the Samsung Galaxy Indulge 4G , both Android smartphones from MetroPCS . The Indulge features a 1 GHz Hummingbird processor, full physical keyboard, and 4G data. The Optimus M has...

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LG Optimus M vs Samsung Indulge Dogfight Part 2

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Samsung Galaxy Indulge 4G Review Part 2

Android In this video review of the Samsung Galaxy Indulge 4G Android smartphone from MetroPCS, Sydney discusses the performance of the phone and MetroPCS ' 4G LTE network. The Indulge is a Galaxy device with a 1 GHz Hummingbird processor, but...

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Samsung Galaxy Indulge 4G Review Part 1

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Samsung Galaxy Indulge First Impressions by Sydney

4g Alright, this is the last time I'm pointing out that prepaid carriers are on the rise and that they no longer carry the stigma of having only "crappy" phones. From now on I'm treating them just like every other carrier. It's only fair. I...

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Motorola Brute Unboxing

Unboxing Sydney does a first impressions video of the Motorola Brute after unboxing it. The Brute is a rugged phone that meets military standards for being water, shock, and dust resistant, and more. Basically, it's a very tough phone. It also...

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Samsung Galaxy Indulge Unboxing

Android Sydney does a first look of the Samsung Galaxy Indulge from MetroPCS . The Indulge is the first 4G LTE Android smartphone to hit the market, beating even Verizon to the punch. It is similar to the other Galaxy devices with its 1 GHz...

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LG Optimus V Review by Sydney

Android Times have changed people. There was once a time when a device with a 600 MHz processor, 3.2-inch HVGA display, and 3.2 megapixel camera was the best you could get. Now that's what we call a "mid-range" device. Some may even call that a...

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LG Optimus V Video Review

Android Sydney does a full review of the LG Optimus V from Virgin Mobile. The Optimus V is a standard mid-range Android device that ships with stock Android 2.2, a 600 MHz processor and a 3.2 MP auto-focus camera. Though it's not a high-end...

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LG Optimus V First Impressions by Sydney

Android The LG Optimus V has made its way onto nearly every single U.S. carrier and now the prepaid carriers are getting some love from LG's popular mid-range smartphone. MetroPCS recently released their version of the Optimus and now it's...

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iPhone 4 takes over the number one spot on PhoneDog's "Top Smartphones" list

Top Smartphones You knew this day would come. Whether you like iOS, Apple, or Steve Jobs or not, you have to admit that the iPhone is one darn good smartphone. We at PhoneDog certainly think so, so we've put it at number one on our list of the best...

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LG Optimus V Unboxing

Videos Sydney takes a first look at the LG Optimus V from Virgin Mobile . The Optimus has made its way onto most major carriers and is now available from prepaid carriers like Virgin Mobile. Since Virgin is Sprint's prepaid brand, the Optimus V...

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PhoneDog 101: How to Customize Your Android Device

Android In this How-To video, Sydney shows you four easy ways to customize your Android device. One of the best things about Android OS is that virtually everything you see on the display can be customized so you can make it look the way you...

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Sydney's Top 5 Android phones - January 2011

Android In case you haven't noticed, things have kind of slowed down in the cell phone world, at least for a few weeks. Now that we have a moment, I thought I'd compile a list of my Top 5 Android smartphones. We saw a lot of new devices...

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PhoneDog 101: How to transfer music to a featurephone

Phonedog 101 More and more consumers are opting use their cell phone as a music player instead of having two separate devices. This is a good way to save money and streamlines the process of talking and listening to music. In this How-To video,...

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Samsung Nexus S beats out T-Mobile G2 in PhoneDog's "Top Smartphones" list

Top Smartphones Well, well, well. What have we here? The Nexus S has made its way onto PhoneDog's Top Smartphones list for T-Mobile, and what's that? It replaced the G2 at the number two spot? Wow, who thought the day would come when the G2 was not on...

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Is the Prepaid Revolution starting?

4g It's hard to deny the recent growth of prepaid wireless carriers such as Boost Mobile, MetroPCS, and Virgin Mobile, to name a few. According to a recent study by the New Millennium Research Council , an independent telecommunications...

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Sydney's Top 5 prepaid smartphones

Android It's hard for most consumers to commit to a 2-year contract with a phone that they know is going to be outdated within three months. It's one of the sad and frustrating facts about the cellular industry, but there is a bright side! More...

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Sydney's Top 5 prepaid messaging phones

Top Messaging Phones Not everyone wants a contract with a cellular company. In fact, most people would rather not have a contract; however, it's hard to find a decent phone from a carrier that offers prepaid services with no contract. That's what we're here...

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LG Cosmos Touch vs. LG Octane Dogfight Part 2

Head To Head Reviews In this head to head review, Sydney compares the LG Octane and the LG Cosmos Touch . Both are great messaging phones on Verizon's network, so which one is better? The Octane features a 3.2 MP camera with a flash, but lacks a...

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