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Viewty 2: LG ups the ante because 5 megapixels is SO yesterday

Viewty 2: LG ups the ante because 5 megapixels is SO yesterday
Thanks, Ryan, for tipping me off to this one.  I lose out on the early morning news announcements sometimes since I'm three hours behind the East Coast here in California.  Then again, while you East Coasters are settling in at your desks I'm just barely getting out of bed.  Ha ha.LG's gone and joined the 8 megapixel cameraphone arms race with the official announcement of the KC910, which I'm unofficially calling the Viewty...

Chrome: Hands-On with Google's new - Android-bound? - browser

Chrome: Hands-On with Googles new - Android-bound? - browser
Some of you know I'm a Mac user - maybe you could tell from the iMovie-generated title graphics in my videos - but I actually just finished building my first PC.  I needed a new machine for my office and didn't want to pony up $1,300 for an iMac when a $500 Windows machine could do everything I needed it to and then some.  I messed around with trying to get OSX running on my Intel-based box but finally gave up due to seemingly unended...

Video: LG Voyager Titanium (VZW) Unboxing and Review

LG Voyager Titanium (VZW) Unboxing and Review
Noah gets all over the new Voyager Titanium for Verizon. It's like the old Voyager, but in Titanium (not black), and with Visual Voicemail and Rhapsody support.

Future Talk: Netbooks and MIDs will have 3G/3G built-in. So what?

Future Talk: Netbooks and MIDs will have 3G/3G built-in.  So what?
There's been a lot of talk over the past several months about Netbooks and now MIDs.  Netbooks are ultra-light, ultra-portable, low cost laptop computers like the Asus Eee PC, MSI Wind, Lenovo S10, and Dell Inspiron 910 Mini - they generally have screens in the 7-10" range, run an Intel Atom or similar low-powered chip, and cost in teh neighborhood of $400-500 (or more, depending on the configuration).  MIDs are smaller tablet-like...

Noah Answers Your Questions - What features are "free" with my Instinct on Sprint?

Noah Answers Your Questions - What features are free with my Instinct on Sprint?
Q. I'm looking forward to buy the Samsung Instinct and before I buy it, I want to know more about GPS, Internet, MP3 for example if GPS, does it come with the phone or they charge extra for it??, and Internet is it free?? or not, and also I want to know how the MP3 works. I saw a video on Youtube, about this woman getting a 300 page bill from iPhone, which was crazy and got me to forget about buying the iPhone, and plus I don't want to...

iFail: Data is down for East Coast iPhone/AT&T customers

iFail: Data is down for East Coast iPhone/AT&T customers
Reports from a number of sources and Web sites are pointing to the latest in a string of iPhone 3G problems: Data services are out for AT&T customers up and down the East Coast, and the majority (or perhaps all?) of the complaints are being registered by Apple iPhone 3G customers.A thread in the AT&T forums titled "Full 3g Bars.  No Service." details a host of issues iPhone owners are having connections ranging from no data service...

The jig is NOT up: New IP addresses fix T-Zones hack

The jig is NOT up: New IP addresses fix T-Zones hack
Thanks to everyone who commented & emailed me on this one.  Turns out that T-Mobile simply changed the IP addresses on some of their servers, and T-Zones Web access was not cut off after all.  Switching the addresses - most easily accomplished by way of an upgrade to Big Boss' T-Zones Hack (available via Cydia) - did the trick.  Web access via T-Zones is restored and all is well again in the land of cheapskate iPhone...

Xperia: SE releases development kit for Xperia panels

Xperia: SE releases development kit for Xperia panels
Hot on the heels of vehemently denying any delays whatsoever to the forthcoming launch of the flagship Xperia X1 smartphone, Sony Ericsson has released a Software Development Kit for X1 panels.  The SDK allows developers to "create a host of unique multi-media entertainment and content for the Xperia™ X1... [which] brings a totally new experience to mobile phone users by introducing nine easy-to-use, interactive panels which sit on...

HTC on Sprint: Touch Diamond for Sprint mid-Sept, Touch Pro on 10/19

HTC on Sprint: Touch Diamond for Sprint mid-Sept, Touch Pro on 10/19
A thread on Sprint Users "confirms" release and pricing info for HTC's Touch Diamond and Touch Pro smartphones on Sprint.  To be fair, the thread has images of device hotsheets, so this looks pretty legit.  I just like putting words like "confirms" in quotes whenever I can. Looks like we'll see the Touch Diamond by the middle of this month (that'd be September) at an on-contract/after rebate price of $249.99.  Rumors are pointing...

Latest Carrier Releases: Motorola Q9 Global - Slate Grey

Motorola Q9 Global - Slate Grey
The MOTO Q Global is a high performance Windows Mobile 6.1 smart phone offering a full integrated QWERTY keyboard, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 325 MHz applications processor, 128MB RAM and aGPS, among many additional features and capabilities. With Windows Mobile 6.1, the MOTO Q Global supports Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager which provides single-point access to line of business and corporate data such as applications, files and other...

Latest Carrier Releases: Samsung Knack

Samsung Knack
The Samsung Knack is a basic CDMA flip phone from Verizon Wireless. Key features include voice dialing, speaker phone, GPS/911 locator, hearing aid compatible, multi language and vibrate alert. Carrier: Verixon WirelessContract Price: $39.99Hot Feature: Simple stylish flip  

App Store: Platform-based software stores are the new trend

App Store: Platform-based software stores are the new trend
First was Apple's iPhone App Store.  Then came word that T-Mobile was developing an App Store whose launch might coincide with that of the Google Android-powered HTC Dream phone, though it would serve up apps for all T-Mobile devices.  And now it's Skymarket for Windows Mobile 7, the latest in platform-based software stores.Unwired View has published a Microsoft job listing detailing a Sr. Product Manager position for...

Xohm: Sprint Ready to Launch WiMax Service

Xohm: Sprint Ready to Launch WiMax Service
While Xohm CEO Barry West confirmed some time ago that Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Chicago will go live with WiMax service this month, some new details about actual Xohm devices - and launch plans for a few more cities - have been kicking around the InterWebs over the past week or so.  Sidecutreports spoke with the head WiMax Man himself last week and West offered up a few juicy tidbits of info: Xohm now has more than 1,000...

Noah Answers Your Questions - Can the iPhone 3G stay "new and fun"?

Noah Answers Your Questions - Can the iPhone 3G stay new and fun?
Q. Hey Noah, love the site.  Now if I got the Apple iPhone 3G, my Question is will it stay new and fun and not seem outdated after 2 years. I tend to get bored of phones after a little over a year.  Thank you for your time. Keep up the good work on PhoneDog! A. I think iPhone will stay new and fun because of the App Store - there are new programs available for it every day, and since many of them are free, it's an easy way to make...

Hands-On: LG Voyager Titanium

Hands-On: LG Voyager Titanium
Verizon sent me their new LG Voyager Titanium late last week and I played with it throughout the holiday weekend.  Voyager Titanium is a sharp-looking phone and it basically works like the original, save the additions of Visual Voicemail and the Rhapsody music service.  Visual Voicemail works pretty well on first blush, though you'll be paying a few bucks more on your VZW bill each month to use it. Upgrades aside, my feelings...

Dream or Nightmare? : Is the HTC G1 Dream Android Phone Ugly or Not?

Dream or Nightmare? : Is the HTC G1 Dream Android Phone Ugly or Not?
Forget the blurry spy shots; some very crisp and clear spy shots of the alleged HTC G1 Dream (aka the first Google Android phone) have surfaced.  I'm going to bite my tongue on this one for now and ask you, dear readers: Is this supposed first Google Phone ugly as sin or dreamy as a newborn babe?  Before you answer, bear in mind that I'm not asking you about the potential of Android as a platform or HTC's track record making phone...

Drama: Potential Xperia X1 Delay and Corporate Spin-Off for Sony Ericsson?

Drama: Potential Xperia X1 Delay and Corporate Spin-Off for Sony Ericsson?
The hard times continue for Sony Ericsson.  First comes Sony CEO (Sir) Howard Stringer's recent comments to Reuters about the future of his company's joint venture with cell phone maker Ericsson.  "We have to work together again as we did two years ago. Or the joint venture will have to find its own solution," Stringer said.  Ouch.  That translates to "Shape up or ship out, Ericsson," so far as I can tell. Then came word...

The jig is up: No more Web access on my $6 T-Zones account

The jig is up: No more Web access on my $6 T-Zones account
This may be the end for me and T-Mobile.  Well, I suppose that depends on how good the forthcoming Dream turns out to be, but that's besides the point ... I haven't had Web access on my iPhone for four days now, and I fear the worst: My days of unlimited Web access for $6/month via T-Zones may be over. Don't get me wrong.  I'm sad about this but I'm not complaining.  I've been exploiting a known loophole in T-Mo's system for...

AT&T offers GoPhones to hurricane Gustav evacuees plus handy safety tips

AT&T offers GoPhones to hurricane Gustav evacuees plus handy safety tips
AT&T announced yesterday they were making at least 2,000 GoPhone devices with $15 of air time available to residents who were ordered to evacuate due to hurricane Gustav.  Evacuees* can find devices at all AT&T owned and operated locations in Houston and San Antonio.  The devices will be available at these AT&T retail locations on a first-come, first-service basis.  The phones are expected to be available...

SunCom officially become T-Mobile as of September 1st

SunCom officially becomes T-Mobile as of September 1st
As of August 30, 2008, SunCom will officially become T-Mobile and will operate under the T-Mobile brand.   SunCom customers will be absorbed by T-Mobile and most SunCom dealers will become part of the T-Mobile dealer network. SunCom operated its own independent GSM network in several southeastern states where T-Mobile has had little presence.  The acquisition should have little effect on SunCom customers as T-Mobile operates...

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