Filed under: Cellphones
Now that we know the Treo 750 is poised for a Cingular release here in the US, we’re kind of over Vodafone’s version of this Windows
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Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, UMTS
Mobile fan, it's hard to deny the appeal of Nokia's N-series lineup of S60-powered "multimedia computers," whose connectivity and imaging options are some of the best you can find on a smartphone today. As promised, the company has just officially released both the N73 (pictured, bottom) and N93 (pictured, top) handsets that we've been following for some time, and although you probably won't be able to pick them up through traditional channels, we know that they'll definitely be available at your local Nokia retail outlet. As a quick refresher, both of the phones (we know, we know, we're not supposed to call them phones) are highlighted by 3.2 megapixel, Zeiss lens-equipped cameras, with the N93 throwing in a 3x optical zoom and support for 30fps VGA video. Both models also feature high-res 2.4-inch displays, Bluetooth radios, a miniSD slot for image capture or rocking tunes, and quad-band GSM plus 3G UMTS capability. On top of all these attractive features, the N93 also gives you built-in WiFi with UPnP functionality, video out for replaying your precious memories on a big screen, and what sounds like better-than-average in-camera editing. We're still gonna stick with our current smartphones for now, but these models are so hot that we're seriously reconsidering our snobby insistence on rocking those handy QWERTY thumboards at all times.Filed under: Handsets, Reviews, Windows Mobile, HP, GSM, GPRS, EDGE
We’ve been on the fence about HP’s hw6000 line of Swiss Army phones ever since we first spotted the GPS-equipped iPaq hw6515 — these models include everything but the kitchen sink, but they also force you to use that non-standard 240 x 240 screen. Still, MobileTechReview’s in-depth look at the latest member of the family, the hw6915, makes us think we could overlook the square screen and lack of 3G data options because, well, the rest of this Windows Mobile 5.0-powered smartphone sounds like exactly what us convergence-geeks are seeking. According to MTR, the quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset impresses on many fronts, including its solid keyboard, powerful internal antenna, GPS performance, and best-in-class benchmark numbers. HP also throws in some nice extras, like helpful Today screen plug-ins, a full-featured wireless radio manager, the ability to location-stamp photos, and even A2DP in the Bluetooth stack, which isn’t normally included in WM5 AKU2 devices out of the box. Besides the fact that this screen resolution may not support all third-party apps, the only real knock to this model concerns the camera’s startup/shutter lags — and if that’s the worst thing to be said about a device that seemingly does it all, then we’re totally sold.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Handhelds
We’ve been on the fence about HP’s hw6000 line of Swiss Army phones ever since we first spotted the GPS-equipped iPaq hw6515 — these models include everything but the kitchen sink, but they also force you to use that non-standard 240 x 240 screen. Still, MobileTechReview’s in-depth look at the latest member of the family, the hw6915, makes us think we could overlook the square screen and lack of 3G data options because, well, the rest of this Windows Mobile 5.0-powered smartphone sounds like exactly what us convergence-geeks are seeking. According to MTR, the quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset impresses on many fronts, including its solid keyboard, powerful internal antenna, GPS performance, and best-in-class benchmark numbers. HP also throws in some nice extras, like helpful Today screen plug-ins, a full-featured wireless radio manager, the ability to location-stamp photos, and even A2DP in the Bluetooth stack, which isn’t normally included in WM5 AKU2 devices out of the box. Besides the fact that this screen resolution may not support all third-party apps, the only real knock to this model concerns the camera’s startup/shutter lags — and if that’s the worst thing to be said about a device that seemingly does it all, then we’re totally sold.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Filed under: Peripherals, T-Mobile, HSDPA, UMTS
T-Mobile has just released a PC card for UK subscribers that will allow them to hop on the company’s HSDPA network when it goes live, and will also work immediately to access UMTS-speed data services. The purchase of a “web’n'walk” card, which has a quad-band radio for international — including US — use, also includes twelve free months of WiFi access at any of T-Mob’s UK Hotspots. Customers subscribing to 18 or 24 month data contracts at 17 pounds/month will receive the card for free, but need to keep an eye on their usage, as the fine print states that T-Mobile will warn, and possibly even shut off, customers who download more than 2GB of data in a given billing period.
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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, O2, Windows Mobile, GSM, GPRS, EDGE
Mobile 5.0 smartphones on the market, thanks to o2’s much-anticipated release of the and WiFi, a 200MHz processor, 2.2-inch QVGA screen, 1.3 megapixel cam, miniSD slot, and EDGE dataRead | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Nokia has been gaining a
bit of a reputation for being on the chubby side of the thin phone wars.
So the 14-mm slim, 6126
flip which the FCC just approved, still passes for thin these days in the Nokia camp of plumpsters. Other than the 32MB flash
and 16MB RAM we now know this thing packs, the filing doesn't tell us more than we already knew: quad-band GSM/EDGE, a
2.2-inch, 320 x 240 external display, 1.3 megapixel cam, and microSD slot for storage expansion. Worth the wait we
guess, if you're a Symbian Series 40 fan.Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Others, Cingular, T-Mobile, GSM, GPRS
VK Mobile seems like a very flashy company to us, what with their fashion-over-function ethos, their, shall we
say, liberal
"borrowing" of design elements from some of the sexier phones on the market, and who could forget the
airbrushed nude models that they employed to hawk their products at CeBIT this year? We think PC Mag would agree that
the company’s quad-band GSM VK2020 musicphone — that, like the models, we also
at CeBIT — falls in line with this assessment, as their review highlights the handset’s RAZR- and SLVR-killing
thinness and "wow factor," but knocks it on nearly every aspect important to people who actually like their
stuff to function properly. Among the laundry list of flaws reported are this model’s small, dim screen, barely
acceptable MP3
support, and flaky Bluetooth
date, in that you’re a lot more likely to accept its faults just because it looks so damn good. If you’re the type that
rushed out to buy LG’s silly
Bluetooth headset when it
from Verizon this week, then you’ll probably be just fine with forking over $400 to Dynamism in order to sport one
of today’s hotter-looking imports.
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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
, a 312MHz Intel processor, QVGA color display, Java, and 2.0, plus the standard suite of RIM-supplied applications. Getting your Crackberry fix from the big[Thanks, Phil G]
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Filed under: Handsets, RIM, T-Mobile, Java, GSM, EDGE
, a 312MHz Intel processor, QVGA color display, Java, and 2.0, plus the standard suite of RIM-supplied applications. Getting your Crackberry fix from the big[Thanks, Phil G]
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