Perhaps sensing a hole in their otherwise-comprehensive product line of consumer electronics, Asus has endeavored to create a smartphone called the Galaxy7. Assuming a candy-bar form factor and a touchscreen interface, it looks to ...READ»
Late last Friday, the world's most fecund tech company, Asus, [TPE:2357] announced it's latest gadget: a Windows Mobile phone. It's called the P552w, and sports a touchscreen interface, a respectable 624MHz processor, 3G radios, ...READ»
Palm [NASDAQ:PALM] didn't do such a hot job of keeping this thing under wraps, but that doesn't make it any less interesting to the smartphone community. The Treo Pro unfurled its red carpet months ago when a whole littany of leaked ...READ»
A curious day of news from Web giant Google [NASDAQ:GOOG], whose rumored GPhone arrived for approval at the FCC. But even more interesting is fresh dirt on the Android operating system that should make the GPhone a contender in the ...READ»
RIM [NASDAQ:RIMM] is capitalizing on the BlackBerry's increasing popularity by cranking out new models Asus-style. Next up is apparently the BlackBerry Javelin, a non-3G smartphone that seems to be a value-proposition model for the ...READ»
A couple of weeks back, we reported on this very blog that HTC's [TSE: 2498] new open-source phone running Google's [NASDAQ:GOOG] Android operating system was indeed on track for its Q4 release date. Now reports are surfacing that ...READ»
As the release of Google's [NASDAQ:GOOG] Android mobile phone operating system nears, speculation abounds. But here's a new rumor, fresh from the research firm J. Gold Associates: they say that Android and Nokia's Symbian will ...READ»
RIM [TSE:RIM] has done a shamefully poor job of keeping the prototypes of their first BlackBerry flip phone, the Kickstart, under wraps, and today the ignominy continues. According to a chorus of tech bloggers who are rarely wrong ...READ»
The newest addition to Nokia's [NYSE: NOK] N-series, the N78, is now available for purchase at Nokia's flagship stores in New York and Chicago. The candybar device sports HSDPA connecticity and a 3.2-megapixel camera, along with ...READ»
For the last few days I have been trying out Samsung's new phone, the Instinct. With a touch screen and a similar design, the comparison with the iPhone is unavoidable. So what do I think about it? While it isn't perfect, I am glad ...READ»
Branding is often viewed as window dressing for the sake of making an initial impression and closing a sale. The problem is that if your company changes a slogan, but not its practices or service, the slogan will eventually fall ...READ»
The Unofficial Sony Ericcson Blog is reporting that the forthcoming C905 camera phone fron Sony Ericsson [NYSE: SNE] will be the company's premier offering, thanks in part to a fully featured digital camera embedded in the handset. ...READ»
The folks over at the Talk About Nseries blog have discovered some leaked photos of new Nokia [NYSE: NOK] Nseries phones in a pretty unlikely place: a Flickr photostream. A user has uploaded detailed images of new N79, N85 and 5800 ...READ»
In the tech world, today is a red-letter day: Apple's [NASDAQ: AAPL] WWDC is set to kick off this morning (PST) in San Fransisco, and it's presumed that a new, 3G iPhone will be the life of the party. So it's curious that Samsung ...READ»
One of Microsoft [NASDAQ: MSFT] Vista's most lauded features, called Sideshow, allows users to access their PC through another Windows device and retrieve documents, e-mail, and other information through mini-applications called ...READ»
According to well-respected tech pundit Gary Krakow, Google's [NASDAQ: GOOG] smartphone operating system, dubbed Android, will be ready to launch via several manufacturers by the end of 2008. But what's more interesting is a second ...READ»
Consider the iPhone Installer application a virtual gateway to a litany of third-party applications for your iPhone that are downloadable via Edge or WiFi. Installer is not endorsed by Apple, so to use it, you'll have to ...READ»
While most smartphone enthusiasts would agree that Nokia's [NYSE: NOK] N95 is already a few steps ahead of the competition, the N96 will blow them away – for good reasons and bad. The N96 was originally announced at Mobile Congress ...READ»
Folks at Google's [NASDAQ: GOOG] I/O conference in San Francisco today saw the most detailed demonstration of its Android smartphone operating system to date. Running on the rumored HTC Dream phone, Android was shown using its basic ...READ»
More details have surfaced on Sony Ericsson's (NYSE: SNE) much-anticipated Xperia X1 phone, which the company is positioning as a “mobile Web communication” device. The X1 – which is the first of the Xperia line due out – has ...READ»
Interesting article in the Times today about the battle between Research In Motion (RIM) and Apple for dominance of the smartphone market. Smartphones are becoming so capable these days I call them $79 personal computers. As the ...READ»
