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Pwned: Man with iPhone gets pwned on airplane

James Allan Brady, Nov 20th 2007 Discuss [6]

So I am sure I am not the only one to have seen the newish iPhone commercial where the pilot or whatever pulls out his iPhone and tells a story about how he avoided a 3 hour delay by looking at the weather on his iPhone. Well, lets suffice it to say that commercials are about as fictional as cartoons, so you shouldn’t believe everything you hear. Sure enough, some jackass with an iPhone gets notice that his plane is landing at a different airport due to delays caused by bad weather. And what does he do? Exactly what he saw on the commercial, he picks up his iPhone, checks the weather, determines the coast is clear, and relays the message to a flight attendant. Read The Full Story

Moto ROKR E8 – it really does exist

James Allan Brady, Nov 16th 2007 Discuss [0]

In fact, BGR has it in their grubby hands as we speak. The part of the phone they seem to be most intrigued with is the haptic, touch sensitive, morphing, keypad. It’s hard to explain, but the keypad area of the front fascia of the phone is flat, and blank. Haptics offer up the tactile feedback for the phones keypad which changes based on what you are doing. For example, if you are using the phone function, it’s a number pad, if you are using the media player function, it has music controls for buttons, and if you are using the camera function, there is a set of buttons for that too. Read The Full Story

NEC SP-NA640 sends handwriting to your cell phone

Reece Bailey Schofield, Nov 14th 2007 Discuss [0]

The SP-NA640 is an interesting concept. Basically it scans whatever you feed in, turns it in to an image and emails it to a cell phone or computer. It may be quicker than scanning an image on a flatbed scanner, and emailing it yourself. I'm sure there are a hundred other things you could do with the desk space that it would take up. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson W910i phones recalled by Orange

James Allan Brady, Nov 13th 2007 Discuss [1]

The first wave of W910i’s are all being recalled by Orange. Why? Because the phone function is somehow causing the device to switch off after 10 seconds and its also not answering calls. Well, that kinda makes a phone, well, not a phone, doesn’t it? Some people who are returning them, are getting exchanges, and then the exchanges are having the same damn problem. Read The Full Story

Orange Iqua BHS-603 SUN Bluetooth headset

James Allan Brady, Nov 13th 2007 Discuss [0]

200 hours of standby time and up to 9 hours of talk time, that’s what you can expect from this headset in the dark. The solar panel on the side, yeah, that should up those numbers a respectable amount in the sun light. Its 14 grams, which is pretty light, and as far as BT headsets go, its not too terribly unattractive, which is surprising considering adding solar panels generally makes whatever they’ve been added to quite hideous. Its kind of sad we had to wait this long for such an obvious solar power upgrade, I mean sure, on cell phones, not much sense, they are usually in your pocket, but headsets, generally on your head, in direct sunlight. Read The Full Story

Reviews

SlashGear Review: Philips’ VOIP841 dual-mode Skype DECT phone

Chris Davies, Nov 5th 2007 Discuss [7]

Here at SlashGear we’ve generally given pretty short shrift to VOIP handsets: all too often they miss the point of their very purpose, to take internet calling out of the realm of the geeky and into the hands of the general public. Common errors include requiring a USB connection to an attached PC rather than a standalone ethernet hookup, or using WiFi but only supporting unsecured networks which usually means hotspots such as found in Starbucks and elsewhere won’t let you log on. So when Philips asked us to try out their VOIP841, a combination DECT and Skype phone, it seemed only fair to not warn them of our harsh standards and instead see how well the sleek black handset lived up to some high expectations.

Philips VOIP841 Skype DECT phone

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T-Mobile getting Samsung Katalyst for HotSpot@Home program

James Allan Brady, Nov 2nd 2007 Discuss [0]

The latest addition to the Hotspot@Home program will be the Samsung Katalyst. The phone won’t be available until December, but it might be one of the nicer phones available for use with the Hotspot@Home service. It’s a slider featuring a 1.3MP cam, Bluetooth, MMS, SMS, myFaves Support, and obviously WiFi. For those that don’t know, the T-Mobile Hotspot@Home program allows you to receive calls via either WiFi or their cellular network, and calls that are received over WiFi don’t cost a thing. Read The Full Story

Verizon drops data plan prices before release of iPhone competitors

James Allan Brady, Nov 1st 2007 Discuss [4]

So you finally get your very own iPhone competitor, obviously the next logical step is to drop your data plan prices to match those of AT&T too. That’s pretty much what Verizon did, but while they were at it, they figured they’d go ahead and re-price just about the entire data plan line-up. The only thing I don’t think got a price change was the unlimited data plan for smartphones. Lucky for you they aren’t counting the new LG Voyager as a smartphone, so it gets the new cheaper data plan. Read The Full Story

Samsung i780 being released in Europe in January

James Allan Brady, Oct 30th 2007 Discuss [0]

Now is it just me or does this thing look remarkably like the BlackJack? I had to double check, and they are two different devices, but the impending BlackJack II and this device have more than some of their appearance’s in common. This smartphone has 3G HSDPA, GPS, and Wi-Fi, that’s pretty good for a device like this. Oh yeah, you know that one area where the BlackJack models are lacking, the whole lack of a touchscreen thing? Not on this handset, it has a 2.6-inch touchscreen. Read The Full Story

LG Shine Wood LB2005H

James Allan Brady, Oct 28th 2007 Discuss [0]

It’s a new addition to the LG Shine lineup, a LG Shine with a stainless steel cover that is etched to look like wood. Really it looks pretty nice, but sadly it appears to only be available in Korea. Other features include DMB-TV, a two-megapixel camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth (hopefully with A2DP support), and an Electronic Dictionary. That’s a pretty good list of features for a clamshell. Read The Full Story

Rumor: Helio Mysto is Samsung U600?

James Allan Brady, Oct 24th 2007 Discuss [1]

God I hope so, that is one sexy ass phone. Helio does always manage to pick the cream of the proverbial crop when it comes to phones, most recently the Fin, and amazing phone packing GPS a 3MP cam, support for up to a 4GB microSD card, a huge screen, it really was a work of art. And now, if this rumor is true, they are getting a phone that looks like a slider version of and updated, and slightly better looking, version of the Fin, and I am sure it will have more/better features too. Helio is the company that knows how to do a slider correctly too, just look at the Ocean, one of the few phones out there without a touch screen that is still a decent competitor to the iPhone. Read The Full Story

Tiny VoIP speakerphone transforms

Chris Scott Barr, Oct 24th 2007 Discuss [0]

It's really quite fascinating what people like about different gadgets. Take, for example, this VoIP speakerphone. People aren't marveling at its small size or cool technology, but rather its keen ability to transform. Its small size is actually quite refreshing, as it weighs only 1.25 pounds, which is considerably less than some other units. One thing to note is that it does have a USB connector so it can suck juice from a PC, or you can just use the included AC adapter. Read The Full Story