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Cell Phones, GPS, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Wireless
LG KC910 “Renoir” Mobile Phone
09.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

LG has named a successor to its popular mobile phone brand ‘Viewty’, the new brand has been named after the famous French artist “Renoir”. The new Renoir phone features a 3″ WQVGA touch screen display and a 8 megapixel auto focus camera. The phone also comes with Wi-Fi connectivity, which is a first for [...]
Cell Phones, Handhelds, Wireless
Samsung SCH-M470 Smart Phone With Lightning Fast HSUPA
04.09.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Samsung has just released its first Smart Phone with High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA). The HSUPA utilizes 3G networks to offer incredibly fast download speeds. Samsung’s SCH-M470 smart phone will be able to download data up to five times faster then WCDMA. For example the incredible speeds allow for 5 Mp3 songs to [...]
Cell Phones, GPS, Portable Video
Samsung Instinct: The Full Story On Sprint’s Flagship Cell Phone
04.06.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

When Sprint announced the Samsung Instinct at this years CTIA the news broke hard and fast. The Instinct was billed the hottest phone a this years convention with reporters calling it Sprint’s ‘iPhone killer’, but after the headline began to wear thing the inevitable criticisms began to kick in. The web browser, screen, style and [...]
Cell Phones
LG’s LG-LH5000 Ice Cream Phone
04.01.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Everyone likes ice cream, but somehow this cell phone looks like its marketed towards a predominantly female audience. LG felt their manufacturing model number did not do this phone justice and have renamed it the ice cream phone. Teen girls everywhere will now be able to choose from a neapolitan line up of colors [...]
Cell Phones
North Korea To Allow Cell Phone Use With New 3G Network In Pyongyang
03.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

North Korea may be gunning for the title of the craziest April fools joke this year with their planned April launch of a 3G network in Pyongyang. The reclusive communist state has decided to once again allow its citizens to use cell phones provided they can afford the astronomical price. While the American imperialist [...]
Cell Phones, Portable Video
The LG-SH240 AKA LG’s Skin Phone
03.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

LG has announced a new phone with a touch pad that is supposed to feel like human skin. Perhaps LG just wanted to get one up on Samsung who has a habit of claiming ‘the world’s first’ when it comes to new products. It all seems like a crazy idea at first, but [...]
Cell Phones, Software, Wireless
Anycall Haptic Cell Phone Sports Samsung’s New Mobile Software
03.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Samsung has announced the release of two new phones featuring the companies latest mobile software. The SCH-W420 and the SPH-W4200 will be released in Korea under Samsung’s Anycall mobile brand. The new software looks to be leaps and bounds ahead of the companies previous user interfaces. The software is equipped with a widget [...]
Cell Phones, Personal Blog
Sony Ericsson w850i Walkman Edition Mobile Phone
01.04.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Since I was going to be spending two months in Canada the time had come to replace my decrepit old GSM mobile. On a recent trip to Taiwan I took some time off from sight seeing to track down a new GSM phone. Taipei had a great selection of GSM phones, most [...]