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Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video, Software
The iriver D50N Korean Electronic Dictionary
03.28.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

iriver has once again found a way to overcharge for electronic dictionaries with the D50N. The company’s dictionary prices have managed to hold steady for the past several years with the release of new models with minor technical variations. The simple yet stylish and boxy iriver D50N is a perfect example of the minor tweaking [...]
Cell Phones, Wireless
LG Cookie Phone Looks Nothing Like A Cookie
01.29.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

The LG Cookie has found a home in Europe with wireless carrier Orange, the phone features little other then one of LG’s puzzling names. Cookie may not be the best name for a phone but its definitely an improvement, until LG’s marketing gurus dreamed it up the handset was being marketed as the KP501. LG [...]
Cameras, Cell Phones, Wireless
Behold! The Samsung Behold Is Coming To T-Mobile
11.11.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

The Samsung Instinct AKA the iphone killer did not exactly take the North American market place by storm, but unlike Motorola, Samsung does not bet their entire business on the success of one model.
Samsung Behold On T-Mobile
The Behold looks pretty good, it has touch sensitive 2.6″ 240 x 400 LCD Display, full web browsing capabilities, [...]
Cell Phones
Samsung Gravity T459 On T-Mobile
11.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Starting November 17th the Samsung Gravity, also knows as the Samsung T459 will be available via T-Mobile. The Gravity is a fairly generic consumer phone, other then its full QWERTY keyboard there is little to distinguish it from last years cheap phones. Basing phones around text messaging seems to be the big theme this year [...]
Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Mintpass’ Mintpad Messenger With Hand Written IMs
11.05.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Mintpass was founded after one of iriver’s founder and CEO left with a core group of engineers and designers to form a new company. It took Mintpass awhile to get their legs and many pundits began to write them off. However , today Mintpass has finally released their Mintpad messenger.
The Mintpad is a bit of [...]
Cell Phones, Software
Samsung Delve With TouchWiz Comes To The US
11.02.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Samsung and Alltel recently divulged the ‘Delve’, a slick looking handset which features Samsung’s new TouchWiz interface. This will be the first handset available in the United States that features Samsung latest “build you own” user interface. The TouchWiz system uses widgets to allow user to drag and drop icons to customize their screen.
The [...]
Cell Phones, Wireless
LG Xenon for AT&T
09.24.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

AT&T is getting ready to launch the Xenon a slick new QWERTY phone, built by LG Electronics. Lately, a few snapshots and specifications of the phone have been uncovered by the BoyGenius who’s sources say the phone is undergoing testing in AT&T’s labs, and could be out in time for Christmas. Apart from having the [...]
Cell Phones, Wireless
Samsung and Armani ‘Night Effect’ Mobile Phone
09.22.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Korean manufacturer Samsung and European design house Giorgio Armani have teamed up once again to enthrall fashion savvy users looking for a mobile phone that will complement their mass production luxury goods fueled style. The long awaited Samsung Armani 2 mobile will be called “Night Effect”. The phone comes with huge Emporio Armani logos on [...]
Cell Phones
Samsung SGH-a837 Rugby Flip Phone from AT&T
09.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Samsung Electronics in collaboration with AT&T is set to launch a new rugged phone, the Samsung SGH-a837 Rugby will work efficiently in extreme weather conditions. The device has been made according to military standard MIL-STD-810F to withstand dust, shock, vibration, rain, humidity, solar radiation and extreme temperatures. The Rugby weighs 133 g and comes [...]
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 [...]