Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Three new phones from LG are coming to Verizon in the near future.
All three look to be pretty good phones. The LG Dare (pictured on the right) is somewhat of an iPhone clone, the LG Decoy feels a bit like a Nokia N95, and the LG Chocolate 3 is more ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
There's been a ton of news today about the new iPhone, so I thought I'd try to give a brief summary:
The good
July 11 release
3G, as expected.
GPS. There are already some great looking applications to take advantage of it.
$199 for the 8 gig model, $299 for the 16 gig. They both ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
According to PHONE Magazine, the very iPhone-ish Samsung Instinct is set to launch on June 20.
It looks to be a solid phone -- fast EV-DO Rev. A connection, true GPS and lots of touch-screen goodness. No word yet on pricing.
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
It's not a huge surprise, but Gizmodo has revealed the official launch date of the 3G iPhone. From their site:
someone very, very close to the 3G iPhone launch has told me that Apple will announce their new model at the WWDC Keynote on June 9th.
Also, the phone won't be available ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
The CEO of Intel Germany, Hannes Schwaderer, apparently confirmed that a larger iPhone (or a mini-tablet) is coming soon. The quote from MacRumors:
As part of an Intel event for the 40th birthday of the semiconductor company at Munich’s BMW World, Germany managing director Hannes Schwaderer confirmed today what has long ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
It sure looks that way. It's hard to tell if it will be an embedded GPS or simply support for an external unit, but it appears the support will be built-in.
From IntoMobile:
There are also references to strings mentioning satellite status, GPS time, type, position, accuracy, latitude, speed, magnetic variation, etc., ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
WMExperts have finally gotten their hands on an X1 and they're doing a great job of testing it out.
You can read their full review for details, but here are the highlights:
Keyboard: Pretty good, not great.
Screen: Awesome.
Flash lite will be pre-installed.
All in all, they really seem to like it. Here are ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
The LG Voyager (previously called the "Verizon Voyager" in many places) will be coming to Sprint and AT&T. The phone is expected "within this year". It had better hurry, because there are a lot of other (better) phones coming out pretty soon too. No word on pricing, but I would ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
According to TG Daily, the pricing structure for the 3G iPhone will be:
8GB - $399
16GB - $499
32GB - $599 (maybe)
The phone will feature a slightly thinner body and a less "plasticky" case. They expect the phone to be released at WWDC 2008 (June 9-13), which lines up pretty well with ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
It seems that every phone company is working on an "iPhone killer". So far, none have really succeeded but there are some good looking phones in the works.
The latest comes from Nokia with their "Tube", the first touch device from them. They're not releasing many details about it, other than:
Entirely ...
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