Archive for August, 2007
Hands-on with Samsung’s SGH-i620 WM6 slider
Filed under: Cellphones, Features
It might look a little squat at first glance, but slide her open and the SGH-i620 is ready for business. We had some tactile problems with the touch-sensitive buttons up top, but the scroll wheel is like butter. Like most keyboards, we need some more time with it to…
Engineering Mag Does iPhone Clone Teardown
Semiconductor Insights’ Patrick Mannion, who did one of the first teardown analyses of the real Apple iPhone, did another teardown of an early Chinese iPhone “clone” for an article published today. The phone doesn’t look anything like the iPhone, but uses Apple and iPhone branding. And quality? “The…
Apple and AT&T hit with third class action suit over iPhone battery
Filed under: Culture, Handsets
Apple’s lack of a roll-your-own battery replacement for the iPhone seems to be causing quite a stir with Apple and AT&T’s legal departments as a third class action lawsuit has been thrown at them. Plaintiffs Zoltan Stiener and Ynez Stiener cite breach of contract, …
German Minister Defends Trojan Spy Program
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble defended a proposal to USE SPYWARE TROJANS to spy on terror suspects. The plan, currently being considered by the world’s most powerful woman, Chancellor Angela Merkel, was leaked to the press. Though Merkel’s government may end up approving snoopware for …
Nokia’s Transformer Edition handset peeped, doesn’t transform
Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, UMTS
Nokia seems to be be hard at work with branding up its handsets with Transformer logos and colorful fobs. We’re hearing that apart from the 5700 XpressMusic (pictured above) they’ve kicked an XpressMusic 5300 Transformers Edition out the door, too. Wh…
Cooked WinMo 6 ROM verified for PPC-6700, XV6700
Filed under: Handsets, Software, HTC, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Windows Mobile
Well ladies and gents, it seems the rumored Windows Mobile 6 update for the Sprint PPC-6700 / Verizon XV6700 is looking a little more legit. True to his word, ppcgeeks user Helmi_c showed us that the proof is indeed in th…
Hands-on with the LG KU990
Filed under: Handsets, Features, LG, T-Mobile
We wanted to get down and dirty with LG’s other touchscreen phone — the KU990 (AKA the Viewty) — a 5.1-megapixel cameraphone that also does Flash, but the company’s staff would barely even let us get close. It’s true: the German showgirls and Japanese …