Posted on 30 December 2007 by
Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
There’s something not quite right about this ad for Nokia’s N95 spotted on Yahoo! today. For what it’s worth, clicking it takes you to Nokia USA’s page for the North American N95 — but first of all, the phone here doesn’t look exactly like an N95. Yeah, it obviously is, but what’s up with the weird edges? Secondly, there is no such thing as a North American N95 8GB (yet), calling into question the “8gb expandable memory” touted here. Third, if this is an N95 8GB, why isn’t it black, and why is the memory called expandable when it’s not? We figure Nokia’s just trying to advertise the plain old N95-3 here, but golly, let’s try to execute a slightly cleaner ad campaign next time, okay, guys?
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
Posted on 30 December 2007 by
Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
Not to say it’s actually easy to get your hands on the rumored 1.1.3 firmware at this point, but in the event that you do, proceed with caution. Nate True, the guy that brought us a video walkthrough of the supposedly leaked goods, is reporting that he can’t seem to downgrade to 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 after performing the install. Locked phones show an “Incorrect SIM” error — a problem unlockers of yore are all too familiar with — while previously unlocked phones can’t be upgraded to 1.1.3 at all. Let’s be honest, though: if you somehow managed to score a copy of 1.1.3, is that really going to stop you from going for it?
[Thanks, cingular#1]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Original post by Chris Ziegler
Posted on 30 December 2007 by
Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM
Many of us know The Sharper Image best as a purveyor of massaging lounge chairs (which makes their stores a must-stop location in the mall), a chronic pusher of ozone generators, and as a perennial favorite in SkyMall catalogs as we bide our time on the redeye. What we don’t know The Sharper Image for, though, is its broad selection of no-name phones procured from Chinese manufacturers. We just happened to be flipping through TSI’s latest catalog today and came across these four little gems, three with “The Sharper Image” proudly emblazoned across their faces. The pack includes a touchscreen equipped Chocolate knockoff (very 2006, but still quite strapping), a branded version of the AMOI N810 Windows Mobile 6 Professional device, a black slider that looks like death incarnated, and an ultra-generic silver clamshell that looks straight out of the early part of this decade. The good news is that they’re all unlocked and range from a very reasonable $169.95 to $499.95; the bad news, however, is that you may have to keep your thumb over the TSI logo to keep the public mockery to a minimum.
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
Posted on 30 December 2007 by
Filed under: Gaming
After treading deeply into some crazy Orwellian statusbox doublespeak, it looks like Xbox Live is finally up and running with no lingering issues or caveats. According to Major Nelson, the entire Live team has been working “day and night” to get things sorted, and while we appreciate their efforts over the holidays, we’re still of the opinion that Live members should be getting a free week or month — you gotta deliver when you run a paid service.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Original post by Nilay Patel
Posted on 30 December 2007 by
Filed under: Gaming
After treading deeply into some crazy Orwellian statusbox doublespeak, it looks like Xbox Live is finally up and running with no lingering issues or caveats. According to Major Nelson, the entire Live team has been working “day and night” to get things sorted, and while we appreciate their efforts over the holidays, we’re still of the opinion that Live members should be getting a free week or month — you gotta deliver when you run a paid service.
Update: Now it’s down again! Status message gives the old line about intermittent issues and engineers working on fixes. Ugh, could the timing on these outages be any worse?
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Original post by Nilay Patel
Posted on 30 December 2007 by
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Okay, so we’ve done some digging into the RIAA’s lawsuit against Jeffery Howell, in which the industry is claiming that ripped MP3s are “unauthorized copies,” and it turns out that Jeffery isn’t actually being sued for ripping CDs, like the Washington Post and several other sources have reported, but for plain old illegal downloading. As we’re all unfortunately aware, that’s pretty standard stuff; the big change from previous downloading cases is the RIAA’s newfound aggressiveness in calling MP3s ripped from legally owned CDs “unauthorized copies” — something it’s been doing quietly for a while, but now it looks like the gloves are off. While there’s a pretty good argument for the legality of ripping under the market factor of fair use, it’s never actually been ruled as such by a judge — so paradoxically, the RIAA might be shooting itself in the foot here, because a judge wouldn’t ever rule on it unless they argue that it’s illegal. Looks like someone may end up being too clever for their own good, eh?
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Original post by Nilay Patel
Posted on 30 December 2007 by
Filed under: Cellphones
Just yesterday we saw some pics of what was being touted as an iPhone running the as-yet-unannounced 1.1.3 firmware version, and now we’ve got word of some video proof from a pretty reliable source. Nate True, all-around modder and creator of the Walluminate light-up wallet, has a short vid up on his cre.ations.net site that claims to depict that handy home page icon rearrangement feature — you know, the one that suggests an SDK to make use of all the new slots. Go on, check out the short clip after the break.
[Thanks, Marcus S.]
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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
Original post by Evan Blass
Posted on 30 December 2007 by
Filed under: Handsets, Sony Ericsson, EDGE, UMTS
It’s still bearing the now-famous “SE123″ designation of a true Sony Ericsson prototype, but this slim flip — allegedly the Z660 — is looking more real than it ever has before and should do a halfway decent job of silencing a few naysayers (convincing folks that this is a
good looking phone, though… well, that’s another matter altogether). Unlike the
last spy shot we saw, it seems that the Z660′s exterior has been done up in a brushed metal of some sort, lending a small sliver of legitimacy to the premium price this model will likely command. We’ll still withhold final judgment until Sony Ericsson says it’s good and ready, but we’re a little more encouraged now by the way this thing’s shaping up than we were before.
[Via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
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Original post by Chris Ziegler
