Archive for July, 2008
Nokia dropping phone prices, going in for the kill
Filed under: NokiaNokia’s doing far better than rivals like Sony Ericsson and Motorola, but it’s not going to let up while it’s ahead — the cellphone maker is reportedly cutting prices across the board in order to increase pressure on the competition. The biggest cuts are on the 5310/ 5610 music ph…
60GB Xbox 360 now shipping from Amazon
Filed under: Gaming
A few 60GB Xbox 360s may have already slipped out to retailers (as evidenced above), but if you’re not interested in running around trying to track one down, you can now snag one from Amazon and rest assured that it’ll ship out post haste. If you’ve been following this SKU’s ever…
LG licenses Dolby Mobile technologies
Filed under: Multimedia, LGEven the best music phones aren’t typically pegged as audiophile-friendly powerhouses — and actually, they’re still not going to be, but the infusion of a little Dolby tech into LG’s lineup might grease things up a bit, anyway. LG has announced that it’s the very first ma…
Fido offers up Motorola’s MOTOROKR U9
Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Rogers Wireless
Merely hours after Motorola began selling its simplistic U9 through its own webstore, along comes Fido to give interested Canadians another option for procuring it. Starting right now, those enamored by that ghostly external display can grab one for j…
AT&T takes wraps off Text Accessibility Plan for iPhone 3G, price hike included at no extra charge
Filed under: Messaging, ATT, AppleJust like the original, AT&T now has a so-called TAP (Text Accessibility Plan) all set up for the iPhone 3G that’ll offer unlimited messaging and data to folks with disabilities. Interested parties do need to fill out a qualification form, meaning that your aver…
Video: Camera-based concept turns any surface into a DJ deck
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
DJ MoCAP, master of time and white space, has developed a camera-based controller for the TRAKTOR Scratch DJ System. Just sketch the deck onto a piece of white paper and turn any high contrast surface into a mixing table. There seems to be a bit of latency but overall the …
Samsung’s Soulb (U800) gets dressed in pink
Filed under: Handsets, SamsungAfter Samsung took the official wraps off of the Soulb in May (or U800, as it were), we didn’t hear much else about it… until now. Reportedly, Phones4U — well known for its pinking of handsets — has decided to offer up the Soulful candybar in none other than metalli…