Archive for September, 2008
LG Wine gets Bell a little tipsy
Filed under: Handsets, LG, Bell Mobility, EV-DO, CDMA
We didn’t think much of the simple LG Wine when it first launched in Korea — nor when it went to Europe as the KF300 (pictured) — but LG must be doing something right here, because it’s now been slated for a release on Bell next month. The flip…
Verizon releases Samsung u430
Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Verizon Wireless, CDMA
Did you know Samsung was still making non-3G devices for Verizon? True story. Take this here SCH-u430, for example, a brand new flip (that we’ve actually known about for a while) featuring Bluetooth, 160 x 128 internal and 96 x 96 external displ…
Sharp’s tegakichat concept phone brings the purikaru booth to girls’ pockets
Filed under: Cellphones
Japan is drenched in arcades with female-only purikura (photo booth for you gaijin) corners in which aflutter girls take pictures, bless them with sparkly decorations, and print them to book cover friendly stickers for all to see, for better or worse, to the horror of their m…
Sharp’s tegakichat concept phone brings the purikura booth to girls’ pockets
Filed under: Cellphones
Japan is drenched in arcades with female-only purikura (photo booth for you gaijin) corners in which aflutter girls take pictures, bless them with sparkly decorations, and print them to book cover friendly stickers for all to see, for better or worse, to the horror of their m…
Pandora pre-orders go live
Filed under: Gaming
We still don’t really believe it, but the Pandora pre-order page is now live and accepting orders for the open-source gaming handheld. Only 3,000 units are being delivered this time around, so you’d better act fast — $329 is all it takes to be a part of history, kids.Read |…
Nokia N96 already nabs a firmware update, problems afoot?
Filed under: Software, Nokia, SymbianThe good news is that Nokia seems to be proactively addressing problems and taking care of new N96 owners, issuing a firmware update just days after the first units hit shelves around Europe. The bad news, though, is that this first update might actually be makin…
Nintendo getting into the pedometer game? This will all end in tears.
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals, Wearables
Bad / good news, folks: Nintendo is / isn’t working on a pedometer peripheral that will / won’t integrate with its Wii / DS console. The company has famously stated that it doesn’t plan to release “a whole lot more” accessories for the Wii, which means we’…