Archive for Mobile Phones

Alcatel OT-V770A Playboy cell phone

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on April 4th, 2008

Alcatel OT-V770A Playboy cell phone
Sometimes it’s hard to…look…at…the…product. But slapping a company name across boobs like that certainly gets my attention. Yes. Yes it does. Oh yeah, the phone.

Alcatel recently showed its OT-V770A Playboy-branded cell phone at CTIA 2008. Some features of the OT-V770A include: 1.3 megapixel camera, Media player, Full-screen video playback, 10MB internal memory, microSD memory card slot. No word on price yet, but it shouldn’t cost you an arm and a leg considering the specifications.

Sky Quilt cell phone looks cottony soft

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on April 3rd, 2008

Sky Quilt cell phone looks cottony soft
Sky just introduced the IM-S310L slider handset known as the Quilt in Korea. The idea here is that it actually sorta resembles a quilt. It should appeal to grandmothers and other women who long to squeeze the Charmin, with it’s diamond patterns and a look comfortable enough to touch.

Features include: 2.4″ QVGA display, 1.3 megapixel camera, LED lighting, MP3 playback, Electronic dictionary, and BankOn service. The Sky Quilt will be available in white, black and pink colors, retailing for under $400.

HTC Touch Dual heading to US this quarter

Posted in Mobile Phones by Shane McGlaun on April 2nd, 2008

HTC Touch DualThe sweet Apple iPhone spawned a whole host of me too devices that looked to cash in on the ground breaking touch screen navigation Apple introduced. HTC was one of the players that jumped into touch in a big way.

HTC announced that its HTC Touch Dual handset would be coming to the U.S. this quarter and would be powered by the new Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. HTC says that Best Buy will be the first retailer to offer the HTC Touch Dual device.

Sprint, Samsung bring us their Instinct

Posted in Mobile Phones by Nino Marchetti on April 1st, 2008

samsung-instinct.jpgSamsung announced today a bitching new touchscreen mobile which may very well get us to switch over to its exclusive wireless carrier Sprint. It’s called the Samsung Instinct and, sorry, there is no pricing as of yet.

The Samsung Instinct sports “localized tactile feedback, called haptics, which allow the virtual QWERTY keypad and other operations to become a sensory experience.” Sweet. It is also Sprint’s first EV-DO Rev A consumer focused mobile, meaning you can expect quicker load times for things like browsing the Web and streaming audio.

Motorola delivers MOTO Z9 to AT&T

Posted in Mobile Phones by Nino Marchetti on April 1st, 2008

moto-z9.jpgAT&T and Motorola are bringing us a sweet new slider phone which will have a bounty of goodness associated with it, including GPS. It is called the Motorola MOTO Z9 and will cost you around $250 after a two-year agreement.

The MOTO Z9 has a nice slider design which hosts a phone offering GPS functionality through AT&T’s AT&T Navigator for finding your way around town. It supports AT&T’s 3G wireless service around the country as well to let you send live one-way video and audio from one user to another using a similarly compatible AT&T Wireless mobile.

Palm sells 1 million Centro smartphones

Posted in Mobile Phones by Shane McGlaun on April 1st, 2008

John West and his Centro SmartphoneTypical smartphones run well into the $500 range making them more than many cell phone users are willing to spend. Despite the high cost of smartphones they remain one of the fastest growing segments of mobile handset sells.

Palm bucked the trend of expensive smartphones when it released its Centro handset last September as a Sprint exclusive device. The phone sold for only $99 with new activation. In February 2008 AT&T started to carry the Centro and also sold the device for $99.

Levi’s ultra limited edition Red Tab mobile phone

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on March 31st, 2008

Levi’s ultra limited edition Red Tab mobile phone
The Levi’s ultra limited edition Red Tab mobile phone sports an interesting look. The red tab at the top will get people’s attention and they’ll say, “Hey you like your phone like your Jeans as well. Awesome.” I like the style of the buttons against that background.

It comes with an integrated MP3 player, stereo Bluetooth and 2.0-megapixel camera with flash. The fashion phone will include a premium presentation box, case for the handset, stereo hands free kit, a metal chain and as an added option, you can customize it with your name.(13 letters maximum) The phone is limited to 100 units only. It’s available online for about $870.

G104 watch phone sports unique look

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on March 31st, 2008

G104 watch phone sports unique look
The G104 Watch Phone has a unique and interesting look with a flip open design. It’s running on the optional: GSM900 / DCS1800, GSM850 / PCS1900 networks and comes with a 1.5-inch display, 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, integrated MP3 and MP4 player, 64MB internal memory, microSD that support up to 2GB and multi-language interfaces.

This combination watch/phone measures 59.74 x 51.69 x 19.58mm and comes in either black or white. It’s available for $185.90. I’m not sure I would wear it myself, but it’s interesting and different.

Another cell phone disguised as cigarettes

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on March 28th, 2008

Another cell phone disguised as cigarettes
Somehow I don’t think Marlboro endorsed this, though I could be wrong. This cell phone in disguise is similar to the one we told you about in January. It will cost you about $175 in China. It’s got dualband GSM, a microSD card slot, and can even play MP3’s.

From the front, it looks like an authentic pack of Marlboro Lights and it will even hold real cigarettes in it. One cool function is the side-mounted camera feature. People will never suspect that you are taking pictures with your smokes. So it doubles as a spy camera too.

Sling Media brings mobile software to UIQ on Symbian OS

Posted in Mobile Phones by Nino Marchetti on March 27th, 2008

sling-symb.jpgSling Media today has announced a new mobile client for those wishing to access their television programming while on the go. It is known as the SlingPlayer Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS. It will run you around $30 for this software once it is released.

The SlingPlayer™ Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS brings to compatible Symbian based mobiles the ability to watch and control home television when a Slingbox is installed at home. All of this is done over a wireless Internet connection, be it cellular or Wi-Fi. SlingPlayer Mobile also lets one “control their home digital video recorder (DVR) to watch recorded shows, pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV and even program and watch new recordings while away from home.”

Blip: free geo-social interaction for your BlackBerry

Posted in Mobile Phones by Shane McGlaun on March 26th, 2008

Blip for BlackBerryThose BlackBerry users out there that have real jobs and actually get out of the house every now and again, unlike me, may find Blip to be an interesting and useful application. Using Blip you and your friends, family and co-workers can show your location to other people in your group.

Blip is from BlackLine GPS and according to BlackLine Blip users have complete and total control over who can see their location information. No one the user hasn’t approved can see the info. I can see this as both a good and bad thing. I guess it would be cool to see where in your city or block your pals are. However, if your boss, otherwise known as “The Man”, puts this on your BlackBerry he can see where you are as well. Kind of kills that opportunity to grab a long lunch break when you are out of the office working.

Samsung AnyCall Haptic with 22 types of touch

Posted in Mobile Phones by Darrin Olson on March 25th, 2008

Samsung AnyCall Haptic mobile phone with multiple types of touch feedbackSamsung is jumping in the market joining the ranks of LG, Apple and others who have put out mobile phones featuring a touchscreen interface with the new AnyCall Haptic SCH-W420 mobile phone. Touchscreens have been all the rage for the past year or so, and already there are enough that companies have to come out with some unique features to help one stand out from the other.

To the AnyCall Haptic, Samsung has added some vibrating tactile feedback to the touchscreen. In fact, they’ve added 22 different types of feedback to your fingers from the screen, depending on what you’re doing with the phone such as dialing a number, moving objects around or spinning a dial. Whether or not your fingers are able to distinguish between 22 different type of vibrations is another story, but at least some feedback helps quite a bit if you’ve every tried to quickly dial a number on a flat touchscreen.

ZJ268: The devil’s cell phone

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on March 20th, 2008

ZJ268: The devil’s cell Phone
This is probably a hoax, but if not then I’m sure this was given to Tenacious D by the devil, so they can keep in touch and have more rock-offs. Aside from being obviously horny, it claims to have a stunning 666 days of standby time.

I don’t know about that, but this handset has a 32,800mAh “super battery” and features a dual SIM, GSM900/DCS1800 support and a 3″ display. It retails for $128, but you can probably work something out where you save the money and sign away your soul.

Nokia N82 now available in black

Posted in Mobile Phones by Shane McGlaun on March 18th, 2008

Nokia N82 in BlackNokia announced a new color for its ever popular N82 today. A new sleek black N82 will join the line alongside the Silver N82 that we wrote about in November of 2007. Other than the color change the black N82 is the same feature wise as the silver one.

The N82 sports the ability to operate on the WCDMA 2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS) frequencies. The phone weighs 114g and has up to 100MB of dynamic internal memory for messaging, ring tones, images, video clips and more. A hot-swappable microSD card slot is available for memory expansion.

BlackBerry Pearl 8120 with WiFi comes to AT&T

Posted in Mobile Phones by Darrin Olson on March 13th, 2008

RIM Blackberry Pearl 8120 with WiFiToday AT&T announced the availability of their own new version of the BlackBerry Pearl with the 8120 as a replacement for the 8100. The BlackBerry Pearl 8120 comes to AT&T with some new features that are already enjoyed by Sprint and Verizon, but most notably has WiFi added to its connectivity and forgoes the GPS.

An external-facing microSD slot, regular-sized 3.5mm headphone jack, 2 megapixel camera with video recording and an improved browser round out the updated features on the new smartphone. It also of course has all the features of the 8100 model as a quad-band GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz) world phone along with the slim candy bar design, Bluetooth and the almost-QWERTY keyboard.


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