Handsets

Feature vs. Smartphone

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Feature vs. the Smart-phone. That is the question. There is no straight answer; the lines are blurring too fast. At the end, your definition might be different from mine: Both Feature and Smartphones support voice and data capabilities, including multimedia audio and video, camera, gaming, high-speed networks, GPS and advanced user interfaces. Both are programmable. … Read more

Reverse Engineering the iPhone

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I read at Mika's blog about a video from Semiconductor insights, which is a company that reverse engineers electronic products, that shows the iPhone being dismantled to learn about the electronic components being used — see below: –Disclaimer: Bill, you may not want to watch this video — might make you want to cry!– Towards … Read more

iPhone Cost of Ownership

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AT&T phone plans for the iPhone include unlimited data, which is great. The cost of ownership for the iPhone isn't cheap, especially when including unlimited texting. See below, and do the math… Click to enlarge ceo

Nokia 6131 NFC

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I (finally) got my hands on a Nokia 6131 NFC handset with which I have been playing with. This handset is to be released later this year (summer) here in the U.S. The 6131 NFC is a Series 40 3rd Edition (FP1) handset with support for the following Java APIs: MIDP 2.0 / CLDC 1.1 … Read more

Betting on the All-in-One Handset

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Gaming, on-line gaming, seamless voice, push-to-talk, VoIP, video sharing and streaming, entertainment, access to work, email, music, IM, payments, SMS, mobile web, etc, etc, etc. The All-in-One handset. BussinessWeek reports that DoCoMo is betting on the All-in-One Gizmo. Mike Elgan from The Raw Feed writes Why the BlackBerry Pearl Is the Future of Phones. While … Read more

Sony's Mylo Gadget

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Sony's specialized messaging handset, the Mylo gadget, is a small, Wi-Fi enabled handset that provides a Web browser, messaging, phone and digital music player. See more at Sony's Mylo site. Also see Engadget's review, and Gizmodo's video at YouTube. Seems like a pretty neat device – all it needs is 3G connectivity. ceo

Joel on Sprint's LG Fusic cellphone

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OMG, you guys have to read Joel's review of Sprint's LG Fusic handset. Joel cracks me up! A good, honest review. The following is just one of the examples of the handset's poor UI design/experience that he brings up: “The first thing you see when you click on the Menu button is that you missed … Read more

Nokia Phone Software (Firmware) Updater

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Keeping your handset firmware (the software embedded in hardware) up-to-date is an important thing to do. Why? Because software is constantly being updated with enhancements and/or bug fixes. If you have one of the more recent S60 Nokia handsets, go checkout the Nokia UK phone software update page. There are two methods to update your … Read more