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- ZTE C79
- ZTE is a little known brand in the U.S., but the Chinese manufacturer is slowly but surely making its presence felt in the U.S. cell market. It kicked off its U.S. debut earlier this year with a couple of entry-level phones, such as the ZTE C88 for MetroPCS, and now...
- Product reviews 2008-08-14
- Virgin Mobile TNT (Kyocera Adreno S2400)
- Virgin Mobile's cell phones tend to stick to the basics. Even when they offer cameras, like the UTStarcom Arc and the Samsung Slash, the handsets concentrate on doing what a cell phone should do. The prepaid carrier's latest model, the Kyocera TNT, certainly follows this format. Like the recent LG...
- Product reviews 2008-08-14
- Robot buoy to track oil spills
- Yesterday, Japan Today reported about a prototype of robotic buoy developed at Osaka University to fight sea pollution in the event of an environmental disaster caused by an oil spill. The current prototype, dubbed SOTAB (short for 'Spilled Oil Tracking Autonomous Buoy') is a 110-kilogram GPS-equipped robot. The cylindrical buoy...
- Blog posts 2008-08-03
- Virgin Mobile Arc
- Photo gallery:Virgin Mobile ArcVirgin Mobile is known for its entry-level phones with catchy names, and the Arc by UTStarcom is no different. The Arc sets itself apart from the rest of Virgin Mobile's lineup with a unique and very appealing curved design. Otherwise, it has a decidedly basic feature set,...
- Product reviews 2008-07-22
- Samsung SGH-A227 (AT&T)
- In the land of basic cell phones, variety is pretty slim. That's why AT&T's Samsung SGH-A227 fits so well in the genre. Sporting a minimalist flip design with simple calling and messaging features, the SGH-A227 does exactly what a cell phone should do. Though its controls are rather cramped and...
- Product reviews 2008-07-21
- Nokia 2760 - blue (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Nokia 2760It's been a busy month for T-Mobile. The carrier may not have the iPhone, but it has been releasing new handsets at rapid pace. The Nokia 2760 isn't as exciting as the Motorola Rokr E8, but it keeps it simple with functional features and respectable call and photo...
- Product reviews 2008-07-15
- LG LX400
- LG is typically more known for its consumer-level handsets like the LG Voyager and the LG Chocolate. So it was a pleasant surprise to us when we found out LG was partnering with Sprint to come up with the LG LX400, one of the first phones to support QChat, a...
- Product reviews 2008-06-23
- Samsung SGH-T229 - red (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T229If a U.S. carrier offers a basic camera phone these days, chances are that it's from Samsung. Over the past year, particularly during the autumn of 2007, the manufacturer released a deluge of such models, with more than a few landing at T-Mobile. Now we greet the latest...
- Product reviews 2008-06-23
- Samsung Spex SCH-R210 (MetroPCS)
- While the major wireless carriers pack their lineups with the latest high-end cell phones, smaller operators such as MetroPCS take a more practical approach. Rather than offering complicated smartphones with pricey features, MetroPCS sticks with low-end camera phones and basic handsets that just make calls. The Samsung Spex, aka the...
- Product reviews 2008-06-17
- Kyocera K312P (MetroPCS)
- Photo gallery:Kyocera K312PIt's not often we get to review a Kyocera phone, and that's too bad considering Kyocera has a nice group of folks working there and the company has a history of making reliable handsets. But last week we got in a fresh batch of MetroPCS phones, including the...
- Product reviews 2008-06-16
- Samsung MyShot SCH-R430 - black (MetroPCS)
- MetroPCS is a regional carrier known for its array of affordable midrange phones, and the Samsung MyShot is no different. As its name suggests, the MyShot is also one of the few megapixel camera phones in MetroPCS's stable; just don't expect anything fancy like a music player or high-speed browsing....
- Product reviews 2008-06-12
- Sanyo Pro-700 (Sprint)
- When Sprint merged with Nextel almost three years ago, there were concerns with how Sprint would integrate its CDMA network with Nextel's iDEN network, and how the two companies would coordinate their respective push-to-talk services. A new push-to-talk technology was developed by Qualcomm, called QChat, to help that process along....
- Product reviews 2008-06-06
- Pantech Breeze - silver (AT&T)
- There are a few key factors when choosing the right phone for the elderly--the handset needs to be easy to use with a minimum of fuss, it should have a bright display with large fonts, the keypad should have large and tactile keys, and call quality needs to be top-notch....
- Product reviews 2008-05-30
- Samsung Slash
- Most phones available for Virgin Mobile are from UTStarcom, Pantech, Kyocera, and LG, and the handsets are typically basic entry-level phones with minimal features. The latest phone to join Virgin Mobile is the Samsung Slash, which is the first-ever Samsung handset for the MVNO carrier. Though it's still fairly...
- Product reviews 2008-05-23
- A sailing robot to cross the Atlantic
- The Times of London reports that seven robotic craft will compete in a race across the Atlantic Ocean in October 2008. One of them, 'Pinta the robot sailing boat,' has been designed at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK. Pinta is expected to sail for three months at a maximum speed of...
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- LG Flare LX-175 - black (Virgin Mobile)
- Virgin Mobile is known for its simple entry-level phones, and the new LG Flare, or LX-175, is no exception. The second such LG phone with the carrier--the Aloha was the first--the Flare boils it down to the basics and even lacks a VGA camera. However, it does step it up...
- Product reviews 2008-04-09
- ZTE C88
- Even though ZTE is one of China's largest cell phone manufacturers, most of us here in the United States aren't aware of the brand. However, ZTE is attempting to make some inroads in the U.S. with its first ever U.S. cell phone, the ZTE C88. The C88 is a pretty...
- Product reviews 2008-03-12
- Motorola i570 (Nextel)
- We have to admit that we're not sure what is going on with Sprint lately. Following its merger with Nextel three years ago, the company said it would be phasing out Nextel's iDEN network in favor of Sprint's CDMA network. And to show it meant what it said, it started...
- Product reviews 2008-02-05
- LG CG180 (AT&T)
- In an age where gadgets grow even more complicated, it's comforting to know that you can buy a cell phone that's just a phone. Every once in a while, AT&T quietly rolls out a basic handset for its Go Phone prepaid service that eschews most high-end features and is all...
- Product reviews 2008-02-04
- Samsung SGH-T819 (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T819Something is happening over at Samsung. Either the company is purposely banking its existence on thin slider phones, or it's just run out of ideas. T-Mobile's latest cell phone is perfect testament to this trend. Though it does offer a novel "coffee brown" color scheme, there's nothing new...
- Product reviews 2008-01-25
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