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- Peek releases $99 gadget just for Twitter
- Dedicated Twitterers (Tweeters?) have a new option for posting their 140-character thoughts to the web: the TwitterPeek. Looking a tad like a very thin Blackberry, Peek's Twitter-friendly gadget features a QWERTY keyboard, color screen and click scroll wheel. Available only on Amazon.com for $99, users get...
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Samsung Messager II SCH-R560 (MetroPCS)
- why you should buy the samsung messanger?why would you want to buy the samsung messanger 2?Spread your social wings and fly with the new Samsung Messager? II. It?s sleeker, faster and cooler than the original and comes fully loaded with a full QWERTY slider keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera and video...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...
- Blog posts 2009-11-02
- Hey HTC, where is your new QWERTY Google Android device?
- I hope not...I'm a G1 user and an avid typer/texter/surfer. I write notes, song lyics, and many other things on my phone, and I'm a tactile feedback -obsessee. In fact, the lack of a hardware keyboard is what kept me away from the iPhone for so long. ...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Hey HTC, where is your new QWERTY Google Android device?
- The T-Mobile G1 was the first Google Android device launched in the US. We also now see several other companies launching Android devices with the Samsung Moment, Motorola CLIQ, and Motorola DROID. All of these new devices from others have physical QWERTY keyboards while HTC only has the G1 with...
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- Samsung Caliber (U.S. Cellular)
- We've seen plenty of Samsung touch-screen handsets come our way, but not many of them make it to U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier based in Chicago. The only one so far has been the Samsung Delve, which made it to the carrier's lineup late last year. Now another one has...
- Product reviews 2009-10-29
- Motorola Droid hands-on photos (Motorola Droid hands-on photos)
- RE: Motorola Droid hands-on photos (Motorola Droid hands-on photos)It looks nice and I am partial to Motorola, but I think it is too much for me. I have a W755 and use the phone, send a couple of texts now and then, use the camera rarely, and listen to tunes....
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- With Motorola Droid, Verizon puts doubts about Google Android platform to rest [review]
- Looks pretty nice, one comment on the article tho...[i]Further, Android 2.0 offers universal search, surfacing Web pages (history, bookmarks, etc.), contacts, applications and more all from the same search field widget. It?s a welcome addition.[/i]This is actually a feature of Android 1.6 and so not exclusive to the Droid or...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Motorola Droid hands-on photos
- Motorola's Droid is a Google Android 2.0-based smartphone that is a technical tour de force. Here's a look at the slider QWERTY device, due Nov. 6 for $199 on Verizon. by Andrew Nusca
- Image galleries 2009-10-28
- Verizon Wireless Razzle photos
- The Verizon Wireless Razzle has a smart and functional swivel design with both QWERTY keyboard and music player controls. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-10-28
- Motorola and Verizon announced DROID for 6 Nov at $199.99
- Verizon and Motorola made it official today with the announcement that the DROID by Motorola will launch next week, 6 November, for only $199.99 with two-year contract and $100 mail-in rebate. The DROID is Verizon's first Google Android device and the first Android device running version 2.0 software. It has...
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- With BlackBerry Storm2, RIM wins the battle but loses the smartphone war [review]
- physical keyboards vs touch screensYour rant against physical keyboards was uncalled for and inaccurate. At this time, no "touch" phone exists that could capture the accuracy and speed of a physical keyboard. If you do a lot of emails, txt, or document processing, you will concede this point....
- Discussion threads 2009-10-28
- Pantech Reveal photos
- The Pantech Reveal is Pantech's first single-slider handset with a number keypad on the front and a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out vertically. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-10-23
- Samsung Intrepid (Sprint)
- The Samsung Intrepid made its debut at CTIA Fall 2009 as Sprint's first Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone. Admittedly, we weren't particularly impressed by the handset's drab and slightly plasticky design when we saw it at the show but now that we've had some time to get to know the device,...
- Product reviews 2009-10-22
- Verizon Wireless Razzle
- Though we sometimes question the outcome, we do like it when cell phone manufacturers take a different approach to designing a phone so it stands out from the rest. The Verizon Wireless Razzle is certainly one such phone, straddling the line between a messaging phone and a music phone with...
- Product reviews 2009-10-22
- HTC Tilt 2 (AT&T)
- Editors' note: Portions of the Features section were taken from our review of the HTC Pure since the two smartphones share a number of same features.After waiting in the wings, AT&T's business customers are finally getting their turn with the HTC Touch Pro2. Dubbed the HTC Tilt 2 (and obviously...
- Product reviews 2009-10-20
- Hands-on with the Sprint Samsung Intrepid Windows Phone
- A few new devices launched with the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system roll out on October 6th. One QWERTY messaging-focused device that launched on Sprint is the Samsung Intrepid. The Intrepid is the successor to the Samsung Ace and is a touchscreen device in a forward facing QWERTY form factor,...
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Image Gallery: A look at the Samsung Intrepid Windows Mobile 6.5 device
- Windows Mobile 6.5 was just recently announced and with that announcement came the launch of several devices running the latest operating system. The Samsung Intrepid is a touchscreen device with a forward facing QWERTY keyboard, similar to a BlackBerry device. The device supports Sprint's 3.5G EV-DO network, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS,...
- Image galleries 2009-10-20
- Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features
- Verizon Wireless has released a television commercial for its new Droid handset â€" which runs Google's Android OS natch â€" and it's a shot directly across the bow of the S.S. iPhone. The ad (and corresponding Web site DroidDoes.com) are part of a new advertising campaign which...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Master Key 5.4.7 (Mac)
- Master Key is a straightforward typing tutor program specifically written for the Mac. It offers instruction on QWERTY, Dvorak, QWERTZ and AZERTY keyboards and numeric keypad, history and statistics, multiple users and groups on or off a network, passwords and administrative tools, plus what is probably the best typing game...
- Software downloads 2009-10-18
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