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- Can the Motorola Q11 compete in today's market without a 3G radio?
- The original Motorola Q was really the Windows Mobile device that started the trend of BlackBerry QWERTY competitors a couple of years ago, but had serious battery life issues. Since then Motorola has continued to improve the device so that today's Motorola Q9 devices are actually quite powerful, functional, and...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Microsoft Xbox 360 Messenger Kit
- When the Xbox 360 was released in November 2005, owners of the previous console were delighted to see that the online element would not only be preserved, but it would also be vastly improved. Xbox Live on the 360 not only provided updated features across the board, but it also...
- Product reviews 2008-10-06
- RIM BlackBerry Pearl - black (T-Mobile)
- RIM BlackBerry Pearl - black (T-Mobile)Love my Pearl 8130I love my Pearl 8130 Verizon so much that I blog about it at http://newBBie.com. I also own a Curve 8330. Love 'em both. Prefer the Pearl's smaller size, and actually love the non-full-QWERTY keyboard (no, really). Prefer the Curve's larger screen...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-04
- RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 (Verizon Wireless)
- RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 Verizon WirelessLove my Curve 8330I love my new Curve so much that I'm blogging about it at http://newBBie.com. I also own a Pearl 8130 and am undecided which of the two models I prefer. The Pearl I like for its smaller size, and GET THIS: I...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-04
- Velocity 103
- We've seen plenty of Windows Mobile devices in our day, and at times they all start to blur together--same story, just different packaging. However, back at CTIA Spring 2008, a new company called Velocity Mobile caught our eye, impressing us with a fresh approach to the user interface. Recognizing that...
- Product reviews 2008-10-03
- Leave Windows Mobile al-o-o-o-o-o-ne!
- Leave Windows Mobile al-o-o-o-o-o-ne!It will come down to supportWill Google pull yet another "thanks for the free time, but it is Beta so we will not help you with it", or T-Mobile pushing it off on Google, to the same response?With the others you do have an infrastructure behind it,...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Samsung Omnia
- Photo gallery:Samsung OmniaAlong with the RIM BlackBerry Bold and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the Samsung Omnia is one of the most requested and sought after smartphones of 2008. Why all the buzz? It's not so much the Omnia's touch screen that's drawing attention (after all, we've seen it in the...
- Product reviews 2008-09-30
- Mio Knight Rider GPS
- If you ever dreamed as a child or as an adult of owning a car like KITT of Knight Rider fame, you're dream is about to come true...sort of. Unless you're rolling in money, you can't have the actual Trans Am or David Hasselhoff, but you can have the next...
- Product reviews 2008-09-26
- (Hands-On with T-Mobile G1 )
- (Hands-On with T-Mobile G1 )On looks Apple can relaxStylistically challenged, would be my description. It looks like a toy!Just what I wanted! Almost...This is just what I wanted! Well, almost...It's got the touchscreen, the keyboard, wifi, gps - but it lacks 2 things..(1) A simple flip cover to protect...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- Can Google out-cool Apple?
- Can Google out-cool Apple? No, but the Mountain View search giant might be able to out-geek the Cupertino center of cool. Today T-Mobile announced the first cellphone that will run Google's Android OS. Android-based cellphones are considered by many to be the first real competitor to Apple's...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- First Google phone announced by T-Mobile (updated 2x)
- First Google phone announced by T-Mobile (updated 2x)It all depends on developer uptake.One perk, not being tied to Apple, you don't and won't get Safari, MobileMe, Quicktime and iTunes plus anything else they desire to shove onto your computer each and every time they update the software. If the...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-23
- First Google phone announced by T-Mobile (updated 2x)
- T-Mobile today announced the first mobile phone to run the Google Android operating system, which is largely considered to be the first real competitor to the iPhone. The T-Mobile G1 (a re-badged HTC Dream) will launch on 22 October 2008: Hardware features: ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- UPDATED: T-Mobile, Google, HTC unveil G1 (with hands-on pics)
- Your two Toybox editors and perhaps even a Mobile Gadgeteer are live on the scene for T-Mobile's press conference in New York City to announce the HTC-made, Google Android-equipped T-Mobile G1. Matthew Miller is live blogging the event on his Smartphones and Cell Phones blog. ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Logitech Cordless Keyboard (Wii)
- Nintendo Wii owners will be intimately familiar with that system's on-screen keyboard, which lets you hunt and peck with the Wiimote controller. It's perfectly good for entering quick-text snippets, like player names or Wi-Fi passwords, but it can become tedious for longer text-entry duties. It's for the latter scenario that...
- Product reviews 2008-09-22
- A first look at the BlackBerry Javelin appears and is dubbed a Curve on steroids
- My T-Mobile SIM is living in my BlackBerry Curve and it is tough to get away from the excellent QWERTY keyboard and support for 3rd party applications (TwitterBerry, Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Gmail) and email that I find quite valuable. We have seen rumors, news, and photos of the BlackBerry...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- News to know: Windows 7; Google; Pepcom gadgets; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: How long will Microsoft support XP and Vista? Adam O'Donnell: Webmail providers can fix Palin hack-style problems Is the HTC Dream Google...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Nokia E72 and E75 revealed on YouTube, E72 has unique slide-out QWERTY
- I usually have a pretty good idea of the rumors surrounding mobile devices, but I was caught completely by surprise with the news of the Nokia E72 and E75 that was posted over at Symbian Freak today. The E72 is the first Nokia device to have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- HTC Touch Diamond (Sprint)
- The HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint showed up a little early to the CTIA Fall 2008 party, after a certain news outlet leaked the information prematurely. However, our concern wasn't so much over the broken news but, rather, would Sprint's version be better than the unbearably slow unlocked Touch Diamond...
- Product reviews 2008-09-12
- More thoughts and videos on the Samsung OMNIA, may be traded soon
- While on my business trip to Singapore I picked up a white 16GB Samsung OMNIA Windows Mobile device and a couple days later offered my first impressions. I am still quite impressed with the device, but I am finding that I am leaning towards devices with integrated QWERTY keyboards and...
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Sprint announces HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro, is there really going to be a Touch HD?
- I have been enjoying my experiences with the HTC Touch Diamond and U.S. customers will finally get the chance to get one of these devices from Sprint as announced today. Sprint will be bringing both the Touch Diamond and the Touch Pro (the model with the slide-out QWERTY keyboard) to...
- Blog posts 2008-09-10










