Here’s a quick summary of our comparison if you’re deciding whether to jump at getting the HTC Evo now or wit for the Epic 4G, Samsung’s Galaxy S phone for Sprint: As the first and second (respectively) 4G-capable devices to land on a U.S. carrier, the introduction of the HTC EVO 4G and Samsung Epic 4G
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Get HTC Evo Now or Wait for Samsung Epic?
Today, it became evident that Motorola has moved forward with filing a lawsuit against the Chinese manufacturer Huawei. The company’s reasoning is rooted in the belief that Huawei stole trade secrets from Motorola
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Motorola Sues Huawei for Possibly Stealing Trade Secrets
At one point or another it is inevitable that you will experience an unexpected crisis that interferes with your career as an independent contractor. In a less serious scenario, you may lose your cell phone, kill your laptop or just come down with a 24-hour virus. But, in a total disaster, you might …
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A Crisis Plan for Contract Workers: 8 Career-Saving Steps
Sometimes the naming conventions on phones unnerve me. And today’s review target, the LG Wine II, is definitely one of those. Seriously, who names a phone “Wine”? What’s next, the Samsung Jack and Coke? Wait…they already did the Samsung Jack …oh man, it’s really only a matter of time until we get the Sony Ericsson Gin and Tonic! Seriously, though–names aside, the phone is more than the sum of its name, so how does it operate? The answer, sadly, is not that great. In fact, the LG Wine II proves to be a vintage best left in the bottle. The LG Wine II is a folder-style phone with an FM radio, voice recorder, Bluetooth connectivity, a phone book capable of storing ninety-nine name and number records, mobile web, text messaging, a two megapixel camera, alarm clock, calendar, calculator, hearing aid compatibility, and a battery that offers three hours and ten minutes of talk time on a single charge. You can see there’s not much to this at all. It’s an extremely simple, extremely basic phone that doesn’t bring a whole lot of power to the table. The battery power is low, the camera’s resolution is low, and the total number of features isn’t much better. However, the phone is pretty easy to operate and the end result of a lack of features is a very simple phone. If you want simple, then the LG Wine II will definitely go down smooth. However, those looking for a complex phone that serves lots of functions, then this rotgut of a phone will never satisfy. The Good Very simple to operate The Bad Low end camera Low end battery Relatively low number of features Score 4 / 10 Related Posts LG UX280 Wine Cell Phone Review–Terrific Piece It’s not every day I get to say a lot of really nice things about a cell phone. Seems like most of..
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LG Wine II Cell Phone Review–A Lesser Vintage
Best Buy has unveiled the upcoming Samsung Intensity II, which will be released by Verizon Wireless. The entry-level phone will feature a full QWERTY sliding keyboard, a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity and a pretty cheap $1 price tag from Best Buy as long as you agree to a 2-year contract
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Samsung Intensity II Hits Verizon Wireless
Compact, affordable fold phone with external screen featuring hidden-till-lit mirror effect Hands-free communication via speakerphone and Bluetooth connectivity 1.3-megapixel camera/camcorder; access to personal e-mail and instant messaging services; personal organizer tools Up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 200 hours (8.3 days) of standby time What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, quick start guide, user manual Amazon.com Product Description Perfect for those looking for an easy-to-use, affordable handset to stay connected to friends and family, the dual-band GSM/EDGE Nokia 2720 is a compact fold phone that’s a great mobile companion. It’s loaded with style as well, with a mirror-effect design on the front of the phone that displays current time and incoming calls
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Nokia 2720 Phone
Along with almost every other iPhone app developer out there, Skype has just updated their iPhone app to iOS 4 standards adding support for multitasking. With Skype running in the background, you can now receive Skype calls and instant messages even while you’re something else on your iOS 4 flavored iPhone 3G S, or better yet, on your iPhone 4 . If someone’s calling you through Skype and your phone is locked, simply slide to unlock the display to receive the call, and as for the extra charge for 3G VoIP calling that we mentioned a while back, they’ve decided to can this all together and provide this service for free (carrier data charges will still apply though). Unlike Fring , however, this latest version of Skype for the iPhone still doesn’t come with video calling support. To download Skype 2.0.1 for the iPhone, just click here to be redirected accordingly to the iTunes App Store
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Skype 2.0.1 for iPhone rolls out, Features Multitasking support
I’ve heard that there may be a great convergence, where we would purchase a movie, and be able to watch it from any platform like our television, mobile phone, or PMP. This could happen if Ultraviolet has their way. Right now, Ultraviolet has several members like NBC Universal, for example. However, I don’t think that Apple and iTunes will play nice with it. Especially with the Hulu iPad service and Hulu Plus
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Ultraviolet could signal the great convergence
Oh, we know all about doin’ time. We watched both Oz and The Wire in their entirety, and have seen Let’s Go To Prison , like, eight times. For instance, we know that you only do two days in the joint: the day you go in, and the day you go out. And we know that tattoo guns are readily available (if you have access to an old walkman or Playstation ).We also know that cellphones are contraband, and rightfully so: you wouldn’t want an inmate ordering a hit on someone, or running their record label from in “the stir.” That’s why we stand with the CTIA in support of S.1749, or The Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010. Approved in April by the Senate, and passed by the house yesterday, this amendment to title 18 of the United States Code prohibits “possession or use of cellphones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners.” And once it’s signed into law by the President, we’re sure that the no-goodniks will stop sneaking handsets in and we can forget all that silly talk of prison cellphone jamming once and for all
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House passes Cellphone Contraband Act of 2010, prisoners go back to writing letters
Motorola has filed a lawsuit against Chinese electronics maker Huawei, claiming that the company stole trade secrets. Motorola alleges that former Motorola employees left for Huawei and provided the company with information on Motorola’s cell phone technology. The company ..
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Motorola Dials Up Lawsuit Against Huawei
Craigslist swapping : it’s not just for kinky swingers anymore . You see, 17-year old Californian Steven Oritz executed 14 swaps via Craigslist , trading from an old cell phone to a 2000 Porsche Boxster
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Uh, Congratulations?: Kid Craigslist Swaps From Old Cell Phone To Old Porsche Boxter
With more and more states cracking down on cell phone use while driving, it’s becoming tougher to get away with emailing when you’re on the road. Not that you should anyway. Distracted driving puts others at harm, nevermind yourself and anyone in the car with you.
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Text’nDrive lets you hear, send emails while on the road
According to rumors, Verizon Wireless will launch the Motorola Droid 2 as soon as August 12th, 2010. Unfortunately, there is no official confirmation from Verizon so far. The Android-powered phone comes jam packed with a 1GHz processor, a 512MB of RAM and a QWERTY keyboard. Stay tuned for more updates
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Motorola Droid 2 Release Date Unveiled
Samsung is about to launch their newest Android Smartphone ‘ Galaxy 3 (i5800) ‘ in Germany. In case you didn’t remember, the handset is packed with a 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display, a 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera, a microSD card slot (up to 32GB), A-GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, a 3.5mm headset jack and runs on Android 2.1 OS.
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Samsung To Launch Galaxy 3 (i5800) Android Smartphone In Germany
Sleek, redesigned clamshell phone in maroon opens to reveal QWERTY keyboard and large 2.6-inch screen Access V Cast Music (with Rhapsody) and Video servicse via fast EV-DO data network; GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; Visual Voice Mail 3-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; MicroSD expansion to 16 GB; access to personal email and instant messaging Up to 4.45 hours of talk time, up to 460 hours (19+ days) of standby time What’s in the Box: handset, battery, charger, quick reference guide, user manual Amazon.com Product Description Perfect for power texters, the sleekly redesigned LG enV3 for Verizon Wireless looks like a nicely compact candybar-style phone with standard alpha-numeric keypad and 1.5-inch display on its face. However, it has a hinged side that opens up to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard and additional 2.6-inch screen–perfect for all your on-the-go text messaging and email needs. Other improvements over the previous enV2 model include a 3-megapixel camera/camcorder, MicroSD memory expansion to 16 GB (from the previous 8 GB maximum), and a longer battery life with up to 5.45 hours of talk time
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LG enV3 VX9200 Phone, Maroon
Apple has just posted their sales figures for Q3 2010 (which ended last June 26), and it’s proof that the iPhone is still a very profitable device for the company. 8.4 million iPhone units were sold during that period which grew by a remarkable 61% YoY. It’s availability in more markets such as China may have something to do with this, but this feat is still impressive nonetheless especially considering that its competition has definitely grown over the past few months. Needless to say, Q3 is another fruitful quarter in the books for Apple and the iPhone
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Apple: 8.4 million iPhone units sold in Q3, up 61% YoY
Apple’s quarterly earnings conference call ended just a short while ago, and records have been broken. Apple announced that its fiscal Q3 ending June 26 brought it the biggest revenues and profits ever. Revenue was $15.7 billion and net profit was $3.25 billion. Year-on-year these mean growth of 61% and 77%, respectively
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Apple reports record quarter but its smartphone market share is down
3G internet access 2 MP camera Up to 2 GB memory to store photos and music GPS and Ovi Maps. What’s in the Box: handset, rechargable battery , charger, wired headset,literature Product Description Take photos with the 2 MP camera. Share them wt 3G web speeds via email, Bluetooth and Ovi Share. Find your way with Nokia’s Ovi Maps.
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Nokia 2730 Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera
(image courtesy Vator.tv ) Amazon is normally very tight-lipped about Kindle sales. Today, though, they pulled back the curtain a bit, and the peek inside should be enough to send traditional publishing and bookstores screaming for their xanax. Apparently, in the last three months, Amazon has sold 180 Kindle eBooks for every 100 hardcover books
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Amazon Announces Huge eBook Sales Numbers As the Sky Falls on Publishers
Here’s another good reason for you BlackBerry fan boys out there to get even more excited for the release of BlackBerry OS 6.0 . Salamondrin put its new webKit browser to the test and compared it with the iPhone 4 mobile Safari and the HTC Droid Incredible’s browser, and the results were quiet impressive. The BlackBerry OS 6.0 managed to trump both the iPhone 4 and HTC Droid Incredible in the HTML5 performance test scoring a remarkable 208 (out of 300). The iPhone 4 scored just 185 while the HTC Incredible only got 151.
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BlackBerry webKit browser beats iPhone 4, HTC Droid Incredible browser in HTML5 test
3G-enabled touchscreen phone with 3.6-inch touchscreen and full onscreen QWERTY keyboard; powered by Windows Mobile 6.5 GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; Visual Voice Mail; GSM global roaming capabilities; PC tethering via Mobile Broadband Connect Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music streaming; microSD expansion to 16 GB Up to 5.3 hours of talk time, up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time What’s in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, international adapter clips , pre-installed SIM card, mini USB cable, stylus, quick start guide, user manual Amazon.com Product Description Simplify your communication and mobile Internet browsing while staying connected, informed, and in control of both work and life with the HTC Touch Pro2 mobile phone from Verizon Wireless. It offers fast data delivery and an enhanced Web-browsing experience that lets you connect to social networking sites and stream videos more quickly. And in addition to the high-resolution 3.6-inch widescreen WVGA touch-enabled display, the Touch Pro2 also offers a large finger-friendly QWERTY keyboard that slides out from the side
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HTC Touch Pro2 Phone