Even though Palm didn’t want us to have one, TECHLAND now has a Palm Pixi for review. I’m well versed on this device having already reviewed the Pre at the old 9-5, but you guys are the ones going out to buy these things or wondering if it’s worth the dough. So tell me what you want to know about it. My initial feedback is as …
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T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700 Review
Every few months RIM manages to bring to market a new BlackBerry that remedies minor flaws to the OS from previous iterations with updated hardware that’s both gorgeous and functional. The Bold 9700 is no different, but the latest flagship model still isn’t what it should be while managing to be the best BlackBerry to come out of …
AT&T Announces BlackBerry 8520, 9700 Availability
AT&T has announced the upcoming availability of the BlackBerry Curve 8520. It’s a no frills, low-end BlackBerry with a 512 MHz processor, 2-megapixel camera, optical trackpad, Wi-Fi and 256MB of built-in memory. Available in the coming weeks, the 3G BlackBerry Curve 8520 will retail for $99.99 after a MIR and 2-year contract.
On a …
Samsung’s Latest Android Handset, the Galaxy Spica
Just announced in Korea from Samsung is the Galaxy Spica aka I5700. It’s another Android-powered handset that will likely stay across the pond. Specs are less than impressive, but this just goes to show you that Android will become the standard OS for many mobile phone manufacturers in the near future. Why Samsung recently …
Motorola DROID review (Verizon Wireless)
By now you’ve seen Verizon’s iDon’t/DROID Does campaign on TV or on the streets. The first commercial can be found here. It’s a bit tongue-in-cheek and Verizon has admitted this, but it does highlight a handful of things that the iPhone clearly cannot do. It should also serve as a clear indication that any rumor of the iPhone …
Verizon Droid: We Have One
I just got back from a little shindig for Verizon’s Moto Droid and now have the device on hand. I’m not sure if you guys are interested, but if you are then drop a comment and I’ll do my best to get it answered. Here’s a quick rundown on specs:
The Nook: Maybe Not a Huge Disaster for Amazon
Now we have nooks and vooks, I’m going to go trademark wook and pook just in case.
This thing does look pretty cool. (And by the way, who built it? Can’t be internally developed.) I wonder whether Bezos is jumping up and down on his fedora right now. Or I mean, he is, but how hard? For the obligatory contrarian viewpoint, read …
More things I want
Sonos, which is one of my most favoritist companies ever, just announced a new thing. And I want it.
Now That’s Abridged!
Thursday Morning Omnipost
I have to run and get on a train, and my new iPhone has chosen this moment to apparently take its own life, maybe because it couldn’t face an eternity of running Wurdle over and over again. I will vent my frustration on you with a hasty and incoherent blog post.
Not that the world isn’t, on its own, fundamentally incoherent. Evidence: …
Apple Taps Rhap’s App*
(*Sorry for that NY Post-style hed; I’ve been in NY all week.)
Apple just approved that Rhapsody app that everyone’s been so excited about. Now anyone with an iPhone or WiFI-connected iPod Touch can get virtually any music they want, streamed to them, wherever they are, whenever they want.
It’s the first time Apple has approved a …
I Am on Day 5 Without a Cell Phone, and I Am James Bond
My phone broke the other day. And when I say it broke I mean I broke it. I had had a piece of good news, I went out and celebrated, I drank a lot. (Pro tip: if you are not James Bond, do not order a “vesper.”) Then I took a bath. My phone took a bath too.
My phone was an LG Chocolate, a model that enjoyed a brief shining …