Apple iPhone 3G - Twice as fast, Half the price
June 9, 2008
Yes Apple iPhone 3G is here, well almost here, coming July 11th at half the price ($199) of the first generation iphone! Read more
BlackBerry Bold
May 13, 2008
The long awaited update from BlackBerry has finally happened! BlackBerry released their latest phone BlackBerry Bold.
Sony Ericsson Announces W890i Walkman Music Phone
November 7, 2007
Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson announced a new portable music phone under the Walkman name Sony made famous in the 80’s with yellow cassette players. The W890i is a music phone Sony says is a thin as a CD case. The phone comes with 26MB of memory onboard and supports Memory Stick Micro (M2) sticks for storage expansion.
The phone can work on EDGE, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, HSDPA and UMTS 2100 MHz networks. Two color choices will be offered including mocha brown and sparkling silver. The phone measures in at a mere 4.1-inches x 1.8-inches x 0.4 inches in size and weighs only 2.8 ounces. Sony also features TrackID on the phone that allows you to identify songs you like when you don’t know the group or artist.
VIA [ Sony Ericsson ]
Google’s entry into the cellphone market
November 6, 2007
While Apple goes to extreme lengths to keep the vastly overpriced iPhone locked down so as to protect their lucrative deal with AT&T, Google has gone the other way in announcing their Open Handset Alliance. The alliance joins 34 companies which will accept the Google Phone and it’s open source mobile platform called Android.
“Open is good because it’s about choice. It allows people to do what they want,” says Steve Horowitz, engineering director of the Open Alliance.
T-Mobile, HTC, Samsung, LG and Motorola are amongst the leading wireless providers who have joined together to provide an open format for cellular communications which will also foster innovation on mobile devices and giving consumers a far better user experience. The goal is to work corporately, rather than exclusively, to create better cellular service and provide more options for the wireless experience. And you can bet the Alliance won’t be bricking any phones should third parties want in on the party or prevent users from using cash to buy a new Google Phone.
Consumers should expect the first phones based on Android to be available in the second half of 2008.
If the iPhone Wasn’t Bling Enough…
October 30, 2007
If the iPhone wasn’t chic enough, Amosu—the luxury cell phone experts, have just revealed to Crave that they have created the first ever diamond Apple iPhone.
This limited edition total bling phone includes 420 diamonds totaling 5.65 carats. Have your pick from 18k white or yellow gold, with a choice of white, black or pink sapphires.
This diamond iPhone is set to launch next month and only costs $41,225—and I thought the $399 price tag was alot! Can’t wait to see which celebs will be toting this phone around in the upcoming months.
Samsung & AT&T Announce BlackJack II
October 24, 2007
The original Samsung BlackJack was a big seller for AT&T and one of its most popular smartphones. Samsung and AT&T announced that a new updated BlackJack II would be available later this year. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2007 in San Francisco showed the phone publically for the first time yesterday.
The BlackJack II looks a lot like the original BlackJack with a full QWERTY keyboard and a large 2.4-inch QVGA color display and it uses the Windows Mobile 6 OS. AT&T squeezed some interesting new features into the new BlackJack II including AT&T Video Share that allows users to share live video during a voice call from the BlackJack II’s built-in 2MP camera.
Other interesting features include built-in GPS with support for location-based services, RSS reader client, significant improvements in standard battery life, and increased standard memory. The BlackJack II will also offer over-the-air synchronization of contacts, calendar, and task lists with Microsoft Exchange Server or AT&T Express Mail. The phone is expected to cost $149 with a 2-year contract.
VIA [ AT&T ]
Virgin Mobile USA Launches Kyocera Wild Card Phone
October 19, 2007
Pretty cool looking phone
Virgin Mobile USA has a new phone for fans of music and text messaging called the Wild Card by Kyocera. The Wild Card is an updated version of the Switch_Back from last year and weighs in at slightly more than 4 ounces. The phone has a full sliding QWERTY keyboard that hides away when not in use.
A pair of color displays on the phone include an external 65k color 128 x 128 pixel LCD and an internal 65k color 128 x 160 pixel widescreen. A 1.3MP camera is built-in with a 3x digital zoom and the ability to shoot black and white photos. Web browsing is possible with an included WAP 2.0 web browser and the phone uses “Real-music” ring tones. The Wild Card will be available on the Virgin Mobile USA website starting October 24 and is available now in stores like Best Buy and Wal-Mart for $99.
VIA [ Virgin Mobile ]
Samsung Announces Limited Edition B’Phone
October 12, 2007
Samsung has announced a new limited edition phone that will be exclusive to Sprint that aims to bring the “Glamour and Style” of Beyonce to her own B’Phone. The B’Phone is an update to the Samsung UpStage and uses a dual-sided design with a phone on one side and a MP3 player on the other.
The phone has a burgundy and gold color scheme and uses a Beyonce styled start up screen. Buyers of the phone will also receive exclusive access to premium content and video from a Beyonce photo gallery as well as a song form Beyonce when she was 10-years old.
The phone also has a 1.3MP camera and can support up to 2GB of external memory from a miniSD card. An extended battery wallet is included with the phone in matching burgundy and gold colors to increase talk time to 6.3 hours and music listening time to 14 hours. Battery gauges show remaining charge in the onboard battery as well as the wallet battery. The B’Phone will be available on November 4 at the Sprint website and in select Wal-Mart stores.
VIA [ Samsung ]
