Archive for August 17th, 2008
Sunday, August 17th, 2008 109 views
Filed under: Handsets, Verizon Wireless, EV-DO, CDMA, Casio
Casio’s G’zOne Boulder doesn′t do much, but what it does do, it does anywhere, anytime and under (almost) any circumstances. After launching a few weeks back on Verizon, the ultra-rugged handset has been reviewed over at CNET, and needless to say, it managed to handle a few dips in the pool and a couple close encounters with a wall with nary an issue. Unfortunately, the phone faltered at handling its most important task: making calls. Call quality in San Francisco was said to be “hugely disappointing,” with most calls sounding “crackly” with a dash of “static and echo″ for good measure. The extra features (camera, multimedia player, V Cast, etc.) were all decent, but nothing truly stood out as phenomenal. Overall, the Boulder is probably only a safe bet if you′re dead set on the design and toughness, but even still, we’d try out a few other hardcore handsets before settling on one with lackluster call quality.
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008 97 views
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, Rogers Wireless
Though the pricing is a bit (and we emphasize “bit”) easier to swallow than the $600 Movistar is charging in Chile, it’s not even close to free. Rogers will soon be offering up a palm-sized version of its gigantic BlackBerry Bold (which will hopefully swap those informational cards with cell radios and such) for a staggering $399.99 on a 3-year contract. Who knew highway robbery was legal, anyway?
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008 669 views
Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
We can think of about fifteen plain-vanilla EDGE flips from Samsung that we’d expect T-Mobile to launch ahead of something like this, but you’re definitely not going to see us complaining. TmoNews is claiming that the guys and gals in pink magenta have an ace up their collective sleeve in the form of Samsung’s F480 Tocco — or really, an Americanized version of it dubbed T919. Naturally, the US version goes through the usual dilution, losing the front-facing cam — but on the upside, it manages to hang on to the really important stuff like a 3G radio (AWS, we’d assume), GPS, and 5 megapixel cam. There’s no telling when it’ll be on sale, but if we know our carriers — and we think we know ‘em pretty well — they’ll want it on store shelves in plenty of time for the holiday season.
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008 96 views
Filed under: Handsets, Palm, Windows Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
The dam has been breached, and now there seems to be no stopping the internet at large as every little nook and cranny of the Treo Pro is exposed and explored. TreoCentral member scottymomo has fleshed out a few more details on the device, and dug up that Comm Manager shot up above. Details include:
- HTC task manager.
- Comm Manager’s Airplane Mode and other assorted easily switched options.
- MicroSD (up to 32GB supported) isn’t under the battery, but you do have to take off the battery cover to access.
- 1500mh battery.
- Other stuff.
It’s all very exciting, we assure you, but you can explore the shots for yourself if you’re really feeling hard up for Treo Pro infos. Oh, while we′re thinking about it: sexiest Treo yet, or disastrous usage of phone face real estate? Both?
[Via Palm Infocenter]
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