Thursday, September 11th, 2008 77 views
Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA
Well, that about covers Sprint’s new handset binge at CTIA,and we got hands-on with both the Samsung Highnote (pictured left) and the Samsung Rant to wrap up the
announcements. The Highnote′s the music centric handset — isn’t there always one? — in this launch, but sadly, the speaker seems to lack oomph in the sonic delivery department, but the dedicated messaging button’s kinda useful. The Rant is built like a tank, and the very solid metal construction is top notch — so if you’re prone to dropping your phone, it’s worth checking out. The gallery covers the range of colors that’ll be available — and the purple is a glowing example of ugly — when these two hit in October. You know the drill, the read link has the goods.
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Monday, September 8th, 2008 78 views
Filed under: Nokia
2008 has generally treated Espoo pretty well, but every rose has its thorn — and for Nokia, that thorn might just end up being the third quarter. The company has now revised its Q3 market share estimate downward, now predicting a slip from Q2 rather than the flat line it’d been suggesting before cited reasons include a “tactical decision to not meet certain aggressive pricing of some competitors,” generally fierce competition (particularly on the low end), and the delayed launch of an unnamed midrange handset. In justifying its failure to meet market pricing head-on in every market segment, Nokia says it’s only going to play that game where it thinks it’s profitable to do so, and for what it’s worth, it still expects to ship about 10 percent more devices in 2008 than it did in 2007. What’s more, they say they expect to meet the rest of their expected launch dates in ‘08 — so it looks like every night has its dawn after all.
[Via mocoNews]
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008 87 views
Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Sprint, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA
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It was only a matter of time before the WSJ (Katherine Boehret, in this case) got their hands around Sprint’s still-not-official Touch Diamond, and we can′t say that the conclusion she drew is at all shocking. As Mossberg and his partners so often do, Katherine mentions Apple’s darling just as much as the topic of the review itself, and while she seemed impressed with the hardware, it was the software that suffered the brunt of her attacks. She proclaimed that “despite its handsome TouchFLO 3D software and animated icons, the device failed to disguise the frustrating interface of Windows Mobile often enough for [her] taste.” Beyond that, she also found room to gripe about the “cramped” keyboard, which she felt was “next to impossible″ to use with just her fingertips. On the plus side, she did give the browser a decent amount of praise, but if you were looking for support from this critic before picking up the forthcoming handset, you’ll be sorely disappointed.
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008 172 views
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, GSM, EDGE
Not that you won’t be able to buy this thing from carriers here shortly, but there’s just nothing quite like being the first on your block to own a new handset. For those with cash to burn and an insatiable desire to play with RIM’s forthcoming Kickstart 8220, look no further than eBay. Up for auction right now is an unlocked version of the aforesaid mobile, but it looks as if the final bid will end up well over a grand. Good luck (being patient).
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