Motorola may not have been very competitive in the past couple of years, but they did manage to come out with a hit product this year in the form of the Motorola Droid which I personally believe is the best smartphone for 2009. With a decently-sized 3.7-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel AF camera with dual-LED flash, WiFi, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Following its release in the US, the BlackBerry Storm 9550 aka BlackBerry Storm 2 has just crossed the Northern border and is now also available in Canada via Telus. Given that the BlackBerry Strom 2 hands-on experience of Engadget wasn’t as positive as we hoped it to would be, don’t set your expectations too high with [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 14, 2009
One thing I seriously don’t like with the BlackBerry App World is that it’s limited to PayPal account owners only. It’s a prerequisite before you can start downloading apps from the App World, which to be honest, is quite a hassle. Fortunately though, RIM big boss Jim Balsillies has just announced that their planning to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 13, 2009
It’s not surprising to see Nokia dominating the global smartphone market scene, but what is interesting to see is how both RIM and Apple posted huge growth this past quarter. Aside from HTC, they are the only two other phone makers who managed to improve on their performance last year and by a significant margin at [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 12, 2009
With the original BlackBerry Storm making such a big splash when it debuted last year, it’s hard to imagine that its successor, the Storm 2, isn’t creating the same kind of buzz this year. Case and point, Verizon has already launched the BlackBerry Storm 2 without much fanfare and has been available for retail since [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 20, 2009
No, this isn’t a new rival to the LG GD910 watch phone, but it is a watch that will supposedly work with a BlackBerry smartphone. Dubbed as the inPulse, this Bluetooth watch is specifically designed to be compatible with BlackBerry phones and comes with a brilliant OLED screen that provides users with real-time notifications [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 20, 2009
It’s also $259! Priced on the same level as the Kindle but offering more features. We all know this is coming, a Barnes and Noble ebook reader, officially Nook, but we didn’t know they’re going to make it a color reader. Just imagine the potential: e-books, e-newspapers and now e-magazines. The B&N Nook boasts two [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 24, 2009
Two giants are going to enter the mobile phone hardware market with BlackBerry-, SideKick-, Palm-like cellphoes. this is the secret “Zune Phone” codenamed “Pink.” While Windows Mobile is not going away soon, the Turtle and Pure phones will probably have multimedia software courtesy of Zune.
Continue reading...Sunday, September 13, 2009
This HDMI-, HD-, OTG-supporting PMP from ONDA gives one an unbelievable decent viewing rsolution of 800 × 480 on its 5.0-inch screen. The VX575HD is also no wash out with up to 170 degrees viewing. That’s pretty good, but what I like about this PMP and what I think will distinguish it from the rest [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 24, 2009
Wondering what the fuss is all about with the new display found on the BlackBerry Storm 2? Well, maybe this video will help. This is another BlackBerry Storm 2 preview video which provides us with a very thorough walk-through on the new Storm’s features, and more importantly, reveals the new technology used on its touchscreen [...]
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Friday, November 20, 2009
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