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Motorola Droid: Not an iPhone Killer

Saturday, November 7, 2009

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Even though many critics and tech journalists (us included) think the Droid has what it takes (and more) to kill the iPhone, consumers do not quite agree. Friday was Droid day and Droid simply Doesn’t sell, based on the turn out. In major cities across the U.S., there have been reports of dozens of people [...]

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Opinion: Motorola Droid is the ‘iPhone’ of Verizon

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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If you look back at recent history, one may consider the iPhone as the main conduit in the proliferation of touchscreen phones today. The iPhone also not only marked the entry of Apple into the mobile phone biz, but more importantly, through its exclusivity on AT&T, became a signature device for the US carrier that [...]

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Official Verizon Motorola Droid: Killer Specs, killer Screen, Killer Phone

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Verizon wasn’t joking when it claimed the it’s upcoming Motorola Droid Does and the AT&T iPhone is pretty much an iDon’t phone. The official unveiling today probably marked the beginning of Google Android phones as a serious contender in the smartphone market. It’s all about the operating systems now: Mac OS X vs. the open [...]

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Sprint Instinct S30 Available at $129.99

Sunday, April 19, 2009

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If Best Buy is still offering the same Samsung Instinct Mini for the leaked $49.99 price, Sprint would be in for a lukewarm reception from the interested public. The S30 Mini’s predecessor, the original Sprint Instinct was slapped the same price after rebate and that was the full version of the touchscreen iPhone rival. The [...]

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New: Samsung Instinct S30 Mini

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

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The Samsung Instinct has had a fair outing at Sprint, fair enough that we have even dubbed it an iPhone killer, so it’s probably a good idea for Samsung to refresh the model. The Instinct Mini, also known as the Instinct S30 and the M810, like its big brother, will be a Sprint phone, full [...]

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Fake Nokia N83 Can Kill the Apple iPhone

Sunday, March 29, 2009

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We’ve been dreaming of an iPhone killer for two years now and who’d believe it if we said it will come out of China. Back then no one did, but now we’re back with another contender that might just actually kill iPhone. The phone above is the design Nokia would’ve adopted if it had better [...]

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Samsung Acme i8910 is a Nokia in disguise

Saturday, February 7, 2009

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New and more detailed pictures of the upcoming Samsung Acme i8910 have just surfaced, and along with it, some more details as to what it will feature. Aside from the ones we already know of, it is now being reported that it will come with a glass AMOLED touchscreen display (think Nokia N85), a secondary [...]

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Toshiba TG01 Touchscreen Phone with Snapdragon

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

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Japanese tech company Toshiba has a strong presence in the mobile world, even if we don’t see them much outside Japan. Now they’ve announced the TG01, which will be using the Snapdragon processor, the first such phone in the world. Toshiba’s TG01 will be an unbelievable machine once the company decides to release it worldwide. [...]

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New iPhone Killer: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Sells 1/2 Million in 30 Days

Friday, January 23, 2009

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I am not sure if Nokia actually sold all the 500,000 5800 XpressMusic or “Tubes” but that is the number of 5800 phones Nokia says it’s shipped in just a month’s. It’s quite an achievement, which only means that the 5800, which is of course Nokia’s only touchscreen phone for now, is the closest thing [...]

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HTC MAX 4G: More Than an iPhone Killer

Saturday, December 13, 2008

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An interesting thing just happened today. Live shots of the HTC MAX 4G was leaked out and it is scrumptious: 3.8-inch touchscreen (480×800), WiMAX support (2.5-2.7GHz), GPS and WiFi. It runs on Windows Mobile 6 with TouchFLO 3D, equipped with a G-sensor. There are two cameras, one front-facing and a high-rez one at the back. [...]

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