UPDATE TO THIS ARTICLE HERE. The LG Marquee, a new budget smartphone from Sprint (and one that we recently wrote about), has suddenly gone missing from their website without warning this week. This happens barely two months after being launched. Third party stores like Radio Shack and Best Buy still offer the device, and there […]
One of the nice things about Android is that you have so many options to fit your personal needs, style, and budget. The downside is that the user experience varies widely, especially when dealing with lower budget handsets. Usually, the user experience on the low end suffers from some sort of cut corner here or […]
Amazon charges a mere $79 for their new budget model Kindle, but according to a recent analysis from IHS iSupply, the e-reader costs approximately $84 to manufacture. Yes, that makes this Kindle $5 more to make than it costs for you to own it. Before you go wondering if Amazon’s marketing department has gone batty, remember […]
When David Carnoy, an executive editor over at CNET, asked an official Apple Genius for help with his iPhone’s battery life, I don’t think he was prepared for their answer: turn it off to save your battery. I’m not making this up. Apparently, the official Apple Store technicians (referred to as Geniuses) say that leaving […]
Last time I wrote an opinion piece, I shared some of my thoughts about the little LG Optimus S. Or, more specifically, why I appreciate it more than the bigger and beefier Superphones from Sprint. I praised LG for realizing that a budget handset doesn’t need to equal a poor user experience. The original Optimus may […]
Remember when Windows Phone 7 was first announced and AT&T was one of the first carriers on board? We all know their iPhone exclusivity was going to end soon, but I found it almost comical how much AT&T wanted to advertise Microsoft’s rival OS so soon. Not that I blame them, Windows Phone is so surprisingly well […]
You may have noticed some news on the internet about Flash being compatible with iOS devices as of recently. Supposedly, Adobe has said a new Flash Server will actually convert content into HTML5-compatible streams, playable on devices like the iPad and iPhone that traditionally lack support for native flash. Some are trying to technically interpret […]
Chances are you’ve heard the Nokia ringtone before. Sampled from part of a Spanish guitar composition written in 1902, it has been the default ringtone on Nokia handsets for nearly 18 years. But handsets have changed since the Nokia 2110 of the early 90s. As polyphonic ringtones became standard, Nokia remixed their tune to take […]
HTC announced two new Windows Phone 7 Mango powered devices today, the HTC Radar and the HTC Titan. The Radar is a low-end budget-conscious device, while the Titan sits atop the high end, sporting a 4.7″ display, HTC’s biggest screen on a phone to date. As usual for HTC devices, both of these phones are given new […]
Now that Sprint is scheduled to get the iPhone in a couple of months, I can’t help but take a step back and wonder what this will mean for the third largest national carrier. No one can deny just how popular the iPhone is. It brought the wonder and power of Smartphones to the masses. But not […]
