Well, it seems the Motorola Q9m has picked Verizon as its first CDMA home in the States and not Sprint as we had previously suggested — though we aren’t counting out this landing at Sprint yet. Our favorite early adopter The Boy Genius has gotten his mitts all over one of Motorola’s newest and it is sporting Verizon livery (replete with lovely red accents) as proof of its new home.
He seems pretty enthused about the keyboard on the Q9m and goes as far as calling it “fantastic” — it adds a scroll wheel sorely missing from its GSM cousin and the rubberized back apparently really helps it stay planted in the hands. Of course, this ain’t the final word on the handset previously known as “Nelson,” but the moment we have the big picture on release date, pricing and all that other good stuff, we’ll post it up here.
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Automakers continue to take branding to new heights by slapping their logos on everything from computers to speakers to fitness apparel, but HUMMER has gone one step further by introducing the HT1 slider cellphone. Rather than merely affix their iconic logo to some high-end cell phone from South Korea, HUMMER had French design firm ModeLabs Group actually develop a new cell phone from the ground up. You won’t be able to find this cell phone from Nokia, Motorola or any other major cell phone manufacturer.
Being a HUMMER branded product, the HT1 can be had in a variety of colors that match the paint chips used for the actual SUVs. One can even get a camouflaged battery pack cover. Perhaps the latter is a nod to the original HUMVEE that still pounds the pavement for the U.S. military. Read the rest of this entry »
The original iPhone clone (or not-clone, depending on what you read) has been reviewed by PC Magazine with no real surprise in the outcome. As we’ve mentioned in the past, it’s pretty and the screen is grand, but the UI does have some shortcomings — most notably the input system for texting, mailing, and the like.
Positives include the aforementioned screen, luxury brand and feel (though we disagree here, we felt it was a bit cheap) great music and video playback, and surprisingly long talk time. Of course there are cons too, and the gripes include no 3G, quiet earpiece, and poor PC support software (there are no Mac tools at all). The review concludes that the Prada really is a higher end fashion phone and will be competing with the likes of the Nokia 8801 and while it isn’t an iPhone, it’s stable and beautiful.
[via engadget]
‘Round these parts, UTStarcom’s best known for its hodgepodge of low-end offerings and its on-again, off-again relationship with HTC. In Hong Kong, though, well… check this out. You’re looking at the UTStarcom DV007, a twist flip with a penchant for video recording.
It rocks out with some flavor of Linux, a 2 megapixel camera, 40MB of onboard storage, and microSD expansion. The best part though ? It’s in your pocket for the equivalent of $140, if you can stomach the triband GSM radio.
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Motorola’s iDEN / CDMA hybrid handsets are starting to get a little fancy, it seems. The new ic902 seems to offer up the best of both worlds for the uncompromising push-to-talk junkie, combining features like Power Vision (read: EV-DO rev. 0), healthy QVGA primary and 160 x 120 external color displays, integrated GPS, microSD memory expansion, Bluetooth, music player (sans external controls, it seems), and a 2 megapixel camera into a 0.87 inch, 4.8 ounce form. Grab it starting today online and starting next month in retail locations for $300 on a two-year agreement or $490 contract-free.
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Yeah, the new batch of watches is pretty cool, but let’s be honest — at the end of the day, the handsets themselves are the real deal, and Sony Ericsson didn’t disappoint with today’s reveals. The Gracenote slip-up outed the three hottest of the bunch, the K850, W910, and W960. The K850 is the follow-on to the lauded K790 / K800 with a 5 megapixel cam, NetFront browser, and tri-band HSDPA (North American bands mercifully included) and quadband GSM plus EDGE. The W910 and W960 are beasts of Walkman phones, offering 3G data, 2 megapixel and 3.2 megapixel cams respectively, and — in the case of the W960 — UIQ 3.1 and a full 8GB of onboard storage. Also-rans in today’s lineup include the not-for-US-consumption K530, a 14mm 3G candybar, and the low-end Z250 and Z320 flips. Look for ‘em all in the second half of the year.
Read - Z320 and K850
Read - W910 and W960
Read - K530
Read - Z250
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With six handsets, three new Bluetooth watches, and an array of new accessories and peripherals, Sony Ericsson went for broke with today’s announcement (heck, we’d go so far to say that they should’ve teased even a little more than they did). Obviously that’s a lot to digest, so we wanted to zoom in on the W910 and W950 — the company’s newest and fanciest Walkman-branded units — and take a look at just what it is that sets them apart. Read on for details. Read the rest of this entry »
While we had briefed you on both of Nokia’s 6500 iterations not too long ago, it looks like the taller, more menacing Classic flavor found its way outside of its packaging to pose for a photo shoot, but thankfully for us all, it was later joined by the stubbier Slider.
Specification wise, nothing noticeable has changed on the quad-band GSM phones since their debut, but seeing units out of the box and into (lucky) hands could bode well for those anxiously awaiting the Q3 release date. You know the hardware by now, so go on and visit the links listed below for a more truthful look at what you can expect in both of Nokia’s 6500s.
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We first caught wind of Nokia’s N77 handset all the way back in February, but those in Finland should now be able to actually get their hands on it, with those in India and Vietnam set to follow later this month. The big selling point here is the handset’s DVB-H mobile TV capabilities, which’ll let you watch live TV from a variety of channels, with a program guide also provided to help you out.
Otherwise, the phone (or “multimedia computer,” as Nokia insists on calling it) packs a 2.4-inch widescreen display, a 2 megapixel camera, tri-band GSM / EDGE capabilities, and support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA media. While Nokia isn’t saying as much in this latest announcement, last we heard the N77 would run you €370, or roughly $490.
[via engadget]
Can’t afford the $750 or so required to pick up a Nokia N95 right now? Fret not, as the Chinese knockoff factories have been workin’ overtime in order to crank out a somewhat similar alternative to fit the bill. The E-PDA V16 comes in a bit larger than the authentic iteration and includes a three-inch QVGA touchscreen, three-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, multimedia player, and a touch of tacky to top things off.
Of course, any of your pals that are in the know won’t be impressed by your futile attempts to fool ‘em, but considering that this thing won’t cost you nearly as much coin as the real deal, it might be worth the embarrassment (or not). Catch a few more snapshots of the impostor after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
