AT&T Pantech Link review
When Pantech first emerged in the US market it was a no-name player with no reputation. Since that time, the manufacturer has come out with some really good quality phones and some really bad ones; thus making it hard to tell what kind of reputation it has made for itself. The Pantech Slate was an [...]
Review of the Samsung Omnia II
Unlike in the movies, mobile phone sequels tend to actually be an improvement from the original. In general the phone maker will take all feedback, both positive and negative, and take that information into consideration when making its successor. Only in very rare circumstances will the successors come out worse than the first. So this [...]
Hands-on Review of the Samsung Moment
Motorola and HTC have been looked at as the frontrunners in the race for Android supremacy. However, in the course of a month, Samsung has made its fair contribution to the Android fans by introducing two new handsets: the Behold II and the Moment. I had the pleasure of reviewing both these units in succession [...]
Nokia N900 review, part 1. First impressions. Things I really liked
Yesterday, around lunchtime, my test model of Nokia N900 arrived at the door. And, with a few hours of sleep interrupt, I’ve been playing with it ever since. For about 15 hrs. now. So I think it’s time to put it away for a while, and share some first impressions I got from playing around [...]
Review of Samsung Highlight for T-Mobile
It’s easy to determine that Samsung has had a large amount of success with Touchwiz, its own brand of touchscreen OS, and that is precisely why it keeps cranking out several new handsets that come included with Touchwiz. The Samsung Highlight T749 is one such phone. On T-Mobile and sporting the same Touchwiz UI as [...]
HTC Touch Diamond 2 review, video
As it is clear from the name, HTC Touch Diamond 2 is the next generation of a popular HTC Touch Diamond handset. And it’s a pretty impressive update, with a new smoother TouchFlo 3D interface, more responsive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera, bigger and better 3.2” WVGA (480×800 px) display. For now HTC Touch Diamond 2 [...]
Verizon Wireless Network Extender Review
Femtocells have been around for at least a couple years, but only now are they becoming mainstream. While femtocells are not necessarily a perfected technology yet, they are certainly convincing wireless carriers that the benefits far outweigh any negatives. Verizon is one of those carriers that has been convinced. As such, the company with the [...]
Samsung S8300 UltraTouch / Tocco review
Samsung UltraTouch S8300 (known as Samsung Ultra Tocco in U.K), is heading for the shops right about now, so I think it is a good time to give this handset a closer look. Samsung Ultra Touch has quite an interesting mix within it – 8 megapixel camera, full touchscreen interface and physical T9 keypad. It is [...]
T-Mobile Samsung Memoir review
It is a time for rejoicing in North America as Samsung has officially kicked off the era of high-res cameraphones with the brand new Memoir, released on T-Mobile Feb 25, which features an 8 MP camera. What does this mean for the mobile phone industry? Up until now, phones have featured sub-par cameras with okay [...]
AT&T Samsung Propel Review
The smartest thing AT&T could do this holiday season was launch a bunch of new phones to fill the gaping holes in its current lineup. In Exhibit A we find that AT&T had no text-centric phones besides smartphones, and it appears that this past month the lightbulb turned on over the company’s head, and it [...]
Nokia 7210 Supernova review
Part of Nokia’s 2008 fashionable line-up of phones, the Nokia 7210 Supernova is a slim candybar that became available in September, in two color versions: Vivid Blue (the one I’m reviewing) and Bubble Gum Pink. Save for the yet unreleased Nokia 7100 Supernova, the 7210 is the cheapest Supernova phone to date and also the [...]
Nokia 6650 for AT&T Review
The presence of Nokia on AT&T over the last year or so has been ho-hum. Lackluster performances from the 6555 and 6126 left a lot to be desired from one of the world’s leaders in handset sales. On AT&T, Nokia’s biggest success story in recent years was the N75, a Symbian S60-powered flip phone with [...]
AT&T LG Incite Review
Out of all the phones in the massive holiday lineup AT&T produced in November, the LG Incite has been the shyest. There was very little fanfare. Few rumors flew about its release beforehand, and when it did finally release there was no buzz about it. I found this to be quite interesting; a LG touchscreen [...]
AT&T Samsung Epix Review
The Samsung Epix was released at roughly the same time as all the other AT&T holiday offerings, so it was pretty easy to lose this particular smartphone in the crowd. And while in many ways it can be considered just another WinMo 6.1 device, it does bring some new stuff to AT&T. This device is [...]
Hands-on preview: Sony Ericsson G705
First uncovered in July and announced back in September, the Sony Ericsson G705 is a phone intended for the mid-end market. It certainly looks good, and has some pretty nice features, but I’ll be the first to say that I find its familiar slider form factor quite boring. I find it hard to believe that [...]
AT&T Quickfire Review
Text and IM addicts on AT&T rejoice! Smack dab in the middle of a large holiday-season overhaul of its phone lineup, AT&T this week released the Quickfire, its version of the Sidekick (or the “Sidekick killer”, if you will). The AT&T Quickfire is sure to be of interest to the younger generation as it features a slide-out [...]
Symbian S60 App Review: MCleaner – SMS and Caller Blacklist
Was there ever a time when you had to endure receiving tons of text SPAM on your phone, with the occassional bogus “You won the lottery!” kind of calls? Hmm. I’ve had my fair share of such. And I must say, I didn’t enjoy it one bit. So I scoured the whole universe to its [...]
AT&T Fuze Review
Well, after all the leaks and rumors, AT&T Fuze (aka HTC Touch Pro) is finally available. And to help you decide whether it’s worthy your attention or not, we already have a full AT&T Fuze review for you. I had the opportunity to get my hands on an AT&T Fuze a couple days ago to [...]
Nokia N79 review
The last great S60 Nokia’s have been available for quite some time now, and one of them is the Nokia N79. By “last great S60 Nokia’s,” of course, I mean those handsets which have been announced and released before the much-awaited S60 5th Edition OS release on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. In typical S60 fashion, [...]
Nokia 7610 Supernova Review
Launched by Nokia as the flagship of its Supernova series, the Nokia 7610 Supernova is a little slider targeted for users in need of fashionable phones. I’d say it’s actually targeted to women and girls, but that doesn’t mean men can’t check it out. Although it’s a flagship product, Nokia 7610 Supernova is not a [...]