Comcast brings Wi-Fi-only Xfinity TV streaming to iPhone, iPod Touch
Comcast’s Fancast service and iPad app (available since February) have offered access to their admittedly impressive onDemand catalog, highlighted by movies and shows from premium networks like HBO and Showtime. Now the experience finally comes to the iPhone. The most recent (v 1.5) update of their Xfinity app now allows iPhone and iPod touch users [...]
Sprint HTC Arrive Review
The very first Windows Phone 7 device has shown up on Sprint’s website and stores (note how I avoided the obvious pun there?), which Microsoft should consider a huge victory for its overall smartphone market share in the US. Now that WP7 is finally available on CDMA, we should see the floodgates open for multiple [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Hands-On at CTIA 2011 (video)
The Galaxy Tab 8.9 was the worst-kept secret of CTIA 2011. Then again, it’s not like Samsung really tried that hard to keep it one; the teaser site made it clear enough that another Tab was in the plans for the US, one that was in between the 7-inch and 10.1-inch versions. Samsung is trying [...]
T-Mobile G2X Hands-on at CTIA 2011
Having a sliver of time in between press conferences today, I managed to swing by the LG booth and get a few minutes of one-on-one time with the T-Mobile G2X, an LG phone that is known globally as the LG Optimus 2X. The T-Mobile version is basically a pure vanilla Froyo experience with a little [...]
Verizon-Branded Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Seen at CTIA 2011, We Go Hands-on (Video)
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is nothing new on the trade-show floor, but a Verizon-branded version of it is. We caught some footage and pics of the Xperia Play and had some good play time with the device here at CTIA 2011. We found the Xperia Play to be running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread; specifically, [...]
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt 4G Unboxing and First Impressions
We knew the moment was going to come eventually, but Verizon and HTC sure made it a suspenseful ride for us the entire time. The HTC Thunderbolt is now available in stores for $249.99 with contract ($179.99 through Amazon or go through Wirefly and Use Coupon Code THUNDER0321 for $25 off) and we got sent [...]
Sprint HTC Arrive Unboxing and First Impressions
Sometimes I find it too easy to make puns out of phone names. The HTC Arrive on Sprint is one of the easiest, so I will do away with the usual puns. I can understand the choice of the name this time, however, because the Arrive is the very first Windows Phone 7 device to [...]
AT&T HTC Freestyle Unboxing
HTC has been a critical partner this past month in shaping AT&T’s future. First, the Inspire 4G was the company’s first venture into Froyo and the “4G” world and in essence marked the beginning of the post-iPhone-exclusivity era (PIE for short? I coined it!). And the HTC Freestyle also bagged some other firsts for AT&T: [...]
AT&T HTC Inspire 4G Review
Though AT&T has offered several Android smartphones on its lineup for a year now, they haven’t offered anything that stands out above the crowd. Any Android phone on the network up until this point has been a “me too” device, something that was only offered as a way of appeasing the few smartphone owners that [...]
T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4G Unboxing
With the launch of several Galaxy S smartphones in the fall of 2010 as well as the announcement of the lineup’s sequel, the Galaxy S2, the newly-released Galaxy S 4G seems almost out of place, as if it’s between homes. It doesn’t feel quite comfortable hanging out with its older siblings, but yet seems too [...]
Verizon Motorola Xoom Unboxing
The Verizon-branded Motorola Xoom may not need much of an introduction, since it’s been lighting up headlines all over the place ever since its unveiling at CES 2011 (and even its brief appearance as “unnamed Motorola tablet prototype” when Andy Rubin was interviewed at All Things D). Regardless, the Xoom is a landmark device, stepping [...]
AT&T HTC Inspire 4G Unboxing
An onslaught of new 4G devices is about to be unleashed on AT&T’s network, with the very first one, the HTC Inspire 4G, available this week for $99.99 after contract with no mail in rebate. We received the Inspire 4G in the mail today and have been anxious to open it up and play with [...]
Sprint HTC EVO Shift 4G Review
While it is not completely yet clear as to what Sprint’s roadmap looks like over the coming year, I have a feeling there may be several EVO phones included. The EVO Shift 4G is the second device under that name, suggesting Sprint is trying to mimic Verizon’s DROID series. Just like the Droids, I predict [...]
Unboxing the Samsung Nexus S
It’s not the Nexus Two. It could just be that Samsung wanted to go along the lines of its current Galaxy S series, as evidenced by how eerily similar the Nexus S was designed to that of the rest of the Galaxy S power team. It could also just be Google signifying that this was [...]
Samsung i7110 preview + video
We told you that Samsung i7110 will be announced and presented at Symbian Smartphone Show in London. Well, it was. Yesterday Samsung i7110 has been officially announced. And today we already got to play with it and got video and some live pics to prove it. We are not ready to do a full review [...]
Opera and Motorola powering KDDI’s high-tech au BOX for Japanese users
KDDI, Japan’s second largest mobile carrier, will soon introduce a new set-top box (aka STB) called “au BOX” and targeted at users who want to “enjoy music and video content downloaded via their TV sets on their au mobile phones”. Built by Motorola, KDDI’s new set-top box uses Opera Devices 9 SDK. Thus, in addition to [...]
Sony Ericsson Walkman W902, W595 and W302 video preview and live pictures
As you probably already know, Sony Ericsson announced 3 new Walkman phones yesterday – SE W902, W595 and W302. And they also held a number of launch events around the world for the new handsets. Well, we managed to sneak into one of them and play a little with all three new Walkman phones. Not [...]
LG Secret KF750/KF755 review
LG Secret KF750 is the third model in LG’s Black Label series and the successor to Chocolate and Shine fashion phones. We were watching all the LG KF750 Secret pre-launch hype, with early KF750 leaks and official LG KF750 Black Label Series 3 pre-announcement leading up to official unveiling of LG Secret a bit sceptically. [...]
Sony Ericsson G900 video review
Last week we had an opportunity to play around and do quite extensive Sony Ericsson G900 smartphone review. We liked it quite a bit and our conclusion was that “SE G900 is a great smartphone for people who want usual mobile phone functionality to come first, but still retain all the smartphone gimmicks too.” What [...]
SlingPlayer Mobile updated for Windows Mobile and Symbian
Sling Media has just made the updates for SlingPlayer Mobile available at their web site for those running the Windows Mobile for Pocket PC and Smartphone OS, as well as for the Symbian OS. No detailed description containing the changes made by the update have been made available yet, but expect it to have minor [...]
