Emporia’s Talk Premium, a Handset for Elderly People (Video)

Friday, December 4th, 2009

The Talk Premium is a handset for elderly people and a very simple piece of equipment, that's only able to call people, text and be used as an alarm clock. Emporia's handset looks very retro and chunky and it even packs a little LED torch light, plus a bunch of ...

Samsung Mythic Gets Previewed, AT&T Version Analyzed

Monday, November 30th, 2009

The Phonedog people spent some quality time with the AT&T version of Samsung Mythic and found it to be a device with a nice design and a colourful touchscreen. Its flaws are spotty reception (sometimes), a not so good battery life and the fact that its design is pretty average. You ...

Motorola Droid Gets Previewed

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

The lucky folks of BGR have managed to score an early review unit of the Motorola Droid handset, previously known as Verizon Droid or Tao/Sholes. This info comes as a pretty predictable piece of news, specially since the specs and details of the handset have recently been leaked by Moto, ...

Philips Xenium K700 Specs and Renders Available Via Russian Source

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Philips has just leaked a fresh Xenium series handset, the K700, with specs and renders coming straight from Mother Russia. This device resembles a Sony Ericsson multimedia phone, but its specs are far from impressive, unless you count battery life. Philips Xenium X700 comes with a 2.8 inch TFT-LCD touchscreen display ...

AT&T Stops Selling Nokia 6650 Because of Network Issues

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Everyone knows by now that AT&T's not the most reliable carrier in the world, but to stop selling a handset because of the operator's issues is certainly unheard of (or is it? they also had issues with Nokia 5800 NAM). AT&T has just announced that it'll stop selling Nokia 6650, because ...

iPhone 3GS Can Play 1080p Videos! Apple Won’t Let You Do It, Though…

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

A Chinese forum member from here claims that the iPhone 3GS is capable of playing both 720p and 1080p video, encoded with H.264. The only problem is that Apple artificially limited playback resolution to 640 x 480 pixels. Do we really need such playback quality on the go and are ...

Thuraya XT Satellite Phone is Also Rugged, Reliable

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Thuraya Telecommunications Company has just launched a new rugged satellite phone, known as the Thuraya XT. The device is compatible with the global telecom IP54/IK03 standards and uses a glare-resistant display, allowing the user to read the on screen text even in bright sunlight. The handset's battery lasts for about 6 ...

Pharos Traveler 137 Gets Reviewed

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

Looking for a mighty GPS phone and you're afraid to try a Garmin-Asus smartphone? You can always rely on Pharos Traveler 137, that recently got reviewed by the guys at Crunchgear. Right from the get go, we learn that the device comes with a huge 3.5 inch 800 x 480 ...

Nokia E72 Gets Previewed

Friday, August 7th, 2009

As you know, the lucky folks of Mobile Review managed to preview Nokia E72 for the first time and we know almost all that's needed about E71's follow-up. We remind you that the E71 sold millions of units since its launch and we can think of no reason why the ...

iPhone 3GS Versus Palm Pre Versus T-Mobile G1

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Now that the iPhone 3GS was announced and the Palm Pre is available on the market, it's time for a comparison of the two devices plus the T-Mobile G1, done by the folks of Billshrink. The iPhone 3GS will be sold by AT&T, while Palm Pre is available on Sprint ...