September 5th, 2006

Another Day, Another iPhone Rumor

I’ve been trying not to answer my phone if it’s another iPhone rumor, but it keeps ringing. I feel like every analyst on the planet is drunk dialing me at the same time. Eventually, you have to pick it up and allow them to ramble. This week is no different. The on-again-off-again rumors of Steve and company phoning home come from Shaw Wu, an analyst at American Technology Research. Wu… → Read More

September 5th, 2006

Verizon Quietly Drops First American OLED Handset

. With little fanfare, OLED finally comes to North America thanks to Nokia (via Pantech), with the new Nokia 6215i. This lightweight clamshell features not one, but two OLED displays, an internal at 128×128 pixels, and an external at 96×64. The phone also features a VGA camera with flash and auto-timer, speakerphone, and voice-dialing. This is notable because OLED, as a technology… → Read More

August 31st, 2006

Nokia N80 Snuggles The Internets

When I’m walking down the Magnificant Mile, and I’m looking for a good way to blow some time (which seems to be more and more often), I usually stop in at the Nokia flagship store and see what kind of new way-too-expensive-for-me phones they have to play with. There’s usually just about 30 of the underwhelming 8801, and a couple of the 7370 and 7380 for the ladies. Recently… → Read More

August 16th, 2006

O2 Ice Cell Phone

To be honest, we like candybar-shaped phones more than we like clamshells or sliders. Maybe it’s a layover from using cordless phones back in the 80s and 90s. Either way, this “Ice” phone from European carrier O2 looks mighty sexy to our eyes. Possibly taking design cues from the Netgear and Belkin Skype phones, this O2 cell has a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and MP3 support. → Read More