Samsung’s S8500 AKA WAVE SmartPhone Impresses But The Bada OS Doesn’t [Smarpthones]

February 14 2010 Categorized Under: Cell Phones Tags; , , , , , , one Commented

Samsung has finally launched the Bada mobile OS and the first ever phone to run on it at the Mobile World Congress happening at Barcelona, Spain right now. The phone is called Wave, just as the rumors said it was. Officially it is the Wave S8500 — the first phone to have the Bada OS. As a piece of a hardware, it is easy to see that it is pretty good. But when it comes to the OS, opinions don’t seem to differ much amongst the attendees. The general vibe is ‘meh’ and worse. But that doesn’t mean that the phone does not have potential. Anything that has that great a screen is bound to have some potential!

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HTC’s 2010 Road Map Leaked, Snapdragon Android Phone Lives!

December 10 2009 Categorized Under: Cell Phones Tags; , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , one Commented

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HTC has successfully completed its transformation from a company that makes handsets for others to rebrand to a company that is known for simply making great handsets. Over the past one year or so, HTC handsets have really impressed the mass market.

Their knack for making really great software and hardware combos have won them many a fan in the past one year. With the launch of the HD2, they have proved that they can hold their own against the big players like Apple, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and also Nokia.

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The Future With Android

November 22 2009 Categorized Under: Cell Phones, netbooks Tags; , , , , , 4 Commented

Google has been running completely rampant all over the tech industry of late. In their quest to bring everything you do on your computer online, they have released their latest creation – the Chrome OS. It is still in development but it is really amazing what they have done so far. And in the middle of all this, it is easy to momentarily forget about the lovable green robot – the Android.

If Chrome OS is the future of netbooks, smartbooks and then desktops, then Android is definitely the future of all but few smartphones. The Chrome OS might fail to deliver but Android has already taken a strong hold over the smartphone market in general and over the tech community to be specific. Everyone who understands what the Android is, sees limitless potential for innovative handheld devices. This is the only current platform that can fully compete with the sophistication of the iPhone – the phone that started it all. And it is an open platform, which means anyone can taker it up and innovate over it.

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All Phones Thursday: Kurara, HTC Dragon/Passion, Google Phone, Rumors Galore And More

November 19 2009 Categorized Under: Cell Phones Tags; , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Commented

When it comes to phones, the last few days have been particularly exciting. It seems like all the companies coordinated their leaks and rumors to be in succession or tandem. We have updates in the elusive HTC Dragon/Passion, the Sony Ericsson Kurara and even the Google Phone. Yes, apparently Google is making a phone. Plus, we have two super deals in smarpthones – Palm Pre and BlackBerry Curve on the cheap!

Get over to the other side to get updated on the latest in the phones.

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Catch Up Monday: The CEATEC ‘09 Gadget Round Up

October 12 2009 Categorized Under: Cell Phones, Computer Monitors, Desktop Computers, Entertainment, Peripherals, netbooks Tags; , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Commented

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The last week has been quite exciting for the techies in Japan. The annual gadget extravaganza, CEATEC Japan, had some pretty mind-boggling stuff and the usual futuristic concepts that you would expect at such an event. Even though the gadgets that drew the most attention were mostly prototypes, they still generated enough buzz for the tech world to turn their short attention span to them for longer than usual.

So here’s a special CEATEC version of Catch Up Monday for you. Get to the other side to catch up on the latest in tech.

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All Phones Thursday: AT&T Loosens Up And Android Continues On War Path

October 8 2009 Categorized Under: Cell Phones Tags; , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Commented

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There was a time, not too long ago, when smartphones meant bulky phones with QWERTY keypads, clumsy UI, limited features and sky-high price tags. Not much has changed on the price tag side but the bulk is considerably lower now and the various UIs on the market are going from great to greater. Plus the features have pretty much hit the other side of limited in this category. So I thought it right to start a weekly section that cuts through all the noise and brings you the main stories that you need to hear.

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