RIM announced today its latest BlackBerry 9000, also known as the BlackBerry Bold. Due to its black color enclosed in a chrome border, it’s hard not to notice the similarity between it and the iPhone. The BlackBerry Bold is not putting up a fight without being well-prepared. It has 3.5G HSDPA support, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 480×320 [...]
Continue reading...13. May 2008
Apple has signed deals with four major telecommunication companies in four countries to help the company surpass its iPhone sales goal of 10 million units by the end of 2008. Singapore’s SingTel, India’s Bharti Airtel, Phillipines’ Globe Telecom, and Australia’s Optus, will begin carrying the iPhone “later this year.” A specific date has yet to be [...]
Continue reading...6. May 2008
In response to Apple announcing the iPhone being launched in Canada, the SmashOurStuff team assassinated an iPhone on the main stage (just prior to the 420 countdown) at the Toronto Freedom Festival/Global Marijuana March. The fans were so hyped that somebody actually threw their iPod onto the stage to be destroyed as well!
Continue reading...27. April 2008
The Glo Pillow is an alarm pillow that wakes you up gently with a gradually intensifying light. No more screaming alarm clocks! The LED light gradually increases in intensity for 40 minutes, simulating a real sunrise. And when you lift your head off the pillow, it displays the current time in easy-to-read dot matrix fonts. The pillow [...]
Continue reading...25. April 2008
Someone has gotten really creative with his sacred iPhone unpacking moment, and that is ntr23 on Flickr. Just check out the photo gallery below and you would most likely agree.
Continue reading...20. February 2008
To stay loyal to the Apple gods means you have to live with the non-removable batteries on your iPods and iPhones. Bringing the USB cable along with you everywhere is good if you expect to have computer access to get some charge from its USB port, but not too helpful if you are out, let’s [...]
Continue reading...29. August 2007
Unlike the N9x series cellphones which are designed for multimedia of all sorts, the new Nokia N81 is focused on music. It does not have any fancy Carl Zeiss lens or GPS, but it does sport really loud stereo speakers, 3.5mm headphone jack, 8GB of internal memory for all your tunes, 3G, and WiFi. It can [...]
Continue reading...15. August 2007
Nokia has announced a recall of 300 million of its batteries, which are manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. This is due to over 100 overheating reports from around the world. Fret not, HipTech readers never get cellphones exploding on them. Affected model: Nokia BL-5C battery This battery is used in the following Nokia handsets: Nokia [...]
Continue reading...6. August 2007
O2 Cocoon is the latest on the growing list of designer cellphones. Phones that do not offer much in terms of feature, but sport really nice designs, such as the Nokia 8600 Luna, Nokia 8800, and the Vertu series. This one stands out from the crowd though, with its clean curves and attractive black-and-white color [...]
Continue reading...28. July 2007
Despite its model number, the new Nokia 6500 slide has little in common with the Nokia 6500 classic. Overall, it is a handset with a nice list of features and a sleek metallic look.
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13. May 2008
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