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Samsung Glint SCH-u350 (Alltel)

Photo gallery:Samsung Glint SCH-u350While it may seem that everyone is obsessed with the latest full-featured phones, there is still the need and want for basic handsets, and the Samsung Glint SCH-u350 answers that call for Alltel customers. The flip phone offers a simple design and ease of use and most...

Tags: Cellular phones, volume rocker, Alltel Corp., flip-phone, alphanumeric keypad, Samsung Glint, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-09-01

Nokia E75

Announced at GSMA 2009, the Nokia E75 is the latest Nokia E series smartphone to hit the market. Unlike the Nokia E71/E71x, the E75 features a more compact, cell-phone-like design, which is a welcome change from the recent deluge of slate QWERTY devices. In addition, the E75 includes the company's...

Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, alphanumeric keypad, Nokia E75, Nokia Corp.

Product reviews 2009-06-04

Samsung Katalyst

When T-Mobile first launched its HotSpot @Home service in June of 2007, only two phones could support it--the Nokia 6086 and the Samsung SGH-t409. Soon after, RIM released the BlackBerryCurve 8320, which became the third HotSpot @Home device. As the year winds to a close, T-Mobile has released its fourth...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, WIRELESS, alphanumeric keypad, Katalyst, phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2007-12-20

HP Officejet Pro L7780 All-in-One

The HP Officejet Pro L7500/L7600/L7700 is a new office-oriented inkjet series of all-in-one printers that boasts fast print speeds, high-quality prints, and lots of features. We reviewed the L7680 model, which is a step up from the L7580 base model, but its print speeds and quality are representative of all...

Tags: Printers, Fax, printer, Officejet Pro L7680, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Product reviews 2007-03-23

HP Officejet Pro L7680 All-in-One

The HP Officejet Pro L7500/L7600/L7700 is a new office-oriented inkjet series of all-in-one printers that boasts fast print speeds, high-quality prints, and lots of features. We reviewed the L7680 model, which is a step up from the L7580 base model, but its print speeds and quality are representative of all...

Tags: Printers, Fax, printer, Officejet Pro L7680, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Product reviews 2007-03-23

Helio Drift (black)

Photo gallery:Helio DriftOf all the mobile virtual network operators MVNOs targeting the youth market, Helio has been getting the most buzz. A joint effort by California-based Earthlink and Korea-based SK Telecom, Helio launched earlier this year with a slick marketing campaign...

Tags: Helio Drift, Helio, telephone

Product reviews 2006-11-17

Nokia 6215i

The Nokia 6215i is one of the first collaborations between the Finnish giant Nokia and Pantech, a Taiwan-based cell phone company, to make it to U.S. shores. The 6215i is a simple entry-level VGA camera phone offered exclusively from Verizon Wireless. It is also the first phone in North America...

Tags: camera, organic light-emitting diode, Nokia Corp., telephone

Product reviews 2006-09-14

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Samsung Caliber (U.S. Cellular)

We've seen plenty of Samsung touch-screen handsets come our way, but not many of them make it to U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier based in Chicago. The only one so far has been the Samsung Delve, which made it to the carrier's lineup late last year. Now another one has...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, U.S. Cellular, Samsung Caliber, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-10-29

Samsung Blue Earth

Photo gallery:Samsung Blue EarthAs it does with most trends, Samsung is pursuing eco-friendly cell phones with vigor. It already gave us the Samsung Reclaim, and now we finally have a chance to review the Samsung Blue Earth. Forgive us if we're a bit excited, but Samsung has been holding this...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, Blue Earth, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-10-23

Nokia N86

The Nokia N86 8MP first made its appearance at GSMA 2009 and stepped up as the most advanced camera phone in the company's N series of multimedia smartphones. Nokia even went as far as to say that it could replace your standalone point-and-shoot camera. We can't say we agree with...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Nokia N86, Nokia Corp., camera, Nokia N86 8MP

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Nokia 2680 - GoPhone black (AT&T) - Prepaid

Photo gallery:Nokia 2680Cell phone bills can definitely add up, which is why a prepaid plan option can be an attractive alternative, especially if you don't make calls or need the mobile Web very often. For AT&T Wireless customers, the carrier offers its GoPhone plan with a handful of handsets, including...

Tags: Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., feature set, Nokia 2680, Nokia Corp.

Product reviews 2009-09-04

Samsung i8910 Omnia HD

First debuting at GSMA 2009, the Samsung i890 Omnia HD turned heads with its gorgeous touch screen and high-end multimedia features. Though it has yet to be released in the United States, Samsung kindly provided us with an unlocked version of the device to try out, and it's certainly impressive....

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, Monitors & displays, Omnia HD, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., AMOLED

Product reviews 2009-08-18

Samsung Solstice SGH-A887 (AT&T)

When Samsung introduces a new cell phone in the United States, it's often the case that we've seen it somewhere before. And that's definitely true with the new Samsung Solstice for AT&T. Also called the SGH-A887, the Solstice sports a touch-screen design with few physical controls. It shows characteristics of...

Tags: Keyboards, AT&T Corp., multimedia feature, Samsung Solstice, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., keyboard, phone, display

Product reviews 2009-08-04

ActiveKey 1.3 (Mobile)

ActiveKey is a richly featured *touchpad* memo editor. It offers the convenience of creating and editing memos by tapping alphanumeric characters on three selectable soft overlays. Two different keypad layouts are provided--a simpler layout in which the letters are arranged alphabetically; and a full-bore, high-efficiency letter layout that's designed to...

Tags: Overlay, Mobile, Layout, EddieSoft, ActiveKey, Keyboards, Smart Phones, Productivity, Handhelds, Memory, Hardware, Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Components

Software downloads 2009-07-09

Motorola Evoke QA4

Photo gallery:Motorola Evoke QA4We're not quite sure what to make of the Motorola Evoke QA4. Though it offers a touch screen, a full HTML browser, and an appealing slider design, it hardly qualifies as either a smartphone or a multimedia powerhouse like the Samsung Eternity. Also, while we appreciate its...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, widget, Motorola Inc., touch screen, Cricket Wireless

Product reviews 2009-06-23

LG enV Touch (Verizon Wireless)

Photo gallery:LG enV Touch Verizon WirelessThe LG enV Touch was a surprise to us. We thought all of the enV line of phones would be in the style of the LG enV VX9900, the LG enV2, and the more recent LG enV3.Those phones had numeric keypads on the front,...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, display, Verizon Wireless, LG Electronics Inc., LG enV, LG enV Touch, enV Touch, Voyager

Product reviews 2009-06-05

Samsung Smooth (Verizon Wireless)

Not every cell phone on Earth needs to pack in all the bells and whistles found on ultra-high-end models like the iPhone. But for those who still want a fair amount of extras at an affordable price, there are handsets like the Samsung Smooth (aka the SCH-U350). This basic mobile...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Instant messaging, Verizon Wireless, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-05-22

AlphaDial for BlackBerry (Mobile)

If you have most any model of BlackBerry handheld, you know you can't easilyuse your QWERTY keyboard to dial phone numbers containing letters, like in a phonenumber given over the radio!With AlphaDial, it's simple to type in any alphanumeric phonenumber using SureType, or even copy/paste, and the correct telephone keypad...

Tags: Phone, Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, gkNorwood, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-04-08

HTC S743 (unlocked)

While everyone might be waiting for HTC to release its next Google Android phone, the smartphone manufacturer is plugging on with its commitment to Windows Mobile devices, and the latest model to come to market is the HTC S743. First announced at CES 2009, the S743 is a variant of...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Cellular phones, Handhelds, HTC S743, High Tech Computer Corp.

Product reviews 2009-03-23

Samsung Memoir T929 - black (T-Mobile)

Up until recently, the highest megapixel camera phones to grace U.S. carriers have been 5-megapixel shooters like the Motorola Zine ZN5. If we wanted to play around with higher-performance camera phones, we had to get our hands on unlocked versions like the 8-megapixel Samsung Innov8 from our friends in Europe.But...

Tags: Camera phones, Telecom & Utilities, ergonomic, touch interface, T-Mobile, display, Samsung Memoir, camera, phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-02-25