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Samsung Moment (Sprint)

In case you haven't noticed, the Google Android dam has broken. For almost a year HTC was the only manufacturer to offer handsets with the operating system, but in the past month, Motorola and Samsung almost fell over each other to offer Android smartphones of their own. Moto gave us...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, Sprint Communications, Samsung Moment, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2009-10-22

Motorola Cliq (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Motorola CliqIf anyone doubts that Google's Android has a future, then they haven't seen T-Mobile's Motorola Cliq MB200. With its easy-to-use design, spacious keyboard, and action-packed feature set, the Cliq combines an attractive, powerful device with the customization of the Android operating system. We won't say it's the...

Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, Google Search Bar, Motorola Inc., Cliq, T-Mobile

Product reviews 2009-10-15

Samsung SPH-M330 - silver (Sprint)

Sprint's Samsung SPH-M330 is the next step above the Samsung SPH-M240. It's also designed mainly for basic communication, but the M330 adds Bluetooth and a VGA camera. The result is a functional handset with an unremarkable design. Call quality is decent, and the M330 is free with service. DesignThe M330...

Tags: Instant messaging, Sprint Communications, slider mechanism, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., M330, camera, phone, VGA, VGA Camera

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)Samsung, we have a message for you: 2006 called and it wants its phone back. All right, maybe that's mean, but the fact remains that the Samsung SGH-T659 exhibits a design trend that was popular three years ago. And as features go, the SGH-T659 offers nothing that...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, slider mechanism, display, T659, Samsung SGH-T659, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone, T-Mobile

Product reviews 2009-09-14

Nokia 7610 Supernova

Photo gallery:Nokia 7610 SupernovaThe Nokia 7610 Supernova gave us deja vu when it first arrived in our offices, and it wasn't due to its common slider design. Instead, we remembered that we had reviewed a Nokia handset with that same model number almost five years ago. We thought perhaps the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, slider mechanism, Supernova, Nokia Corp., slider design

Product reviews 2009-09-02

Cricket TXTM8

When the Verizon Wireless Blitz came out late last year, we were quite taken by the handset's cute and compact shape, even though some thought it looked a little fat and squat. So when we saw at CTIA that PCD, the maker of the Blitz, was coming out with similar...

Tags: Instant messaging, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, NOW IT, number key, Cricket TXTM8, Cricket, Cricket Communications

Product reviews 2009-07-30

LG LX-290 - black (Sprint)

Despite the many advanced feature phones out there, there's definitely still a market for simpler phones without too many bells and whistles. Take the LG LX290 from Sprint, for example, which doesn't even have 3G or a music player. It does, however, offer GPS with turn-by-turn direction, plenty of e-mail...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, E-mail, Instant messaging, navigation key, slider mechanism, LG LX290, LG Electronics Inc., phone, Sprint Communications

Product reviews 2009-07-20

LG LX370 - silver (Sprint)

Recent LG phones for Sprint like the LG Rumor 2 and the LG Lotus have been very messaging-centric, but that doesn't mean LG doesn't have other form factors up its Sprint sleeve. The LG LX370 has a far more traditional slider style, and not in an unattractive way either. We...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, slider mechanism, LG LX370, LG Electronics Inc., Sprint Communications, phone

Product reviews 2009-06-26

LG Rumor2 (Sprint)

Photo gallery:LG Rumor 2Though a flood of messaging phones hit the market in the latter half of 2008, the trend really began a year earlier with Sprint's original LG Rumor. The handset offered a lot to like, including a roomy keyboard and respectable features, and while it wasn't the first...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Groupware, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, Sprint Communications, numeric keypad button, LG Rumor2, LG Rumor, phone, keyboard, LG Electronics Inc.

Product reviews 2009-03-17

LG CF360 - blue (AT&T)

Most of the recent LG phones from AT&T have either been fancy touch-screen handsets like the LG Incite or slim models that can stream live TV (The LG Invision, for example). The LG CF360, on the other hand, takes the midtier approach, much like the LG Shine of two years...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, navigation key, slider mechanism, volume rocker, AT&T Corp., LG CF360, LG Electronics Inc.

Product reviews 2009-03-11

LG CF360 - red (AT&T)

Most of the recent LG phones from AT&T have either been fancy touch-screen handsets like the LG Incite or slim models that can stream live TV (The LG Invision, for example). The LG CF360, on the other hand, takes the midtier approach, much like the LG Shine of two years...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., slider mechanism, navigation key, volume rocker, LG CF360, LG Electronics Inc.

Product reviews 2009-03-11

Verizon Wireless Blitz

Photo gallery:Verizon Wireless BlitzThanks to the popularity of text messaging, cell phones with QWERTY keyboards aren't confined to just smartphones anymore. Following the footsteps of handsets like the LG Rumor, the Verizon Wireless Blitz is what the industry is calling a messaging phone--a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard without...

Tags: Instant messaging, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, number key, slider mechanism, phone, messaging, Qwerty-keyboard, Verizon Wireless

Product reviews 2008-09-03

Samsung SGH-i450 - silver/blue

Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-i450While a lot of cell phones have music players, not every music phone has done a good job of integrating the phone and music controls into one device. Dedicated music controls, like those on the LG Muzig LX570 are always a plus, but a great music phone should...

Tags: Media players, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, Samsung SGH-i450, arc, phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-03-20

Samsung SPH-M520

When we first saw the photos of Sprint's new Samsung SPH-M520, we have to admit that we shook our head in bewilderment. For a while now, we've been asking Samsung to give us something completely new, and as yet another slim slider phone in silver, the SPH-M520 definitely wasn't it....

Tags: E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, slider mechanism, navigation control, keypad button, Samsung SPH-M520, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-02-25

Motorola Rokr Z6m (Alltel)

Photo gallery:Motorola Rokr Z6mFor quite some time we've been eager to review another cell phone from Motorola's Rokr series. After the first handset we examined, the Motorola Rokr E1, failed so miserably we were hoping that Motorola would redeem itself not that it would take much. While a few Rokr...

Tags: Cellular phones, slider mechanism, Z6m, Motorola Inc., Motorola ROKR, Alltel Corp., Motorola Rokr Z6m, handset

Product reviews 2007-11-08

Nokia Luna - 8600 (Unlocked)

Photo gallery:Nokia 8600 LunaThough we admire Nokia for never being afraid to try a new and daring cell phone design, we must admit that the results aren't always satisfactory. Take for example, the Nokia 8800. Sure, it's shiny and pretty, but the cramped keys were frustrating and its battery life...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, display, Nokia Luna, Nokia Corp., phone

Product reviews 2007-11-01

Samsung SGH-U600 - blue (Unlocked)

Photo gallery:Samsung U600Though a cell phone is only as good as the calls it makes, manufacturers continue to push high-end models as the future of the mobile world. We're not talking about business-centric smartphones here; rather we speak of handsets with snazzy multimedia features and cutting-edge designs. Samsung is no...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, display, OK Button, slider mechanism, Samsung U600, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone

Product reviews 2007-10-29

Samsung Blast SGH-T729 (T-Mobile)

Photo gallery:Samsung BlastIt's been a while since we've seen a new, exciting cell phone for T-Mobile, so when Samsung announced its new SGH-T729 we took notice. Also called the Blast yet another crazy Samsung nickname, the SGH-T729 offers a thin slider design, Bluetooth, a megapixel camera, and a QWERTY keyboard...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Cellular phones, T-Mobile, Samsung Blast, SGH-T729, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone

Product reviews 2007-08-08

Additional Resources

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Motorola Droid (Verizon Wireless)

Editors' note: Over the next few days we will continue to test the Droid and add the results to this review.You have to hand it to Verizon Wireless: though the Google Android operating system now extends to a handful of devices, the carrier was able to get the tech world...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, display, Color Support, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., Motorola Droid

Product reviews 2009-10-29