Archive for February, 2009

iVerse brings comics to iPhone, Android–but it’s awkward

There’s no question that comic books and magazines will eventually have a portable platform suited to them, just as the iPod took nearly four years to reach a saturation level as the de facto portable music player. The Kindle 2 might have been that device, had Amazon found color e-ink to be cost effective. For [...]

Softbank to give 8GB iPhones away for free

Softbank is launching a promotion that involves giving away an 8GB iPhone 3G with a new contract.
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Softbank Mobile, the iPhone carrier in Japan, plans to introduce a new program Friday that will give some iPhones away for free with a new two-year contract.
The 8GB iPhone will …
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The 404 287: Where our mouths are agape with a mixture of pleasure, longing, and duck meat

Jeff, Justin and Wilson start the show off right today with a SNL Christopher Walken reference. Always a great way to start the day. Getting into actual stories, we chat about ways to actually sleep. Tip #1: Sleep when you are tired. iTunes launches an indie music store. Gore Verbinski [...]

Verizon Wireless goes official with the LG Versa

The LG Versa is a touch-screen phone that comes with a detachable QWERTY keyboard.
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Verizon Wireless and LG on Wednesday officially announced the LG Versa, saying the modular touch-screen phone will be available as of March 1. The Versa is so named for its promised versatility–it will come with different attachments so that you [...]

Review: Samsung Memoir is a top-notch camera phone

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Dialed In 69: A Verizon iPhone? We say no

Bonnie and Kent are back from a busy week at the GSMA World Congress in Barcelona. Android news was limited to the HTC Magic, but new multimedia phones debuted from Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and Nokia. On this week’s Dialed In we recap all the events of the show and …
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Pantech Breeze now in black

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The super basic Pantech Breeze from AT&T is available in basic black starting Wednesday.

Slated as a phone for seniors, the Breeze is great for anyone who wants a simple phone for making calls and not much else. Both black and white versions have a VGA camera …
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The 404 286: Where we turn up the heat with Scott Jones

Scott Jones
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Scott Jones from online gaming web site Crispy Gamer comes to the show to talk about everything under the sun, including his stint as a writer at a porn magazine and the video game industry in general. Jeff and Scott wonder why anybody would ever buy the new Nintendo DS, while Wilson [...]

Phone or mortgage, you decide

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In these penny-pinching, market-tumbling times, we audaciously bring you the $4,400 Skeleton Gold Phone from Russian electronics maker Gresso. Yes, yes, that might sound like a lot to pay for a mobile phone, but 18-carat-gold function keys aren’t going to pay for themselves, now are …
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Sony Ericsson W595 review: Music on the slide

We’ve already welcomed the W595 at the proto stage, but this time it’s the real deal - we have a retail unit on our hands and we are ready to put it through its paces. The differences from the preceding model…

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