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Apple Orders a Few Flash Chips...Like 50 Million of 'Em

According to DigiTimes, Apple just placed a very large order of NAND flash chips from Samsung, which has in turn forced Samsung to tell other customers to wait. 50 million 8GB chips were reportedly ordered by Cuptertino primarily for use in Apple's iPhone (that's on top of the 25 million that were ordered in June). So now you know, Apple is that jackass driving the minivan through the McDonald's drive-thru, ordering like a million happy meals and slapping their kids in the backseat while yelling, "That's it, now you're never getting your 32GB iPhone!" [DigiTimes]

10:00 AM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Mark Wilson
3,234 views, 52 comments

Latest by OldCrow: So Apple was the first to get rid of the floppy, why can't they see the need to go to 32G or even 64G? more »

rumor

AT&T 2008 Smartphone Roadmap Leaked

Believe it or not, AT&T actually does have other smartphones coming this year besides the iPhone 3G and BlackBerry Bold. Four sequel-y Windows Mobile phones all slated for winter, and 6.1 updates for existing ones. Besides the Pantech Tech Duo 2, there's the BlackJack 3 (with a better cam and a little faster hardware), Tilt 2 (Update: BGR says Tilt 2 is probably the Touch Pro), and another unnamed Sammy, possibly the Omnia. There's also a "non-QWERTY" LG phone of some sort and a Wi-Fi version of the Curve (8320). Since these are all smartphones, we're guessing there's another consumer roadmap. [Gear Diary]

3:59 PM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By matt buchanan
6,706 views, 24 comments

Latest by vagrant: @DoPeY5007: My understanding was the Xperia X1 was due to release in September. I figure we'll see it before year's end. I also presume AT&T would carry it. While the Touch Pro is nice, it's not quite the X1. more »

unconfirmed

Sprint Airave Femtocell Launching Nationwide July 15

It's been a while since we've heard about Sprint's Airave femtocell—basically a little box connects to your router and sends your calls over the internet so you have cell service even where you don't—but it looks like it's finally set to launch nation-wide, maybe as early as July 15. (It's been (in Denver and Indianapolis since Sept.) The Sammy-made station is apparently set to go for $99 at retail, which ain't so shabby. We're guessing the $30 per family (or $15 per user) monthly fee will either stick or actually go down (undercutting is one of their major strategies of late). [Sprint Users, Thanks Art!] More »

8:00 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By matt buchanan
2,057 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: @MacMasterShane: Sorry guys and gals. Denver was a test market. The unit I saw had not way of limiting. I was consulting with a small business here who wanted it to allow the 10+ people in the office more »

cellphones

Verizon's LG Dare Full Review (Verdict: Best iClone Yet)

"Dare to be different," the saying goes, but the LG Dare is really Verizon Wireless's attempt to fit in, to offer a phone that's more like the AT&T LG Vu and Sprint Samsung Instinct, not to mention Apple's similarly priced iPhone 3G. The truth is, the Dare may not be as glamorous or well-priced as the Instinct, but it has a better browser, a motion sensor and some cool software tricks that make it a fine phone for people who choose to remain in Verizon's walled garden. And it puts Verizon's previous iClone attempts, the LG Voyager and the Samsung Glyde, to lowdown dirty shame. More »

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7:03 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Wilson Rothman
21,924 views, 55 comments

Latest by n/a: I got my Dare yesterday and am pretty pleased with it. I am switching from At&t due to poor coverage at my house. I've never used an iPhone, and have no intention of ever getting one. With me more »

verizon

Verizon Gets Rhapsody Subscriptions, DRM-Free Downloads

Verizon customers with certain VCAST phones have some new options for buying music, thanks to Rhapsody. First off, the $15 per month, all-the-songs-you-can-guzzle subscription service is offered on LG's Decoy and Dare, Moto's W755 and Samsung's SCH-u550, Glyde, and Juke, and will be available for the Chocolate 3 when it's out. Also, $2 over-the-air download tracks now come with a DRM-free MP3 version that you can snag on your computer with VCAST/Rhapsody software. If you can hold your horses and wait till you're on a PC to download, DRM-free tracks are yours for a buck, which can be sideloaded onto the phone like usual. Press release after the jump. [Verizon] More »

12:01 AM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Benny Goldman
2,299 views, 4 comments

Latest by roflwaffles: Awesome, im already a subscriber, so hopefully my phone supports this. more »

instinct

Put the Instinct in a YouTube Clip, Sprint Will Give You $20

Clever social marketing or desperate ploy for viral popularity? Sprint's offering $20 to the first 1,000 people to feature the Instinct in a YouTube clip, while the Grand Prize Winner will pick up a sweet $10,000. The official rules will be released on Monday when the contest, appropriately called "Sell Out," kicks off. Hit us with your best video ideas in the comments, we promise we won't steal them. [iSmashPhone, Thanks Mike!]

12:45 PM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By matt buchanan
4,519 views, 34 comments

android

WSJ: Android Is A Giant, Delayed Flustercuck, iPhone Easier to Develop For

Oh, Android delays, let us count the ways: T-Mobile will probably deliver an Android phone by the end of the year, but the WSJ says that working with T-Mo is sucking up so much Google juice that Sprint will have to wait until 2009 (and its Android phone might not play on EV-DO, but WiMax). AT&T is still holding off. China Mobile, the world's largest carrier, wanted one by fall, but it's looking more like 2009. Software developers are struggling to pump out programs and say that the iPhone is way easier to develop for. So, uh, what's going on in Googleland? More »

11:02 AM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By matt buchanan
16,436 views, 62 comments

Latest by macserv: Objective-C code (once you get past syntax) is an absolute joy to write. The language isn't even the good part, though... it's the frameworks. iPhone's API is based on Cocoa, which came into being in 1988. It's more »

sprint

$130 Samsung Instinct Out Now on Sprint

The Samsung Instinct, the iCloniest touchscreen smartphone of them all, is out today. $130 after 2 year Sprint contract and $100 rebate. [Sprint]

9:59 AM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Benny Goldman
7,749 views, 29 comments

ultimate iphone clone battlemodo

iPhone Clone Battlemodo: Which One Is the iPhoniest?

Okay, so the iPhone 3G is going to be the second coming of Jesus in pocketable form, but maybe you're a rebel and don't wanna look exactly like the estimated 27 million other tools expected to be running around with an iPhone by 2009. You wanna be different. (Or maybe you can't seem to break out of that damn Sprint contract.) Still, you do want a touchscreen, 3G data, a music player and all that jazz. Is there an iPhone clone worth buying from your carrier? Relax, we've done the work for you and broken down the top three nationwide carriers' best iPhone wannabes into a single chart. More »

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2:00 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By matt buchanan
47,045 views, 120 comments

Latest by n/a: After a lot of research and listening to iPhone biased guys ... I've become a convert to the dark side with the Instinct. I haven't got it in my hands yet but the package and software look very good. Is it an more »

projector

Samsung's P400 DLP Projector is Tiny for Portability, Sleek too

Samsung's new P400 Pocket Imager projector is designed mainly for businesspeople on the go, so it's pretty tiny. Inside, its DLP unit is a native 800 x 600 resolution and its LED lighting pushes out 150 lumens, resulting in a 30- to 40-inch display capability with 1000:1 contrast ratio. It takes the standard RGB, composite, S-video and audio inputs, and has two 1-watt speakers. Plus, though it's no pico-projector, it's just 5 x 3.7 x 2 inches in size and weighs 1.9 pounds, so it'll carry nicely in your laptop bag. And you know what? Just coz it's businessy doesn't mean it has to look ugly or utilitarian: so Samsung has actually made this thing look pretty good. Available now for $749, full press release below. More »

4:52 AM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,909 views, 4 comments

Latest by Schalliol: Will, 150 lumens be sufficient? In a bright room 3000 doesn't seem to be enough. I wouldn't expect miracles at this size, but it would be nice to know if it is usable. more »

sprint instinct

Current Sprint Customers Get First Dibs on Instinct

In that same speech he revealed WiMax's commercial launch date, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse mentioned that current customers will have first crack at the Instinct, the hottest phone they've got (with an equally hot price), as a way of showing that "Sprint, from now on, will place our current customers first." So arbitrary specialness makes up for years of shitty service? [PC World]

10:00 PM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By matt buchanan
8,479 views, 34 comments

question of the day

Question of the Day: Which Hard Drives Have Crashed On You?

Today when I wrote up a WD RAID drive, the comment boxes were flooded with WD gripes. The funny thing is, the reverse happened when we wrote about Seagate a while ago. And Buchanan won't shut up about Hitachi's infamous "Death Star" drives. Are all drives equally prone to fail, or are there some makers who get it right more often than others? Yes, we would like you to share your most heart-wrenching drive crash stories, if you've finally got up the courage to talk about it. But first: More »

3:00 PM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By Wilson Rothman
17,634 views, 201 comments

Latest by n/a: Add option, all equal? I've floated between Seagate, WD, Maxtor and couldn't tell you a difference more »

storage

Samsung's 500GB HDD and 250GB/7200 RPM HDD For Laptops

Today Samsung announced that two new laptop hard drives, the Spinpoint M2 and M6, are ready to ship with specs that offer a 2.5-inch 250GB HDD with a 7200rpm rotation and SATA II 3.0Gbps along with a 500GB HDD with a 5400rpm spindle speed, 8MB cache, and 3.0Gbps SATA respectively. That makes the M2 one of the fastest laptop hard drives on the market and the M6 the highest capacity laptop hard drive on the market. The Spinpoint M6 is available for $299 and the MP2 fort $199. Full details are available in the press release after the break. More »

2:20 PM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,026 views, 25 comments

Latest by Norcross: @gilt1234: Nope, no Mac stuff at all here (other than the wife's iPod). This would go well in my Toshiba laptop more »

dealzmodo

Sprint Drops Samsung Instinct Price Again: Now $129 After Rebate

Sprint is trying to set some kind of sales record with its exclusive Samsung Instinct: The fun little don't-call-it-an-iPhone feature phone goes on sale June 20 priced at $129 after a $100 mail-in rebate. A week ago, we reported that the price had fallen from $299 to $199. Honestly, I can safely say there's no good reason NOT to buy one of these things if you plan on sticking with Sprint for two or more years. But with phone subsidies this high, one wonders how many years Sprint itself can stick around. (Press release with details on plans, accessories and features below.) More »

9:23 AM on Wed Jun 18 2008
By Wilson Rothman
16,201 views, 61 comments

Latest by n/a: @superbryant: I agree. As discussed above, Sprint was the carrier for phones with the latest and greatest features. Sanyo was a huge part of that. End of an era, I guess. more »

cellphones

Samsung's Soulb is Soul-Like in Spirit, But with B-Grade

Not so many weeks ago Blam was complimenting the Samsung Soul cellphone for its clever OLED touchpad, and already Samsung is capitalizing on the Soul name with a new phone. But the Soulb isn't a patch on the original "Spirit of Ultra" phone. Instead it's kind of a B-grade pale echo: that neat haptic touchpad is gone and the cellphone is a candybar instead of a slider, with a single keypad. More »

9:15 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,245 views, 1 comment

smartphones

Video: Samsung Omnia i900 in Action

MobiFrance got a hands on with the Samsung Omnia i900 at the launch event in Singapore, and as the video shows, there are some nice multimedia features at work with the UI. Homescreen widgets, touch friendly camera interface, clean looking icons, etc. However, the UI also looks a bit clunky with its animations and overall responsiveness. And it seems like the user had to repeatedly tap the same on-screen button/icon to make it work. But if you're brave enough to trudge through the 10+ minutes of footage, check it out for yourself. [MobiFrance via Pocket PC Thoughts via UberGizmo]

8:40 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Adrian Covert
8,319 views, 42 comments

Latest by Pony99CA: @doobiebros22 That 20 million number was not made up -- at least not by quikboy. Microsoft has been circulating that number as the number of Windows Mobile devices sold last year (or something like that). Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean more »

cellphones

Video of the Samsung Omnia i900 UI in Action

If you were thinking about picking up the new Samsung Omnia SGI-1900 with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, a little video demonstration of the touchscreen UI could go a long way in helping you arrive at a decision. All-in-all things look great, just don't be surprised if you fall asleep watching the following video. Not because the UI is boring mind you, but the music has that single mom reunited with her child Oxygen movie of the week vibe to it. More »

1:40 PM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Sean Fallon
10,737 views, 35 comments

Latest by Navin R Johnson: When it takes three attempts to close a window in the DEMO it's not a good interface. Sorry. It doesn't look like there were any attempts to make it touch friendly, it's just Windows Mobile. more »

frankenreview

6 Takes On The Samsung Instinct (aka iPhone Hunter)

Sprint is spending a lot of money in attempts to slay the iPhone and give AT&T a run for their money. And while we may all snicker over how closely their new posterboy the Samsung Instinct resembles the iPhone, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Sprint has worked closely with Samsung to put a sleek iPhonesque UI over a pocketable handset that can handle video, stream TV, and offer turn-by-turn GPS.

So what did the reviewers think?

More »

1:30 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Mark Wilson
21,765 views, 74 comments

Latest by n/a: @keyser: Everything Apple showed us is free aside from the cost of Exchange. WMDMC is not needed with the iPhone. If I remember correctly devices require WM 6.1 to be used with WMDMC. Also, all it does is extend security more »

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