Archive for February 12th, 2008

Nokia’s 6210 Navigator, 6220 classic, and Maps 2.0

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Transportation No question about it, the N78 and the N96 are the heavies in Nokia's Mobile World Congress announcements, but there are a couple gems on the lower end, too -- if you can really call a navigation-ready handset and a 5 megapixel smartphone "lower end." Taking ...

Samsung’s F480 Armani (without the Armani), Dual Touch Chic G400 flip and F400 B&O slider

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio If mobile-review is right, then Samsung is about to unleash more than a dozen new phones at Mobile World Congress. Rather than overwhelm you with the lot, we've whittled down the selection to a few of our faves. First up, the F480 (pictured left) which casts ...

Dell’s XPS M1330 now with built-in Wireless USB

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Filed under: Laptops We not sure when Dell's XPS M1330 learned the new Wireless USB trick, nevertheless, it's sporting that option as of this morning. The $150 add-on integrates a Wireless USB module into Dell's slick 13.3-inch laptop while netting you a short-range Belkin 4-port USB hub for all your peripherals. ...

Nokia CEO: No plans for Windows Mobile, S60 touch-screen launch in 2H 2008

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones After Sony Ericsson's big move into Windows Mobile territory (with help from HTC) you can be forgiven for thinking that Nokia might follow suit. Nevertheless, Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, brought down the hammer on those rumors by saying, "We don't have plans to do Windows in mobile at ...

Vista SP1 still vulnerable to activation hacks

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Filed under: Desktops, Laptops, Media PCsOops. One of Microsoft's big goals in releasing Vista SP1 is the closure of a pair of known Vista activation exploits. While the OEM BIOS hack and grace timer hacks are now indeed useless in the face of SP1, a third remains. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes over ...

Hands-on with LG’s QWERTY clamshell, the KT610

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Filed under: Cellphones We had no luck getting pics of this guy last night, but yahoo, we had a chance to play today. Putting the KT610 through its paces -- albeit in a crazy fast way -- we were completely underwhelmed by the interface speed and the screen, when open, is ...

MyNetflix (beta) Vista Media Center plugin with Watch Now streaming

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs Anthony Park just released his MyNetflix Media Center plugin. The application lets you add/remove movies from your Netflix queue, browse for movies, and view history and recommendations. The part that will tempt you into installing the beta software however is the ability to stream "Watch ...