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Posts on ‘August 29th, 2007’

HTC’s HT1100 (Nike) with TouchFLO lives… on Japan’s DoCoMo

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There it is, the HTC HT1100, aka Nike, aka the Touch II WinMo 6 Professional slider we’ve been anticipating. This FOMA handset packs HSDPA (naturally, for [...]

Another iPhone unlock method: class action suits

Amazon.com Widgets Who doesn’t love a good lawsuit? Especially when combined with recent fad of unlocking the iPhone. Well, I suppose “good” might be a bit strong of a word. Sixty-eight year old Herbert Kliegerman is a bit put out that AT&T and Apple didn’t adequately inform him that the iPhone was locked [...]

Palm’s Foleo in the wild?

Filed under: Handsets, Peripherals, Palm

We’re still of the opinion that Palm should just abandon the whole Foleo concept and work on making the Treo competitive again, but despite our pleas, the company appears to be proceeding towards launch — manufacturing delays or not. Our tipster spotted the gentlemen pictured rocking what certainly appears to [...]

Nokia N95 for North America: get it September for $699

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

Bet you didn’t see that coming, did you? The shock of a real, honest-to-goodness N95 with North American 3G bands becoming reality (sorry, T-Mobile, not you!) is still wearing off, and now the company’s spouting off about a September release for the darned thing. As we [...]

The iPhone moves one step closer to sprechen sie Deutsche

While Europeans are still eagerly awaiting the arrival of the iPhone on the continent, there’s not much concrete information to be had. All we have to go on is fairly vague information from Apple that the phone will make its way to European markets sometime in Q4. However, the initial rollout will be limited to [...]

Brix concept phone wows, expands into large screen display

Filed under: Culture, Handsets

Designer Seokwon Hong’s Brix mobile phone concept looks to be the stuff of dreams, but we’d welcome it today with arms wide open. This innovative idea sees a mobile with a screen covering all of the front real estate feature the ability to connect with other Brix, the two then become one [...]

HDTV Listings for August 29, 2007

Filed under: ABC, CBS, The CW, Discovery-HD, ESPN-HD, Fox, HBO-HD, HDNet, INHD, MyNetworkTV, NBC, Showtime-HD, Starz, TNT-HD, Universal-HD, Listings
What we’re watching: NASCAR in Primetime, and Hard Knocks with the Kansas City Chiefs are the highlights tonight. Our traditional high-def listings continue below.
Here are some other HDTV programs showing on selected networks today. All times are [...]

DirecTV’s new MPEG4 channel show up in guide (in engineering mode)

Filed under: Satellite

Ahh, the anticipation of new HD channels. DirecTV has many new channels planned in the coming months and unfortunately we’ll have to wait to enjoy them. One well respected AVSForum member got a little treat after work today when he noticed that all the new channel assignments were showing up in the guide. [...]

Vodafone Germany surprises with its own visual mailbox

Filed under: Handsets, Messaging, Software, Vodafone
While not the same as the iPhone’s visual voicemail, we’re pretty sure Vodafone Germany subscribers will be happy to check this out. When new voicemail messages arrive, they are dropped on the handset via MMS as an audio clip. Users can then listen to their voicemail on the handset by [...]

NFL and DirecTV partner on streaming games

Filed under: Satellite, Sports
You can now watch NFL football over the interwebs, free from regional restrictions! Excited? We thought so — here’s what you’ll need. First, sign up for DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket ($269/year). Second, add in the “SuperFan” program (an additional $99/year). Third, you’ll need a Windows PC (sorry Mac users). Once all that is [...]