Does Peek’s future lay in low-powered feature phones, emerging markets?
The overriding philosophy at Peek is "keep it simple," and we have to agree that as these things go, this is a pretty sound principle (even if we don't necessarily have much use for dedicated Twitter hardware ). If the big payoff for the company isn't in the gadget-addicted states, it's been a good start: the company has sold some 50,000 units in two years while developing the back-end technology that CEO Amol Sarva believes can supply cheap, low-powered feature phones and other devices for emerging markets -- devices that could retail for as little as $50. "This is a huge opportunity for us," Sarva told GigaOm .
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: amol, ceo, dedicated, emergingmarkets, gadget, result, sound, suddenly-being
Smartphone buyer’s guide: the best phones for AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and more!
It's true, picking a smartphone is incredibly difficult these days. Gone is the time when your options were limited and your choices simply between the lesser-of-evils
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: carrier-lineups, cell-phone, don, droidincredible, gadget, process, stress, verizon, vzw, webos, windowsphone7
Dell offering free Venue Pros to employees in exchange for their BlackBerrys
You'd think working for a big tech company would have its gadget-related perks and in Dell's case that's very much true. The big PC vendor has demonstrated its commitment to building up its own smartphone services by offering to trade employees' old and busted BlackBerry devices for the shiny new hotness that is the Venue Pro .
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: blackberrys, dell, gadget, its-commitment, limelight, result, servers, street, street-journal, trade-in, tradein, venuepro, windows-phone
iPhone 4, EVO 4G Powermats arrive at Best Buy
Well, ain't this exciting! If you own an iPhone 4 or EVO 4G, it looks like the tyranny of the charging cable is soon to be a distant memory. That's right: one of our moles at Best Buy has photographic evidence of new wireless charging systems, cases, and Powermats for both of the aforementioned handsets. Didn't know we had moles, did you
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: bestbuy, buy, engadget, entry, evidence, evo4g, gadget, handsets, iphone4, photographic, powermat, result, the-charging
Qi charger prototype from Sanyo and NTT DoCoMo seeks out, ruthlessly charges stuff
Wireless charging gear compatible with the Qi standard should be hitting shelves any minute now, but NTT DoCoMo's charging base at CEATEC has a completely unnecessary (and completely awesome) trick up its sleeve to set itself apart from the crowd. The prototype -- developed in concert with Sanyo and bearing the Eneloop brand -- gives you some visual indication that a compatible gadget has been detected by displaying a ring of blue LEDs that converges around the device to be charged once you set it down. It's a neat effect...
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, effect, from-the-crowd, gadget, inductivecharging, japan, neat, ntt, prototype, shelves, these-products
Coolpad to debut N930 Android phone in China, lures your yuans with titanium and ceramic parts
You know, the Chinese gadget market isn't just about tacky shanzhai or KIRF products -- look closer and ye shall find the odd pearl on the seabed.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: Buttons, ceramic-buttons, coolpad, cpu, gadget, green, launch, n930, result, titanium
BlackBerry Torch 9800 gets the Colorware treatment, sees value increase infinitely
So look -- RIM's BlackBerry Torch 9800 isn't exactly the barnburner-of-a-smartphone that we were hoping it'd be, but at least it looks snazzy, right? Right ?
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: barnburner, BlackBerry, colors, endless, entry, gadget, handset, torch
Mili PowerSpring 4 doubles the battery life of your iPhone 4
There's a big difference between the iPhone 4 and Galaxy S. No, not iOS vs
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: battery-life, entire-industry, gadget, iphone 4, mili, mili powerspring 4, Pack, powerspring4
Lumigon T1 gets Froyo and a major facelift, makes glamorous appearance on Facebook
Looks like there are at least two things that the Danes can get right: butter cookies, and hyping it up for a delayed Android handset.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: Appearance, Change, cookies, danish, facebook, gadget, lumigont1, mobilephone, picture, radical, smartphone
Colorware douses iPhone 4 in double rainbow, might just solve your reception issues
Given just how much that white iPhone 4 bumper is about to cost you on eBay, it seems as if a Colorware'd alternative has never been a better bargain. The master of gadget coloration is back once more, this time promising to dress Apple's latest problem child up with just about any combination of hues that you choose.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple-iphone, appleiphone4, bargain, card, consumers, Earbuds, ebay, gadget, iphone4, minimum, smartphone, vacationer