Amazon announced the the new T-Mobile G1 phone will come with the Amazon MP3 store pre-loaded as an application much like the iTunes Store on the iPhone. Amazon claims that they have 6 million DRM-free MP3 songs from all four major music labels and other independent artists. The Amazon MP3 store will require a WiFi [...]

HTC is trying to go head-to-head with the iPhone with their HTC Touch 3G, and honestly, they look to be putting forth a good effort. HTC even uses a tagline very similar to Apple’s iPhone: “This isn’t the web compromised for mobile… it’s the web as you always wanted it be on a mobile.” 2.8-inch touch [...]

We all love to see new gadgets unboxed. We just wished that it was our new gadget.

Just a thought… …if you are having a difficult time keeping your teen off the cell phone during bedtime hours, and services like AT&T’s Smart Limits don’t work for you, then you might try mounting a 12-meter radius cell phone jammer above the ceiling in your teen’s room and plug it into a lamp timer. Now [...]

I used to think the OpenMoko phone looked like a cool open-source phone, but after watching this video by Dave Fayram with the Neo FreeRunner, I’m no longer convinced. Check it out. Very slow interface, unresponsive touchscreen, unusable keyboard…

Did you hear about the mess that involves Loopt.com users spamming their contact list at the expense of their recipients and without prior consent from their recipients? You need not have ever tried or even heard of Loopt in order to become a victim of their spam. Loopt enable users to broadcast their exact location to [...]

Nokia announced that they will buy the rest of Symbian for €264 million ($410 million), and they will also make the Symbian code open source. Nokia expects the acquisition to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2008. [via InfoWorld]

Gizmodo has an article comparing the cost of the original iPhone over two years to the cost of the iPhone 3G over two years. Also compared are the AT&T HTC Tilt 3G, the Sprint HTC Mogul 3G, and the Verizon XV6800 3G. The conclusion is that yes, the new iPhone 3G, although priced at $199 [...]

ChinaKing has built the world’s first cellphone with a built-in projector capable of projecting a 30-inch 640×480 picture for up to 2 hours. I think I would rather have my proctor separate from my phone. Not to mention that I would rather have a real iPhone than a chunk of electronics with an iPhone-like interface. [via [...]

My wife and I added AT&T’s Smart Limits for Wireless to our daughter’s phone last night. After reading about it, and watching the demo, I thought it sounded like a useful feature for my daughter’s phone. Her mom and I were mostly interested in the “Time of day” restrictions for school time and bedtime. We [...]