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Pulse: Magnetic Putty reminds us of Venom

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Magnetic Thinking Putty is Silly Putty with a twist. Aside from exhibiting standard characteristics such as being moulded and stretched, this version can be magnetised.

Pulse: Spy cam disguised as car remote

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

The Swann DVR410 RemoteCam is a digital camera shaped like a car remote control.

Review: HTC HD mini

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

This WM6.5.3 smartphone fulfils basic smartphone needs well, but ought to have been positioned as an affordable alternative in light of competition from the iPhone and Android-based devices.

Preview: Sony Ericsson Vivaz

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

HD video recording and continuously adjusting auto-focus are features that put the Vivaz into a special class of devices. The fact that it’s easy on the eyes is a bonus.

Pulse: More pictures of BlackBerry’s first slider emerge

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Yet more images of a possible slider BlackBerry have emerged.

Review: Nokia E72

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Business users looking for a competent, no-nonsense smartphone will like the E72 for its breadth of features and stylish design.

Review: Nokia E72

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Business users looking for a competent, no-nonsense smartphone will like the E72 for its breadth of features and stylish design.

Review: HTC Tattoo

Monday, November 9th, 2009

If you want an affordable Android smartphone, the Tattoo will fit the bill. Power users should look elsewhere.

Acer’s first Android phone impressively specced

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Acer’s first Android-powered smartphone is a processing powerhouse, with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor under the hood.

Acer’s first Android phone impressively specced

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Acer’s first Android-powered smartphone is a processing powerhouse, with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor under the hood.

HTC Pro 3 is huge

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Leaked photos have emerged showing the 4.2-inch HTC Touch 3 dwarfing the already enormous Touch Pro2.

Preview: Nokia 3G Booklet

Monday, August 24th, 2009

After years of calling its phones “multimedia computers”, Nokia finally launches a real one.

HTC Magic to get Sense UI

Monday, August 17th, 2009

HTC has revealed its intentions to make its Sense UI interface, used on the upcoming Hero, available to owners of its previous Android smartphone, the HTC Magic.

HTC patents stylus for capacitive screens

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

HTC patents a concept for delivering the accuracy of using a stylus on a resistive touchscreen, but on a capacitive display.

Review: LG GM730

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

The GM730’s feature set makes it feel like it belongs in 2008. Unless you really like the design, there are much better WiMo phones out there to choose from.

Expansys exposes SE Android phone

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Online retailer has outed Sony Ericsson’s rumoured Android smartphone, naming it and detailing some of the saucy specs we can expect once it’s made official.

Rumoured Sony Ericsson Android device surfaces

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Pictures have surfaced showing a full-touchscreen Sony Ericsson handset apparently running Google’s Android platform.

Status of GSM Palm Pre

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Rumours of a GSM Pre have emerged on a Vietnamese forum showing high-quality photos clearly showing the SIM card slot behind the phone’s battery cover.

Review: HP iPaq Data Messenger

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Though it comes with some business-centric security features, this iPaq falls short when compared with other Windows Mobile devices out there.

New HTC Android leaked

Monday, May 25th, 2009

The new HTC Android, called the Lancaster, comes with a slide-out keyboard and shares some similarities to the HTC Dream and Magic, according to AT&T internal documents that Engadget Mobile got its hands on.