Today HTC has announced the Snap Windows Mobile 6.1 GSM smartphone. This is a successor to the HTC Dash and includes an interesting new feature called Inner Circle. With Inner Circle, emails that are most important to you (from a pre-selected group of people), can be accessed with a click of a button, so that you don’t need to wade through a lot of useless gunk to get to the stuff that you really want to read.  … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Spotlight Gadgets

Tagged: HTC, Smartphone, Windows Mobile

HTC announces the Snap QWERTY smartphone originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on April 1, 2009 at 9:00 am.

It’s been a week since I started using the Nokia N85 and in that time, I’ve found a lot to like and some things that left me wanting more. This last part of my series on the Nokia N85 will focus on:

• Built in applications
• Week wrap up

… [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Symbian OS Related, Wireless

Tagged: N85, Nokia, S60, Smartphone, Symbian

A Week with the Nokia N85 Smartphone – Day 6 & 7 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 12, 2009 at 4:52 am.

You know how it is when you get a brand new phone, you have to adjust to the location of its buttons, navigation of menus, etc. That’s what I’ve been doing the last couple of days with the Nokia N85. This part will focus on:

• First impressions of the user interface
• Making and receiving calls
• Browsing the web

… [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Wireless

Tagged: Nokia, S60, Smartphone, Symbian

A Week with the Nokia N85 Smartphone – Day 1 & 2 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on March 2, 2009 at 1:00 am.

The Android G1 was a cool phone, but you and I both knew that I wouldn’t stick with it very long. What can I say, I get bored easily. So, this week I’m going to be trying out the Nokia N85 smartphone. It’s been awhile since I’ve had a newer Symbian phone, so I’m excited to see if it will keep me interested enough to stick around after the week is done.  … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Wireless

Tagged: N85, Nokia, Smartphone, Symbian

A Week with the Nokia N85 Smartphone originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 23, 2009 at 1:00 am.

I’ve spent a whole week with the Android G1 smartphone and during the last seven days I have found many things to like about this phone, as well as several things that I don’t. I’ll go into those likes and dislikes as well as some info on the following features:

• Music, Video, Camera
• GPS / Maps
• Android Marketplace

… [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Wireless

Tagged: Android, G1, Smartphone

A Week with the Android G1 Smartphone – Day 5, 6 & 7 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on February 5, 2009 at 9:56 pm.

I’ve been using the Android G1 smartphone as my main device for several days now and during that time my main complaint has been the poor battery life. But the last two days have brought up another issue that could be a deal breaker for me. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Wireless

Tagged: Android, G1, Smartphone

A Week with the Android G1 Smartphone – Day 3 & 4 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 29, 2009 at 5:23 pm.

I covered the Android G1’s hardware features in the first part of this series (link at the very end of this post). Now I want to tell you all about my first couple of days using the G1, including the following:

• Moving my calendar and contact info from my Mac to the fluffy Google cloud
• First impressions of the user interface
• Using the keyboard

… [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Wireless

Tagged: Android, G1, Smartphone

A Week with the Android G1 Smartphone – Day 1 & 2 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 26, 2009 at 4:55 pm.

Seven days ago I started using the BlackBerry Storm as my primary phone. I forwarded all my calls from my AT&T account so that I would actually be forced to use this phone full time, with no cheating. Today was my last day to work on this series of articles and I spent it trying VZ Navigator, the e-mail client and the Opera mini browser. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Wireless

Tagged: Blackberry, RIM, Smartphone

A Week with the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone Day 7 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 14, 2009 at 9:49 pm.

Three down and four to go… I’m actually kinda bummed that I said that I would spend 7 whole days with this phone. The more I use the BlackBerry Storm, the more I am becoming annoyed by it. But it’s only been three days, so I’m not going to give up yet. I promise.

Today I focused primarily on trying the instant messaging clients again (Yahoo!, AIM, etc.), the camera and music player. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Wireless

Tagged: Blackberry, RIM, Smartphone

A Week with the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone Day 3 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 9, 2009 at 9:42 pm.

I’ve decided to approach my review of the BlackBerry Storm (9530) Smartphone from Verizon differently than I normally would. Instead of using the phone for several days and posting a complete review all at once, I’m going to journal my experiences with this phone over the next seven days. Be sure to come back each day to see how this phone is working for me and what my final thoughts are at the end of the week. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Blackberry related

Tagged: Blackberry, Smartphone

A Week with the BlackBerry Storm Smartphone originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 6, 2009 at 9:38 pm.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m really big into recycling. I hate throwing things away and will try to repurpose or give items to someone else before I send them to the landfill. That’s why I was happy to learn that Better Energy Systems Ltd. (the same company that brings us Solio solar chargers) are creating cases from the discarded tires of South American Trucks. Tread cases use these tires that would otherwise be burnt or thrown in landfills. … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Gear, iPhone related

Tagged: Case, recycle, Smartphone

Tread Sportster Universal Smartphone Case Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on December 28, 2008 at 3:47 pm.

It’s been close to two years since I had a new HP iPAQ smartphone in my hands. The last one was the hw6945. Their latest device is the iPAQ 910. This QUAD band GSM phone has a nice collection of features including a QWERTY thumb keyboard, a camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, etc. But will this loaner unit be one that I will want to buy for myself? Let’s find out…

… [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Windows Mobile related, Wireless

Tagged: Cellular, Phone, Smartphone, Windows Mobile, Wireless

HP iPAQ 910 Business Messenger Review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on September 21, 2008 at 5:00 pm.

I am simply amazed at how cell phones have evolved from the “portable” bag phone to today’s vast selection of featured laden mobile phones. Built in cameras, music players, text messaging and voice dialing are just some of the options available in mix and match feature laden phones. Add to the mix WiFi and Bluetooth, push email, robust calendar and contact management with Internet access plus a large catalog of third party software makes today’s smartphone a compelling reason to leave the laptop at home.

… [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Windows Mobile related

Tagged: Cellular, Phone, Smartphone, Windows Mobile, Wireless

Samsung SGH-i320 Windows Mobile Smartphone originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 2, 2007 at 3:56 pm.

The smartphone designers at HTC recently
introduced their fourth-generation product, code-named “Tornado” and
running the latest Windows Mobile operating system. Like previous
generations, the Tornado is (or at least will be) available under many
different brand names including those of major wireless carriers;
i-mate is among the first to offer it for consumer purchase.

i-mate
markets two versions of the Tornado design which are based on the … [visit site to read more]

Filed in categories: Windows Mobile related

Tagged: Cellular, Mobile Phone, Phone, Smartphone, Windows Mobile, Wireless

i-mate SP5m originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on January 25, 2006 at 5:05 am.