Samsung Mobile and AT&T are going to let the new Samsung Sunburst and Samsung Strive start flying off the Shelves on March 21st.
The Sunburst is a touchscreen smartphone with a full 3 inch display. The design is futuristic and sleek set in black and a touch of chrome (or possibly silver as it appears in the above image). It will do all the cool smartphone stuff like email, web surfing, and social networking. It has a a virtual keyboard to make full use of the touchscreen capabilities and a 2.0 megapixel camera / camcorder. Two megapixels seems a little measly for a smartphone in this day and age.
The Samsung Sunburst will only set you back $39.99 if you’ll agree to a two year contract with AT&T.
The Strive is a slider with a full QWERTY keyboard. This one will not only come in the black and silver color pattern, but also purple and charcoal.
The Strive will be the first device from AT&T to offer three new mobile services the company announced today: a new group messaging service, AT&T Mobile Share and AT&T Address Book.
The Samsung Strive with a two year AT&T contract will only run $19.99.
I should mention that the discounted price comes in the form of a $50 AT&T Promotion Card. Add $50 back to the promotion price if you don’t want the contract. Learn a little more in the press release after the break. [click to continue…]
The Otterbox Commuter TL is a case for the iPhone 3G or 3Gs. The Commuter TL comes in a variety of colors, including the black and pink versions shown in this review. [click to continue…]
Based on recent FCC filings and other tidbits, it looks like the Google Nexus One may soon be available for use on AT&T and Sprint’s 3G networks. As it stands now, the Nexus One is only compatible with T-Mobile 3G in the US, and is relegated to the Edge network for AT&T customers and is completely incompatible with Sprint’s service. [click to continue…]
The Nexus One is one of the hottest items at CES 2010. The Nexus One booth was packed in tight and required swift moves and jockeying for position just to get my hands on one for a few minutes.
After throwing a couple of elbows, I spent several minutes playing with Google’s new toy. The first takeaway for me was how fast the phone was. Moving from app to app was a speedy and smooth transition. From what little you can learn about a phone in 10 minutes or so of use, I’m pretty impressed.
The video capture and still camera capability is pretty cool. While it doesn’t really rival what you can do with a real camera, it does its job well and, based on my first impressions, I like the interface better than my iPhone 3G.
After the jump, you’ll find a quick video that I shot with one of the display samples, followed by a photo from the same. I emailed these to myself from the show floor. The email process was noticeably quicker than what I get out of my iPhone. [click to continue…]
Have you ever wished you could use your iPhone for your TV remote? Well, now L5 Technology has an App for that, the L5 Remote. For about 50 bucks they will sell you a small device that plugs into the docking port of the iPhone or iPod Touch. Download the free App and Eureka! You now can not only web surf, but channel surf too, all from the same device…your beloved iPhone. Read the press release to find out how it works. [click to continue…]
Remember the days before text messages when wrong numbers were quickly recognized (because of the voice on the other end of the line) and one party responds, “Sorry, wrong number”? That’s generally the end of it without much more fanfare.
Nowadays, we have text messages that afford more lasting evidence of the slip up. When I get these, I’ll usually just dismiss them, and on occasion I’ll have a little fun with the sender.
Today was one of those days where I was just going to dismiss the message, but thought I’d better send a reply to maintain an evidentiary chain in the event my wife picked up my phone and saw the message: “Thinking about you. Love you.” [click to continue…]
Yep, another iPhone app. This one allows for gift card storage. I am not able to use the iPhone becase of AT&T’s less than stellar coverage, but if I had one this is an app that I could make use of, since I tend forget my gift cards when I go shopping. So, if you do have the iPhone check this app out. Oh yeah, it’s free. [click to continue…]
After its losing efforts at a preliminary injunction, AT&T has decided to drop the lawsuit against Verizon. Who knows? Maybe AT&T saw the writing on the wall, or simply realized that the truth really does hurt a little.
Regardless, both companies are pressing forward with commercials attacking the other’s services. While AT&T has brought in Luke Wilson to help clean up its 3G image by claiming that AT&T is really a better service, Verizon is still using AT&T’s 3G coverage map as the star of the show.
It just seems like AT&T can’t catch a break though. Consumer Reports just released its findings on customer satisfaction for cell phone services. The survey covers 26 U.S. cities and in 19 of those, AT&T was dead last – with Verizon taking the top spot in the same locales.
Today, Pointy Heads Software introduces theire live mobile-to-mobile video sharing app for the iPhone. Knocking apps purportedly eliminate the ‘upload, send, download’ process, establishing live, device-to-device connectivity regardless of proximity or other barriers. Pointy Head Software claims Knocking Live Video creates an instant, device-to-device connection allowing one iPhone user to broadcast live streaming video to another iPhone handset.
Not only can you talk to your fellow iphone user you can look at them while you do it through the Knocking app. , so now go and Knock someone. You can get it throught the Apple App Store for free if you are one of the first 50,000 suscribers.
According to the Pointy Heads website, apps are currently being developed for Blackberry and Android. Also in the works is cross platform technology so everyone can play together and share live video. Read on for the press release. [click to continue…]
Word is that jailbroken iphones are being infected with a worm that aims to steal bank account information. This worm changes the SSH (Secured Shell) password, connects to the creator via Wi-Fi and shares banking details from the device.
The new worm is said to strike only the jailbroken iPhone OS devices, leaving the rest safe. Worm configures itself to boot on the device startup and then connects it to a server via HTTP to upload the stolen data. The worm is said to change the device’s default password and also assigns a unique ID for further investigation by the attacker. Mostly, users on large range of ISPs from Netherlands, Australia and other countries where T-Mobile serves are said to have been infected.
The Strive is a slider with a full QWERTY keyboard. This one will not only come in the black and silver color pattern, but also purple and charcoal.
Have you ever wished you could use your iPhone for your TV remote? Well, now L5 Technology has an App for that, the L5 Remote. For about 50 bucks they will sell you a small device that plugs into the docking port of the iPhone or iPod Touch. Download the free App and Eureka! You now can not only web surf, but channel surf too, all from the same device…your beloved iPhone. Read the press release to find out how it works. 
