I just saw the Blackberry Porsche P9981 in person and I must say it is really good looking. Blackberry’s are actually quite boring devices, but the Porsche design P9981 adds a level of sophistication, coolness and just outright class to the device. Unfortunately, all that good looks comes at a hefty US$2000 price. Many of us get our Blackberry from our work so its...
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The Nokia brandname has taken a big fall and its still trying to find its way back. It’s tethered its return with the still unproven Windows Mobile platform – so it’s very much a big unknown at the moment. In the 90s and early 2000s, there wasn’t really any other phone but Nokia. I can’t even remember the countless number of Nokia handsets I...
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Large screens are now the norm for mobile phones with the advent of smartphones. But how big is too big? Having gone from the now meager 3.7” iPhone to the Galaxy S II’s 4.3” screen was already a solid improvement. That 0.5” difference is actually a sizeable amount of screen real estate. When Samsung announced the Galaxy note with a whopping 5.3”, I was...
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I’ve not been a fan of Samsung phones. Although it often is a leader in technology, I have tried a number of handsets before and it has always disappointed or been wrought with issues (battery life, ugly interface, slow processing, etc.). But the Samsung Galaxy S2 looked extremely impressive. There are two main things that sold me: 1) the 4.3” AMOLED screen and 2)...
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