Flipswap Wants You to Ditch Your iPhone
November 11, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Deals
For some reason I keep on forgetting to post the following message, which of course came straight from Flipswap’s marketing peeps:
Flipswap will give anyone as much as $350 for their iPhone plus a guaranteed $25 bonus with Droid proof of purchase. By taking advantage of this third party promotion, your readers will not only be the first of their friends with the latest gadget – but they’ll still have enough left over to buy out their current smart phone contract or pick up a Droid Multimedia Station.
The specifics are simple: Trade in your iPhone by November 30th and use promo …read more
The Sony Ericsson Rachael UI Video, Details
July 9, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones, Rumors
Just to be clear, Sony Ericsson’s upcoming kitchen-sink phone is codenamed “Rachael”, not “Rachel”. So far all info on this phone found online is still unofficial, remaining rumors until made official by Sony Ericsson. That includes the UI demo video below:
What do you think of the rumored interface? It looks too flashy for its own good, taking too much time to animate elements unnecessarily. No doubt the eye candy is sweet, but as our source says, it will probably grow old quickly. Maybe there will be an option to disable the more complicated UI animations? In any case, word on …read more
Motorola Pinning Hopes on Google Android OS
November 4, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
Motorola’s newer models have really not caught any significant attention, which is probably why agents of the company decided to spam this blog. Looks like the manufacturer’s higher-ups have started to pin hopes on the Android OS, seeking to ride on a potentially “strong developer community and application ecosystem”.
That’s just part of a three-fold plan:
Android will be the major platform for Motorola phones. Goodbye Symbian!
The P2K platform will power low-end models.
Production of Windows Mobile devices may be outsourced.
Nokia should watch what happens closely. If Motorola’s Android gambit proves successful, it may push other developers relying on Symbian (LG for one) …read more
Is Android Ready for the Real World?
August 19, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
While Wired Magazine perpetuates the myth of the iPhone’s overwhelming superiority, it still has a good point; Google’s Android OS may be too raw for customers to play around with—or even pay for in the first place. That’s the worry surrounding the FCC’s recent approval of the first Android-powered mobile (manufactured by HTC).
Thanks to its status as a Google product, Android is a mobile OS that enjoyed a lot of attention when it was first announced November last year. Especially since Google touted it as an open-source alternative to the closed systems dominating mobile phones, and promised to make the …read more






