Mobile Device Reviews...

 

01 JUL 2005

 Samsung e317 Mobile Phone

With the wide variety of cell phones available on the market today, choosing a cell phone can be more time consuming than ever.  In fact, it's almost like picking out clothes.  You want to choose something that was designed well and basically fits and suits your needs.  It is interesting to take a look at how different companies design their cell phones and the tradeoffs that go along with it.  For instance, a cell phone's average display may be made up for with an abundant set of features, or vice-versa. 

 

The Samsung e317 is a compact, stylish phone.  As a budget phone, this phone provides all the basic features, and more, that most people want in a cell phone.  As expected with many flip phones, this phone offers a mediocre battery life, however, many people will still choose this phone because of its compact package with an intuitive interface.

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06 JUN 2005

 LG F9100 Mobile Phone

 

If you are an American Idol fan, you might have seen this phone being advertised by Cingular in a show or two.  Cingular couldn't have chosen a better audience.  If you aren't familiar with American Idol, the fans vote on their favorite singers by text messaging their responses with their phone.  If you are the person who does a lot of text messaging, then this phone is for you.  LG's unique phone makes it easier to send larger quantities of text with its built in keyboard.

 

Although this phone is designed for text messaging, it doesn't mean that this phone is perfectly flawless in that area.  Unfortunately, you won't be able to use the keyboard with all the applications.  The other features of the phone aren't particularly outstanding either, but they still do hold their ground. More...

 

05 JUN 2005

 Fujitsu P7010 Notebook

 

One of the main reasons that people purchase a notebook over a desktop is because of its portability.  When we took a look at the Fujitsu S7010, we noticed its very slim and portable design.  Fujitsu has taken the term 'portability' and has taken it to another level with the Fujitsu P7010.  Unlike your typical ultra portable notebook, this notebook is extremely small.  In fact, I'd say it's about the size of a textbook.

With an ultra portable notebook, usually sacrifices have to be made in certain features or performance in order to maintain its small footprint.  The P7010 makes little sacrifices in either of these categories.  It contains nearly all the features that a user could want while still maintaining a high level of performance all packed into an inspiring Fujitsu stylish design. More...

03 APR 2005

LG L1400 Mobile Phone

 

With the wide variety of cell phones available on the market today, choosing a cell phone can be more time consuming than ever.  In fact, it's almost like picking out clothes.  You want to choose something that was designed well and basically fits and suits your needs.  It is interesting to take a look at how different companies design their cell phones and the tradeoffs that go along with it.  For instance, a cell phone's average display may be made up for with an abundant set of features, or vice-versa.

The LG L1400 is a compact, stylish phone that shows LG as a strong player in the cell phone market.  As a budget phone, this phone provides all the refined features that a person could want in a cell phone.  Despite the mediocre battery performance, many users will appreciate the bright OLED screen that this phone has to offer; LCD screens on phones may never look the same again once you've seen this. More...

 

27 APR 2005

 Fujitsu Lifebook S7010 Notebook

 

Fujitsu's Lifebook series is known for being unique in its shape and size.  Although they currently are not as prevalent in retail stores compared with other brands such as Dell or Toshiba, Fujitsu notebooks are still a viable option for it's uniqueness.  You may have seen those incredibly small Lifebook notebooks which are about the size of a small textbook.  The Fujitsu S7010 has actually been out for quite a while, but still offers an attractive package.  The laptop carries the Centrino label and does offer a set of features which are competitive against current existing notebooks in the market today. Click Here For More...

15 FEB 2005

 

MX Laptop by Portable One

 

When referring to laptops, most people think of common brands such as Dell, Gateway, or Toshiba.  Have you heard of the company Portable One?  Probably not.  Most people have probably not heard of the company Portable One when talking about laptops because you generally don't see other consumers have them.  This is related to the idea of why you don't see that many consumers have IBM laptops as well.  That's because the customers who buy these laptops are generally corporate or even military users.  In general, these laptops are much more expensive than your typical consumer laptop.

Today, I will be reviewing the Portable One MX.  When I first went to Portable One's website to look at pictures and specifications of the product, I immediately knew that this was no ordinary laptop.  Its sleek design while having high end performance features definitely make this a unique laptop on its own.  Click Here For More...

 

28 OCT 2004

Dialogue ultra-portable Flybook – Part II

 

I’ve spent about 3 months with arguably the best-connected ultra-portable notebook in the world, most of that time on the road and all of the time the Flybook being the only computer I worked with.

How did that go?

Have my enthusiastic first impressions (see our July 21 review) mellowed or did I discover the Flybook is for keeps?

Follow me as I put my traveling companion to work.

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21 JULY 2004

Dialogue ultra-portable Flybook (Part I)

 

In business it pays to be well-connected.

For road warriors it becomes even more important to be able to have access to the Internet and other devices via all available means.

And you want it in the smallest possible package.

Let me introduce you to a close to ideal travelling companion, the Flybook from Dialogue.

If you’ve been attracted to the likes of FlipStart, the OQO or any other ultra-portable notebook, you owe it to yourself to have a good look at the tablet-style Flybook.

You expect it to have WiFi and Bluetooth, but add a SIM card slot for GPRS (there’s even a CDMA model), a CF / PC card slot, 2 FireWire ports and suddenly you have an ultra-capable machine.

Did you say you want it in Ferrari-red?

Come and click here for Part I of this extensive review.

 

06 FEB 2004

AnexTEK Pocket PC Phone SP230

 

A first look at the surprisingly handsome AnexTEK SP230 reveals a top-notch design that makes few compromises to either phone or PDA functions.

If you are looking for an all-in-one device this unit might serve you well.  It features a Tri-band phone with video transmission, GPRS as well as fairly standard PPC specs but with a generous 64 MB of user-accessible RAM.

AnexTEK is a newcomer in the hotly contested arena of our mobile companions but they’ve got a good many things right.

 

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