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Refurbished smartphones could be good bargain
 If you can get a refurbished iPhone for $99, are good deals in the offing for other popular smartphones, like the BlackBerry Storm and the Google G1? They may be if enough consumers, faced with a change of heart, decide to return them within 30 days.
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Best Buy offers used iPhones at lower price
Retailer Best Buy Co, seeking new ways to appeal to cost-conscious shoppers, said on Tuesday it is selling refurbished versions of Apple Inc's iPhone 3G at its stores that are priced about $50 less than new iPhones.
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FCC head drops filtering from broadband plan
Before he steps down as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin still hopes to win approval for his plan to auction off a slice of the airwaves for a free nationwide wireless broadband network.
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What flavor is your smartphone OS?
 When you buy a new computer, you may first think about its operating system — is it PC, Mac, Linux? Smartphones have those same operating systems as well as others, but the OS isn't likely to be the No. 1 issue for many consumers even though it's playing an increasingly important role.
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Android apps you won't find on the iPhone
 Two months after the first Android phone was released, there are more than 400 free programs from which to choose and the promise of more handsets coming that use the open-source operating system.
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Uproar in Australia over plan to block Web sites
A proposed Internet filter dubbed the "Great Aussie Firewall" is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries.
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Wal-Mart to start selling iPhones on Sunday
 Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday it will start selling Apple Inc's iPhone on Sunday, but the popular cell phones that can surf the Web will not be priced as low as some anticipated.
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LG Venus - VX8800
After a number of several impressive handsets offered by LG in the past couple of years, they are at it once more with the LG Venus VX8800, or known simply as the LG Venus. And Venus could not have been a more fitting name as this little device screams beauty and grace when viewed at [...]
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Samsung SGH-T809
Samsung SGH-T809 Samsung follows in Motorola's footsteps with the SGH-T809, and does a very good job of it, much to the chagrin of consumers looking for other slim handsets without having to buy Motorola's flagship phone, the RAZR, since it seems everybody already have. Unlike the RAZR though, the T809 is a slider phone and [...]
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Motorola RIZR Z3
The Motorola RIZR Z3 is being tagged by most people as the slide version of the very popular Motorola RAZR phones. And rightly so as the RIZR Z3 does resemble the build and character of the RAZR and even share a lot with regards to its looks and function. It must be noted that the [...]
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LG CU920
The LG CU920 is under AT&T. It is built similar to the Prada phone, with its 3 inch wide screen that is touch sensitive. It is said that its US counterpart will be updated with actual 3G support. Indeed, the mobile industry is the fastest growing market today. Various cell phones are being manufactured. It [...]
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Samsung SCH-U940
The Samsung SCH-U940 is amongst many of the newly developed mobiles in the 20th century. It has so many features, both internal and external, that will serve as a convenience for the millions of people who use cell phones as a part of their day-to-day lives. Talking to family, friends and business associates is just [...]
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Sony Ericsson W830
Sony Ericsson released during the last quarter of 2006 the EDGE capable brother to the W850; the W830 and the W830i. Both phones share the same functions and capabilities. The only difference is that the W850 is targeted towards the Chinese market and therefore comes with a Chinese keypad. The W830i is designed for the [...]
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LG Voyager
The mobile phone division of LG scores a big one with the LG Voyager. Tagged by many as the Apple iPhone killer because of its many advantages over the iPhone, expectations are already high, with iPhone aficionados' eyebrows raised even higher. But taking into consideration the functions of the Voyager versus the iPhone, it very [...]
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Motorola V551 - 2
We have yet another offering from Motorola: the Motorola V551. It is a clamshell type phone borrowing its looks from its older siblings like the Motorola V400. And lately it seems that Motorola has been rehashing the same designs over and over again that it gets hard keeping up with their handsets.
In fact there is [...]
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Samsung SPH-M800
The Samsung SPH-M800 is a new type of mobile which is being prepared only for Sprint. It is indicated that it is, in fact, a North American version of the previously released European F490. This is because it has an array of features similar to the F490. This would go with its 2 megapixel camera, [...]
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Nokia 6630
The Nokia 6630, released last 2004 is, along with the Motorola A1000, a Symbian based 3G capable phone. The Symbian operating system is a great solution for those in search of quick menu navigation, messaging and all around general operations in a handset.
The 6630 is of course Nokia's step towards taking on the future of [...]
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LG VX8610
The LG VX8610 is being categorized as the new replacement for the LG VX8550 Chocolate. It is a newly released mobile that has a slider style; which is similar to most of the new cell phones in the market. It just so happens that the touch-sensitive buttons were replaced with four buttons that are standard-type; [...]
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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 has a combination of all the high technology features, which newer versions of the mobile phones are known for these days. This mobile actually focuses on mobile web and multimedia communication. Aside from this, browsing is even more exciting with the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. Imagine being able to shift [...]
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Motorola V547
The Motorola V547 is another clamshell offering from the makers of the RAZR series. Unlike the thin handsets like the aforementioned RAZR and the ROKR, this little mobile is a bit bulky and hefty. That being said though, this phone is quite cheap and may turn on a lot of consumers looking for a call [...]
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Samsung F480
The Samsung F480 is a similar version of the Samsung Armani phone. Basically, if you take off the Armani case of the latter, you have the SGH-480 in your hands. The SGH-F480 is an extraordinary fashion phone included in the "Style Line" of Samsung. What made it more exciting is the TouchWiz UI technology that [...]
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