Dell forms communications unit
Showing it’s serious about smartphones, Dell is reorganizing the company around its newest product. Dell is forming a new communications business unit to be helmed by Ron Garriques, a former Motorola executive brought in to run Dell’s consumer business two years ago, Reuters first reported Friday. Dell officials confirmed that the consumer group will be [...]
Motorola Dext
Motorola’s handset business has been down in the dumps of late, like Luke Skywalker stuck in the Death Star trash compactor, with the walls slowly closing in ready to crush. In Star Wars, Luke had R2-D2 to save him from oblivion, and in a similar vein, Motorola has turned to an Android to save the [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Android set for 3 Nov announcement?
If news of the imminent Motorola Droid announcement wasn’t exciting enough for Android fans, it looks like Sony Ericsson is set to make a similar claim. Could it be? Though the message on the Sony Ericsson website isn’t Android specific, if there’s any upcoming SE handsets capable of “crossing the line” between the extraordinary and [...]
Nokia N97
Design When looking at the N97 front-on you could be mistaken into thinking this latest Nokia is nothing more than an iPhone clone, though this would be selling Nokia’s excellent design well short. It might be a touch thicker and heavier than Apple’s phone, but it also addresses a few of the physical elements of [...]
Samsung Giorgio Armani (M7500)
First impressions Up until Samsung’s recent announcement, fashion phones and business phones never share the same spotlight. Indeed, Samsung’s last Armani-branded handset was far from earning itself the title of smartphone, with 2G network coverage and a thin spread of technology features. Its latest, the M7500, is the phone a busy man like Giorgio Armani [...]