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The Nokia N73 has been a bit of a roller coaster for me. When it was originally announced and I wrote the story for MobileBurn, I didn’t like it. It just looked funny to me, and I wasn’t really interested. Here we are though, five months later, the N73 has been released and I have [...]

An issue was raised with me the other day about mobile phones for users with special needs, such as people with vision problems, hearing problems, and other such challenges. James Kendrick touches on the subject a little, but the solutions that he found are a little, well, poor. What I want to see is better [...]

One of the hardest parts of my job is remembering model numbers of handsets. For a long time, confusing numbering has been the norm, but finally some of the marketing folk that work with handset manufacturers are waking up to the fact that model names, rather than numbers, are the way to go. Samsung are [...]

The Be a Good Dad blog has made a very thoughtful response to my Cellphones and Children post, and in fact disagrees with me on one of the points I made. Be a Good Dad contends that SMS text messaging won’t ruin a child’s spelling and grammar skills, and will in actuality help them know [...]

I know I am known for a little Motorola bashing in my time, but what do you expect when you are presented with a company whose business plan is to continually rehash an old handset? After the announcements of the MOTOKRZR K1 and MOTORIZR Z3, I really thought that Motorola was going to give me [...]

James Kendrick points me to an interesting article on CNET UK about the average age of children when they get a mobile phone. The article states that a recent study shows that the average age of a child is expected to drop to five years old this year – while five years old does surprise [...]

To begin, I’m not one to bad mouth convergence. While I have no real use for a music phone, I certainly don’t have a problem with manufacturers combining an audio player and a phone – it does seem like a good match. What I do have a problem with, is the fact that many are [...]

I was interviewed today by a PR firm that handles Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo, one of the largest and most technologically advanced network operators in the world, and one of the questions asked raised a very interesting point to me. NTT DoCoMo is rolling out two smartphones, a Blackberry and the HTC Z, and I [...]

To answer the people that have been pumping me for info on the new Sidekick 3 – I’m sorry, but I can’t tell you any specifics. Two things I will tell you though, is you will know all before the end of the month, and MobileBurn will be the first with a review of the [...]

The new LG KG800 ‘Chocolate’ phone showed up today, and while I haven’t had a chance to play with it yet, I thought I would take some pictures of the incredible unboxing experience LG has provided. The black box with the pattern is made of very hard cardboard, and fastens shut with magnets. It is [...]