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A Look Back at the Last 5 Years in Mobile

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Five years ago, the mobile landscape was in many ways, a world apart from where we are now. The Motorola Razr was on

HTC Shift X9500 UMPC – 800MHz, 1GB, 40GB, 7″ LCD, QuadBand GSM, 3G UMTS/HSDPA EDGE, Bluetooth, Camera, WiFi, Windows Vista Business, Keyboard

HTC Shift X9500 UMPC – 800MHz, 1GB, 40GB, 7″ LCD, QuadBand GSM, 3G UMTS/HSDPA EDGE, Bluetooth, Camera, WiFi, Windows Vista Business, Keyboard

Always-on access to critical information with HTC SnapVUETM
Receive instant e-mails with Microsoft® Direct Push technology up to 2 days on battery standby
Powerful enough to give you the full Windows Vista® experience
Worldwide UMTS with HSDPA
Bluetooth®

Nokia E63-2 Unlocked Phone with 2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, Media Player, and MicroSD Slot–U.S. Version with Warranty (Ultramarine Blue)

Nokia E63-2 Unlocked Phone with 2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, Media Player, and MicroSD Slot–U.S. Version with Warranty (Ultramarine Blue)

This unlocked cell phone is compatible with GSM carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile. Not all carrier features may be supported. It will not work with CDMA carriers like Verizon Wireless, Alltel and Sprint.
U.S. version unlocked quad-band

Palm Treo 680 Unlocked GSM Smartphone

Palm Treo 680 Unlocked GSM Smartphone

Email, messaging, and web access.

Palm Treo 680 Unlocked GSM Smartphone Say hello to the Palm Treo 680 smartphone. It’s your phone along with email, messaging, and web access. Not to mention your contacts, calendar, photos, and songs. Sounds like a lot. And it is. But everything’s so easy to

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Phone, Black (AT&T)

BlackBerry Curve 8900 Phone, Black (AT&T)

Access all your email and messaging with the sleekest, lightest, thinnest full-QWERTY keyboard BlackBerry yet featuring a high-resolution 480 x 360-pixel LCD screen
EDGE data connectivity; compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS turn-by-turn directions, AT&T Mobile Music
3.2-megapixel digital camera with flash and video capture; Bluetooth for handsfree communication and stereo music streaming;

Did Microsoft kill Xbox Live+Windows Live cross-platform play because console gamers were too bad?

Flickr’d. Whoa.
Oh, what could have been. Rahul Sood, of Voodoo PC fame (now at HP), says he’s heard from people in the know that Microsoft was working on a project that would have integrated Xbox Live with a sort of Windows Live. The end goal was to have been console gamers and PC gamers playing

Apple iPad Case (CASE-ZML MC361ZM/A)

Apple iPad Case (CASE-ZML MC361ZM/A)

Soft microfiber interior
Reinforced panels for structure
Lightweight enough to carry anywhere
Folds horizontally or vertically to hold iPad at an angle for viewing video or typing on the onscreen keyboard
Holes for headphone jack, dock connector port, and on/off and volume buttons

Apple iPad Case (CASE-ZML MC361ZM/A)

Rating: (out of 51 reviews)

List Price: $ 39.00
Price:

Palm Pre Plus Phone (Verizon Wireless)

Palm Pre Plus Phone (Verizon Wireless)

3G-enabled smartphone with intuitive Palm webOS platform, touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard; easy integration with Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and more
GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; can be used as a 3G Mobile Hotspot for up to five Wi-Fi connected devices
16 GB internal memory; 3-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music streaming; Wi-Fi-enabled
Up to 5.5

Samsung B3310 Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera – International Version with No Warranty (Titan Gray) Reviews

Samsung B3310 Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera – International Version with No Warranty (Titan Gray)

Card Slot
quad band
2mp camera
mp3
mp4 player

The Samsung B3310 is a must-have mobile phone to keep you in constant contact with friends in both your real and virtual worlds. Featuring a QWERTY keypad for smooth, quick texting and unique Pop-Up SNS

T-Mobile myTouch Slide Android Phone, Black (T-Mobile) Reviews

T-Mobile myTouch Slide Android Phone, Black (T-Mobile)

Google Android 2.1-powered smartphone in black with vibrant 3.4-inch touchscreen and slide-out full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing on the go
Compatible with T-Mobile’s 3G network for fast downloads as well as quick uploads of photo and video to sharing sites
Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g); GPS location services; 5-megapixel camera/camcorder with LED