Luxury phones flout recession woes

Wednesday, Dec 24, 2008 EDITOR'S NOTE We've got a new InfoWorld Job Board. Get new alerts as they're posted. Check it out: Click here. >> Luxury phones flout recession woes Posted December 23, 03:03 a.m. Pacific Time Since my last name isn't Hilton, Trump, or Rockefeller, I won't be treating myself to any of these upscale handsets. Yet, these luxury phones will certainly wind up in someone's gold-threaded stocking. Let's break down the latest ridiculous offerings: 1. Samsung Ego GT-S9402 -- Given the derivative design (Vertu's Ferrari Ascent Ti came first), the Ego should be docked some originality points. What will your $1,500-plus get you? A 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, Bluetooth 2.0, a microSDHC expansion slot, tri-band ...  >> 3G iPhone unlock expected on New Year's Eve Posted December 24, 09:38 a.m. Pacific Time The iPhone Dev Team (not the Cupertino version) plans to release the first ever software-based unlock application for the iPhone 3G on New Year's Eve.   >> Android G2 rumors abound Posted December 22, 14:07 p.m. Pacific Time The T-Mobile G1 phone has been fairly successful so far, although it hasn't yet approached usurping the iPhone from its lofty consumer throne. And so the rumors have already started about the possibility of an Android G2 phone. The latest round of rumors started at Mobile Top Soft, which reported that the HTC Touch HD phone would arrive in the U.S. instead as the T-Mobile G2 phone running Google's Android OS. Cell Phone Signal then picked up the rumor, adding some preliminary specs for the G2 as well as the shockingly early release date of January 26. The rumor built up momentum from there until The Boy Genius Report cited an anonymous source that Cell Phone Signal's report was fairly accurate with the exception of the date, which is now rumored to be between late February and April.   >> Lenovo to release ThinkPad laptop with two LCD screens Posted December 22, 05:14 a.m. Pacific Time Lenovo Group Ltd. Friday announced the release of a ThinkPad laptop that takes the "desktop replacement" category of notebook PCs to a new level.   >> How to buy a netbook Posted December 18, 08:40 a.m. Pacific Time Four months ago, we published a buyers guide for small, lightweight laptops titled, "How to buy a mini-laptop ."   >> Itty bitty news bite committee Posted December 22, 10:08 a.m. Pacific Time SlingPlayer for BlackBerry - Sling Media has kept us anticipating this news for nearly a year, but at long last a public beta of SlingPlayer for BlackBerry will arrive on Dec. 30, allowing Slingbox users to watch and control their TV and DVR via BlackBerry. Although the software won't be available for RIM's "best selling Verizon handset," the Storm, most other BlackBerry users will be able to test this out (EDGE users may have some difficulty, because the application targets 3G ...  >>
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