The Samsung Restore is bright green, and for a reason. It’s made of 27% recycled materials, comes packaged in fully recycled materials, has a low power drawing charger, and when you’re done with the device, can BE recycled (well, 84% of it anyway.)
Its a slider text phone with a couple of extra features– the interface, a simple Samsung OS, has dedicated shortcuts for Twitter, Facebook, and (oh boy.) Myspace. The 2.0 megapixel camera can also record video, and there’s a setting for videos you plan to email, which I assume records them in lower fidelity. The slide-out hard QWERTY keyboard is great, with very little mistyping and really satisfying clicking sounds reinforcing the typing you’re doing.
The phone goes for $50 with a 2 year Sprint contract, which seems standard for a feature phone. A smart-phone its not, but with the angle of being earth-friendly (I mean, they even pre-programmed some “favorite sites” with a page about Green tips) the lime green Restore is a solid texting phone, with several cool added features that I think make it a great option for anyone in need of a phone that does more than call folks but doesn’t need a smartphone. Continue Reading…
This wasn’t required but after seeing some of the comments on my initial video I figured, why the heck not?
At first I wanted to make a nice video, and give the Hero all the kudos in the world, but I can’t lie. I’m not a fan of the phone, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Continue Reading…
Sprint launched a new phone today, the latest iPhone competitor – the HTC Hero.
The HTC Hero (loaned to us by Sprint) is a great alternative for those that yearn for something iPhone-ish, but that do not want to switch from having Sprint as their cell phone service provider. Initially, I ooh-ed and ahhh-ed, but once I actually started using it those pleasant sounds turned into grunts, and sighs of exasperation.
The phone is very light weight, very thin, and the screen’s resolution is up to par (if not exceeds) the top phones on the market right now, but when I tried clicking on something on the screen I got nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Thanks to the precedent set by the iPhone, the HTC Hero now has a capacitive touch screen which means by lovely stabs at its screen meant nothing. It only measures or registers electricity from fingertips, so I had to angle my fingers in such a way that it would actually get the phone to respond. Doesn’t sound that difficult right – yea – think again. Think about having a lovely French manicure, on hands that are not a mechanics, and that actually have lengthy nails. It’s a nightmare. Continue Reading…
Greetings! My name is Maya, and I am a super geek. I’m not sure that you would be able to tell immediately that this is the case– I look and act normal (…uh, I’ve been told) and I don’t have a CS degree or a technical background. But here it is, in one sentence (with a colon, because I never do things the simple way)–
There are three things I love: my family, my boyfriend, and the interwebz. Continue Reading…
Heard of it? If you haven’t and have an unlimited data plan on Sprint’s network, you are now (or will be at the start of your new billing cycle) able to call ANY mobile phone unlimited.
When looking at things around you, do you ever wonder “who thought of that?” or “how they’d think of that?” – I do. All the time…Years ago we probably would’ve never expected to have cell phones the way that we do today, and today, so many of us have them, and for different reasons that there are various categories (so to speak) of cell phone users.
Sprint sent CuteGeek the Sanyo SCP-2700. First off, its pink with flower decals. Very cute. Thumbs up. I never considered myself to be that girly, but I would purchase this phone and love it as much as my old gray mogul. I liked the phone’s design a lot. The color was soft and inviting, as if it told you “Come pick me up, I’m great”. The flowers were fun and flirty. The phone is also available in a bright blue, not highlighter blue, but like an electric blue – very nice. Continue Reading…
Isn’t that harsh? Now that I think about it, I almost feel bad. Can’t we all just get along? Can this world be filled with iPhones and Pres?
I hope – because it doesn’t look like Sprinters are running to get the new iPhone, and vice versa.
Palm’s Pre is amazing but contrary to common belief, you don’t need to be a Palm OS user to get it. Actually, ANYONE can use it because its operating system is completely new. It’s a hybrid of a Mac, Windows and Palm – the best of all worlds. Continue Reading…
I attended Sprint’s Pre-launch party on a whim – Mike from HardwareGeeks.com got the invite but he couldn’t make it because he was out of town so he put me on the list. I’m glad he did.
The event was real laid back, but still had that red carpet feel. Nice carpets out front, security, men in black, hot ladies walking around with hors d’oeuvres, and like most cool events some celebrities.
I’ve been a loyal Sprint customer for over 8 years now and through time, like most relationships; there have been ups and downs. One of the ups was when I received the LG Lotus to try out. From the moment I saw commercials for this phone, and when I tried playing with it in the Sprint store all I thought was ‘what the heck?’ – Why? Because over the years, I’ve been trained to think that all phones, to be normal, are rectangular, and most smart phones are touch screen or sliders.
Can you blame me? Not really. Most of us don’t live overseas, or spend enough time toying with the savy phones that come out, so when Sprint launched the Lotus I thought “Woohoo, change is coming!’.
In Episode 9 of the Girls out Loud Show, Maya and Cristina talk everything Silicon Valley going from venture capitalists to super angels to IPOs. Take a listen for a brief excursion to everything SV from the female perspective.
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Sprint launched a new phone today, the latest iPhone competitor – the HTC Hero.
I’ve been a loyal Sprint customer for over 8 years now and through time, like most relationships; there have been ups and downs. One of the ups was when I received the LG Lotus to try out. From the moment I saw commercials for this phone, and when I tried playing with it in the Sprint store all I thought was ‘what the heck?’ – Why? Because over the years, I’ve been trained to think that all phones, to be normal, are rectangular, and most smart phones are touch screen or sliders. 
