Category: Mobile
Folding phones are the future, finally
I’m not entirely convinced folding phones are THE future, but they’re definitely in our collective future. Samsung have a more affordable folding phone (flip phone? we need a better term) on the way.
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Need to protect your iPad? Gear4 has some options for you
If you recall, we talked to you about Gear4 when we talked about iPhone cases (here and here). Well, they’ve got all sorts of protection for a number of devices, but we’ll still with the Apple ones at the moment. Why is that? Well, two of their newer cases – which were announced at CES2020 – are now being carried at your local Verizon shop (as well as available online) so you can see them in person.
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A solid marble Qi charger – the Eggtronic Charging Stone
The Eggtronic Charging Stone is a wireless charger puck compatible with any Qi wireless charging device – just like a million other devices out there. But this one is made from a solid block of marble. It’s heavy, substantial, stylish, and most importantly works. It now sits as a permanent fixture in my kitchen, blending in with the rest of the house
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Clean out yer ears with this $29 endoscope
I have always wanted to have my ears professionally cleaned. There are those dudes in Chengdu, China, who will totally get in there with picks and stuff but I’ve never been and I doubt I’ll get over there any time soon. So what am I to do?
How about pick up this $29 endoscope.
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Get used to it: your next phone will cost over $1,000
Thanks to the death of carrier subsidies, phone prices have been creeping up well above the $1,000 mark. Why? Because these devices are now cramming a powerful processor, huge screen, and an amazing camera into a package small enough to lose in an airplane seat.
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The T-Mobile/Sprint merger is a shit sandwich
Southern District of New York judge Victor Marrero is allowing T-Mobile US and Sprint to merge. This is bad for you if you’re a customer of either one. But it’s great for them. Here’s how it happened and why it sucks.
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Pablo Escobar’s brother is advertising a $399 foldable phone with ads featuring nearly-naked models
Today in inexplicable new devices we present the Escobar phone, a $399 foldable phone sold by Pablo Escobar’s brother and advertised using scantily-clad models who seem to enjoy putting things on and around their chests.
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PopSockets clings to life with a thing that holds your AirPods
The PopSocket craze is slowly dying out and the company is looking for new ways to stay relevant. Enter whatever this thing is.
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The new RAZR is a bad idea
While I’m pleased the all but moribund Motorola is trying something new, this Razr seems like a bit of a stretch. The $1,500 folding phone will ship in a few months and essentially looks like the old, foldable RAZR but with a trick – the screen folds down over itself, revealing a cellphone that is about as tall as a paperback book.
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