Get Better Gear!

Premier Sponsors

TechRestore

Other World Computing

Top 5 Free Apps

Release Date: August 05, 2009
Genre: Games
Release Date: May 22, 2009
Genre: Games
Release Date: August 29, 2009
Genre: Games
Release Date: March 27, 2009
Release Date: August 07, 2009

iTunes New Music Releases

Release Date: September 29, 2009
Genre: Rock
Release Date: September 20, 2009
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Genre: Rock
Release Date: August 25, 2009

Top 5 Paid Apps

Release Date: April 22, 2009
StickWars $0.99
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Genre: Games
Bloons $0.99
Release Date: April 05, 2009
Genre: Games

Discover New Music

  • One Word Extinguisher

    • 8 out of 10
    • Prefuse 73
    • It's an album about a breakup, done with beats instead of mopey lyrics. But the beats are raw, and the emotions are there, even if there aren't many words on top of it. While possibly not Scott Herren
  • De Nova

    • 10 out of 10
    • The Redwalls
    • Wow! Perhaps my 5-star rating is simply because the Redwalls are not only new and fresh (none of them older than 22!), or perhaps its because -- despite their ages -- they are able to totally capture
  • Pressure Chief

    • 6 out of 10
    • Cake
    • Pressure Chief, Cake's latest album, didn't immediately grab me. In fact, it took perhaps half a dozen listens before I started truly enjoying it. Any

  • Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

    • 8 out of 10
    • Arctic Monkeys
    • Get on your dancing shoes
      You sexy little swine

      -Arctic

  • Plans

    • 8 out of 10
    • Death Cab for Cutie
    • With the introduction of Plans, Death Cab for Cutie became a new addition to many user's Artist list after the single "Soul Meets Body" became a hit on iTunes. Offering a fresh alternativ

Reader Specials

Visit Deals On The Web for the best deals on all consumer electronics, iPods, and more!

News

TGDaily: No iPhone Killer in Sight at CTIA

At the CTIA trade show all kinds of new, sleek smartphones that aim to imitate the iPhone were unveiled. So far, none looks like an iPhone killer, according to TGDaily on Thursday.

The Apple iPhone was unveiled in January, 2007. So far, however, the iPhone remains the benchmark, and the other manufacturers appear to still be catching up.

"It feels like the iPod all over again..." Wrote Christian Zibreg. "The iPhone hardly can be considered a new product and has many flaws, but Apple got a lot of things right simply by looking at the market, talking to people, correcting mistakes others have made for years and coming up with a fantastic design that was years ahead of its competition."

Perhaps only four phones have a shot at the iPhone. The RIM BlackBerry 9000, Samsung’s Instinct and Sony Ericsson’s Xperia. "There is a wildcard in this game, which has the potential to make a strong debut -- Garmin�s Nuvifone," Mr. Zibreg noted.

Even so, all these phones lack something the iPhone has, the Apple patented technologies: the multi-finger gestures, the accelerometer and the proximity sensor. "However, they do set the bar higher in terms of plain hardware specs," Mr. Zibreg added. "It is very obvious that aim to beat the iPhone at its own game and to improve the device�s weaknesses and offer features such as 3G support, GPS, video recording, higher resolution screens, memory card slots, user-replaceable batteries, haptic feedback and physical, slide-out QWERTY keypads (Xperia)."

Despite flash announcements and some features the iPhone doesn’t now have, history suggests that Apple won’t be standing still with the 3G iPhone. One such jump could be a redesign of the case, a video camera, a GPS of its own, and a slimmer profile.

"It has been 14 months since the iPhone has been unveiled, but this year�s CTIA shows that traditional cellphone makers are still behind Apple in designing a ’cool’ smartphone," Mr. Zebrig concluded. "And while the new generation of phones [are] catching up, the next-gen iPhone could reestablish or even extend the lead. As long as Apple is skating to where the puck is going to be, and not where it has been, handset makers are going to have a tough time knocking-down the iPhone."

As a result, iPO notes, many of the cool new mobile phones announced at CTIA are going to get Zuned.

Post Your Comments

  Remember Me  Forgot your password?

Not a member? Register now. You can post comments without logging in, but they'll show up as a "guest" post.

Commenting is not available in this section entry.