• CNET
  • All mobile posts

mobile

The South Beach Razr

Motorola seems to have taken to heart Mae West's mantra of "too much of a good thing is wonderful." The once-staid, now-hip manufacturer announced today yet more versions of the Razr, otherwise known as the world's best-selling cell phone. Handsets in the Razr V3-Miami Ink collection (also called the Razr V3t) feature elaborate designs or "tattoos" on the exterior face of the phone. Created by designer Ami James of TLC's Miami Ink, the new Razrs will be available for T-Mobile on October 30.

The initial release will feature two versions of the V3t--a … Read more

'Project Gotham' game sticks with Glu

The folks from Glu Mobile swung by our New York office the other day to give us a quick preview of some of the company's upcoming cell phone games. Glu, for those who don't know, was formerly known as Sorrent, one of the early companies focusing strictly on cell phone games, which are improving with each passing year.

The big news for Glu is that it's scored a license for Microsoft's Project Gotham Racing series. Unfortunately, Microsoft didn't authorize the release of any screenshots, but we did play the 2D version of the game and … Read more

The Razr gets Amp'd

The Motorola Razr has finally found a home with Amp'd Mobile, an MVNO that has its sights on the young and urban demographic (MVNO means Mobile Virtual Network Operator, for you acronym haters). Replacing the Hollywood as the sexiest Motorola in its lineup, the Amp'd version of the Razr will feature Amp'd Live, Amp'd Mobile's 3G programming service that delivers streaming TV, "viral videos," music, and more. So for only $99 with a contract or $199 with the pay-as-you-go service, you can get some of that Razr bling to go along with your … Read more

Cute phone, dorky marketing

Attention teen girls: Would you buy a phone from the woman in the picture?

For starters, do you know who this is? No? Come on, she created the iconic wrap dress in 1972! Hmm, let's see... She's married to Barry Diller, CEO of IAC/InterActive Corp., which owns online properties like Ask.com and Evite. Still nothing? Don't worry, that means you're completely--normal.

T-Mobile announced that a couple of limited-edition versions of the Sidekick 3 will be available starting Oct. 30, and one of them is designed by Diane von Furstenberg. Not to be ageist, but … Read more

Samsung's new skinny, skinny phone

The Samsung Trace might be the Nicole Richie of mobile phones.

Like the actress/tabloid fodder, it dresses well, debuting in "champagne," and is excruciatingly thin.

Samsung's newest candy bar-style phone, just 0.33 inch thick, is joining the ranks of other recent mobile launches vying for most anorexic-looking handset (see the LG Chocolate and upcoming launches of Motorola Razr's Maxx and the Krzr K1). But there's no intervention necessary here; the Trace is fattened up on features--it's a quad-band phone and an MP3 player with Bluetooth support, and a 1.3-megapixel camera with … Read more