I recently got to test the iPhone replacement or otherwise the HTC touch and I really was impressed with what i seen. This is one of the best HTC phones to date. I really like the sleek and smooth design of this phone. I can just picture myself walking around campus getting all the girls numbers with this phone. I have a review video below. Comment and tell me what you think.
There's a ongoing conflict about whether the iphone can be unlocked or not. I was interested myself whether it could or not even though I use AT&T as my provider. So on my quest to find out the truth i put to test myself and found it is true. It can be done. The unlock process is really easy and only took a few minutes. I had no problems with it. Once you put your new SIM in the phone, you have to go through the usual activation process.
We tested with an active T-Mobile SIM -- after the hack was finished and we reactivated we immediately got full bars and the T-Mobile carrier info popped up in the top bar. Everything is otherwise the same, except the menu system now has a couple more options. The root menu has Carrier settings where you can select your preferred network if you don't want to roam.
The General -> Network menu now has an EDGE network settings area where you can input your carrier's APN and username / password. We put in our T-Mobile info, and were immediately online. Visual voicemail isn't in the cards -- sorry. That was, of course, to be expected because it's a special AT&T network-specific feature right now. When you hit the voicemail button you are taken immediately to your carrier's default voicemail line though, and that works just like it would on any other phone.
Everything is confirmed as working on a non-AT&T network: SMS send / receive, internet (including Safari, Mail, Google maps, etc.). YouTube doesn't work out of the box, but that's to be expected. (YouTube is the only app you have to activate.)
The 1 Click iPhone Unlock guys claim this method is restore (though not necessarily upgrade) resistant. We have no way of knowing whether Apple will be able to disable this SIM unlock with future iPhone software updates, but we can confirm that it is restore-resistant. We performed a full restore (v1.0.2) on our iPhone and successfully activated it using an inactive AT&T SIM. After fake-activating our iPhone, you merely pop out the AT&T SIM, put in the foreign SIM of your choosing, reactivate, and you're done. Restoring from an iPhone backup in iTunes worked perfectly despite the lock and foreign SIM. The only thing to notice was the phone number is now listed as "n/a" in iTunes. The 1 Click iPhone Unlock Software is really cheap and afforable compared to other unlock software. Check out the video below for the proof.
The quickfire is supposed to be released on Nov. 11 but there are alot of people who have them already. The AT&T Quickfire is a slider with QWERTY keyboard. It features a color touch display, 1.3 MP cam, the ability to send/receive email, mobiTV and AT&T Navigator. To me this phone looks like a newer version of the sidekick but its made by UtStarcom. The device is suppose to be offered in colors of silver, orange, and green. The device is really affordable and looks pretty good to me. The UtStarcom device is selling for $100.00 after a $50 MIR with a new 2 year contract. 
I know they say Diamonds are a girl's best friend but as far as I can tell Diamond phones are Japan's best friend. Japan's Softbank mobile created a Tiffany's mobile phone studded with 537 diamonds,a total of 18.34 carats diamonds. Eight of theses limited edition phones were made and were all sold at about 13 million yen each ($134,000) on November 1. Eight were sold on Nov. 3rd. I wish I had the kind of money to buy a diamond cell phone.
T-mobile phones really aren't exciting right now since the release of the Side Kick LX. They need a new age phone that could sett off their phone sales. Everyone I know complains about T-mobile not having any high-tech phones. Well they came out with just this. It is the Google Android or in other words (G1 google phone).
After getting to play with the phone for a while I can say this phone is a pretty good phone that a lot people are going to love. Alot of people are love the swivel-flip of the phone. It's a really cool design. It extends back and forth showing the keyboard under the screen. Most of the complaint of this phone are about the keyboard because the its hard to type because of the raised section on the right of the phone gets in the way. The trackball on the phone is a good scro
ller its even better than the Blackberry Pearl's. It also has touchscreen like the iphone with capacitve touch so there's no need for a stylus. The phone has a Wi-fi feature that work as good any other phone on the market. It also has 3G capalities for high speed internet. It also has GPS called Gmaps. It has most of what you'll find in the desktop version, including Satellite, Traffic and Street View. Once you turn on GPS, the phone's fairly decent at locating where you are even indoors. You can also use your gmail account on this phone with the Google Mail Application. It has a music player for all you mp3 lovers. All in all, T-mobile has created a internet based phone to compete with all the other high-tech phones on the market and they did a good job!!
Htc and AT&T have developed a great phone to replace the Htc Tilt. This phone has a great looking design. There is not much on this phone on the market but i heard its suppose to be released on Nov. 11. This phone will probably get a big buzz from the teen crowd. Here's a review of the phone.
The Apple iPhone is a gorgeous looking phone with all the latest features installed in it. As I walk around campus it seem everyone has this phone or a phone that looks like it. Teens find it very cool to use because of the tilt function and touchscreen texting and screen scrolling. It has Bluetooth capilablities and USB data transfer. The connection is GSM so has good reception even when out in the boonies.. This handset can be used for e-mailing purposes but it doesnt seem to have multi media messages which really sucks. The 2 Megapixel camera takes great pictures. It has I tunes for playing latest songs and music. There also alot of ways to download programs, videos, and many application. I love the FM radio feature for listening to my favorite radio station. The battery of the phone is capable of rendering standby of 250hr and talk-time of 8 hr. This is for all you teens out there who spend alot of time texting and talking on the phone but watching videos can really run down your battery. The small sleek design makes it more easier to carry. There are also many face plates and carrying hostlers to make your iphone unique from others. There's also ways to unlock the phone if you don't want to use AT&T service.
