Feature Phones

Computing

You’re Now More Likely To Find A Computer In Your Pocket Than On Your Lap

5:45PM January 26, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

It’s official. A study released by Google yesterday shows that mobile devices, and smart phones in particular, are now the dominant means of Internet connectivity in five key global markets. More »


Mobile

It’s Still A Feature Phone Planet

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3:00PM November 29, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Smartphones are what everyone’s using, right? Wrong. While Smartphones are undeniably popular in certain markets, from a worldwide perspective, only slightly more than a quarter of phones are smartphones. That’s a whole lot of WAP still going on. More »


Mobile

The Most Popular Phone In The World

4:40AM October 20, 2010 | John Herrman

Nokia has problems. Smartphone problems. Software problems. American problems. But to fully understand what’s wrong, we’ve got to understand what’s been right, or to put in another way, what’s distracted Nokia. Meet the most popular phone in the world. More »


Mobile

LG Arena Max Is Awfully Brawny For A Feature Phone

1:14AM February 9, 2010 | John Herrman

As we become more aware of the various viscera inside our gadgets, otherwise unremarkable gadgets seem suddenly… strange. Take the LG Arena Max LU9400: it’s almost definitely a feature phone, but it’s got the spec sheet of a Nexus One. More »


Software

LG Launches Their Own App Store Beta

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4:00PM July 20, 2009 | Nick Broughall

If it’s good enough for Apple (and Nokia, and Microsoft, and RIM, and Palm, and Android…), then it’s sure as hell good enough for Lucky Goldstar! That’s right, LG has just launched the beta of their very own app store for LG feature phones. Even better, the press release is full of smacktalk! More »


Mobile

LG Chocolate BL40′s Little Brother Outed As BL42 Slider

9:50PM July 16, 2009 | John Herrman

Sure enough, that mysterious baby brick sitting next to the stretched-out BL40 is a direct descendant of the last generation of LG Chocolates, the BL42. The 3G slider is rumoured to have a 240×320 non-touch display and a 3-megapixel camera. More »