All posts by Dieter Bohn

HTC 'Disagrees with Apple's Actions,' Will Defend Itself

Dieter Bohn News Thursday, 18 March 2010

 

HTC has just issued a press release about that giant patent lawsuit Apple has filed against them. There's no details yet on how exactly they're going to respond...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 14 Mar 2010

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 15 March 2010

Inventor of the cell phone ditches the iPhone for the Motorola Droid

Best of Smartphone Experts, 7 Mar 2010

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 07 March 2010

Hands-on with Motorola Devour

Best of Smartphone Experts, 28 Feb 2010

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 28 February 2010

Nexus One coming to Verizon on March 23rd?

Best of Smartphone Experts, 21 Feb 2010 - MWC Edition

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 21 February 2010

Video hands-on of the new Sense UI running...

Video Of Google's MWC Keynote: Flash, German Voice Search, Goggles OCR

Dieter Bohn News Wednesday, 17 February 2010

At

HTC Legend Unibody Design Video

Dieter Bohn News Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Ok, it's official: HTC likes to beat on...

New and Improved Sense Coming to all HTC "Hero" Devices

Dieter Bohn News Tuesday, 16 February 2010

 

Impressed with the new HTC Sense Features like Leap, Friendstream, and the ability to look up or translate words (see video here)? Not impressed with the idea...

HTC Legend Announced: The Unibody Hero of your Dreams

Dieter Bohn News Tuesday, 16 February 2010

 

HTC officially announced the Legend today. While the Nexus one doesn't need to feel completely ashamed, it certainly looks like HTC has taken their shot at putting "best...

Samsung Halo and its Pico Projector Get Outed

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 14 February 2010

 

The enterprising sleuths at Engadget were perusing the...

Sony Announces Xperia X10 Mini

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 14 February 2010

We're just back from Sony Ericsson's press conference where they announced that they're filling out their lineup with five phones to be released before the first half of 2010...

Say Hello to TiPb: The iPhone, iPod, and iPad Blog!

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 07 February 2010

We're proud to say that The iPhone Blog is now TiPb: your #1 iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad blog!

A little SPE network news before we get to our weekly list o'links. We've been calling TiPb 'TiPb' instead...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 31 Jan 2010

Dieter Bohn Round Robin Sunday, 31 January 2010

Hands On With T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Edition

Best of Smartphone Experts, 24 Jan 2010

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 24 January 2010

Android Central's Nexus One Review

Best of Smartphone Experts, 17 Jan 2010

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 18 January 2010

Only 20,000 Nexus Ones Sold In The First Week?

Best of Smartphone Experts, 10 Jan 2010

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 11 January 2010

Gosh, did anything happen last week? Oh yeah: there was that one show, the Consumer Electronics Show. Good times - here's what we liked:

Google Phone / Nexus One Site Goes Live

Dieter Bohn News Tuesday, 05 January 2010

Head on over to http://www.google.com/phone/ right now (unless you caught it when the support portion was briefly available) to see...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 3 Jan 2010

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 03 January 2010

Last week was a good one as usual for SPE, but next week we'll be blowing the walls out for CES: expect plenty of CES coverage from all of our sites. This year we'll have our biggest team ever at the show and are pumped up. All that CES coverage means we'll be taking the week off from the Smartphone Round Robin (excepting another group podcast on The Cell Phone Junkie, stay tuned!).

Best of Smartphone Experts, 27 Dec 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 27 December 2009

The end of the year and the holidays aren't stopping us from keeping an eye out for smartphone news and continuing to bring you comparative reviews in the Smartphone Round Robin. Be sure to check out the latest updates page to see what's new, or you can follow via

Best of Smartphone Experts, 20 Dec 2009

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 21 December 2009

Week one of the Smartphone Round Robin is over and week two begins tomorrow. We've just scratched the surface here and already we've run the gamut from a Windows Mobile user examining webOS to a

Best of Smartphone Experts, 13 Dec 2009

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 14 December 2009

As we bring you the best of SPE for the past week, don't forget that starting Monday, we'll be starting the Smartphone Round Robin in earnest - with new hands-on videos on six sites. If you haven't already, go ahead a take a listen to our

Announcing The 3rd Annual Smartphone Round Robin!

Dieter Bohn Round Robin Wednesday, 09 December 2009

We are ridiculously excited to announce that today we're launching the 3rd annual Smartphone Round Robin! If you've never heard of the Round Robin, buckle up: Each year the sites of the

Best of Smartphone Experts, 6 Dec 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 06 December 2009

HTC Hero Running Android 2.1

Best of Smartphone Experts, 29 Nov 2009

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 30 November 2009

Welcome to the Best of Smartphone Experts, catch-up edition. We've recovered from our tryptophan stupor (yeah, we know it's a myth) and are back with our favorite stories from the network.

Be sure you pay attention tomorrow morning - it's Cyber Monday and there's a 10% off coupon in the offing. Stay Tuned. :)

Best of Smartphone Experts, 15 Nov 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 15 November 2009

Qik Video Streaming on Android

Got Droid? Make Something Awesome Contest

Dieter Bohn News Friday, 13 November 2009

We're not saying, we're just saying. Actually, xkcd is saying. Go on and buy a print from...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 8 Nov 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 08 November 2009

Motorola DROID Hardware Review &

HTC Droid Eris Photo Gallery

Dieter Bohn Smartphones Friday, 06 November 2009

Sincerely, we like the understated looks of the Eris. Plain and simple isn't always plain, if you catch our drift. Plus: there are...

Droid, Eris, and iPhone 3GS: Browser Speed Test

Dieter Bohn Smackdowns Friday, 06 November 2009

Good news for Droid lovers: Droid...

HTC Droid Eris Hands-On!

Dieter Bohn Smartphones Friday, 06 November 2009

Sure, most of the attention is...

Droid Dock Unboxing and Walkthrough

Dieter Bohn General Accessories Friday, 06 November 2009

Wondering if the Droid Multimedia...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 1 Nov 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 01 November 2009

Free Turn By Turn Directions on Android 2...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 25 Oct 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 25 October 2009

High Quality Droid Pictures,

Best of Smartphone Experts, 18 Oct 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 18 October 2009

A Tour of Motoblur on the Motorola Cliq

Dieter Bohn News Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Here's a quick tour of the major...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 11 Oct 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 11 October 2009

Last week was the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment conference. We had coverage at a few of our sites, but Kevin Michaluk and I also sat down with Mickey Papillon of The Cell Phone Junkie to record a podcast about our thoughts on the event - worth checking out. Here's what else went on in the smartphone world this week.

Samsung Moment Hands-On

Dieter Bohn News Thursday, 08 October 2009

We managed to snag some hands-on time with the

Best of Smartphone Experts, 4 Oct 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 04 October 2009

 More Info & Specs of Motorola Droid aka Sholes aka Tao

Best of Smartphone Experts, 27 Sept. 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 27 September 2009

Sony Xperia X3 Running Android

Best of Smartphone Experts, 20 Sept. 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 20 September 2009

Moto Cliq Releasing in November, Pre-Orders Oct 19th?

Best of Smartphone Experts, 13 Sept. 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 13 September 2009

It was an awfully big week for Smartphone Experts. In addition to coverage of the iPod and Android announcements, we also celebrated the ten year anniversary of our network, which began back in 1999 with the launch of VisorCentral. It's been a wild ride and we look forward to another ten! Let's get on to the week's news, here's what you may have missed.

Motorola CLIQ Up Close and Personal

Dieter Bohn News Thursday, 10 September 2009

After the presentation, the execs from Motorola, Goole, and T-Mobile were kind enough to provide some glamour shots of the new CLIQ. After the break, six more up-close-and-...

T-Mobile and Motorola Announce the CLIQ, Dext

Dieter Bohn News Thursday, 10 September 2009

T-Mobile and Motorola have just announced the Motorola CLIQ, Motorola's first foray into the Android game, which will come to T-Mobile in the US during the 4th quarter of...

Motorola Announces MOTOBLUR - A Social Network Powerhouse

Dieter Bohn News Thursday, 10 September 2009

Motorola just announced MOTOBLUR, an Android based UI that places a large emphasis on social networking. From what we know so far, MOTOBLUR is:

A set of social networking widgetsDeep integration of social networking services into the Android OSOnline...

Watch the Motorola Mobilize Announcement Live!

Dieter Bohn News Thursday, 10 September 2009

Celebrating 10 Years of Smartphone Communities

Dieter Bohn News Wednesday, 09 September 2009

Ten years ago today, 9/9/99, our fearless leader Marcus Adolfsson launched VisorCentral.com - a community providing news, reviews and forums focused on a single product: the Handspring Visor.  The Visor, you may recall, was the PDA that was...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 6 Sept. 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 06 September 2009

HTC Hero Official on Sprint!

HTC Hero Official Hits Sprint October 11th, $179, Pre-Register Now!

Dieter Bohn News Thursday, 03 September 2009

It's official, folks - the HTC Hero is hitting Sprint on October 11th.  It's going to be $179.99 (take that, Pre) after instant and mail-in rebates.

Crazily enough, the image on HTC's homepage looks very similar to...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 30 August 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 30 August 2009

Best Buy Starting HTC Hero Preorders Sept. 13th?

Best of Smartphone Experts, 16 August 2009

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 16 August 2009

Motorola Morrison Specs Leak How to Root the T-...
 
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