http://hippestphone.com The place to see the latest trendy cell phones Fri, 25 May 2012 12:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://hippestphone.com/psa-futurama-returns-tonight-make-sure-you-set-your-dvr/ http://hippestphone.com/psa-futurama-returns-tonight-make-sure-you-set-your-dvr/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:00:46 +0000 Dave Freeman http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164217 http://hippestphone.com/psa-futurama-returns-tonight-make-sure-you-set-your-dvr/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/electrolux-will-clean-the-oceans-of-plastic-debris-then-make-vacuum-cleaners/ http://hippestphone.com/electrolux-will-clean-the-oceans-of-plastic-debris-then-make-vacuum-cleaners/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:15:19 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164209 Did you know that, according to Electrolux, a Swedish appliance manufacturer, there are gigantic piles of plastic debris floating about our planet's oceans? Some of these are as big as the state of Texas! Way to go, humans! So, Electrolux's proposal? Collect all that trash, then turn it into vacuum cleaners. You couldn't make that up if you tried.]]> http://hippestphone.com/electrolux-will-clean-the-oceans-of-plastic-debris-then-make-vacuum-cleaners/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/google-celebrates-the-world-cup-with-a-goooooaaaaalllll/ http://hippestphone.com/google-celebrates-the-world-cup-with-a-goooooaaaaalllll/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:30:42 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164203 http://hippestphone.com/google-celebrates-the-world-cup-with-a-goooooaaaaalllll/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/video-medal-of-honor-multi-player-beta-videos/ http://hippestphone.com/video-medal-of-honor-multi-player-beta-videos/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:00:26 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164183 Medal of Honor, also known as Modern Warfare With Beards, has a public multi-player beta that's happening right now. It's exciting! (But not as exciting as seeing Italy knocked out of the World Cup.) GameTrailers has a couple of videos of the multi-player beta in action that may interest you. Hey, at least it's not iPhone 4-related!]]> http://hippestphone.com/video-medal-of-honor-multi-player-beta-videos/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/live-from-the-iphone-4-launch-at-sf%e2%80%99s-flagship-apple-store/ http://hippestphone.com/live-from-the-iphone-4-launch-at-sf%e2%80%99s-flagship-apple-store/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:58:05 +0000 Jason Kincaid http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164194 It's finally here. After months of anticipation, the launch of Apple's iPhone 4 is upon us, and dozens of people are currently lined up in front of San Francisco's flagship Apple store to get their hands on one. Unfortunately, not everyone is fortunate enough to live close to an Apple Store (or has the time to go stand in line at this ridiculous hour). Which is why I'm braving the early morning once again to give you all a vicarious taste of Apple's devotees at their finest. I'm equipped with a Nexus One live streaming with Qik. Last time I faced this line during the launch of the iPad, I had an Apple sticker covering the Nexus's Google logo to throw any particularly rabid Apple fans off the scent. Unfortunately it seems that I've exhausted my supply of Apple stickers — this could get nasty. ]]> http://hippestphone.com/live-from-the-iphone-4-launch-at-sf%e2%80%99s-flagship-apple-store/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/while-you%e2%80%99re-waiting-in-line-for-your-iphone-4-why-not-help-animals-you%e2%80%99re-killing/ http://hippestphone.com/while-you%e2%80%99re-waiting-in-line-for-your-iphone-4-why-not-help-animals-you%e2%80%99re-killing/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:53:22 +0000 John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164181 Thankfully, not much of the iPhone 4 is made of plastic but it still takes a lot of oil to make that fancy touchphone of yours. The guys at SquareSpace and a number of other partners are collecting money to help clean-up efforts in the Gulf and ask for our help, especially on this day of days. What will you be telling your kids happened fifty years from today, provided we're all still alive and not living in some Road-esque fever dream of ecological collapse and cannibalistic blood cults? The beginning of the end of the Great Spill or the launch of a piece of silicon wrapped in metal? That's what I thought.]]> http://hippestphone.com/while-you%e2%80%99re-waiting-in-line-for-your-iphone-4-why-not-help-animals-you%e2%80%99re-killing/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/odds-are-apple-will-sell-a-lot-of-iphone-4s-today/ http://hippestphone.com/odds-are-apple-will-sell-a-lot-of-iphone-4s-today/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:15:52 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164169 The odds that John Biggs will take home an iPhone 4 today? I think you'll find that France has a better chance of winning the World Cup this year. The odds that Apple will sell more than 1 million iPhone 4s today? Well, according to Bookmaker.com, you're looking at 50/50. Presumably these odds that into account that fact that the Apple hardware isn't as robust as you'd like to see!]]> http://hippestphone.com/odds-are-apple-will-sell-a-lot-of-iphone-4s-today/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/coca-cola-vending-machine-with-46-inch-touchscreen/ http://hippestphone.com/coca-cola-vending-machine-with-46-inch-touchscreen/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:42:11 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164126 If you needed more proof that touchscreens are becoming ubiquitous, look at these new vending machines Coca Cola is planning to set up in all over Japan by year-end. They feature 46-inch LCD touch panels (1m high, 57cm wide) instead of buttons or knobs.]]> http://hippestphone.com/coca-cola-vending-machine-with-46-inch-touchscreen/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/the-top-four-iphone-4-hardware-issues-so-far/ http://hippestphone.com/the-top-four-iphone-4-hardware-issues-so-far/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:35:58 +0000 Matt Burns http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164136 http://hippestphone.com/the-top-four-iphone-4-hardware-issues-so-far/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-one-man%e2%80%99s-heroic-video-journey/ http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-one-man%e2%80%99s-heroic-video-journey/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:35:40 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164149 The iPhone 4 comes out today. I knew when I woke up this morning I felt a disturbance in the Force! Anyway, John Biggs, noted gumshoe, is en route to the fancy Apple store in Manhattan to pick up his very own device, and he's been been sending us surprisingly funny video updates of his journey. Come, let us view these videos over a spot of tea.]]> http://hippestphone.com/iphone-4-one-man%e2%80%99s-heroic-video-journey/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/videos-mobile-robot-rodem/ http://hippestphone.com/videos-mobile-robot-rodem/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:41:39 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164128 There's certainly no shortage of so-called mobility robots, but major Japanese robot maker tmsuk's offering seems to be quite cool. In fact, the RODEM (short for "Robot De Enjoy Mobility") is being pitched as a mix between robot, wheelchair and ultra-small vehicle (or "Universal Vehicle" [JP, PDF], in tmsuk's marketing language).]]> http://hippestphone.com/videos-mobile-robot-rodem/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/woot-off-alert-2/ http://hippestphone.com/woot-off-alert-2/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:36:50 +0000 Matt Burns http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164131 http://hippestphone.com/woot-off-alert-2/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/daily-crunch-wine-music-edition/ http://hippestphone.com/daily-crunch-wine-music-edition/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:00:12 +0000 Bryce Durbin http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164123 http://hippestphone.com/daily-crunch-wine-music-edition/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/steve-wozniak-spotted-camping-out-overnight-in-san-jose-for-his-iphone-4/ http://hippestphone.com/steve-wozniak-spotted-camping-out-overnight-in-san-jose-for-his-iphone-4/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:06:27 +0000 Greg Kumparak http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164121 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is no stranger to waiting in line outside of the Valley Fair Apple store in San Jose; He found his way to the front of the line for the launch of the original iPhone, and then joined it again for the subsequent launches of the iPhone 3G S and the iPad. It should come as no surprise, then, that Woz is camped out at that very location right this second, awaiting the launch of the iPhone 4.]]> http://hippestphone.com/steve-wozniak-spotted-camping-out-overnight-in-san-jose-for-his-iphone-4/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/so-it-begins-the-iphone-4-shatters-like-a-mofo/ http://hippestphone.com/so-it-begins-the-iphone-4-shatters-like-a-mofo/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:34:05 +0000 John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164107 http://hippestphone.com/so-it-begins-the-iphone-4-shatters-like-a-mofo/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/new-sandisk-worm-cards-write-once-read-for-100-years/ http://hippestphone.com/new-sandisk-worm-cards-write-once-read-for-100-years/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:45:58 +0000 Dave Freeman http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164078 Sandisk has created a new line of write once, read many SD cards, mainly intended for law enforcement. I suppose you could use one for taking pictures of grandma, but I don't really see the point for personal use. Well, maybe for weddings and graduations and such, but part of the attraction of digital cameras is that you can erase pictures without worrying about it.]]> http://hippestphone.com/new-sandisk-worm-cards-write-once-read-for-100-years/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/counter-strike-source-now-available-for-mac/ http://hippestphone.com/counter-strike-source-now-available-for-mac/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164058 Just a heads-up to let you Mac users out there that Counter-Strike: Source, "the number one online action game in the world," is now available on Steam for Mac. ]]> http://hippestphone.com/counter-strike-source-now-available-for-mac/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/crunchgear-contest-keep-that-old-iphone-3gs-alive-and-useful/ http://hippestphone.com/crunchgear-contest-keep-that-old-iphone-3gs-alive-and-useful/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:00:29 +0000 Scott Merrill http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163961 The iPhone 4 is trickling into people's hands before Apple really wanted them to; but not everyone is jumping on the upgrade bandwagon. Whether your contract term hasn't yet expired, or you just don't feel compelled to upgrade to the latest device, we've got a giveaway bundle that'll make you happy to keep using your iPhone 3G or 3GS! Headphones, docks, skins, portable power, and more: this giveaway is valued at more than $400. And you can have it all! Details inside!]]> http://hippestphone.com/crunchgear-contest-keep-that-old-iphone-3gs-alive-and-useful/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/elgato%e2%80%99s-eyetv-now-blocks-the-world-cup%e2%80%99s-vuvuzela/ http://hippestphone.com/elgato%e2%80%99s-eyetv-now-blocks-the-world-cup%e2%80%99s-vuvuzela/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:00:18 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164030 http://hippestphone.com/elgato%e2%80%99s-eyetv-now-blocks-the-world-cup%e2%80%99s-vuvuzela/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/relax-president-obama-will-not-flip-an-internet-kill-switch/ http://hippestphone.com/relax-president-obama-will-not-flip-an-internet-kill-switch/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:30:11 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164020 Part of me wishes President Obama would flip that so-called “Internet kill switch.” Imagine: a world without the Internet! That would be grand, indeed. But let's not indulge in fantasies: there is no such kill switch. Well, there is, but it's not as if the president is going to say, “I disagree with Nicholas' opinion of anti-virus protection, I'm going to shut down CrunchGear.” ]]> http://hippestphone.com/relax-president-obama-will-not-flip-an-internet-kill-switch/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/replace-a-macbook-pro%e2%80%99s-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/ http://hippestphone.com/replace-a-macbook-pro%e2%80%99s-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:30:16 +0000 Matt Burns http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163904 It's a fact that no one uses optical drives anymore and so why not replace the one in your late-model MBP with something a bit more useful like an SSD. It doesn't really seem that hard as long you're comfortable totally disemboweling your MacBook Pro. The SSD and optical drive both use SATA so it's really plug and play and only requires a special adapter plate to properly hold the SSD in place.]]> http://hippestphone.com/replace-a-macbook-pro%e2%80%99s-optical-drive-with-an-ssd/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/rear-view-spy-glasses/ http://hippestphone.com/rear-view-spy-glasses/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:03:49 +0000 John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163906 http://hippestphone.com/rear-view-spy-glasses/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/live-action-%e2%80%9cakira%e2%80%9d-is-coming-and-the-hughes-brothers-will-direct-it/ http://hippestphone.com/live-action-%e2%80%9cakira%e2%80%9d-is-coming-and-the-hughes-brothers-will-direct-it/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:41:21 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=164001 One of the best manga ever created, Akira, is going to the big screen. And this time, it won't be an anime (like the one from 1988) but a live-action film. We first reported about plans to shoot the live-action remake, whose rights were bought by Leonardo DiCaprio's production company, Appian Way, back in February 2008. The idea was scrapped a few months later, until New York Magazine wrote in February this year the studio is in negotiations with the Hughes Brothers (who directed "The Book Of Eli") to direct the movie.]]> http://hippestphone.com/live-action-%e2%80%9cakira%e2%80%9d-is-coming-and-the-hughes-brothers-will-direct-it/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/be-alert-mac-malware-targets-unsuspecting-users-of-adult-web-sites/ http://hippestphone.com/be-alert-mac-malware-targets-unsuspecting-users-of-adult-web-sites/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:30:56 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163967 If I've said it once I've said it 1,000 times: the best way to stay safe online is to keep your wits about you and not to venture off into the darker corners of the Internet, if you know what I mean. I bring this up because there's a nasty bit of kit out there that means to attack unsuspecting Mac users. It sorta makes sense from the malware creator's perspective: Mac users tend to operate under the assumption that they're immune from malware because A) their numbers are too few to be a juicy target B) their system is inherently more secure. You can debate point B all day long, but as Apple sells more and more Macs you can bet that miscreants will be targeting the platform with increasing frequency.]]> http://hippestphone.com/be-alert-mac-malware-targets-unsuspecting-users-of-adult-web-sites/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/sega-says-nintendo-3ds-will-bring-back-mature-gamers-but-let%e2%80%99s-not-confuse-%e2%80%98mature%e2%80%99-games-with-%e2%80%98violent%e2%80%99-games/ http://hippestphone.com/sega-says-nintendo-3ds-will-bring-back-mature-gamers-but-let%e2%80%99s-not-confuse-%e2%80%98mature%e2%80%99-games-with-%e2%80%98violent%e2%80%99-games/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:00:41 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163946 Sega believes the Nintendo 3DS could be just the thing to win back the hearts and minds of older, more mature gamers, the implication being that your average 20-something doesn't want to play Mario Does His Taxes 8. Games like House of the Dead and Saint's Row were two of the game that Sega referred to in a recent interview.]]> http://hippestphone.com/sega-says-nintendo-3ds-will-bring-back-mature-gamers-but-let%e2%80%99s-not-confuse-%e2%80%98mature%e2%80%99-games-with-%e2%80%98violent%e2%80%99-games/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/photos-and-videos-crunchgear-visits-japan%e2%80%99s-biggest-otaku-party-cgm-night/ http://hippestphone.com/photos-and-videos-crunchgear-visits-japan%e2%80%99s-biggest-otaku-party-cgm-night/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:40:42 +0000 Serkan Toto http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163933 Japan's most famous Otaku culture blogger Danny Choo invited video games/anime/manga/Cosplay/figures/maid cafe fanatics from all over the country last weekend, and about 200 showed up at Digital Hollywood University for the eighth "CGM Night" (here's my report on the last one). The idea is to bring Otaku and geeks out of their rooms and socialize among people of their kind. Needless to say, I was one of them (I live in Tokyo).]]> http://hippestphone.com/photos-and-videos-crunchgear-visits-japan%e2%80%99s-biggest-otaku-party-cgm-night/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/live-from-verizon%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cnext-generation-of-droid%e2%80%9d-droid-x-announcement/ http://hippestphone.com/live-from-verizon%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cnext-generation-of-droid%e2%80%9d-droid-x-announcement/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:40:48 +0000 Greg Kumparak http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163940 Whether we're talking about the EVO-challenging Droid X or the QWERTY-sliding Droid 2, Verizon's had one hell of a time keeping the latest additions to their Droid lineup under wraps lately. Of course, just because some of the juicier details have already spilled out doesn't mean Verizon won't make a big fuss when they're ready for it to be officially official. They'll be be pulling back the curtains on what they're calling the "Next Generation of DROID" in just a few minutes -- and, as usual, we'll be there to cover it live.]]> http://hippestphone.com/live-from-verizon%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cnext-generation-of-droid%e2%80%9d-droid-x-announcement/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/monster-releases-%e2%80%9cuniversal%e2%80%9d-3d-glasses/ http://hippestphone.com/monster-releases-%e2%80%9cuniversal%e2%80%9d-3d-glasses/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:15:06 +0000 John Biggs http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163930 http://hippestphone.com/monster-releases-%e2%80%9cuniversal%e2%80%9d-3d-glasses/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/xm-radio-online-down-again-sigh/ http://hippestphone.com/xm-radio-online-down-again-sigh/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:18:57 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163918 http://hippestphone.com/xm-radio-online-down-again-sigh/feed/ 0 http://hippestphone.com/ios-to-make-its-desktop-debut-with-next-imac-revision/ http://hippestphone.com/ios-to-make-its-desktop-debut-with-next-imac-revision/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:15:12 +0000 Nicholas Deleon http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=163907 IOS on the next iMac? That's the rumor going around this morning. The deal is that Apple wants to bring touch controls to its desktop offerings, and will use the next iMac revision to test the waters a bit. So, you'll have your standard Mac OS X installation, but then when you activate “touch screen mode,” you'll switch over to iOS. ]]> http://hippestphone.com/ios-to-make-its-desktop-debut-with-next-imac-revision/feed/ 0