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Apple iPhone Competitors
by Vincent Nguyen on February 19, 2007

One thing’s for sure, the attacks of the clones are here, and they’re here to stay. Sharp is the latest to join the battle. I give you the Sharp EM ONE. This week, we’re putting the EM ONE up against Samsung’s F520. Vote for your favorite iPhone clone.
Physically, both feature a similar dual slider keyboard. Sliding down the keyboard on the F520 reveals only the ...
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by Chris Scott Barr on February 19, 2007

Hold onto your hats folks, there's another iPhone clone in town. Big surprise, right?
The Teclast T59 seems to remind me of a certain phone that was introduced by Apple a little over a month ago. It is cited to be Windows CE-based and have such features as GPS, and an FM tuner.
Nothing to get too excited over yet, it is still an early concept. Though I'll admit, it does look ...
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by Liaw Kim Poh on February 19, 2007

Most mobile phones follow the candybar, clamshell, or slider design style. The problem with these styles is that they leave too little space for user interfaces. For phones, users want a keypad; for texting and e-mail, users want a thumb keyboard; and for media players, users want a scroll wheel. When you try to combine all three interfaces, you get a cluttered and confusing mess.
Apple’s iPhone addresses this ...
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by Vincent Nguyen on February 16, 2007

Meizu CEO J. Wong came clean and admitted they’d debuted the MiniOne aka M8, four days prior to Macworld. Then January 9th came around, after seeing Apple’s kick ass design, they decided to change the MiniOne to match the iPhone.
I’m all for putting everyone on the table, so I commend Mr. Wong for coming forward on this matter. It’s better in the long run and cuts down the ...
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by Vincent Nguyen on February 16, 2007

The biggest problem with today’s mobile phone is the user interface or UI. You need to scroll, click scroll and scroll some more just to find an application or a contact name. All of that is about o change. Do you remember the NVIDIA Quark concept phone I wrote about a few days back? It so happens that the ladies at Shiny Shiny took a demo video of the phone’s ...
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by Chris Scott Barr on February 16, 2007

We finally have more details, pics, and a video on the open source iPhone competitor. I'll admit, it does have a very nice sleek look to it. With an open source OS, will it stack up to the iPhone? Lets take a look.
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by Vincent Nguyen on February 16, 2007

So you know what's inside, but you want to see exactly how it looks in the flesh metal: Neonode's N2 has been officially launched at 3GSM, and SlashGear have got some exclusive photos of this deeply sexy handset.
Head on over to see both the graphite and, um, salmon pink versions...
3GSM: Neonode N2 live hands-on photos [SlashGear]
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