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Unboxing (and licking) the Samsung Reclaim

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Unboxing (and licking) the Samsung Reclaim

Posted on 10 August 2009 by MobileCrunch

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Late last week, Sprint, Samsung, and Captain Planet announced a plan to save the world, very slowly: the Samsung Reclaim. Made primarily of corn and renewable resources, the Reclaim is a green phone – both figuratively and literally. Peter Ha, who is known (outside of his CrunchGear writings) primarily for planting trees and installing solar farms in Africa, was having none of it.

Mr. DeliveryMan just showed up with our Reclaim review unit. We’re just tearing it apart now, but we figured we’d get some pics up for those at home interested in this thing. As a side note, it should be mentioned that this phone, made at least partially of corn, does not taste like corn. Yes, Yes; I licked the phone. Purely in the interest of science, of curse. It tastes like a phone — or more accurately, like a combination of bear mace and lysol. If I drop dead mysteriously in the next 48 hours, blame Samsung.

Whether or not the whole “Green” thing is much more than a gimmick, I remain undecided – but for $50 bucks on a 2 year-contract, this feature phone really isn’t too shabby. We’ll have our hands on impressions up in a few hours.






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Hidden setting enables flashy transitions on the N97

Posted on 10 August 2009 by MobileCrunch

We drooled over the N97 for months before release. The hardware looked pocket-perfect, the keyboard oh-so-friendly with our thumbs. But when it finally launched, it.. well, it wasn’t our favorite phone ever, to put it kindly. Of all the flaws, the most glaring was the OS; it just seemed muddled and ancient, and weighed down the phone.

The guys over at The Symbian Blog have figured out a way to make the OS seem slightly less dated. It’s a bit like sprinkling glitter onto a pile of vomit, but a quick tweak and a small options toggle will enable a fancy screen transition animation. It’s not very useful nor completely stable – but if you want to pretty things up a bit, it’s a nice trick.

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