Keepin’ it real fake, part LXXV: MA-727 apes Samsung’s T9B

04/09/2007 Ezra

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

There’s blatant knockoffs, and then there’s blatant knockoffs. As you can probably tell, this is most certainly a case of the latter, as the so-called creators of the MA-727 didn’t even bother to take their own photo. Instead, it looks pretty clear that they simply doctored Samsung‘s own snapshot of the T9B, threw a pink miniSD card down beneath, and called it original. Sure, it can supposedly handle just about every format under the sun and touts a 2.4-inch display, built-in speaker, FM tuner, voice recorder, rechargeable Li-ion, and anywhere between 128MB and 2GB of internal storage, but we wouldn’t recommend pulling the trigger on this one unless you’ve got more money than sense.

[Via PMPToday]

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Hands-on / roadtest with the TomTom GO 720

04/09/2007 Ezra

Filed under: Features, GPS

Before we tell you about the TomTom GO 720, let us impart one piece of advice which we’re pretty sure most GPS enthusiasts know already: if you’re going through the Lincoln Tunnel into Midtown Manhattan late at night with your GPS fired up and ready for action, make sure you know by heart what to do when you come out the other side — because GPS simply ain’t happening in New York City. That said, TomTom’s slickly designed and elegantly executed 720 is a seriously welcome addition to our navigational world, and frankly, we’ll be sad to see the little guy go.

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Non-recalled Nokia phone battery explodes, injures woman

04/09/2007 Ezra

Filed under: Cellphones

While Nokia and Matsushita were busying settling the disputes that arose when the phone maker had to recall some 46 million handset batteries, a lady in India has been injured by a Nokia-branded cell that’s not on that list. Located in eastern India, the woman noted that the BL-D3 series battery “blew up about 10 minutes after it was put on charge,” resulting in a “ball of fire” that led to minor burn injuries to the user. According to Nokia, the incident was “isolated,” and if it finds that the handset, battery, and charger are original, the 30-year old victim will supposedly be compensated.