Live Pics of the Philips X800; File Under “What Were They Thinking?”
Some things in life just can’t be explained. Bush’s presidency… Ryan Seacrest’s popularity… And the Philips X800. Sure it’s an iPhone designer impostor but plenty …
Zach Epstein has been the Executive Editor at BGR for more than 10 years. He manages BGR’s editorial team and ensures that best practices are adhered to. He also oversees the Ecommerce team and directs the daily flow of all content. Zach first joined BGR in 2007 as a Staff Writer covering business, technology, and entertainment.
His work has been quoted by countless top news organizations, and he was recently named one of the world's top 10 “power mobile influencers” by Forbes. Prior to BGR, Zach worked as an executive in marketing and business development with two private telcos.
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LG VX9700 Dare for Verizon Caught in the Wild
Back in March when we first told you about the LG VX9700 that would be making its way to Verizon Wireless, a brief but interesting …
Sony Ericsson Attempts to Lure Minors With W760 Fugly Edition
Scoring a 9.5 out of 10 on the BGR WTF-o-meter, Sony Ericsson has apparently teamed up with MTV to concoct a handset with hideousness that …
Video: Hands on with the Nokia N78
There are some handsets that are born crowd splitters, no question. For some people it’s love at first sight and others won’t even bat an …
Time Warner Cable Piloting Disgustingly Low Bandwidth Caps
As we delve further into an age where more and more content is obtained and consumed digitally, Time Warner Cable seems to be doing everything …
SquirrelFish is To WebKit as Steroids are to Baseball
Ok, maybe that’s not the best analogy since SquirrelFish isn’t illegal. With performance figures like this however, competing mobile browsers may wish it was. WebKit, …
Go to College, Buy a Mac, Get a Free iPod
Not quite the formative years, but what better time to get people hooked on Apple products than while they’re in college? Besides, you need something …
AT&T and Starbucks Finally Launch Free WiFi; Not Really Free
It’s here, it’s gone, it’s here, it’s gone, it’s here. It took a fair number of misfires and tweaks but AT&T and Starbucks have finally …
Best Buy Piloting Free Electronics Recycling Program
Kudos, Best Buy. The national electronics retail giant announced a new recycling initiative launched yesterday that is being piloted in 117 stores across Baltimore, San …
Verizon to Issue Samsung i770 and Palm 800w in Q3; More
Any Verizon customers out there getting close to an upgrade and curious as to what smartphones might be coming to the carrier this Summer? Look …
Adobe Online Office Suite; Sweet!
Yes that title was fantastically lame, get over it. Here at BGR, we fully embrace anything and everything that takes us one step closer to …
Rose Dishes iPhone Rumors and Financial Advice
Cewebrity Digg boy Kevin Rose has built an empire from the ground up, no question. Legions of fans get as excited for Diggnation as your …
Chicks Dig Nokia; Two Upcoming Handsets Aimed at Females
Details are a tad shaky right now as the original leak source for these two upcoming handsets has removed all info from the site, but …
AT&T Rolling out 3G Upgrades, iPhone 2 Soon
Remember last year just before the initial iPhone launch? EDGE dropped off for a while and then came back with a vengeance. Prior to the …
SpinVox: Building a Voice-driven Empire one Mobile User at a Time
Maybe it’s the cool-factor, maybe it’s the novelty, maybe it’s the crazy little “SpinVox Mobsters” pictured above or maybe it’s the sheer convenience; whatever the …
Dell Mini Inspiron is… Mini
Dell’s upcoming Mini Inspiron is a nod to the relevance of the Eee space as Dell has apparently realized that they need be playing in …
Nokia N96 to Start Shipping July 31st
It looks like the changing of the guard may happen sooner than some would have thought. According to the play.com shop, Nokia’s N96 will begin …
Samsung Announces L870, a Sexy S60 Slider
Samsung used the S60 Summit in Barcelona Spain today to announce a new S60 slider that has the blogosphere talking. With a sexy brushed steel …
fav.or.it Founder Fires at Twitter and the Blogosphere, Fixes Twitter for Free
Call it a modern anomaly, herd mentality or whatever else you want but Twitter seems to continue to grow in popularity as its downtime issues …
v20 Firmware Issued for N95 8GB NAM; When it Rains, it Pours
Hot on the heels of the N95 NAM, the N95 8GB NAM has just received a firmware refresh courtesy of Nokia. The changes? You guessed …
Nokia Celebrates Memorial Day with New N95 NAM Firmware
S60 people, stop drooling over the E71 for a few minutes so that we can give you some important news. Remember how we reported on …
iControlpad Turns iPhone into Sweet Portable Gamer
The unit pictured to the right is merely a prototype but once the AppStore drops, this puppy is going to be an absolute necessity. The …
Flat Music Player Concept Video
Developer Morten Hjerde was inspired by the upcoming Nokia Tube 5800 and built an interesting concept for an intuitive music player with some concepts that …
New Whitepaper Shows Two Shades of XPERIA X1
As we continue to continue to continue to wait for the XPERIA X1 that we’ve all seen and read so much about, a new whitepaper …
Nokia Responds to “N-Gagegate” – Remedy Promised
Impressive response time Nokia, although this really shouldn’t have been an issue to begin with. This past Wednesday, in case you missed it, the discovery …
AT&T Fast-tracking HSPA in Preparation for iPhone Video Calling?
Back on Wednesday we told you about AT&T’s plans to drastically improve its HSPA coverage by the end of June. Needless to say, the move …
Guitar Hero: World Tour Gets Official
Activision made the official announcement today and Guitar Hero fans will not be disappointed. The fourth entry into the Guitar Hero franchise is slated for …
Apple Seeking Lead Camera Engineer; So Much for a Decent 3G iPhone Camera
Wouldn’t it have been nice if this job listing was up, say, nine months ago or so? An eagle-eyed reader has just spotted an interesting …
What do You do on the Mobile Web?
As more and more devices become equipped with capable web browsers, it becomes increasingly interesting to learn where mobile mobile web users are spending their …
Nokia Pulls a Fast One, Locks N-Gage Games to Device
Meet Scrooge McNokia. He loves his recently-launched N-Gage platform because it does an amazing job of putting access to payware games in the hands of …
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