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Archive for the ‘Special Features’ Category

October 24th, 2007

Projection Screen Mobile Phone Concept

Marrying the ovehead projector and the cellphone, this Windows Mobile powered smartphone concept brings a lot more to the table, literally.
And if it costs much less than $500.00, then this can very well replace your board room projector. Of course, the concept leaves you with many questions. Your mobile phone would probably only support USB […]

By Jayvee -- 2 comments

October 22nd, 2007

tPhone for the visually impaired

Well this isn’t exactly a cellular phone but the concept is too cute to ignore. Imagine, instead of having numbers, you have a set of RFID tagged buttons of your family and friends. These buttons can be fitted into your phone slot to make calls.
Prank calls would consist of you switching around the photos of […]

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October 17th, 2007

Symbian CEO calls us all cavemen!

The guys from The Register reports that Nigel Clifford, CEO from Symbian addressed the crowd, calling everyone neanderthals at the recent Symbian Show.

Yes, we’re cavemen, said Clifford, only cavemen who want to take our environment with us. “Connected cavemen”, in fact.[Read]
The move came as a creative expression to point out that despite the fact that […]

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October 15th, 2007

The iPhone experience: a (failed!) conduit to sampling Apple’s other products

In the last episode of Macbreak Weekly and TWiT, Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann (congratulations on your paternity leave!), Don Reisinger, Roger Chang, Steve Gibson and the rest of the two panels were discussing how Apple’s iPhone exclusivity fiasco has caused much emotional outrage with both the mainstream consumer and Apple fanatics.
Remember when the iPod became […]

By Jayvee -- 2 comments

October 7th, 2007

The Palm Centro

The phone industry sure knows how to screw Apple around. With Nokia belting Apple for their “anti unlocking” regime, now its Palm’s turn to issue a $99.00 smartphone into the hands of fresh graduates who can’t afford a smartphone. Presenting the Palm Centro - it’s finally come. Available very soon on a 90 day exclusivity […]

By Jayvee -- 6 comments

October 4th, 2007

3M Bumpons: Out of the box protection!

So I got a set of these Bumpons from 3M yesterday. I’ve always believed in a gadget protection solution that allows you to admire your device without the fear of having to encase it in a suit of armor to protect it from scratches. So I purchased a pack of Bumpons for about $2.00 for […]

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October 1st, 2007

Cubic Telecom to release Global Cellular Phone

Cubic Telecom aims to make international calls cheaper, gives you multiple numbers ID’s in just one phone.

Cubic points out that this feature alone is a life-changer for people who have moved, for example, to the United States from overseas. Their family back home can keep in touch for the price of a local call.
In his […]

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September 30th, 2007

A 5% difference between being connected “now” or “later”

Look at the chart. I was able to swipe this survey off The Register as they’ve done a fine job of showing that a great percentage of people between 20-30 years of age suffer from Internet anxiety. Which is why the market for wireless connectivity, mostly through laptops and mobile phones is booming.
Have a closer […]

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September 23rd, 2007

TechFaith Windows Mobile Smartphone

TechFaith’s Peral-H looks so much like a Treo, it hurts. Finally, the true form has been unveiled with this specs list:
Quad-band GSM
Wifi, Bluetooth, 3G
2.8 touch screen
Mini SD port
Front (VGA) and back (1.3MP) cameras
Devices like these are sure to be market trend stoppers, with “old technology” coming in to make the costs a lot cheaper.
Tags: Smartphone, […]

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August 29th, 2007

The Nokia Music Store

Apple has their iTunes Store. Nokia has their Music Store. Using Microsoft DRM for their copy protection via Windows Media Player, Nokia phone owners can now buy songs over the Internet. Here are some features of the new Nokia Music Store:

songs in WMA format at 192 kbps
buy songs either OTA from your mobile […]

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