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Archive for the ‘Unwired Oddities’ Category

June 2nd, 2008

The CellFall

I swear, they should have keyboard buttons for the skull and crossbones. Makes it easier to swear.
Dammit, I hate it when my cellphone falls the wrong way, crisp into the pavement. And now, one out of ten times, the receiver craps out on me and nobody can hear me. Stuff like this can put anyone […]

By Jayvee -- 3 comments

May 23rd, 2008

Flashback Friday: Sorry my dog ate my phonebook // Plaxo + Comcast = CRAPXO

Did your friend really lose your number? Or did she just really delete it on purpose?

The Art of Phone Book Deletion is becoming a commercialized one. It’s the most common excuse people give to those who’s numbers come in unregistered. Are phones that flimsy nowadays to have their phone books in a state of volatility?
You […]

By Jayvee -- 1 comment

May 17th, 2008

Behind the Scenes: Human Snake from Get Out and Play

Stop Motion Human Snake Video:

Behind the Scenes:

In one of the biggest squares in Lisbon, Portugal we have the making of the world’s first human snake video. This is a tribute to the world’s most iconic mobile game - Snake. If you’ve ever owned a Nokia in the past 15 years, you know what we mean. […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

April 21st, 2008

Outsourcing from Competitors

Sometimes it seems like the phone industry is too competitive. The “gnashing is teeth” may be the greatest common factor when it comes to brands releasing better versions of their competitor’s handsets. However, if you look at some outsourcing behavior with phone manufacturers, everyone is really just connected to one big web of suppliers:
1. Samsung […]

By Jayvee -- 3 comments

March 23rd, 2008

Telco Sponsors Live Crucifixion

The Holy Week, a week-long celebration / reflection on the Passion of the Christ culminates today at Easter Sunday. The feast of the Holy Week includes the Good Friday live Crucifixion which is done in the popular province of San Fernando, Pampanga. The Good Friday story was written by Brit tech site, The Register.
As […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

March 12th, 2008

Lethal weapons disguised as mobile phones

Remember those comics and movies in the 70’s where the ol’ pear a soap into the shape of a pistol at the jail cell? Well this is a similar case but it involves a Sony Ericsson W700 - at least what LOOKS LIKE to be a W700. Police have arrested two kids who had in […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

January 22nd, 2008

R.I.P. Cellphone, I knew thee well.

“The leading cause of death among fashion models is falling through street grates.” - Dave Barry
Alas, when the time comes where I will have no more use for my mobile phone, I will bid it farewell and cast it into the bowels of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly in Russia. It’s true!

“The reason we selected […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

January 11th, 2008

NOKLA phones being sent to NOKIA service centers

Some consumers are the perfect target for things like this. Nokia sent over an email a few days ago exposing how owners of NOKLA phones are sending them to NOKIA service centers for repairs. Because of the inferior design quality, these phones tend to break. The problem with consumers is that they tend to mistake […]

By Jayvee -- 8 comments

January 2nd, 2008

Special SIM cards for text voting in contests? Weird.

I love shows that do audience participation. Especially in the form of SMS voting for talent shows like American Idol. Well, we have our own franchise back here called Philippine Idol. And as a fan of these talent shows that, I’ve become a little disturbed with some developments in blatant SMS padding of votes. For […]

By Jayvee -- 0 comments

December 26th, 2007

Verzio Duplii Review: Dual SIM done right?

The Verzio Duplii is one of two phones (the other one is the Twinn) launched in the Philippines. It is the first “looks good like it ain’t hacked” phone that holds two SIM card slots active simultaneously.
Real estate shows off a fantastic phone design as the Duplii was engineered by former Sony Ericsson and […]

By Jayvee -- 30 comments

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