January 19, 2008
Toshiba G450 USB HSDPA Modem Doubles as Cellphone [3G]
Toshiba's new G450 USB HSDPA is designed to primarily function as a USB HSDPA modem for data on-the-go, but in a surprise combo double-attack move it also doubles as a handy cellphone. With its unconventional keypad and 96 x 36 pixel OLED display you're unlikely to want to use it as your main phone, but you never know, it may come in handy. It does give you tri-band EDGE/GSM, 2100 MHz HSDPA and 300 hours standby time, with 3 hours talk time and three colors for around $290 in Europe. [Unwiredview]
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January 04, 2008
Mobiado Introduces Its Stealth Cellphone, Er, Stealthily
Made from a block of aircraft aluminum, Mobiado's black Stealth Mobile is inspired by the bomber of the same name. Only 1200 will be made, so expect the price, while not quite as expensive as a B-2 Spirit, should hit you in the pocket. Full specs of the small-buttoned beauty are below. Band GSM 900/1800/1900MHz WCDMA 2100MHz Data GRPS/EDGE/UMTS Size 109mm x 46mm x 18.5mm (4.3" x 1.8" x 0.7") Weight 177g (6.2oz) Battery Life up to 2 weeks standby time up to 4 hours talk time Main Display 262k color TFT, 320x240 pixel resolution Camera 2 megapixel Video Yes Messaging MMS/SMS/IM Email Yes (POP/IMAP/SMTP) Bluetooth Yes Memory 6MB internal, microSD card slot Availability Unknown Other Speakerphone, aircraft aluminum body, sapphire display and camera window The Mobiado Stealth was released yesterday, but so far without a price. [Sybarites]
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January 01, 2008
BlackBerry 9000 Spy Shot: Is it the Real Deal?
Someone on the BlackBerry forums with the handle "Cooper" who claims to hail from Waterloo, Ontario (RIMs Canadian HQ) has posted what appears to be a photo of the upcoming Blackberry 9000 series. If this photo is the real deal, you can plainly see that the much-rumored touchscreen functionality would not be part of the equation. Before you get all disappointed, keep in mind that this could be anything from a mock-up to a really awesome fake. [BlackBerry Forums and Boy Genius via Pocket-Lint]
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December 06, 2007
More Windows Mobile 6.1 Details [Windows Mobile
BGR has an update to the Windows Mobile 6.1 details we showed you earlier in the week, showing off some more improvements that make us excited for WinMo again. Besides the Vista-esque home screen that you saw last time, there's a new font, zooming, and copy/paste in IE, process list and CPU usage in the task manager, a Wi-Fi indicator, and auto-configuring ActiveSync for your emails. They may not sound like much by themselves, but if you put them all together you'll see that Windows Mobile is heading in the right direction'"into our pants. [Boy Genius Report]
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Posted by Ryan at 01:14 PM
December 05, 2007
HTC Touch Clone Has GPS, But Still Runs Windows Mobile [Cellphones]
If we were a Chinese company that made knockoff phones, we probably wouldn't make a knockoff of the HTC Touch. Not that the phone is bad'"it's somewhat usable'"but putting Windows Mobile 5 on any phone when WM6 is the standard now is kind of a bad idea. However, we would follow in their footsteps and beef up hardware features to include a GPS, a 2-megapixel camera and fingerprint security. We just wouldn't put Windows Mobile 5 on it. [EC51 via Uber Gizmo]
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Posted by Lorren at 05:42 PM
December 02, 2007
N95 Accelerometer Used to Control R/C Car; Begs to be Ported to the iPhone [Cellphones]
Some enterprising modders have written a Python application that links up a remote control car with their Nokia N95 via Bluetooth, using the accelerometer to turn the phone into a little steering wheel. It's awesome. The next logical step would be to put a camera on the car that streams to the phone so you could see where it was going when it was out of your field of vision. N95/iPhone modders, the gauntlet has been thrown down. Let's make this happen. [Project Page via New Launches]
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November 30, 2007
One Cellphone For Every Two People
According to research firm Informa, cellphone subscriptions have passed the 3.3 billion mark'"half the world's population. In 59 countries, penetration's over 100 percent because people have more than one cellphone, so not quite half the world actually has one. Yet. [Reuters]
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Santa AT&T Gives Away Free Holiday Ringtones [Do You Hear What I
AT&T is getting into the Christmas spirit and is serving up free Holiday ringtones, answer tones and a game called Santa Tower Bloxx to its customers. The ringtones include festive classics such as "Jingle Bells," "The Dreidel Song" and "Noche de Paz." The holiday answer tones featured in the promotion include "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Feliz Navidad" and "Wizards in Winter." You can text the word "GIFT" to 7230 and a reply message will be sent with the link to download the ringtone. The carrier does show its Scrooge side as texting and downloading fees will still apply. There's no word on how long this offer will last, but my guess is it won't be around past Dec. 25 whether you're naughty or nice. [I4U News]
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