Samsung D880 DuoS Cell Phone

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Samsung introduces a new dual SIM-card mobile phone with the Samsung D880 slider.

The Samsung D880 allows you to easily manage two mobile phone accounts in one device.
This is useful when your company does not cover your private calls or you want to use a discount pre-paid card parallel to your contract SIM-card. Read more

Posted on Mon, 8 Oct 2007 01:52:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia 500 Auto Navigation is More GPS than Cell Phone

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When you hear the name Nokia, portable phones come to mind rather than GPS devices, but with the new 500 Auto Navigation device that may change. The 500 looks just like the hoards of other in-car navigation devices on the market and it pretty much is.

The 500 has a high-sensitivity internal GPS antenna and uses Nokia Maps navigation software to provide turn-by-turn directions with street and city names. Regional maps that include information on points of interest in the area come pre-installed . Read more

Posted on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:41:25 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MagnaChip Ships New High Resolution LCD Driver for Cell Phones

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Is seems our portable phones are going to be getting better displays soon thanks to a new LCD driver chip from MagnaChip that is now shipping. MagnaChip announced today that they have begun shipping the new QVGA LTPS LCD Driver Chip to the world’s leading portable phone makers.

The new driver supports screen resolution of QVGA 240RGB x 320 and can display 16 million colors. The new chip also offers picture-in-picture capabilities and uses an EEPROM memory that improves picture quality. Read more

Posted on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Dooney & Bourke Launches Limited Edition Cell Phone Case for Verizon

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Verizon Wireless announced today that they are teaming up with the ladies international fashion brand Dooney & Bourke to launch an exclusive, and limited edition mobile phone wristlet case this summer for the ladies.

The case is cut from Dooney & Bourke’s multi-colored signature white “It” fabric and is a full flap design with a cash/IF pocket. The lining is sky blue and the wrist strap is natural leather. Read more

Posted on Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Dell Adds Unlocked High-end Nokia Cell Phones to Dell.com

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Dell has added high-end unlocked Nokia cell phones to their website for purchase. You can buy fully unlocked phones without the need for a contract. That does mean that the phones are expensive since you are not getting the contract subsidy for the device.

Currently on the Dell site are four high-end Nokia phones, the E61, the E61i, N80 and N95. Dell also has a couple phones that are unlocked from Pharos, the GPS Phone 600 and the 600E PDA Smart Phone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:55:50 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Orange Turbine Recharges Cell Phone with Wind Power

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I have seen several different gadgets that are intended to charge up cell phones and MP3 players from simple batteries you connect to extend the life of your phone, to solar recharger's.

A company from England called Orange teamed up with the University of Texas, who ironically are also orange, to develop the first wind powered cell phone charger. The charger looks like the larger wind turbines that we have been hearing much of lately. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:18:56 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Yamaha Heat-Resistant Cell Phone Microphone

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I guess you ask yourself the same question that I asked myself reading about Yamaha developing a heat-resistant microphone for mobile phones. Why do we need a heat-resistant microphone?

The answer is intriguingly simple. The new Yamaha silicon microphone can be easily soldered during the manufacturing process of mobile phones. Handset manufacturers are able to boost production efficiency with this new component.

The Yamaha mic is about 4mm square and 1mm thick.
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Posted on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:28:16 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ugly $310,000 Cell Phone from Vertu

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I have never seen a cellphone worth $310,000, yet that is what Vertu is trying to sell its Signature Cobra phone for. The phone has nothing cool or interesting listed feature wise, and the only real reason for the price is all the jewels that adorn the phone.

The phone is covered by a gold cobra that is crusted with one pear cut diamond, one round diamond, two emeralds eyes and 439 rubies. Personally, I would be afraid to carry the thing around as I am prone to leave my phone wherever I happen to be standing. Read more

Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:15:52 CST | by Shane McGlaun

MobiGater Enables Skype Calls on Any GSM Cell Phone

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MobiGater is a new possibly groundbreaking device that enables you to make Skype calls on your mobile phone without installing any software on your phone.

MobiGater is a Skype to GSM Gateway that connects via USB to a PC to connect to the Skype VOIP infrastructure.
You need to get a SIM card for the MobiGater to make it work. Bulgarian based EURO DESIGN Ltd., the maker of the MobiGater recommends to get a SIM card with low rates on the same network as your mobile phone.
When making calls via Skype you still have to pay for the call to the MobiGater device.

If you make a lot of international calls the MobiGater can save you a bundle here.

The elegant aspect of this solution is that you can use your mobile phone anywhere and make cheap Skype calls. Read more

Posted on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

5 Pantech Cell Phones for Mexico

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Pantech introduces 5 mobile phones in Mexico available through Telcel.

Pantech is active since 2004 in Mexico. The 5 available phones are: PG-6200, PG-1310V, PG-1610, PG-3810 and PG-1810.

The PG-6200 is the most interesting one featuring fingerprint recognition. Other features include a 2 megapixel camera supporting video clip recording and viewing, MP3 player functionality, and 20MB of user memory to store images and music files. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung SPH-M4500 PDA and DMB TV Cell Phone

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Samsung announces the multi-talented SPH-M4500 cell phone in Korea.

The Samsung SPH-M4500 (Anycall Fx) is 18.9mm thick and runs Windows Mobile 5.0. It features DMB TV, Wi-fi and a 2.4 inch touch screen.

Other highlights of the new powerful Samsung smart phone are MP3 player, Video player, 5.1ch surround sound, 2MP camera and microSD slot. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Oct 2006 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cell Phone Found Inside Prisoners

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This is a strange story. AP reports that cell phones have been found inside prisoners in a maximum security prison in El Salvador.

After X-raying suspicious inmates, they found cell phones inside four prisoners. They had hidden the phones in their anus wrapped in a plastic bag - ouch!

Immediately several important questions popped up in my head: Which cell phone has the ideal shape to be hidden in your anus? Can you make voice activated calls via a Bluetooth headset or do you have to take out the mobile phone before you can make or take a call? Can you hear the ring tone if somebody calls? How does the vibrate mode feel? Read more

Posted on Thu, 7 Sep 2006 10:57:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Study: Cell Phones Not Bad For Your Brain

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An increasing concern over the past decade has been whether or not cell phone radiation is bad for your health. A new study from Italian researchers shows that there is no conclusive evidence to prove this (unless you have a pre-existing medical condition).

The study focused on GSM phones, and included only young male subjects. 12 out of the 15 studied had "cells in the motor cortex adjacent to the cell phone [that] showed excitability during phone use but returned to normal within an hour." Read more

Posted on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hacker Turns NES Controller Into a Cell Phone

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Until Nintendo enters the mobile phone market, this NES controller turned Nokia cell phone will have to satiate the Nintendophiles of the world. Sam Garfield took the fanboy-pleasing task of completely stripping out an old-school NES controller and molding his Nokia 3200 to fit inside.

Quote: "The buttons were a special challenge. Each button has to be dremeled down so it fits flush inside the controller case. This involves cutting the red buttons off at the tab, and cutting the entire back off the directional buttons (the biggest pain of the whole project)." Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Xdrive Turns Cell Phones Into PC's

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Xdrive announced a new product that will give mobile phone's access to any type of file, as long as it is Internet-enabled. The service allows subscribers to access files and folders, send faxes, email documents, listen to music and view slide shows stored on their Xdrive account. At a price of $9.95 USD per month, or $99.50 USD per year, members get 5 GB of space and access to all Xdrive services.
More details in Xdrive press-release.

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Posted on Wed, 23 Mar 2005 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Children Should Not Use Cell Phones

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Photo: Times Online According to the Britain's National Radiological Board, while there is not much solid evidence to prove it, radiation from cellular phones causes health risks. Especially in children. Therefore, they recommend that children should not be using cell phones on a regular basis. Due to the study, cell phone maker Communic8 has opted to pull their Mymo line, which are phones aimed at children.

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Posted on Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES Floor Cam, Disposable/Recyclable Cell Phones

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Hop-on, Inc., the leading developer of disposable and fully recyclable cell phones, is featuring the CDMA 2000 cell phones at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show.

There are three CDMA handset models targeted at different price points. Model HPN1900-01 targets entry level customers in the U.S. and emerging markets such as China, India and Latin America and Model HPN1900-02 (Photo) is directed towards the mid-tier price points.

The third phone (Model HPN1900-03) is Hop-on's disposable/recyclable cell phone with a voice feed back to the user instead of an LCD screen and is the Company's lowest cost CDMA handset.

In addition, the Company is providing a live webcam feed directly from the show floor. Check it out.

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Posted on Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:10:00 CST |

TV Tuner Chip for Cell Phones

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Spectrock Corp of Taiwan has announced a prototype of an analog TV tuner chip for cell phones and other small-sized devices.

Spectrock's module with a prototype of a tuner chip The Taiwan-based chipmaker has produced a 1.58mm by 1.58mm IC chip with an RF front-end capability for a TV tuner.
More Details on NE Asia.

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Posted on Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:15:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr