Want Your Handset to Feel Like Skin?
Submitted by Sean on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 6:25pm.Koreans are the leading innovators in handset manufacturing and they took it upon themselves to apply this Japanese concept into producing an actual phone model. The theory is that since we always have our cellphones in hand, why not give it a more comfortable exterior. Plastic is okay and metal actually feels good but nothing [...]
Eee PC to Face iPhone Head-On
Submitted by Sean on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 4:52pm.I know this is a blog about handsets, but Eee PC is big news and Eee PC woth touch screen is even bigger news. For those of you who haven’t heard of the Eee PC, it is a sub-notebook manufactured by Asus. This laptop is so small it only has a 7-inch screen and a [...]
LG SH240 feels like human skin: WHY?!
Submitted by Sean on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 9:07am.Queer as it is, the LG SH240 has that human touch.
The LG SH240, which has been coined as the “skin phone” has its keypad made out of silicon to simulate the touch of human skin.
Creepy. Creepy. Creepy.
Features-wise there’s nothing much to write home about - 2MP camera, Bluetooth and HSDPA 3.5G are pretty [...]
App Rant! Because Who Really Needs a Tip Calculator?
Submitted by Sean on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 2:57am.Dear Cell Phone User,
Have you checked your World Clock lately? How about the stopwatch? Do you have a pressing need to count down stuff? Or perhaps you’re a fan of the tip calculator. After a big meal basic math can be quite challenging.
I don’t get these apps. I mean, I get them, I have them, [...]
The Battle Between InterDigital and Nokia
Submitted by Sean on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 1:08am.A small company (to the tune of 275 employees) called InterDigital announced today that it is currently in talks with Nokia over licensing several patents related to 3G technology. Normally, this wouldn't really be news except for the fact that...
MotoRZR Introduced
Submitted by Sean on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 5:44pm.Motorola has dropped another RAZR and dropped the “A” as well in the process. Welcome the Motorola RZR V3s, a phone which will have the honor of being a pioneer in AWS support. AWS is the acronym for Advanced Wireless Spectrum, which adds the 1700MHz spectrum to CDMA networks. That’s besides the 800 and 1900MHz [...]
I-Coloured Mobile’s ZJ268 Stays Powered for 666 Days
Submitted by Sean on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 7:39pm.China is leaving other cellphone-manufacturing countries in the dust announcing the I-Coloured ZJ268 phone, which has a stand-by time of 666 days. Say what?
Theoretically, the ZJ268 (powered by a 32,800mAh “super battery”) only needs one full charge, given that most people (at least those I know of) change handsets at least once every two years. [...]
Virgin Fly SX200, a $46 Cellphone
Submitted by Sean on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 11:48am.Need a low-priced cellphone? Virgin has an irresistible in the UK beginning this Easter. The Fly SX200 is a tri-band slider with VGA camera. There is stereo Bluetooth and you get 512 MB of memory and an expandable slot, MP3 player, video recorder and FM tuner.
It’s a full-featured handset at a price that beats the [...]
Telco Sponsors Live Crucifixion
Submitted by Sean on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 9:24am.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 [...]
MotoZine ZN5 With 5 Megapixels of Shooting Power
Submitted by Sean on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 4:11pm.Motorola has been late in the megapixel wars so let us hope the MotoZine camera phone can compete with Noki and Samsung. The MotoZine was announced late last year but we knew it then as the Z12. Now we know Motorola uses a Kodak camera (up to 1920×2560 pixels) on this one but what we [...]