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Perhaps the oddest thing about the latest faux iPhone from China is that it actually could have been an interesting product without all the Apple fakery. Although the CECT m188 doesn't sport the Apple logo on its body, the design...
POSTED Tuesday, April 7, 2009
The Third Coming of the iPhone is forthcoming, and along the way eagle-eyed fanboys are spotting clues in its developer's code pointing to innovations that may lie within. We found a quartet of enticing possibilities — rumors all, so...
POSTED Monday, April 6, 2009
The original Peek was something of a curiosity when it came out last year, and the new Pronto is still a head scratcher. It's a no-bones-about-it handheld email device that's cheap and simple, with a decidedly attractive spartan look marred...
POSTED Monday, April 6, 2009
High tech meets low tech with this simple corrugated cardboard stand, that makes capturing document images with your iPhone a snap. If you've ever attempted to scan a document by just holding up your phone, you'll know that a...
POSTED Saturday, April 4, 2009
Ready to pledge your allegiance to the Decepticons? If a hat isn't enough of a statement, you might want to pick up this phone from LG. A limited-edition version of the company's Versa handset, the phone has the Decepticon logo...
POSTED Friday, April 3, 2009
Wallet fully loaded? Let's see: Visa, American Express, MasterCard, cellphone… Yup, its a phone the size of a credit card, only 0.58mm thin (less than a quarter inch, about the width of three credit cards) and weighs just 1.3 ounces....
POSTED Friday, April 3, 2009
AT&T will launch a 3G cellphone that also connects to a new satellite phone network by the end of this year. Why this satellite phone will succeed where others have failed remains to be seen. A company called TerreStar is...
POSTED Friday, April 3, 2009
If you've got some extra dough lying around or you have too much money, Motorola has the ultimate status phone for both of you: the silvery Aura, which sells for a cool $2,000. Why $2k? Aura's hefty etched stainless steel...
POSTED Friday, April 3, 2009
Leave it to a company that makes watches to create a wrist cellphone you might actually want to buy. Neutrano will start selling two Nutec-branded WristFones come June: the 97020, which has a black phone with a physical dialpad, and...
POSTED Thursday, April 2, 2009
This summer, everyone expects Apple to drop a new version of its flagship iPhone. But what will they do? Will it be a radical redesign or a more subtle upgrade? This concept envisions somewhere between the two, subtly updating the...
POSTED Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Earlier this month we featured top-end watchmaker Ulysse Nardin's self-winding cellphone. As intriguing and steampunky as the phone may have looked from the one promo picture featured, the full set of photos barely do the phone — expected to put...
POSTED Monday, March 30, 2009
"> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"> Toshiba came up with a fantastically innovative way of publicising its new digital billboards in Japan recently. The electronics company turned one of its sites in Akihabara, Tokyo, into an interactive game...
POSTED Thursday, March 26, 2009
I cling resolutely to my decade-old Hermes agenda. A tad longer and wider than an iPhone, it comes with a little stick-like pencil that acts as a fastener. It goes everywhere with me, and I'm convinced I'm faster on the...
POSTED Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Throat microphones, although popular in military and police applications, haven't quite caught on in the civilian ranks. Yet. The Sanwa Throat microphone might change that — if you can get past a few funny stares. The Throat Microphone looks like...
POSTED Monday, March 23, 2009
DVICE writers take a closer look at the latest tech trends in our weekly column, Shift. Apple's unveiling of the third major iteration of the iPhone's software was extremely welcome news to anyone who uses the phone for anything more...
POSTED Thursday, March 19, 2009
I don't really get the whole portable-cellphone-speaker thing. I mean, sure, I guess it's cool to have a speaker with you to play songs from your phone for your friends, but how often does that come up? Especially when said...
POSTED Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Now you can talk hands-free in your car and know that you're constant gabbing isn't doing anything nasty to the environment except adding your own noise pollution. Pair up this solar Scosche solCHAT with your Bluetooth cell phone, and it...
POSTED Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Tokyoflash, the Japanese destination for cool and borderline incomprehensible watches, recently asked designers to come up with renderings of Bluetooth necklaces. Ranging from dog tag-inspired chains to chocolate-shaped squares, the results are pretty interesting. But what is a Bluetooth necklace,...
POSTED Monday, March 16, 2009
Forgotten your wallet? Find yourself short on cash? Well, why not use your phone to pay for that latte? Folks in the U.K. will soon be using their cellphones to pay for a wide range of stuff, thanks to a...
POSTED Wednesday, March 11, 2009
What would happen if you combined an iPhone with an old-school rotary phone? Well, you'd probably get a much less functional iPhone. That's what this concept Touch Screen Rotary phone is like, featuring a circular touchscreen that acts as a...
POSTED Tuesday, March 10, 2009
It's been many decades since there was any kind of correlation between the price of a wristwatch and its timekeeping abilities. Today, expensive watches are all about style and making a statement. The problem is an increasing number of...
POSTED Saturday, March 7, 2009
It's finally happened: Someone has created a working shoe phone. You'll never lose your mobile again, but on the downside, answering this undercover phone means taking off your shoes. Surely that'll blow your cover, no? The creator, IT boffin Paul...
POSTED Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Most Bluetooth headsets make you look like some kind of super geek, but not this ultra suave earring like number for the ladies from Russian designer Ilshat Garipov. This isn't the first time someone has tried to make a...
POSTED Saturday, February 28, 2009
DVICE writers take a closer look at the latest tech trends in our weekly column, Shift. If you live with lots of people, odds are you have an outlet strip in a common area chock-a-block with varying cellphone chargers. Maybe...
POSTED Thursday, February 26, 2009
Everyone will think you're an old-school Luddite when they see this SparkFun rotary phone sitting on your desk, but they'll be so, so mistaken. Inside its ancient exterior lies Bluetooth, ready to pair up with even the most sophisticated cell...
POSTED Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Most alternative power supplies look like a kluge-fest. Green is good, but must it look so, well, bad? And how many of them are truly slip-in-your-pocket portable? Samsung is showing off a whole new look for alternative power. These products...
POSTED Monday, February 23, 2009
We've uncovered more ecologically friendly goodies from KDDI's Design Project. The latest is a concept device is aptly named the GEM and looks as though it was carved out of a single slab of obsidian with an oddly organic form...
POSTED Thursday, February 19, 2009
The LG-GD900 cellphone, which was unveiled a couple of days ago, has one of the most striking designs we've seen. Its head-turning innovation: The softly illuminated keypad is transparent. The phone is slated for a spring 2009 release. We can't...
POSTED Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Usually, when you buy a new cellphone, it comes with its own charger, which is typically unique to that phone. God forbid manufacturers had a standard plug that would work on all phones when they can make money selling you...
POSTED Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Remember the Helio Ocean? That landmark phone was world's first dual slider — one with both a slide-out keypad and a separate, slide-out QWERTY keyboard. A little-reported fact about the Ocean was that it was actually made by Pantech, which...
POSTED Wednesday, February 18, 2009
If you are among the paranoid tech enthusiasts who are love with gadgets, but fearful of the mysterious electronic waves being sent into your skull, the new Adtec Bluetooth wrist speakerphone might be exactly what you've been looking for. Offered...
POSTED Wednesday, February 18, 2009
In a meeting and your phone starts vibrating? Discreetly check this vibrating Bluetooth Bracelet on your wrist, and you'll know who's calling. This one takes that old idea of a vibrating Bluetooth bracelet and goes a crucial step further: It...
POSTED Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Until now, Google's Android mobile OS has only been found on the G1. Now, the second "Google Phone" has been announced: the HTC Magic. A slick-looking touchscreen phone, this model takes aim squarely at the iPhone. Featuring a 3.2-inch touch...
POSTED Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Not to be outdone by Samsung's new Blue Earth handset, LG Electronics has announced its own new solar powered cell phone. The surprisingly attractive handset features an array of tiny solar panels built into the cover of the phone. According...
POSTED Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Well it's about time fuddy-duddy Microsoft hopped up with the hepcats and finally redesigned that stodgy Windows Mobile interface. And what a bang-up job the Redmondians have done with this version 6.5 of its cell phone operating system. It's not...
POSTED Monday, February 16, 2009
These Philips SHB 7110 earphones are swank enough for us to get over our loathing of Bluetooth. There's a microphone in there somewhere, and with a single touch you can tap into a cell phone call while you're listening to...
POSTED Monday, February 16, 2009
Dozens of announcements are blasting out of the huge Mobile World Conference cell phone convention in Barcelona right now, but let's just cut through all the me-too teases and show you the highlight: the Samsung OmniaHD, the first cell phone...
POSTED Monday, February 16, 2009
Microsoft is officially wading into competitive retail with its own slew of storefronts, and the company just hired David Porter, the new VP of Retail Stores, to lead the charge when he starts on February 16th. "Defining the time frame,...
POSTED Friday, February 13, 2009
Samsung jumps onto the green bandwagon with this Blue Earth cell phone, equipped with a solar panel on the back that'll charge it up any time you're out in the sunshine. You do go out in the sunshine, don't you,...
POSTED Friday, February 13, 2009
TeleNav just jumped into the Android arena this morning, announcing the first GPS navigation service for the open-source cell phone operating system started by Google. TeleNav GPS Navigator will have all those handy features of stand-alone and in-dash GPS units,...
POSTED Thursday, February 12, 2009
Ah, E Ink. You're so glamorous, seductive and successful on the shiny new Kindle 2, so spiffy adorning the Sony Reader. You're so full of promise, oh star of press releases and prototypes. But your failures are so spectacular, and...
POSTED Thursday, February 12, 2009
Japanese cell phone manufacturer KDDI has teamed up with Hitachi to introduce something your iPhone still can't manage: 3D content. The new Hitachi WOOO H001 offers 3D representations of your phone's still images and video. In addition to the 3D...
POSTED Wednesday, February 11, 2009
What does a company do when it's having trouble selling cell phones? I know, let's make a LEGO phone! This Alcatel cell phone, destined to hit the market this year, has snap-on pieces that let you change the color of...
POSTED Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Conduit is a mobile workstation and phone all rolled up into one gorgeous package. Pan-pipe jokes aside, this concept was designed for SKY/Pantech, a Korean cellphone company. Let's all beg them to make this a reality. The Conduit is...
POSTED Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Amazon Kindle 2 bursts onto the scene with impressive new features, but it's not alone. There are already plenty of e-readers on the market — and even more coming — each with its own abilities, shape and pricing. So...
POSTED Monday, February 9, 2009
Fresh from its intro in New York this morning, here's a size comparison of Amazon's Kindle 2 e-reader. The purple rectangle in the illustration is the Kindle 2, the gray rectangle is the original Kindle. Both are compared to the...
POSTED Monday, February 9, 2009
Designing duo James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have a radical concept for you ponder. I'll just let them have the floor:The Isophone is essentially a telecommunications device providing a service that can be described simply as a meeting of the...
POSTED Friday, February 6, 2009
While there's usually nothing sexy about a processor chip, the new NEC CE143 is pretty hot. This processor supports video decoding up to 1080p. In English, your cellphone will be able to display HD video. Who needs a big-screen home...
POSTED Friday, February 6, 2009
If the iPhone made you think that maybe you really did only need one gadget in your life, Google's Android may one day have you wanting hundreds. Mark Hamblin, CEO of Touch Revolution and one of the driving minds behind...
POSTED Friday, February 6, 2009
Okay commenters, we hear you. We won't compare the gorgeous Samsung Memoir mobile phone to the iPhone. We'll just talk about that honking 8-megapixel camera on board, coupled with a xenon flash. Finally, a cell phone with a real camera...
POSTED Thursday, February 5, 2009
There's no shortage of Star Trek communicator replicas, but this one's different: Instead of playing a repertoire of goofy sound effects, it's actually a communicator. If you use a VoIP phone system such as Skype (which has been recently improved...
POSTED Thursday, February 5, 2009
At the TED2009 conference yesterday, Pattie Maes from the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab showed off a new way of getting info anywhere. Calling it a "Sixth Sense," she wore and demonstrated a $350 system consisting of...
POSTED Thursday, February 5, 2009
2008 was a good year for gadgets, and we're hoping that '09 will be just as impressive. We're only a month in so far, but Palm, Dell, Sony and even Amazon have all dropped hints about what the companies have...
POSTED Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Yet another iPhone competitor called the TG01 has just been launched by Japanese hardware manufacturer Toshiba. Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, the touchscreen phone features GPS, WiFi, video playback, Flash video playback, a 3.2 megapixel camera, video game play, a...
POSTED Wednesday, February 4, 2009
During this economic winter the perfect gadget just might be a handset that evokes the rare diamonds you'd like to own, stripped of all the pricey smartphone extras that might strain your wallet. Along those lines, the new MOTOJEWEL U9...
POSTED Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The touchscreen war is over. Despite loud, early protests, Apple's iPhone has effectively swayed Asia's handset makers to the way of the touchscreen. The most recent proof of this sea change comes from Casio's new CA001 touchscreen phone. What makes...
POSTED Monday, February 2, 2009
There's a good chance that you'll be able to use your cell during a flight pretty soon. British Airways is going to let passengers on selected flights between London and New York send text messages. The flights aren't very packed...
POSTED Wednesday, January 28, 2009
As you gaze at this spy shot of the alleged Amazon Kindle 2 e-reader, read the tea leaves along with us: Amazon just announced a press conference at New York's Morgan Library & Museum, scheduled for Monday, February 9th....
POSTED Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Now that President Obama has won the battle to keep his beloved PDA, speculation has begun about what type of device it will be. Given the secret nature of our texter in chief's communications, I expect they'll insist on...
POSTED Saturday, January 24, 2009
Online Best Colleges (dot com) has thrown together a list of 100 free iPhone apps that'll make you smarter if you use them. As it's so big, it understandably has quite a few throwaways (such as Gmail, or using Pandora...
POSTED Thursday, January 22, 2009
HTC expanded its niche of iPhone knockoffs with the HTC Touch Cruise, emphasizing GPS features with an application called "Footprint." Available by June, this $600 geo-tagging smartphone snags "digital postcards" of your current location with its 3.2-megapixel camera, combining...
POSTED Thursday, January 22, 2009
After much discussion and haggling, President Obama gets to keep his BlackBerry after all. There's considerable concern about security, but he'll only be using the handheld device among a tight circle of friends, and will change his email address...
POSTED Thursday, January 22, 2009
Until everlasting batteries hit the market, we'll constantly be looking for ways to enhance battery longevity. Now you can wear your power jones on your sleeve (or just under it) with the $25 Wrist Band Battery, carrying enough juice...
POSTED Monday, January 19, 2009
If you're really, really, really excited about President Obama, then you might find this Obama phone attractive. It's got a big Obama logo on the back, the Obama "O" on the main button nub, and a classy color scheme. It's...
POSTED Thursday, January 15, 2009
Having a cellphone necessarily brings with it the tough decision of where to carry the damn thing. That typically means bulging up a pocket, though at least women can often opt for tossing it in a handbag (but even...
POSTED Monday, January 12, 2009
MediaFLO, aka FLO TV, the subscription-based broadcast service heretofore limited to cellphones, is making its way to the car. Sometime this year, Audiovox will start selling a black box that connects to a car's A/V system to bring live...
POSTED Sunday, January 11, 2009
Despite the widespread assumption that PDA grandaddy Palm was in its death throes, the company rolled out an iPhone competitor, the Palm Pre, at CES yesterday. The 8-gigabyte slider has GPS navigation, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a new interface the...
POSTED Friday, January 9, 2009
Although slick touchscreen phones from Apple and LG are battling for market share in Asia, a new throwback (read: non-touch) phone from Sony Ericsson called the Walkman Phone Xmini has become a surprise hit among Japanese techies. Particularly popular among...
POSTED Friday, January 9, 2009
Knowing just how crappy sound quality can get when compressed onto an MP3 player or mobile phone, Dolby has developed a new technology to bring back some of what was lost in translation. Dolby Mobile does a variety of things...
POSTED Thursday, January 8, 2009
What was originally conceived as an electronic, wrist-mounted medical handbook for the British military is now a 3-piece folding smartphone for the consumer market. Called the iCEphone, it does everything you'd expect a smartphone to do, but also comes...
POSTED Thursday, January 8, 2009
LG calls this the smallest wrist phone in existence, and this picture gallery adds credence to that claim. It's remarkably thin considering all the electronics packed within. Besides letting you play Dick Tracy with its 3G connectivity, you can...
POSTED Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Soon, you'll be able to watch video from your home theater on an iPhone. SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone made its debut at Macworld today, with its release on the iTunes app Store planned by the end of March. This...
POSTED Tuesday, January 6, 2009
With only one day left on the 2008 calendar Softbank finally released the highly anticipated 1-Seg TV tuner and battery for the Apple iPhone. Say what you will about the iPhone's steep challenge in Japan, but Softbank has come through...
POSTED Friday, January 2, 2009
As most cell phone manufacturers have found out, it's pretty hard to top Apple's iPhone. But with a simple change in form factor that is decidedly old school sci-fi, Korea's LG may have a winner in the LG-GD910 touchscreen wrist...
POSTED Thursday, January 1, 2009
Even if you're not too crazy about the Blackberry Storm smartphone, you might like it a bit better with a full-fledged GPS system on board. This one by GPS ace Telenav takes advantage of the Blackberry's connectivity with live...
POSTED Monday, December 29, 2008
Despite the naysayers the iPhone continues to gain steam in Japan. The latest evidence of this trend comes via Softbank's latest software announcement promoting Speeek, a voice-enabled electronic dictionary application that translates Japanese to English or Chinese. Using voice recognition...
POSTED Monday, December 29, 2008
Rumblings of an iPhone nano have been percolating for weeks now, and here are the first pics of the thus-far fantasy phone. It looks to be a 3/4 size iPhone, slimmer but every bit as attractive as its existing...
POSTED Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Landline phones may be going the way of the dodo, what with everyone owning cellphones, but that's not going to stop the fine folks at Bang & Olufsen from releasing a ridiculous impractical cordless telephone. Yes, the BeoCom2 Phone is...
POSTED Monday, December 22, 2008
We long for the day when all cell phone cameras are as good as a typical point-and-shoot digital camera. That day may be slightly closer with the U.S. debut of the Samsung M8800 Pixon, a cell phone with an...
POSTED Monday, December 15, 2008
Those kids today: yammering on their cellphones all day, and the texting. It's all fun and games until you start doing it while driving. Yeah, that would be a big no-no regardless of your age, though University of Utah...
POSTED Friday, December 12, 2008
Here's a phone that may just strong-arm its way into the hearts of business-minded folks who always need a charged phone and a firm handshake. The idea behind the phone is that by squeezing the grips flanking the unit as...
POSTED Friday, December 12, 2008
Mobile broadband is a wonderful thing, capable of giving you a decent 3G internet connection almost anywhere. This Novatel MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot is about the size of a deck of cards, and turns 3G connectivity into Wi-Fi that...
POSTED Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Someday soon, your entire broadband experience could be wireless — and blazing fast at the same time. You've heard of 3G? Now get ready for "Next G." Network-building heavyweight Ericsson took a big step toward that super-fast wireless goal today,...
POSTED Friday, December 5, 2008
Google's open-source Android cell phone operating system has just one taker so far, the T-Mobile G1, but that's about to change. Now there's a new kid on the block, the Agora from Aussie cell phone maker Kogan. Built like...
POSTED Thursday, December 4, 2008
So you still sleep with a night light. OK, that's nothing to be ashamed of! It's a scary world, and you never know what might be lurking under your bed. But if you're going to have a night light plugged...
POSTED Thursday, December 4, 2008
Nokia rolled out its next generation of smartphones, with more power, more features and stronger specs. The Nokia N97's 3.5-inch touchscreen has a 640 x 360 (16:9) display, and gives you subtle buzzing haptic feedback with every touch. It's...
POSTED Tuesday, December 2, 2008
The cellphone industry's obsession with ever-thinner handsets has been a boon for gadget packrats, but has mostly failed to keep delivering "fun" designs. Taiwanese industrial designer Joseph Liang offers hope for the future of interesting phone design with his...
POSTED Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Planning to get one of those fancy T-Mobile Google phones this weekend? If you are, don't ask a friend who has one to use the phone's barcode reader to find the best deal. Every G1 can use ShopSavvy, an...
POSTED Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Sega, ever committed to furthering the fine art of off-key karaoke performances, has unveiled the Hitokara Home Karaoke system in Japan. The device is deceptively cheesy in that it comes with a spinning disco mirror ball for the real hams...
POSTED Tuesday, November 25, 2008
With venerable print journals like PC Magazine folding into online-only operations, many old school media titans are looking for an escape hatch and Samsung may have the key. At Japan's recent FPD International 2008 tech conference, the Korean cell phone...
POSTED Monday, November 24, 2008
We've had a couple of days to play with the BlackBerry Storm, Research in Motion's answer to the iPhone. It's the first all-touchscreen, no-keyboard BlackBerry. And let's be clear: It's no iPhone. Its web browser is slow, and you...
POSTED Thursday, November 20, 2008
UbiGreen, a cell phone application that's been developed jointly by the University of Washington and Intel, will keep track of how you travel and let you know how green you're being. It uses built-in accelerometers like the iPhone has to...
POSTED Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Those who don't have the patience to wait for Softbank's iPhone battery/TV tuner can pick the far more practical Pocket Power phone charger from Panasonic. The device features two Evolta rechargeable batteries that only take a few hours to retain...
POSTED Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Telo, Internet phone service provider Ooma's latest unit, features a great new look and a dedicated cordless handset, something Ooma's previous foray into the calling world lacked. Ooma's gimmick is simple: buy one of the sets and you...
POSTED Wednesday, November 12, 2008
My cellphone just died, catastrophically. My first clue: The display on the LCD was upside-down and backwards. I didn't even think that was even possible, but, yup, that's what it was doing. A quick trip to the AT&T store,...
POSTED Thursday, November 6, 2008
When you're out on the slopes, you don't want to have to root around in your jacket to find your phone to take a call. Your hand will freeze outside of its glove and it's just plain inconvenient. That's why...
POSTED Tuesday, November 4, 2008
In what might be seen as one of the boldest moves a cell phone company has ever made, Softbank has decided to release its diamond-studded Tiffany phone in the middle of the worst global financial meltdown in history. Retailing for...
POSTED Monday, November 3, 2008
Computer programmers at UC San Diego have whipped up software that poses a serious threat. Called "Sneakey," it can use an image of a key from almost any angle to create an exact replica. It doesn't have to be...
POSTED Friday, October 31, 2008
One of the chief criticisms of the iPhone rollout in Japan was the device's lack of 1-seg television service that comes standard on many of Japan's newest cell phones. Today television addicts in Japan can safely purchase the iPhone now...
POSTED Friday, October 31, 2008
At my poker game last week, I was showing off the T-Mobile G1 Android phone. While fondling it, one of my opponent friends asked me, "Are all cellphones going to be touchscreen?" Without hesitating (or thinking) I said, "Yes,"...
POSTED Thursday, October 30, 2008
Even the brightest cell phone screens can be tough to see in bright sunlight, getting washed out and impossible to read. You end up having to shade the screen with your hand, which is annoying and makes it tough to...
POSTED Tuesday, October 28, 2008
How can a T-shirt link to a website? Simple: you put a logo on the shirt that a cellphone camera can recognize. Then, when someone snaps a picture of the logo, the phone automatically calls up the site that...
POSTED Tuesday, October 28, 2008
It takes a lot for us to get worked up about a mere cell phone, but this Casio Exilim W63CA does the trick. You might recognize that Exilim moniker from Casio's camera line; it translates well to cell phonage,...
POSTED Monday, October 27, 2008
Motorola is going upscale. Check out Aura, a $2000 jewel of a cell phone aimed at the luxury market. It's the first to have a circular display. Notice how that 1.55-inch sapphire crystal-protected screen is positioned as the hub...
POSTED Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Sony released a new revision of the PSP last week, which features "a new, more vibrant LCD screen". Yeah, sure it does. So when it showed up today, I figured I'd have a look and bring you a tale...
POSTED Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Among the myriad concept phones shown off recently by AU KDDI at CEATEC, one particularly beautiful model was the Voyager. Displayed on a moon-like surface at the event in homage to real life astronauts, the phone unfolds from the back...
POSTED Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Elephants looking to make a break for it from Kenyan wildlife conservatories will actually just be giving themselves up. That's because whenever the animals try to leave an area cordoned off by a virtual fence, they'll send a text...
POSTED Tuesday, October 21, 2008
When you get a call while you're driving, what do you do? Do you pick it up, or let it go to your voicemail? Of course there's always a temptation to grab it, especially if you think it may...
POSTED Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Motorola's presents The Next Big Thing in Cellphones with its new Krave ZN4 touchscreen phone, available starting today from Verizon for $150 (with a two-year deal plus rebate, of course). Krave's claim to fame: a clear flip front cover...
POSTED Tuesday, October 14, 2008
If you want a window into the soul of Japan and its relationship to technology you need look no further than the Bus Buzzer Cell Phone Strap from Strapya. The device's function and operation are simple: if you can't reach...
POSTED Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Japan-based CEATEC conference has come and gone, but one incredible item we neglected to mention at the show was the NTT Docomo Separate Keitai. The prototype device lives up to its name with the ability to break into two...
POSTED Monday, October 6, 2008
Meet RoboVox, a giant robot with a giant voice. Standing over 25 feet tall, RoboVox will take messages you text it from your cell phone and say them aloud (this all seems ready for Anchorman-style train wrecks, doesn't it?)....
POSTED Thursday, October 2, 2008
Nokia scrambles to catch up to the iPhone with its Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone, also known as "the Tube." While its 3.2-inch haptic touch screen and 3.2-megapixel auto-focusing camera are impressive, our buddy John Biggs at CrunchGear was disappointed...
POSTED Thursday, October 2, 2008
This year’s CEATE has already packed more punch than the last few years combined, and the latest offering from NTT Docomo unveiled at the event continues the new trend. The company, known for its powerful grip on the Japanese cell...
POSTED Thursday, October 2, 2008
Egads. It's bulky. It's inefficient. In today's modern world, it would be a colossal hassle. I love it. This steampunk phone is a conceptual prototype by Londoner Arthur Schmitt, and it tickles all the right spots from a design...
POSTED Wednesday, October 1, 2008
For most people, the name Porsche conjures up images of sophisticated design, exquisite quality, and most importantly, extreme speed. And while their new P'9522 delivers ample doses of those first two qualities, a web connection that relies on WiFi...
POSTED Sunday, September 28, 2008
The next year is going to be fun. A month from now, the Android-powered T-Mobile G1 will go on sale, along with all the Android apps in the online Android Market store. Having played with the G1 for a...
POSTED Thursday, September 25, 2008
We're big fans of the designers at Art.Lebedev studios. For their next trick, the creators of that hyper-ambitious keyboard with a video screen behind every key are trying their hands at a touchscreen cell phone. Its simple yet functional...
POSTED Thursday, September 25, 2008
Three Japanese engineering giants, Nissan, NTT Docomo and Sharp, have joined forces to introduce the world's first cellphone with the ability to act as an Intelligent Key for your car. Nissan's Intelligent Key technology already comes standard in most of...
POSTED Thursday, September 25, 2008
It's impossible not to compare the first Google Android phone, the HTC-made G1 unveiled this morning by T-Mobile, to the iPhone. Like all iPhone clones, the Samsung Instinct, the LG Voyager, and varying HTC Touch models, the G1 includes...
POSTED Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Behold the new T-Mobile G1 phone in motion here, showing it from every angle in all its glory. We're nuts about its push Gmail, Google Maps integration, MP3 store, the first few apps and the $179 phone's slide-out keyboard,...
POSTED Tuesday, September 23, 2008
T-Mobile and Google just unveiled the G1, a rebranded HTC Dream that's the first phone to come out that comes loaded with Android, Google's open-source software, meaning anyone in the world will be able to design applications for this...
POSTED Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Hey ladies! Have you been waiting for a phone designed just for you? One without all the confusing buttons and features found on phones designed for men? Well, the wait is over! Say hello to the pink high heels phone!...
POSTED Thursday, September 18, 2008
So you want to use your phone without using your hands. No problem! There are all sorts of Bluetooth headsets available to allow you to do just that. Oh, you want to use your actual phone with no hands? Uh,...
POSTED Monday, September 15, 2008
Earlier this year we profiled an amazing concept device that would detail real-time data for objects framed within its view screen. Now the incredible pace of accelerating technology has made this device a reality in the form of the...
POSTED Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Mobile chargers, small devices with batteries that you can plug a dying cellphone into, have been around for a while. But because they serve just one purpose, they haven't caught on that well. People need to remember to carry them...
POSTED Friday, September 5, 2008
Fans of those old school mood rings will be happy to know that mystical Technicolor trinkets have finally invaded today's technology. KDDI and Kyocera have announced the W64SA, a phone that is designed to offer "color therapy" to users via...
POSTED Friday, September 5, 2008
Japan's found something else for passersby to hold a cell phone up to: movie posters. Major Japanese cell phone carriers are embedding Near Field Communication (or NFC) tags in popular movie posters, so that when someone holds a cell...
POSTED Thursday, September 4, 2008
We have mixed feelings about our iPhones 3G, but generally we're crazy about them even though they crash a lot. A whole lot. Are we insane? Maybe we should wake up and see what a real cell phone is...
POSTED Wednesday, September 3, 2008
We all do it. We pick up random objects and pretend that they're phones: shoes, stuffed animals, cutlery, bananas. Well, when you pick up this teddy, it'll actually be a phone. Debuting at the 2008 Good Design Expo, cellular...
POSTED Monday, September 1, 2008
When there's a disaster that knocks out lines of communication and power, or in a country that isn't so technologically advanced, UNICEF busts out its prototype "Bee." The Bee was designed to be mobile and versatile. It can be set...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
I like using a Bluetooth headset when I use my cellphone. What I don’t like is noise, or having to take off the headset to figure out how to turn up the volume or or voice dial. The BlueAnt...
POSTED Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Internet game company NHN Japan thought of an absurd way to get people to talk about HanGame, its mobile phone gaming website: Place half-submerged statues of video game characters all over Shibuya, Tokyo. The statues, such as the wrestler...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
As we smoothly segue from a carefully choreographed sports convention to carefully choreographed political conventions, we stop examining the medal count and start examining the political polls. As red- and blue-staters do, Obamaniacs are having bleeding-heart palpitations and McCainiacs...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Always keeping one eye on the future, Japan's KDDI AU Design Project has a fresh batch of concept devices on display in Tokyo. Perhaps the most intriguing of the bunch is a phone called the Box To Play. The sleek...
POSTED Thursday, August 21, 2008
Sony has a new version of its PlayStation Portable coming out, called the PSP-3000. If you were hoping for any major changes — such as a redesigned button layout for a more comfortable grip or even more power than...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Invision phone doesn't look like much. I mean, there's no touchscreen, no slide-out keyboard, no celebrity voices — why should you care? Mainly because it's the cheapest cellphone you can get that includes AT&T's Mobile TV service. We checked...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sick of recharging your phone every day? Sick of the battery slowly losing power all day long? It comes with the territory with batteries, unfortunately. That may not always be the case, however. Imagine if your phone charged itself up...
POSTED Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Hate hearing cellphones ring when you're watching a movie or in a bus? Want to ensure that nobody can send or receive calls when they're near you? OK, I'll tell you how, but be warned: it's definitely illegal and could...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
Now here's something I bet your current cellphone doesn't do: measure the quality of the air around you and give you a full report. That might not be the case forever, however, as the Interzone designed by Alistair Bramley would...
POSTED Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Seiko Epson is hoping to bring the world of 3D to your cell phone. The company recently showed off the 500ppi 3D display technology which employs a special lens called a "lenticular lens" to give the illusion of three dimensional...
POSTED Thursday, August 7, 2008
Let’s face it, some people will never convert to the iPhone. Such individuals are likely Steve Jobs haters, environmental purists, or both, which would make the Maple Phone a perfect choice. Designed by the Korean team of Hyun Jin Yoon...
POSTED Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Is this a cell phone, or a magic wand? This design concept for a Nokia 9900 cell phone shows what the future may hold for flexible E-Ink screens, hidden inside a pen-shaped device. Beyond being rolled up like a...
POSTED Friday, August 1, 2008
The iPhone is awesome, and it's awesome mainly due to one thing: that screen. The big, beautiful touchscreen makes it stand out from the cellphone crowd and makes it an absolute pleasure to use. But since the entire front is...
POSTED Monday, July 28, 2008
If you've been waiting to get your hands on an iPhone 3G, be prepared to keep waiting. AT&T only takes advance orders, and Apple stores are sold out across the country. You've got two options: go through AT&T's direct...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
It's iPhone 3G + 1 week and I have PPD — post-party depression. I feel as if it's the day after a three-day dorm party except without the cleanup responsibilities, vise-like hangover with residual nausea and vague memories of...
POSTED Thursday, July 17, 2008
Thinking about getting an iPhone 3G? If you live a major city, you'll be in for a wait: Lineups at Apple stores across the country range from 10 minutes (in Glendale, Wisconsin) to 5 hours (the 5th Avenue store...
POSTED Wednesday, July 16, 2008
While using a Bluetooth headset in public can make you seem anywhere from rude to crazy, it's not the most attention-grabbing thing you could do. After all, you've just got a little piece of plastic clipped to your ear. That's...
POSTED Tuesday, July 15, 2008
After waiting in line for what seemed like an eternity, we finally got home with our shiny new iPhones 3G. Meanwhile, we had time to peruse all the other rah-rah, hand-picked reviewers fawning all over Apple’s new baby, and...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Nobody likes mosquitoes. Sure, you can use bug spray to try to keep them away, but then you'll be covered with a greasy, chemical film that smells so bad that it'll repel as many people as bugs. What's one to...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Now we see why the first iPhone didn’t have the much-faster 3G network inside. Although 3G web browsing is at least 7 to 10 times faster than the speed we got with the EDGE network on the old iPhone,...
POSTED Monday, July 14, 2008
Roger Clemens and steroids allegations. Larry Craig and his Minneapolis men's room rendezvous. R. Kelly and child pornography. It doesn't matter whether or not the charges are true. It doesn't matter the degree to which the charges are true....
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
Looks like telepresence really will be all the rage in the future. The TMSUK-4 created by Japanese robotics developer Tmsuk will let shoppers enjoy the full tactile experience of browsing shelves without having to step into the store. We...
POSTED Friday, July 11, 2008
As clever names go, Juicebar is up there. It's a battery, so it's got "juice," while its small oblong shape provides "bar" status. Nice one, kids. The Juicebar is made to give your cellphone a quick charge when it...
POSTED Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The concern that there may be a connection between cellphones and cancer has been around for years — the first lawsuits that tried to make the connection were filed in the mid-1990s. There are many studies out there that...
POSTED Thursday, July 3, 2008
Despite what some may think, there are other popular cell phones out there not made by Apple, and some of them come from Japan's AU KDDI. The major cellular player recently launched an art meets innovation show in Harajuku called...
POSTED Wednesday, July 2, 2008
One of the most annoying things about the upcoming iPhone 3G is that its Bluetooth abilities are remarkably primitive. Like the previous model, Apple gave it only enough Bluetooth to allow it to pair with a wireless earpiece —...
POSTED Thursday, June 26, 2008
What kind of phone would a blind person use? I'll give you a hint: It's not an iPhone 3G. No, such a phone would have to eschew any fancy touchscreen for something more tactile, certainly — something like the...
POSTED Monday, June 16, 2008
As Steve Jobs' keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference droned on and on into its second hour, highlighting the virtues of various iPhone applications with silly names like Loopt and Enigmo, I started to doubt whether he was going...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
When you're as popular as the iPhone, you're bound to have some enemies. The competition is catching up, but the impression the iPhone has made on them is undeniable. Full-bodied touchscreen phones that do more than just enable calls...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
The new iPhone has some sweet new features. As an iPod owner, I can say that a 3G network connection, GPS, and a headphone jack that isn't completely ridiculous are great additions to an already impressive gadget, and will...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
We were worried that all that new-found 3G speed for the iPhone would break the bank, but now AT&T tells us the tariff for “unlimited” 3G connectivity will run you a mere $30 a month with a two-year contract....
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
The iPhone secret is out, and now we’re really jonesin’ for a new one. You see, we have here the old iPhone, and it now just seems like yesterday’s overpriced fishwrap. Wondering what’s so great about this new trinket...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
Surprising no one but enthralling Apple fanboys everywhere, Steve Jobs today finally unveiled the long-anticipated iPhone 3G. While that has been predicted by everyone from tech geeks to my Mom, what no one was sure of was the release...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
See that dark blue blot surrounding Denver, Colorado? That's what a strong 3G cluster looks like on AT&T's Coverage Viewer, and you'll find that kind of concentration around the major cities in the US. The lighter blue spots represent...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
In a peculiar move, Samsung today announced its Omnia phone, a sleek little number that follows the touchscreen trend that we've been seeing a lot lately. In fact, it really got jumpstarted by some phone that came out about...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
The long-awaited day has arrived: In a few hours, Apple will (almost certainly) unveil version 2.0 of its groundbreaking iPhone. The Web has been awash with rumors about the all-new device, from the credible (it’ll be available very soon...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
Few things are as frustrating as having to ration out your cell phone use once that annoying battery alarm starts to beep. Sure, there are various devices that can give your phone a welcome boost when it's running on...
POSTED Saturday, June 7, 2008
For some reason, T-Mobile just announced a new Sidekick LX — Tony Hawk edition. Yes, Tony Hawk the skateboarder. Why is Tony Hawk getting his own version of the Sidekick? Beats me, but here we are. It's just like the...
POSTED Thursday, June 5, 2008
My friend Seiji compared his initial reaction to his iPhone to having a new girlfriend — he couldn't keep his hands off of it. But in the first flush of any rose-colored relationship, we tend to overlook our paramour's...
POSTED Thursday, May 22, 2008
CrackBerry addicts will be able to get their fix in a major way with Research In Motion's upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9000, and the company knows that the iPhone is the big boy to beat. With that in mind, it's 3G-ready,...
POSTED Monday, May 12, 2008
The Japanese concept design community known as Cuusoo has produced a concept device so practical and tantalizingly well designed that it's a wonder it doesn't already exist. Created by the Japan-based designer known as Marimo-san, the concept illustrates a cell...
POSTED Thursday, May 8, 2008
Though it's called the Egg phone, this design concept better resembles the fried variety than a shell-covered ovoid. Designer Roman Tubl set out to conceive a cellphone that's easy to use and a pleasure to hold. Throw in a...
POSTED Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Continuing to push Japanese cell phone customers to the edge of weirdness, NTT Docomo recently tested what it calls Mobile Fragrance Communication (Kaori Tsushin Mobile). The service combines animated visual gifs and olfactory stimuli, via downloads of "Fragrance Playlists." For...
POSTED Wednesday, May 7, 2008
With the second version of Apple's insanely-popular iPhone launch imminent, HTC has decided to launch its answer to the smartphone behemoth: the HTC Touch Diamond. The touchscreen phone certainly has a lot in common with the iPhone, but it also...
POSTED Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Reviewers got a chance this week to take a closer look at AT&T's new Mobile TV service, which debuted on LG's new iPhone imitator, the Vu. Feelings about the phone were mixed— some liked the touch screen interface, while...
POSTED Sunday, May 4, 2008
We got our hands on LG's Vu cellphone from AT&T today. It's a sexy number that emulates the iPhone on a number of scores, most notably its touchscreen. The Vu even complements it with some very appreciated tactile feedback...
POSTED Thursday, May 1, 2008
A team of engineers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed a technology that allows medical imaging to be sent via cellphone, a prospect that could have huge ramifications for regions with little to no medical technology or...
POSTED Thursday, May 1, 2008
You've been babied by power outlets for far too long — if you want charged gadgets, then put a little elbow grease into it! The Hand-Crank USB Power Charger will work on most phones (and the rest, with adapters),...
POSTED Friday, April 25, 2008
It’s day four of our off-the-grid experiment here at DVICE. To celebrate Earth Week, my goal is to blog, work and live from my home office in San Francisco without plugging into the municipal power grid. It’s sorta like...
POSTED Thursday, April 24, 2008
Hulu, NBC Universal's online video streaming site (disclaimer: Dvice is owned by NBC Universal) may move off the computer and onto mobile devices. That is, if one is to follow the hints laid down by Jason Kilar, the CEO of...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
Any TV you buy will work with any cable or satellite TV service you have. Any PC you buy, even a Mac, will work with any Internet service provider you use. Any landline phone, wired or cordless, will work...
POSTED Thursday, April 17, 2008
This shiny, pretty phone is a heavily-modified Nokia N95 that's been decked out head-to-toe with Buddhist iconography and characters. It's got gold everywhere, a Buddha on the back, and fancy imagery all over. It even has custom wallpapers and ringtones...
POSTED Thursday, April 17, 2008
Although not as cosmetically sexy as its cousin, the Fullface, the Softbank Internet Machine 922SH is extremely hard to resist for a number of reasons, and makes waiting for the iPhone to hit Japan begin to seem silly. Simply put,...
POSTED Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The European Commission has just approved a plan that will allow passengers flying within Europe to use their cell phones once airborne, with some carriers expected to offer the service as soon as next month. If you think flying...
POSTED Sunday, April 13, 2008
The problem with most iPhone cases is that, by and large, they have to keep the screen clear so you can use it. A touchscreen isn't much good with something blocking it, after all. But that's not the case with...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
The T-1000 is a cellphone jammer that looks like an old-school cellphone. Much like how the T-1000 from Terminator 2 obliterated the Governator, the T-1000 cellphone jammer will obliterate cellphone signals. The T-1000 can block phone communication within a...
POSTED Thursday, April 10, 2008
Google "Jawbone" and all but one of the links will take you to a page about the acclaimed Bluetooth earpiece — a tribute to the marketing department at Aliph (the manufacturer). The combo of clever name and sexy design...
POSTED Thursday, April 10, 2008
Normally, I'd say that a watch with a cellphone built in is a universally bad idea. I mean, I've never seen one that wasn't totally ugly and clunky. That is, until now. The Van Der Led WM2 is a watch-cellphone...
POSTED Wednesday, April 9, 2008
I'll bet you never think about how difficult it is to use a cell phone if you're blind, do you? So selfish. Well, luckily for the blind everywhere, professor Nobuyuki Sasaki does, and he ended up designing a new type...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
This week at CTIA, the wireless conference in Las Vegas, Samsung and Sprint unveiled what they hope will become an iPhone killer: the Samsung Instinct. It's a familiar-looking candy-bar shaped smartphone with a large touch screen and no keypad....
POSTED Sunday, April 6, 2008
On April 3rd 1973 inventor Martin Cooper of Motorola placed the first ever cellphone call from a New York City sidewalk. Who did he call? The president of Motorola? No, he called Joel Engel, his rival at Bell Labs;...
POSTED Saturday, April 5, 2008
Has your iPhone been dropping calls on you? Not giving you the number of bars you were hoping for when you picked it up? Well, don't return it! No, you don't want to do that. Instead, get an ugly case...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
Try as it may, it seems the Zune just can't match up to the iPod. Why not? Well, A.J. Kandy, creative director and prez of King Marketing, posits that Microsoft needs to stop simply following in Apple's footsteps with...
POSTED Thursday, April 3, 2008
This slick little number is the Lenovo Ideapad U8 MID, based around Intel's brand-spanking-new Atom processor. It's got a sizable 4.8-inch touchscreen display and a "bullseye" optical mouse for one-handed web surfing operation over either EDGE or 3G data networks....
POSTED Thursday, April 3, 2008
Some of us don’t mind looking preoccupied with our cell phones, wearing a Bluetooth earpiece as if always expecting a call. That’s why we might be willing to spend $150 on this Plantronics Discovery 925 beauty, just rolled out...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Samsung's been hard at work on a new phone to take on the super-popular iPhone here in the states, and it looks like the upcoming Instinct is that phone. Featuring a 3.1-inch touchscreen with localized haptic feedback, it certainly looks...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Pantech, maker of some pretty innovative phones, recently challenged students at a variety of universities across Korea to design a phone for 2010. Pantech asked and they received, but some of the winning designs look like phones better suited...
POSTED Monday, March 31, 2008
Korean phone purveyor Pantech (also known as Sky Premium) is teaming up with universities there to design the "Phone of 2010." We dig it, and what they came up with so far look mostly like units for the home, though...
POSTED Wednesday, March 26, 2008
You remember the Solio? That unfolding fan-shaped solar panel that charges up your cellphone, iPod and most other portables? Well, the gadget's getting a long-overdue upgrade: the Solio Magnesium Edition. Gotta hand it to the Solio guys — they...
POSTED Monday, March 24, 2008
The Transformer phone is a new concept that won a Tancher Design Award. This phone has nothing to do with Optimus Prime and his crew, but is capable of performing a whole bunch of different tasks. This phone can...
POSTED Monday, March 24, 2008
The Cellink T is a tiny device capable of doing a lot. This may appear like an ordinary flash drive, but it includes a MicroSD card reader and charging capabilities for cellphones. In the standard mode the USB connector...
POSTED Monday, March 24, 2008
For all the ladies out there who think that picking up a phone that doesn't match your nails would be a major fashion faux-pas, Samsung has come to the rescue. The SGH-G600 Belle comes in a rather fetching shade...
POSTED Monday, March 24, 2008
One of the biggest selling points of the iPhone is the sweet multitouch screen that lets you use your fingers to do any number of things. So it seems kind of odd to me that anyone would want a stylus...
POSTED Thursday, March 20, 2008
Designer Jean Hong has a vision for the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), and it’s taken the form of Pix-L, a device that serves as both alarm clock and bedside browser. Notice how you can prop up the mini-screen for reclined...
POSTED Wednesday, March 19, 2008
This Motorola cellphone concept is the work of Lysandre Follet, a designer from Paris. At first look the cellphone is pretty standard and it includes a multimedia player, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc., but after further investigation it's revealed that the...
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
The Okids Phone is a conceptual phone that will truly show your kids how much you love them. How do I know that? It's obvious—the phone can be turned into a heart and everyone knows hearts mean love, or...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
So you worry that you don't have any real connection with your teenage daughter. You like computers, video games, sci-fi movies and baseball. She likes… whatever it is that teenage girls like. How to close the rift? This Hello Kitty...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
There's about a hundred different options when it comes to finding a nice, touchscreen-style smartphone and the Mooon+ concept may appear just like another one. Don't look away yet, there is one shining feature about the Mooon+ that makes...
POSTED Friday, March 7, 2008
Attention all technology companies: you have three months to get your act together. Start pedaling now because in June Apple may steal your business. Why all tech companies? Because Apple's software development kit (SDK) announcement today revealed the real...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
Apple opened up the iPhone and iPod Touch for a wealth of new applications today. In a press conference at its Cupertino, California headquarters, CEO Steve Jobs revealed details about a software development kit (SDK) that will finally allow...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
Behold, your new cell phone master has arrived in the form of Softbank's new PhoneBraver model. In addition to anthropomorphic legs and arms, giving it a distinctly Transformers look, the phone's screen also displays faces to correspond to the unit's...
POSTED Thursday, March 6, 2008
Dressed in a casual (and surprisingly male) fashion, world-class stand-up comedian Eddie Izzard has been crackin' wise at the Union Square Theater in New York City about everything from the origins of mankind to hunting bees with flamethrowers. And, of...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
There’s a quiet revolution happening right under your fingertips. Breaking free of the bonds of wires and short-range wireless Wi-Fi networks are EV-DO (Evolution Data Only) modems, letting you use your laptop virtually anywhere there’s cell phone service. The...
POSTED Monday, March 3, 2008
Despite what is going on in the minds of wacky designers, the fact of the matter is that dogs can't speak, period. Sure, they can bark and they can listen to your baby voice all day, but no viable...
POSTED Monday, March 3, 2008
If you think Bluetooth headsets provide great functionality but are just too dorky to wear around in public, you're not alone. Bluetooth headsets are downright embarrassing, and many people wouldn't be caught on the street wearing them. But what...
POSTED Monday, March 3, 2008
There's a new show coming out on Japanese television called Ketai Sousakan 7 and, as you might have guess from the massive picture between here and the headline, it features robotic phones as the main characters. The stars of the...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
If you're trying to keep some of your communications secret, you probably delete your text messages so no one will find them. Oh, what a foolproof plan! Wait, that's not foolproof at all. For one, your texts are still saved...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Yes, the iPhone currently rules the day, but some of us geeks like our gadgets to look less like museum pieces and more like hacked together power boxes. That's where EMobile's aptly named new S11HT EMONSTER comes into play. Touted...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Despite the fact that mobile phones are carried by everyone at all times, designers like Chris Owens continue to push the limits of design with cellphones just begging to be broken. We saw the whole debacle as people began...
POSTED Monday, February 25, 2008
The Morph is a concept device designed by Nokia and the United Kingdom's University of Cambridge that explores the future of portable gadgetry when married with nanotechnology. Ever wonder what technology designers see when they dream at night? This is it.
POSTED Monday, February 25, 2008
We've seen a few cell phone / watch combos before, but most of them look like someone put a phone and a watch in the microwave, and heated them until they melted together. The Epoq EGP-WP88 is an unlocked...
POSTED Monday, February 18, 2008
Boy, do I ever love concept designs like this. Designers just love to create these fantastical designs with absolutely no basis in reality. I mean, hey, that's what engineers are for, right? Figuring out how to make designs work? If...
POSTED Thursday, February 14, 2008
Soon, thanks to Apple's deal with Starbucks for free access to WiFi at their stores, ordering overpriced coffee will be easier than ever. There'll be no more of that undesirable "interacting with fellow humans" that mars any good transaction, thank...
POSTED Thursday, February 14, 2008
The greenies among us will love this: the Strapya mini solar cell phone charger! Smaller than an iPod, this device only needs to drink up 6-10 hours of sunlight and then it serves as a completely dependable backup power source...
POSTED Thursday, February 14, 2008
Buddy Beacon, the program that has allowed Helio cell phone owners to find each other via GPS on compatible phones, is now expanding its reach to people outside of Helios network. Soon to be available on a variety of networks,...
POSTED Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Bluetooth headsets are great and all but the problem with all of them is that the microphone is way up by your ear. No matter how fancy the mic is, there's always gonna be echo problems and sound quality problems...
POSTED Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Sending text messages using a numerical keypad is a huge pain, even with predictive texting. And while getting a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard certainly helps, it still doesn't feel as natural as just using a pen. That's why...
POSTED Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Sony has just launched a new line of phones dubbed the XPERIA, starting with the XPERIA X1. Looking like it's aimed directly at phones such as the Sidekick and Ocean, it's got a full QWERTY keyboard that slides out from...
POSTED Monday, February 11, 2008
Nokia has just announced its new N96 superphone, a beauty of a device that, while loaded with features, probably won't make it here to the states without losing some of its best goodies. It's got a 2.8-inch screen, 16GB of...
POSTED Monday, February 11, 2008
We've seen fancy GPS systems that get real time traffic info from a permanent network of sensors like XM Traffic or MSN Direct. While that's all fine and dandy, XM or MSN service doesn't come cheap, and the data...
POSTED Monday, February 11, 2008
This week an Israeli company called modu introduced a new modular phone, also called modu. The phone is smaller than a credit card, and is meant to fit into "jackets," larger, cell-phone like devices that have different core functions,...
POSTED Sunday, February 10, 2008
Designer Fred De Garilhe was apparently thinking more about makeup packaging and jewelry than cell phones when he designed this Chanel Choco phone concept. The slim slider collapses into a square piece of shiny glass, festooned with a latticework...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
You may want to think twice before adding another gadget to your arsenal of electronic gear. Modu is a new cellphone concept design that is very real and could have very big implications on the consumer electronics world. Modu...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
Technology is pretty hard on our hands, and only getting more so: typing on a keyboard, twisting your fingers around a video game controller, thumbing your cell phone. With all that strain on your digits, you may be wondering...
POSTED Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Remember that touchless touch interface? Here's another take on an alternative way to control your devices, and this one looks like it will give your wrist a real workout. KEYnetik has a prototype handheld that's designed to be controlled...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Considering both the iPhone and iPod Touch are great devices to watch video on, they need all the memory they can get. After all, what good is a PVP if you can’t fit all three seasons of Lost on...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
This touchless human/machine user interface by Norway's Elliptic Labs is a surefire way to avoid grubby touchscreens as it allows the user to manipulate objects on the screen by simply waving their hands like a wizard. The technology uses...
POSTED Monday, February 4, 2008
Now here's an interesting idea: a newly-unearthed Sony Ericsson patent shows a phone that can be split apart into two distinct sections. One is the screen, the other the keypad. All of the real guts of the phone would be...
POSTED Friday, February 1, 2008
The iPhone may have Google Maps, but it doesn't rely on real GPS— it approximates your location using cell phone towers. And while there are smartphones with GPS out there, none contains a fully-featured GPS device. Garmin's newly-announced nüviphone...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
While you might think of Japan as a land of technological wonders where they live with gadgets a few years ahead of our own, you might be surprised to learn that the iPhone has yet to be released over there,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Softbank just released a brand new batch of cell phones with a special treat included designed to start your child off making calls and texting straight from the cradle. The SoftBank 820T also known as the KodoMobile (child phone)...
POSTED Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Nearly 252 million people in the U.S. have a cellphone, according to the cellphone industry group CTIA. This ubiquitous pocket plaything is increasingly capable of wondrous and heretofore unthinkable technological feats both frivolous and necessary. Just a couple of...
POSTED Tuesday, January 29, 2008
You can tell fuel cells are just about to hit it big. There are toy cars (and real cars) that run on the things, and heck, they might even be safe enough to take on an airplane. NEC wants...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
It's only taken a couple decades, but a mobile manufacturer has finally decided to try to mainstream the cellphone and AM/FM radio combination. Sure, there's been cellphones in the fast that include some gimpy FM radio, and there has...
POSTED Monday, January 28, 2008
Feel like driving someone insane in a malicious way? Come on, everybody knows at least one person they'd like to drive bonkers. This Wrong Number Generator is a brilliantly simple way to do just that. How's it work? Well, you...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The Polymer Vision Readius received a release date of sometime toward the middle of this year, and the cell phone/e-reader hybrid is shaping up to be an enticing contender against Apple's iPhone and the new wave of e-readers. It...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
You know, a cell phone doesn't need to have a fancy touchscreen or a slide-out QWERTY keyboard to be slick looking. Simple design is oftentimes just as good, if not better, than complicated, flashy design. Just take a look at...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The latest grenade thrown in Japan’s never ending cute war has been issued by Softbank with the debut of its new Disney mobile phone. While some skeptics might balk at a Disney phone’s chances of success in the land...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
You know that feeling when you gaze into the eyes of your iPod or iPhone and imagine spending the rest of your life with that device? Who wouldn't want to lock into a endless bond with a gadget from...
POSTED Sunday, January 20, 2008
The latest Helio phone, dubbed the Mysto, is now available for our consumption from coast to coast. The super-thin slider, made by Samsung (branded the U600 when they released it in Europe), features many of the same software flourishes that...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
iPhone users will soon find a few new features on their beloved trinkets, all thanks to a free upgrade of the phone's firmware to the latest version 1.1.3, available today. Topping the list is the ability to pinpoint your exact...
POSTED Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Lightweight (1.5 pounds) and easy to carry, The PrintStik portable printer syncs with your laptop, PDA, and mobile cellphone when you have a document that you need a hard copy of right now. First you transfer them to the...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
NS-ELEX has added to the list of brilliant Japanese gadgets somewhat undermined by ridiculous names intended to lend the device a certain "cute factor." The E-mimi kun (kun is a word usually used to affectionately refer to a boy,...
POSTED Friday, January 11, 2008
Mio, the company that brought us the DigiWalker, is showing off a concept phone/navigator here that could finally convince people to carry around GPS navigators. It's a dual sided cell phone and personal navigation system. The cell phone side...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Motorola has replaced the usual mess o' buttons on its candybar ROKR E8 cell with a blank black touchpad (not screen) that lights up the appropriate backlit control icons or numbers to match what you want the phone to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Forget dipping your iPod or Blackberry into a vat of gold when you can buy a hoity-toity case to show off how much money you can flush away. Case-Mate has unveiled a $20,000 Blackberry case at CES that is...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (or NOAA) is analyzing a possible threat brought on by a new 11 year cycle of sunspot activity. The new activity, known as Solar Cycle 24, is slow-building and predicted to reach a...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
The problem with smartphones isn’t the phones; it’s the small size of their screens and the keyboards. The Cello Corp’s has a neat solution for Windows mobile phones: It’s the RedFly mobile companion, and it has a full keyboard...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
As elegant and sexy as a Givenchy black cocktail dress comes the Z555 cellphone from Sony Ericsson. In even the softest romantic lighting, the diamond-etched design on both the dusted rose and black versions holographically glints and glitters like real...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
This morning LG introduced MPH (Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld), an in-band mobile DTV technology that provides broadcast quality TV to mobile and handheld devices, even if they're traveling at 140 mph. Above are prototypes of MPH-embedded systems, including a GPS navigator that...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
The Freedom Phone is a concept by designer Vadim Kibardin for travelers looking for a pre-paid phone to use while abroad. It's lightweight and sleek and has all of the information you need to know about it, such as...
POSTED Friday, January 4, 2008
Something has to be done. I realize most of us appear content to continue down our increasingly self-centered path toward widespread social destruction, but far be it from me to take this Bluetooth invasion sitting down. It's time for...
POSTED Thursday, January 3, 2008
There are plenty of rumors out there about what Microsoft has in store for its Zune franchise, most of which point to a "Zune Phone." I mean, heck, if they're gonna follow Apple's footsteps they might as well go all...
POSTED Thursday, January 3, 2008
Remember the ill-fated Palm Foleo? The little gimped laptop that was so ridiculed when it was first announced that Palm killed it before it could even be released? Yeah, me either really. But hey, if you're one of the few...
POSTED Thursday, January 3, 2008
The Morphie Juice Pack promises to double the life of your iPhone's battery, and thankfully it comes in the form of a stylish sleeve rather than a bulky power brick. It uses the same charger your iPhone or iPod...
POSTED Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Designed specifically for the Motorola RAZR V3 and Motorola KRZR K1, the Mobile Phone Telescope is a gadget even James Bond's Q (the series' gadget master) would love. Simply attach the Mobile Phone Telescope to the camera portion of...
POSTED Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Can you imagine a world before the iPhone? It's difficult, isn't it? But there was a time earlier in the year when instead of reviewing the iPhone, we were making predictions about it. In April I wrote a column...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
Sure, you could always pick up a portable breathalyzer to have competitions with your friends and to determine when to give up the keys, but a silly breathalyzer couldn't give a flying hoot about your liver. Researchers at the...
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
Remember how airlines in the United States announced that we'd all get Wi-Fi in the sky? Air France is fitting one of its Airbus A318 planes with the means to provide in-flight calling for a preliminary six month trial....
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
The iPhone, while certainly one of the top gadget's of 2007, has one big downside: It's expensive. You seemingly get a lot, but $400 is up there for a cellphone. Is it possible to get all the same features for $300 less? We put the Apple's darling head to head with Palm's bargain smartphone, the new Centro to find out.
POSTED Friday, December 21, 2007
These leaked photos are allegedly of the upcoming N96 from Nokia, the update to the highly popular N95 smartphone that was released here in the States earlier this year. The new phone is a dual slider, with a horizontal...
POSTED Thursday, December 20, 2007
Toshiba has a new smartphone coming soon dubbed the Portege. Featuring a full QWERTY keyboard, it's loaded with options that should make power users happy. Features are set to include "GSM 900/1800/1900, WCDMA, Bluetooth, WLAN , USB 2.0 connectivity,...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The Gphone isn't coming, but Android phones certainly are. The new cellphone operating system by the Google-initiated Open Handset Alliance is currently under development, and phones with it loaded onboard should be dropping in the second half of 2008....
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Need to tune your guitar in a pinch? Gudmundur Freyr Jónasson of Iceland has a program that runs off your cell phone and it compares the notes you're playing to how they should sound. Jónasson's idea is still in...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Most cool tech gadgets have a frighteningly short shelf life, which is why I find it amusing when people bling them up with gold or platinum and a pile of precious stones. This ultra exclusive gold and 180 diamond...
POSTED Monday, December 17, 2007
When you drink way too much, it makes your liver sad. Unfortunately, the only way your liver can tell you just how sad you're making it is by failing, which is a pretty extreme way of getting the message...
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
This slick little flip phone is the Motorola Ming 2, and it's got a bevy of features on board. It has quad-band GSM connectivity to start with, and the camera onboard is a 3.2-megapixel number with autofocus. It's got...
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
Owners of the Helio Ocean awoke this morning to discover some added functionality on their phones in the form of a new, free YouTube application. It allows users to browse and search through YouTube videos and watch them on...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Cell phone charms, little baubles that you can hang on your phone to give it some personality, are all the rage in Japan. Everyone has them there, and I mean everyone. There are tons to choose from, allowing everyone...
POSTED Tuesday, December 11, 2007
There aren't many things worse than being one of "those guys." You know that guy, wearing his Bluetooth headset all day and giving the impression that he is talking to no one. This is probably one step worse. Talking...
POSTED Tuesday, December 11, 2007
A lot of the time, I don't feel my phone vibrating in my pocket, and it's annoying. I hate missing calls when my phone is right there in my pocket. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who...
POSTED Tuesday, December 11, 2007
NTT DoCoMo turns its attention to pint-sized cell phone users with the FOMA F801i 3G cell phone and accompanying wristband. The F801i has an alarm which, once activated, will alert anyone in the vicinity by way of 100 decibel...
POSTED Monday, December 10, 2007
Have you thought about how cool it would be to be one of those Secret Service guys you see near the president, who talk to their lapels or sleeves all the time? Now with this touchscreen cellphone/PDA from iMobile,...
POSTED Friday, December 7, 2007
NTT Docomo decided to end the year off with one last tech flourish in form of the Sound Leaf Plus Bluetooth cell phone. Looking like a cross between a robot finger and an electric shaver, the most unique feature...
POSTED Friday, December 7, 2007
Will paper tickets be a thing of the past? Continental Airlines is looking to offer passengers another option when checking in, one that would see their cell phones carrying digital boarding passes. Cell phone owners will receive a two-dimensional...
POSTED Wednesday, December 5, 2007
NEC has developed an automatic translator for cell phones, able to translate any spoken Japanese phrase into English when spoken into a phone. Featuring a dictionary of 500,000 words, it should make traveling and communicating with anglophiles much easier for...
POSTED Friday, November 30, 2007
Ever feel like the only difference between a general gadget and a gadget marketed toward women is a coat of pink? Thankfully, Syntes Studio approached the topic differently. They've got two phones: an "urban" design that is functionally interesting,...
POSTED Friday, November 30, 2007
The unnecessary cellphone accessory market is still booming, which has been made apparent with the Black Hole Phone Bag. This bag does essentially that, it sends your cellphone into a black hole, figuratively, not literally. The bag is manufactured...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
Blockbuster, which had its butt severely kicked by Netflix in the online video rental game, is hoping to save itself from obsolescence by jumping on this new "cell phone" thing that the kids have been talking about these days. Specifically,...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
If you were looking for a reason to hold off on buying an iPhone until next year, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson just gave you one. That's because when asked whether or not a 3G iPhone was in the pipeline, he...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
Helio, the cell phone company that sells some of the slickest phones available on this side of the Pacific, has a new phone coming out called the Mysto. There are very few details known about it, but you're looking at...
POSTED Thursday, November 29, 2007
Can you imagine a world where amusement park rides didn't have long lines? It's tough— when I think of Disney I only remember endless mazes. But what if visiting an amusement park were more like visiting the Cheesecake Factory,...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Bluetrek has been putting its own flair on Bluetooth headsets for quite some time and its latest release is no different. The Sense Bluetooth headset is following the trends of everyone else, by eliminating the need for buttons and...
POSTED Saturday, November 24, 2007
Misplacing keys and cellphones is a far to common occurrence than it should be, especially with the level of technology available to solve a problem like this. I Call Me is an idea for a two-way calling system to...
POSTED Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The dead cellphone is one of those things we've all been stuck with before, and we all know how much it sucks. You can't call people, you can't receive calls, and you just feel cut off from the world. Well,...
POSTED Friday, November 16, 2007
Cellphones straps are a unique breed of accessory. People either love or despise these straps that previously has the sole purpose of giving an additional way to hold, carry and decorate a cellphone. This USB Leather Hand Strap from...
POSTED Thursday, November 15, 2007
You know those folks that wear the Bluetooth all hours of the day and radiate off vibes of weirdness when talking to themselves? Heck, you are probably one of those guys, so listen up because Callpod has come out...
POSTED Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Internet tablets are for people who don't want to pay a monthly fee for Internet access over a cellular network and are frequently near Wi-Fi hotspots. They're also just about the smallest computers you can get, so could potentially...
POSTED Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Pack your bags because the apocalypse is coming. This is apparent by the creation of the Cre8txt. Kids nowadays that would rather rock out T9 text messaging rather than using a full QWERTY keyboard can now do so anywhere,...
POSTED Monday, November 12, 2007
Not long ago, we posted a host of mockups by designers of the ideal Google phone or "gPhone." This week, our hopes for a gPhone were quashed (for now) as the company instead announced Android, Google's open-sourced, ad-supported, Linux-based...
POSTED Sunday, November 11, 2007
Few things are more frustratingly useless than a dead cell phone. When it's got power, it's your connection to the world. When it's out of juice, however, it's a symbol of your poor planning and charge management. Now you can't...
POSTED Friday, November 9, 2007
I remember when a pen was considered fancy if it had more than one tube of ink in it. Y'know, the kind with all the different click nubs on top so you can write in black or blue or...
POSTED Thursday, November 8, 2007
Oh, hey, I didn't see you there. What's what? Oh this! Why, it's my very own Pentaphone Isolation Space. It cuts down on ambient noise so I'm not distracted and keeps people from butting into my conversation. Of course...
POSTED Thursday, November 8, 2007
Motorola just announced a slick new Bluetooth headset for all you hands-free types: the H12. In addition to looking pretty nice, it has an extra-stable design that includes both an ear bud and an ear hook to make sure it...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Samsung's got a hot new smartphone it's just announced: the SPH-M4650. It's a beauty, featuring a 2.8-inch touchscreen that has haptic feedback, responding with a vibration when you punch a button. It also has a 2-megapixel camera, DMB TV...
POSTED Monday, November 5, 2007
Japanese cell phone giant Docomo just released two new phone models, the 905i and 705i series, with 23 variations available in 75 different colors. After perusing the selection it's immediately clear that the new 905i is the phone you'll...
POSTED Thursday, November 1, 2007
I love concept gadgets because they don't need to conform to the reality of the tech world, you know, designing things that could actually exist. Instead, they focus completely on style and functionality, leaving the actual logistics of the...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
It looks like an Apple and works like an Apple, but this isn't your ordinary iPhone. Designed by Tobias Wong, CITIZEN:Citizen's ccPhone is a limited edition iPhone with a matte black finish and a few extra additions to sweeten...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Windows Mobile isn't the most friendly piece of software for people who don't use their phones for business purposes, but Microsoft would love to see that change. They've got to be at least a little excited about the new...
POSTED Monday, October 29, 2007
That plethora of wires connecting all of your gadgets to your car should be no more, at least if Venturi has anything to do with it. If it relates to your cellphone or audio player, the Venturi Mini can...
POSTED Tuesday, October 23, 2007
We're no stranger to Bluetooth watches around these parts. We've seen their designs progress from the original Tron-style, to a reminiscent of the 1990s calculator watch. Now Sony Ericsson, with the almost nameless help of Fossil, has a Bluetooth...
POSTED Monday, October 22, 2007
One problem with high tech toys is that it's hard to square a love for power craving tech gizmos with an environmentally responsible lifestyle. Now a company called Miniwiz has a device that should make it possible to use...
POSTED Thursday, October 18, 2007
We've been teasing you with the idea of wirelessly charging up your cellphone or iPod for the past year, first introducing you to the gee-whiz tech and then letting you know it would soon be available. Now Wild Charge...
POSTED Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Do you ever get anxious while you're on vacation, worrying that home sweet home might not be just as you left it when you get back? Sure, you can ask a friendly neighbor to keep an eye on the place,...
POSTED Tuesday, October 16, 2007
If you were the kind of kid who ran around pretending your $1.25 watch from the drugstore was a 2-way wrist radio like Dick Tracy's, then the idea of a watch/cell phone hybrid might be a dream come true....
POSTED Monday, October 15, 2007
Palm's new smartphone, the Centro, hits Sprint stores today. Palm's pitch: it's the fun smartphone for the masses. The Centro is smaller than Palm's Treo, and it's significantly less expensive: $100 (with a two-year contract and after the mail-in...
POSTED Sunday, October 14, 2007
Motorola's unleashing a fancy, fancy version of its new RAZR2, covered in gold and a snake-like leathery skin on the back. Yes, real gold! No one will call you a failure ever again, because you have real gold on...
POSTED Friday, October 12, 2007
Sprint just announced what has the potential to be a pretty hot phone this year: the Rumor. This not-quite-a-smartphone has a shiny, curvaceous exterior and a slide-out QWERTY for typing text messages, emails, and IMs, which are possible on the...
POSTED Friday, October 12, 2007
Motorola's just announced a new music phone, this one taking the PEBL form factor: the PEBL U9. the curvy phone sports music controls on the front, allowing you to treat it like an MP3 player as well as a...
POSTED Thursday, October 11, 2007
Samsung went ahead and dropped three new music phones on us today: the SGH-i450, SGH-F330 and SGH-F210. First: the i450, which is a slider that reveals a speaker when open, allowing you to share your music with those around...
POSTED Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Cellphones tend to either have cluttered symbols on a sparse keypad or a fuller keyboard on a larger, more unwieldy unit. It might sound like cheating, but what if the keys just changed appearance? DoCoMo is playing around with...
POSTED Friday, October 5, 2007
It's clear that touchscreens are the future of cell phones, but why should we have to touch screens? Designer Sunman Kwon has created a concept design that he calls a Wearable Mobile Device, which would use "Finger Touching" technology....
POSTED Friday, October 5, 2007
Bluetooth headsets don't suck up a lot of juice, only needing to be recharged every few days and using barely any energy at all while not being used. That's why they're a perfect candidate for solar charging. They sit...
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
You're looking at one of AT&Ts new upcoming flagships, the AT&T Tilt. Named because of its unique and slick method of opening — with the screen sliding up and tilting at a 40° angle, revealing a QWERTY keyboard below...
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
We've got another treat for the old schoolers (that's Luddites for you futurists) from the tech Mecca of Akihabara called the Any Phone. Simply put, the Any Phone is an analog telephone receiver and microphone attachment you can plug...
POSTED Thursday, October 4, 2007
I'm not really sure Apple will be quaking in its boots, but Verizon is hoping to steal a little thunder from the iPhone with LG's Voyager phone. The biggest advantage? It has faster Web access than the phone from...
POSTED Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Vertu, Nokia's luxury unit, is known for making some of the most expensive phones out there, aimed squarely at the silver-spoon set. With some of their phones costing ludicrous amounts such as $310,000 and $88,000, the company's new Ascent...
POSTED Wednesday, October 3, 2007
While some companies endeavor to reach as many pockets as possible, Bang & Olufsen tends to offer a more exclusive feel because of its different designs or high prices. The Bang & Olufsen Serenata might fall into both those...
POSTED Tuesday, October 2, 2007
This Sim Card Spy Ear is basically a phone you hide in a room that you can call whenever you want, but instead of it ringing, it'll automatically pick up and let you listen in on whatever is going...
POSTED Friday, September 28, 2007
Samsung has just let loose the official details on the follow up to its Blackjack smartphone. The SGH-i780 will feature HSDPA/WCDMA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, allowing you to connect to the web, as well as a full QWERTY keyboard for typin' out...
POSTED Friday, September 28, 2007
Since choosing between a Treo and an iPhone is becoming the $400 question for the young glitterati, Palm has created a $100 smartphone, the Centro, available next month from Sprint. Centro resembles Nokia's 5300 MusicXpress saddle-shoe aesthetics, with red...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
Want to make sure your dinner is going to be uninterrupted by cell phone calls or text messages, no matter what, guaranteed? Well, you can turn your phone off, but you can't count on your guests to follow suit....
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
One problem with working in a cubicle farm is that single person who will never turn their cell phone to silent. An anonymous gift like a Kam Kam Mobile Alert may finally be able to give that person a...
POSTED Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Good news for people who pay for labels rather than the items they're stitched to: Giorgio Armani has a phone coming out! Hot damn, it'll go great with those $700 pants you just bought, right? If you're already sick...
POSTED Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Put your cell phone to work when you get home by parking it in this iHome iHC5S clock-radio speaker system, and it will communicate with this four-speaker mother ship via Bluetooth. Then you can access all the music on...
POSTED Monday, September 24, 2007
Buffalo just released its own Skype phone for wireless on-the-go phone calls. It's black (a requirement for any truly geeky device), it's slim and lightweight and it's designed to connect to Japan's over 5,400 FREESPOT WiFi access points. The...
POSTED Saturday, September 22, 2007
There are so many cell phone manufacturers, and each one seems to have a different-sized plug needed to charge up its phones. Now five of the world's biggest cell phone manufacturers have finally decided on a standard plug size...
POSTED Friday, September 21, 2007
Just when you need to make a call, your cell-phone battery bites it. Just when you're about to trudge home after a hard day pushing paper, your iPod craps out. There are a growing number of pocket widgets that...
POSTED Friday, September 21, 2007
We're not sure if high tech landlines are an emerging trend, or of they're the last, desperate yelps of a technology doomed to obscurity. While GE is making a home phone that checks the weather, landline manufacturer in December....
POSTED Thursday, September 20, 2007
How's this for a nice example of the difference between the technologies here in the States and over in Japan: a watch with 3G web access, a touchscreen, a phone, and an audio/video player. Yes, it's a watch with...
POSTED Wednesday, September 19, 2007
This here is Motorola's upcoming ROKR E8 music phone, a slick candybar phone with a touch-sensitive keypad reminiscent of LG's Chocolate phone. It does, however, have haptic feedback on that touch keypad, which should make it easier to use...
POSTED Tuesday, September 18, 2007
In May, Helio introduced the Ocean, the world's first dual slider phone (the number pad slides down vertically, the keyboard horizontally). The phone got great reviews, but in order to buy one, you have to sign up with Helio,...
POSTED Monday, September 17, 2007
It may not be a Mack truck transforming into Optimus Prime, but Plantronics has definitely taken a page out of Michael Bay's book with its latest morphing 855 Bluetooth headset. It's a bit different from the usual array of...
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
The next time you whip out your phone to take a picture of a funny billboard or sexy ad, you might accidentally be about to make a purchase. Advertisers are playing around with the idea including Semacode tags on...
POSTED Monday, September 10, 2007
The recent Michael Bay epic Transformers fell flat with many critics but delivered when it came to special effects. Because of the live-action dream come true, a mini-resurgence of Transformers mania has taken hold in the geek community resulting...
POSTED Friday, September 7, 2007
The Palm Foleo, the smartphone companion that was met with universal pans when it was announced at the end of May, has officially gotten canned by Palm. A laptop-that's-not-a-laptop, the Foleo was basically designed to expand the Palm Treo...
POSTED Thursday, September 6, 2007
Although Japanese Mac fans have been patiently biding their time until the iPhone comes to Asia in 2008, one of the country's top cell-phone makers isn't waiting to get it's head taken off by Steve Jobs. Docomo has unveiled...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Google phone rumors have been circulating for months, but speculation crescendoed (we hope) this week, with Engadget reporting that Google will announce its "mobile platform" in the "very near future." CrunchGear hears that the phones will be produced by...
POSTED Sunday, September 2, 2007
Do you hate progress? Do you still own a black-and-white TV? Do you refuse to buy a new gadget in the first decade of its lifespan? Chances are, you don't have a cell phone. But you probably see the...
POSTED Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Take a look at Brix, a modular concept for a cell phone that lets you use one of the screens as a phone/media viewer, or piece together multiple units for an even larger screen. It's a lot like the...
POSTED Tuesday, August 28, 2007
While most people simply use Google to search the Internet for anything and everything online, the company has yet to reach people in the real world — with, say, some kind of gadget. That's all about to change, one...
POSTED Tuesday, August 28, 2007
You really like it to be quiet at the movie theater, but you don't have one of these handy remotes. How are you going to fight back? Well, there is a gadget out there that literally blocks cell phone...
POSTED Tuesday, August 28, 2007
If you've ever felt the urge to try your hand at illegal street painting but worry about getting caught, you might want to look out for these ads for Marc Ecko's fashion company. As long as you have a...
POSTED Monday, August 27, 2007
Panasonic, together with a British design firm, has come up with a cameraphone accessory that's designed to make it super-simple to upload photos to a social-networking site like MySpace. The idea is you would slip your cell phone into...
POSTED Thursday, August 23, 2007
There's nothing more annoying than not getting decent cell reception in your own home. Missing calls, dropping calls, and having to go stand in a random corner to get that extra bar are all infuriating things to do, and...
POSTED Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Samsung's new phone is called the UFO, and it looks to be just as sleek and slick as an alien craft. Beyond the smoky gray case and thin sliding body, it's got some of the more impressive insides we've...
POSTED Monday, August 20, 2007
The Bang & Olufsen Serene is one of the most overpriced phones out there, with a jaw-dropping price tag of $1,300. They probably haven't sold all too many at that price, but that isn't going to stop them from releasing...
POSTED Friday, August 17, 2007
While Sony's Cybershot line has until now consisted solely of digital cameras, the new K770 adds another device: a phone. The branding shows just how camera-centric the new Sony Ericsson phone is, with its generous 3.2-megapixel camera built in. The...
POSTED Thursday, August 16, 2007
Helio dropped a bomb on us today, following up on their awesome Ocean double-slider with a new, super-thin flip phone dubbed the Fin. The slick, magnesium-cased phone features a 3-megapixel digital camera, GPS, 3G Web access, and 100 MB...
POSTED Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Ever since the iPhone was released, legions of hackers and tinkerers have been racing to see who could unlock and modify the much-hyped device first. Well, it looks like someone might have gotten the somewhat-coveted prize, as the ability...
POSTED Monday, August 13, 2007
The Palm Foleo, the poorly received new half-laptop that the fate of the company is resting on, just had some more details revealed about it, and boy are they exciting. You're looking at a 416-MHz Intel/Marvell PXA27x, a Marathon...
POSTED Saturday, August 11, 2007
Your RAZR is pretty out of date at this point. While it might have been the hottest gadget around a few years ago, now it's about as common as Nike sneakers. You need something new, something that'll let people...
POSTED Friday, August 10, 2007
The Advantage by HTC is either the biggest smartphone in the world or the smallest laptop, depending on your point of view. Called the perfect device for three days on the road (who comes up with these statements?), the...
POSTED Wednesday, August 8, 2007
If you always wished you could own a gadget inspired by the design of Logan's Run or The Last Starfighter, you're in for a treat. Nokia's Prism cell phone has all the triangular geometric shapes you could possibly want...
POSTED Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Some of us are still waiting for an alternative to the boring little chunks of plastic everyone seems so fond of holding to their ears. Personally, I'd rather have a little badge on my chest that I can tap...
POSTED Tuesday, July 31, 2007
I'm in the market for a new cell phone, which pretty much means I'm preparing to voluntarily submit myself to the 21st-century version of the rack. Sure, many people (especially females under the age of, oh, 19) love to...
POSTED Friday, July 27, 2007
Imagine that you're walking down the street one day and come across a giant screen where little triangular avatars are blasting one another à la Battle Tank. On the sidewalk are cheering men, posh women, grannies and kids, all...
POSTED Wednesday, July 25, 2007
First we heard about a projector small enough to slip into the bottom of a cell phone, and now that component is on its way into a Motorola handset. The PicoP, a miniature projector created by Microvision from a...
POSTED Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Anyone who's tried to navigate the Web on his mobile device can tell you that it's often a pain in the rear. Sure, there's a world of content that's been configured for handheld devices, but it's limited, and so...
POSTED Tuesday, July 17, 2007
If you liked Katana, you're going to love its daughter, the Katana DLX by Sanyo (not to be confused with DreamAuthentics' game console. Available from Sprint, the Katana DLX has newer and better ways to receive multimedia content: There's...
POSTED Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Ever since Steve Jobs announced the coming of the God Phone in January, industry analysts started taking bets on which cell-phone manufacturer would meet the Apple challenge first. My money has been on Samsung, the new electronics leader in...
POSTED Tuesday, July 17, 2007
T-Mobile launched its HotSpot@Home service a couple of weeks ago, but because of all of the recent iPhone mania, reviews are only coming in now. The service costs $20 a month on top of the cost of your normal...
POSTED Sunday, July 15, 2007
There are few things more irritating than discovering that you don't get good cell reception in your own home. It's one of those things you don't think to check on when touring an apartment, and then you move in...
POSTED Wednesday, July 11, 2007
If you have a Motorola SLVR and want to mod it into the coolest retro phone in the neighborhood, you're in luck. It turns out the SLVR is a pretty good fit with a classic NES controller, making the...
POSTED Tuesday, July 10, 2007
As many learn the hard way, traveling overseas is one big wild card when it comes to cell-phone service. Will your cool new phone work in Europe? Japan? Thailand? Doubtful, but it's a good bet National Geographic's Talk Abroad phone...
POSTED Tuesday, July 10, 2007
The scene: iPhone Day. I was near the end of a 13-hour wait. At around 5 p.m., 12 hours into my iPhone vigil, friendly security guards moved the line east down 58th Street then north onto Fifth Avenue into...
POSTED Thursday, July 5, 2007
The slim i425 cell phone, made by Motorola for Boost Mobile, uses iDEN technology (integrated digital enhanced network, multiple communication devices all-in-one) and can thus make the claim of being the slimmest walkie-talkie phone ever made. Less than half...
POSTED Wednesday, July 4, 2007
What kind of range do you need for your Bluetooth to connect your phone to, say, a wireless headset? A few feet? Maybe more if you want to be able to wander around your house? Would 50 feet seem...
POSTED Wednesday, July 4, 2007
LG and YouTube have apparently joined forces to create a phone that can stream videos from the popular site as well as shoot and post videos directly to it. The phone will be for Europe only, at least initially, and...
POSTED Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Were you worried that you might have to dilute the Appleness of your iPhone be pairing it with a Bluetooth headset from Jabra or Sony Ericsson or some other heathen third-party manufacturer? You can chill out, because Apple has unveiled...
POSTED Friday, June 29, 2007
Just as scripture… er, Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote predicted, the iPhone is about to go on sale, pretty much right on time. Which is really a story in and of itself — how many product launches this major actually...
POSTED Friday, June 29, 2007
Now that you're using tons of minutes at home, are you regretting getting rid of that landline? Don't reverse course and start looking for that painted-over wall jack — at least if you have T-Mobile service — since the...
POSTED Wednesday, June 27, 2007
As phones move further away from traditional button-pushing and toward touch-screen technology, it's nice to know there are minds out there devoted to preserving the tactile experience those passé dial-pad buttons provide. In the case of the Quartz Telephone,...
POSTED Friday, June 22, 2007
You're doing your bit to save the planet: driving around town with solar panels installed on your hybrid car, and keeping your D-cell batteries out of landfills — because you recharge all of yours via that gassy ball in...
POSTED Friday, June 22, 2007
It seems that everyone wants to get into the high-end phone market these days. From Prada to Porche, releasing an overpriced phone with your logo on it seems to be the latest way to make your brand seem "luxurious." The...
POSTED Thursday, June 21, 2007
Apple is working its way up to the iPhone launch by dropping little nuggets of updates on the super-hyped device. First it was a new screen and increased battery life, now it's YouTube functionality. Pretty sweet, right? Well, sort...
POSTED Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Samsung, ever the reserved company, is expanding their line a teeny bit this week in Korea. They say they'll be unveiling a few new phones. A few? Well, 53 new phones to be exact. Yes, 53 new phones. It's...
POSTED Tuesday, June 19, 2007
There are loads of state laws out there prohibiting cell phone use while driving, at least without a hands-free device, but how many people actually follow them? It's not like cops can really see if you've got a phone...
POSTED Monday, June 18, 2007
Pairing your phone with a Bluetooth headset is all well and good, and manufacturers have done a decent job so far at serving up innovative twists on the wireless headgear — from practical upgrades to stylish designs. But this...
POSTED Monday, June 18, 2007
With the launch a mere 11 days away, iPhone fever is reaching frenzied levels. Adding fuel to the fire is Apple, who just announced that the iPhone will be getting a nice glass screen as opposed to the plastic...
POSTED Monday, June 18, 2007
Why should you bow down to the man and pay some energy company to charge your cell phone? Hey, there's plenty of energy out there just waiting to be snatched up, don't be a sucker who's too lazy to grab...
POSTED Saturday, June 16, 2007
The cameras crammed inside phones are about to get a whole lot smaller. A company called Tessera has developed the first wafer-level camera for phones, and it's a fraction of the size of current cameras. What does this mean...
POSTED Friday, June 15, 2007
Today Fossil, in conjunction with Sony Ericsson, announced three new Bluetooth watches. The product line is called the MBW-150, with three watches that let you control your phone via Bluetooth. The three "Editions" are the Music, the Executive and...
POSTED Thursday, June 14, 2007
If you're still hiding your cigarette smoking habit from mom and dad every time you go home for the holidays, you might need to work at being a bit more covert so you don't get the third degree when mom...
POSTED Monday, June 11, 2007
You might think that a gadget called the "Pen Phone" would be both a pen and a phone. In the case of the Haier P7, you'd be wrong. It appears that the common writing instrument was just an inspiration for...
POSTED Monday, June 11, 2007
A few weeks ago everyone was wondering whether Helio's Ocean would be an iPhone killer. This week, reporters are asking the same question about the HTC Touch, which was released in Europe on June 5. The verdict? As with...
POSTED Sunday, June 10, 2007
The worst aspect of having a Blackberry is using the small keyboard when you have big, awkward thumbs. Anycom's Universal stowaway keyboard solves that problem for all but the smallest fingers. I'm a Blackberry user and when I travel...
POSTED Saturday, June 9, 2007
The iPhone still hasn't hit stores, but there are plenty of crummy-looking imitations out there already. The HTC Touch isn't one of them. Sure, it's a touchscreen phone that the company managed to release (in Europe only) before the iPhone...
POSTED Wednesday, June 6, 2007
The guys at Porche must be getting bored with making sports cars, as they're diversifying and trying their hand at cell-phone design now. The Porsche Design Mobile Phone P'9521 is a fancy-looking clamshell phone, although there's not much info...
POSTED Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Samsung has announced a new cameraphone, the SGH-E590. Featuring a 3-megapixel camera, it even comes with a strange rubberized beanbag that acts as a super-portable mini-tripod for it. Well, that's a first. It'll allow you to perch your phone...
POSTED Monday, June 4, 2007
The iPhone is coming! The iPhone is coming! Yes, the phone that everyone's been awaiting anxiously since January is imminent, and the release date was just made official. Mark your calendars: June 29th is the day the phone hits....
POSTED Monday, June 4, 2007
Gotta love concept phones: Even though the Domino phone doesn't really bring some eye-poppingly cool new feature like a flexible screen or "4G" technology to the table, we still like it. About as slim and sexy as a bar...
POSTED Sunday, June 3, 2007
The iPod lovers down in the iLounge yesterday released the third edition of their iPod book, with 116 pages of Apple-accessory goodness. Most notable are the multiple pages of iPhone accessories. They're the first of their kind, and they...
POSTED Friday, June 1, 2007
Palm has just unveiled what they hope will be the next big thing, and it's called the Foleo. It's a small, laptop-esque device that syncs up with your Treo automatically. That means you can open it up and edit...
POSTED Thursday, May 31, 2007
This seriously ugly phone concept is unique not only in that it looks like it was designed by a blind second grader, but also because of the unique health-centric technology crammed inside. Most notably it has a chemical "nose"...
POSTED Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The brave men and women in Nokia's research department apparently watch the Discovery Channel on a little too often, since I can't think of much other inspiration for this lightning-detecting phone they've conceived. Since lightning bolts generate powerful radio waves...
POSTED Saturday, May 26, 2007
If you've had your cell phone more than, oh, 10 minutes and you're anything like me, then you probably marvel at the abuse you've subjected it to. If that's the case, then have I got the phone for you. The...
POSTED Thursday, May 24, 2007
What would happen if two massive time-wasters morphed together to form the ultimate time-waster? British videogamers are about to find out now that British Telecom (BT) has teamed up with Sony to turn the PlayStation Portable into a voice-over-internet...
POSTED Wednesday, May 23, 2007
PDA pioneer Palm is still chugging along with upgrades and new products. PDA-style keyboards are nothing new and revolutionary, but Palm is attempting to reinvent the wheel with its latest Bluetooth keyboard, and I think they may have successfully...
POSTED Tuesday, May 22, 2007
What do you get when you combine a smell-o-phone with a paper airplane? OK, so no one in their right mind would combine those two things — well, except maybe the designers at Nokia who came up with the...
POSTED Monday, May 21, 2007
Cell-phone radiation has long been suspected of being a health risk, though it's never been proven. Nonetheless, for anyone terrified that keeping a mobile phone in your pocket might make you sterile, a Swiss clothing maker has created some...
POSTED Monday, May 21, 2007
Any product that prevents temper tantrums is okay by me, and the Chargepod certainly qualifies for that category. We've all been there, cursing all things electronic as we try to untangle the jumble of cords charging our ever-expanding collection...
POSTED Friday, May 18, 2007
You know that possibly arousing little tingle you get when your phone goes off in vibrate mode? With the m:ssage handset, it gets taken to a whole new level. Now instead of a cheesy text message, or even a...
POSTED Friday, May 18, 2007
Everyone who's ever owned a cell phone has found some aspect about it to complain about. It could be the call quality, button sensitivity or just the design. But I've never heard anyone say, "My phone doesn't smell fresh...
POSTED Thursday, May 17, 2007
Hold the phone, Motorola has some new toys. With much pomp and ceremony, Motorola’s chairman Ed Zander yesterday announced the company's new entries into the cell-phone market. Here's what you can expect to see in the coming months: First...
POSTED Wednesday, May 16, 2007
We suspect designer Mike Serafin had a little iPhone on the brain when he came up with the SLIQ, a concept phone whose most prominent feature is a touchscreen. Well, actually, its most prominent feature is being damn sexy,...
POSTED Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Sure, this James Bond phone might not be officially licensed or sanctioned by the owners of the Bond trademark, but we can totally see it in the hands of 007 himself. It looks sort of like an old Zach-Morris-style...
POSTED Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Look, I know you love your cell phone. You can make calls from everywhere, it's a fun little toy, and you can even check your email on it. But it's not people. No, it has no feelings and is...
POSTED Monday, May 14, 2007
Helio, the alternative, lesser-known cell-phone service provider run by wacky Earthlink founder Sky Dayton introduced the Ocean this week. It's the world's first "dual-slider" phone, which basically means that the base slides vertically for the cell-phone keyboard, and horizontally...
POSTED Sunday, May 13, 2007
Are you completely lacking in dignity? Perhaps you hate yourself a little bit? Looking for a way to attract negative attention? Feel like punishing your significant other with horrible shame when you're out in public together? Well, I have...
POSTED Thursday, May 10, 2007
Proving that even monolithic companies can occasionally have a sense of humor, Microsoft spoofed the iPhone but good the other day, announcing its own foray into the mobile phone market, the oFone. Featuring three "wings" that pivot around a...
POSTED Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Hey, CrackBerry addicts. I've got something hot for you. Yeah, I know you can't resist, so just check it out, will you? It's the new BlackBerry 8300 Curve. It combines the mass-market appeal of the BlackBerry Pearl with the...
POSTED Friday, May 4, 2007
Alltel Wireless scored a win today, being the first carrier in the US to offer Samsung's "Wafer," the 8.4-mm thick SCH-r510. The super-thin phone features XM radio, a 1.3-megapixel camera, and music playing capabilities. Pretty slick, if you ask...
POSTED Thursday, May 3, 2007
Image via Ridiculopathy.com "I quit smoking 28 years ago," one executive told The New York Times, "and that was easier than being without my BlackBerry." Since the BlackBerry outage a couple of weeks ago, the press has been going crazy...
POSTED Sunday, April 29, 2007
The press loves to talk about Apple. The cynics chalk it up to Steve Jobs's public relations savvy, while some journalists might counter that Apple products are unique, influential and iconic. With the iPod, Apple swept through and dominated...
POSTED Thursday, April 26, 2007
In what's sure to be one of the most annoying cell-phone developments since… well, ever, a California company has created a product that will allow people to override their friends' ringtones with ones of their own. So even if you...
POSTED Friday, April 20, 2007
Could this be the navigation of a future Zune Phone? It's from a patent filed by Microsoft for "Tile Space User Interface for Mobile Devices," and it looks suspiciously similar to a certain other phone based on a music...
POSTED Friday, April 20, 2007
Impressively small, this pygmy cell phone from Haier knows how to flaunt what it's got. The oblong design is nice and glossy-smooth, and we particularly like how the keypad implements the same curves. It's called the Elegance — how apt....
POSTED Thursday, April 19, 2007
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. What with the propigation of music-playing phones over the last couple years, you've got to assume at least a few people have ditched their iPods and started using their cell...
POSTED Thursday, April 19, 2007
Being a technology connoisseur these days means weighing yourself down with any number of gadgets — iPod, cell phone, GPS, PDA and all the rest. Though there have been attempts at uniting them all, you usually end up with...
POSTED Wednesday, April 18, 2007
You think you're so cool, walking around with a cell phone, being able to call whoever you want from wherever you are at any time. Yeah, we're all soooo impressed. Well, Mr. Smartypants, did you ever think of how your...
POSTED Wednesday, April 18, 2007
How much do you love to watch TV? According to Nielsen Media Research, during the 2004-2005 season, the average household watched more than 8 hours of television a day. Your TV watching will surely rise with a subscription to...
POSTED Monday, April 16, 2007
Apple's call to the world has inspired imitations from players both large and small — now some folks you've never heard of are getting into the game. Deeda, known for, uh, having a website I guess, has a cell phone...
POSTED Monday, April 16, 2007
The Sidekick, that lovable little e-mailing phone that celebrities are always seen typing away on, has a new little brother, and his name is ID. The ID is designed for people who want a Sidekick but don't like the...
POSTED Friday, April 13, 2007
What is it about wood that makes gadgets encased in it look so much classier? Is it because wood reminds us of things like armoires and humidors, or is it because we've grown so tired of the plastics that...
POSTED Friday, April 13, 2007
Here's an unusual circular cell-phone design concept by Dennis Wostrodowski that looks more like a UFO than a phone. Given the intrusive nature of cellphones, we're not sure we would want to call one The Intruder. But once we...
POSTED Thursday, April 12, 2007
Got a feeling your significant other is cheating on you? The Nokia N95 spy phone is dying to be your personal eavesdropper. The plan: Give him or her the phone as a present. To them, it'll look and function...
POSTED Thursday, April 12, 2007
We do reviews! It's Review Week here at SCI FI Tech, which means we'll be bringing you hands-on write-ups of gadgets both big and small every day. Adam Frucci kicks off the week by getting connected with Helio's new...
POSTED Monday, April 9, 2007
How did we not get this one from Shiny Shiny? LG's new VX8700 phone, now available from Verizon, is one sweet slice of glowing cellular goodness. Definitley based on the company's Shine phone, the slim clamshell (just half an...
POSTED Sunday, April 8, 2007
This new phone from LG is a "banana style phone" due to its curvy shape when open. Technically, it's the LG-SV280, but much like the Shine and Chocolate, you can expect to just hear this referred to as the...
POSTED Friday, April 6, 2007
We've been staring longingly at the Butterfly cell phone all morning. The slick slider has a touchscreen, a weather indicator, and Wi-Fi — not to mention it's totally hot. Of course, anything this cool would have to be a...
POSTED Thursday, April 5, 2007
You can't throw a Bluetooth earpiece without hitting a music phone these days, but Nokia's latest multimedia phone adds something new to the field. What's the word I'm looking for…? A turn? A spin? In any case, if you...
POSTED Thursday, March 29, 2007
Texas Instruments has created a DLP projector so small, it fits comfortably in the bottom of a cell phone. At a mere 1.3-inches, the Pico is nice and small yet can pump out a DVD-quality image in widescreen-TV sizes....
POSTED Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Smoking may be increasingly uncool in the western world, but in China, three-quarters of adult men smoke. Where else will you find a cigarette case that's also a phone and also a camera and, um, also an MP3 player?...
POSTED Tuesday, March 27, 2007
It's almost summer, and you know what that means — rolling blackout season is here! During these dark times, having a light and the ability to communicate is vital. Enter the hand-cranked cell-phone charger. While other crank systems generate...
POSTED Monday, March 26, 2007
While the clip-on pager all but died out with the coming of the new millennium, its successor lives on as the BlackBerry, the ubiquitous device that allows working professionals to remain in constant contact with colleagues and the home office....
POSTED Monday, March 26, 2007
Helio announced their latest phone today, and it's a doozy. The Ocean is a dual-sliding smartphone, featuring a QWERTY keyboard that slides to the side and a numerical keypad that slides down. The Ocean comes loaded with all the...
POSTED Monday, March 26, 2007
Connecting your phone to your computer has never been easy for a couple of reasons. The main reason is probably because your cell carrier doesn't want you to be able to link up the two devices — they'd rather you...
POSTED Tuesday, March 20, 2007
We recently found a phone headset embedded in a pillow, which we thought was pretty bizarre, but these Lederhosen make that pillow seem as normal as a RAZR. The pants don't just have some Bluetooth functionality built in, but...
POSTED Tuesday, March 20, 2007
From the good-intentions department comes this solar-powered cell phone, something that might seem like a good idea at first but upon investigation seems questionable at best. Sure solar power is great and all, and we love anything that uses...
POSTED Monday, March 19, 2007
If you have trouble sleeping at night without your phone by your side, this Handsfree Bluetooth Pillow Phone should provide you with the peace of mind you need to really get a good night's sleep. Connecting to your phone via...
POSTED Monday, March 19, 2007
With the iPhone just around the corner, and UMPC devices getting more powerful, are PDAs still worthwhile? Asus thinks so, and to get you excited it's offering up an ultra-thin PDA encased in stainless steel. Beyond being lightweight and really...
POSTED Friday, March 16, 2007
Anyone else sick of waiting around for a music-playing phone with the capacity of a big iPod? Yeah, me too. Well, if you've gotten impatient, you not have an option that, while it won't save space in your pocket,...
POSTED Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Is Google entering the crowded cell phone market? That's what the rumors say, and this might just be what it's going to look like. Supposedly, the "GPhone" will be manufactured by Samsung with Google branding (much like Helio's phones). It's...
POSTED Monday, March 12, 2007
Whenever I go out on the town wearing stretchpants (read: all the time), I hate having to carry my phone around in my jacket pocket. After all, my stretchpants don't have pockets. If only there was an easy way...
POSTED Monday, March 12, 2007
You're a unique and beautiful snowflake, one in a million, and one of a kind. So why should you be stuck with the same boring RAZR phone as everyone else? Don't you want to like, express your individuality? Of...
POSTED Friday, March 9, 2007
If you thought Zack Morris had a giant cell phone, get a load of this thing. The MegaPhone is a fully functioning phone that stands a whopping four feet high. You can dial by punching the buttons, but I don't...
POSTED Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Slim, tiny phones are great and all, but if you frequently use the vibrate mode on them then you know how wussy those little shakers are. If you're wearing a pair of jeans you probably miss calls more often than...
POSTED Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Helio, everybody's favorite feature-filled cellphone provider, has just announced their new Heat phone. A slick Samsung slider, Heat comes in both conservative black and blingy gold. It's loaded with your standard issue Helio features — GPS with Google Maps,...
POSTED Thursday, March 1, 2007
GSM technology is found almost exclusively in cell phones, so why would you ever find it in a doorbell? So your front door can call you when someone rings it, obviously. That way you can open the door, via...
POSTED Friday, February 23, 2007
Though it may seem a little too much like a one of those calculator watches for some, SMS Technology Australia's upcoming M300 watch promises to be a mobile phone on your wrist. I4U News reports it'll see the light of...
POSTED Saturday, February 17, 2007
Now that Bluetooth earpieces are getting more popular, they're becoming as much of a fashion statement as the cell phones they pair with. After all, if your sleek mobile's hidden in your pocket, wirelessly streaming calls to a headset,...
POSTED Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Good news for people interested in taking their short, disposable videos with them on the go: Nokia and YouTube have made an arrangement to get YouTube's content on Nokia's phones. Yes, soon owners of Nokia's N-series handsets will be...
POSTED Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Just when you think you're too jaded to get excited by a new cell phone design, someone comes along and slaps you in the face with innovation. This morning, Samsung slapped me hard with the SGH-F520. It's the little(?)...
POSTED Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Phones that can do a variety of office-related tasks are popular, as suits on the go want to be able to bring their offices with them. Sure, you could just grab a BlackBerry, but that's what everyone has. Don't...
POSTED Monday, February 12, 2007
They don't come much sleeker than this: Motorola's MOTORIZR Z8 phone has the kind of form factor that we've come to expect from the company that gave us the sexy RAZR and Q. But this hot piece of 3G...
POSTED Monday, February 12, 2007
Oh, Microsoft — why are you always late to the game against Apple? First the iPod beat the snot out of the Zune in the retail world. Now, on the heels of the Apple iPhone announcement, comes word of...
POSTED Friday, February 9, 2007
Sure, this might look eerily similar to the Apple iPhone, but it's got a couple of tricks up its sleeve to differentiate itself from that upcoming 300-pound gorilla. Namely, it's got a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. This should please people...
POSTED Thursday, February 8, 2007
If your cell phone is practically attached permanently to your ear, here's a holster that integrates with your car's seat belt, freeing both your hands for other things you might be doing on the road, such as driving. In...
POSTED Wednesday, February 7, 2007
While we wait for that stylish bone-conducting Bluetooth headset from Europe to come out, other manufacturers like BlueAnt are picking up the slack. The Australian company's V12 headset has an impressive feature set, including ambient noise reduction, a vibrating...
POSTED Wednesday, February 7, 2007
The great thing about concept phones, other than the fact that they're almost always much cooler looking than any phones currently on the market, is that they don't need to actually work. I mean, you can Photoshop anything you...
POSTED Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Helio is joining the field of mobile music sales, launching their new music store that'll allow their customers to download music from any of the five major labels directly to their phone. A neat twist on the idea allows...
POSTED Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Telecom Italia and Polymer Vision have joined forces to create a mobile device that features a roll-up e-paper-like display. It's a grayscale and can't be read in the dark, but the 5-inch screen represents a significant step forward in...
POSTED Monday, February 5, 2007
I hate when I'm taking my daily bath and my phone rings. I need to dry my hand off and very carefully take the call, trying to not drop it into the tub with me, ruining my phone and...
POSTED Thursday, February 1, 2007
VoIP phones are neat and all, but not neat enough to take up space in your pocket or bag. I mean, since you need a WiFi hotspot to connect with them, it's not like you can just chat it up...
POSTED Thursday, February 1, 2007
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Falon The iPhone looks pretty sweet. Yep, it's got that fancy touchscreen that you can use two fingers on, it changes...
POSTED Thursday, January 25, 2007
As assuredly as the universe will continue to expand, shiny gadgets will keep doing the opposite, as this superflat cell phone from Samsung shows us. The Ultra Edition 5.9, part of Samsung's line of Ultra phones, is only 5.9 millimeters...
POSTED Monday, January 22, 2007
Where else but Japan would you be able to find a scented cell phone? Nowhere, that's where. Coming soon to the land of the rising sun is the Sony Ericsson S0703i , a phone designed with a slot for one...
POSTED Monday, January 22, 2007
Hitachi is releasing their new W51H phone in Japan, and it features a display that puts the iPhone's high-res screen to shame. While Apple's buzz-generator sports a nice 320x480 3.5-inch screen, the W51H has a whopping 480x800 resolution on...
POSTED Friday, January 19, 2007
We love concept gadgets and we love cell phones, so it goes without saying that we love this super-sexy concept cell phone. All the stats provided are that it comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera, 2 GB of memory,...
POSTED Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Music players, digital cameras, video games — these extras we're used to finding in a cell phone. But the Pharos GPS Phone 600 (coming February for about $650) has something not even the Apple iPhone has: full-blown GPS navigation with...
POSTED Friday, January 12, 2007
Verizon unveiled their new VCast Mobile TV service here at CES this week, delivering streaming, live television to cell phones in the U.S. for the first time. The service, launching sometime in the next couple of months, will offer...
POSTED Thursday, January 11, 2007
It's not quite a pebble or a PEBL, but at less than 4 cubic inches overall, UTStarcom's clamshell CDM8935 may be the smallest cameraphone extant. At 3.3 x 1.7 x 0.07 inches and weighing a slight 2.8 ounces with...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
On the heels of Apple's iPhone bombshell, Motorola is quietly taking the wraps off its own new music phone, the MOTORIZR Z6. Although the phone is optimized to operate in conjunction with MTV's Urge music store, the Z6 can play...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The rumors are true. Yes, there will be an iPhone this year. And, yes, it will be called iPhone, despite reports to the contrary. It comes in 4-GB ($499) and 8-GB ($599) models. The iPod interface looks pretty great....
POSTED Tuesday, January 9, 2007
On the heels of 15.5 million Walkman phones old (according to Sony Ericsson), two new Walkman models are coming this spring, the high-end W880 (left) and the more entry-level W200 (right). Both are GSM phones and will come in...
POSTED Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Starting yesterday, you can get the latest Palm Treo, the 750 ($400 with a two-year contract plus rebate). Aesthetically similar to the Treo 680, the Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC-powered 750 can access Cingular's faster UMTS data network; unfortunately,...
POSTED Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Samsung's industrial designers have stepped way outside the aesthetic box with its two new Ultra phones, the Ultra Music (pic after the jump) and the Ultra Video (shown). The former is a 100-mm-thin two-sided candybar; one side is the...
POSTED Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Motorola is expanding its Q and RAZR empires with a Q for Sprint (shown) and an HSDPA-enabled RAZR, the RAZR XX, for Cingular. Basically a physical and features twin to its Verizon sibling (QWERTY keyboard, Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphone,...
POSTED Monday, January 8, 2007
Ever been talking to someone on your cell when something so amazing happens that you utter the time-honored phrase, "I wish you could see this"? If both your phones are equipped for Cingular's Video Share, they can. Just press...
POSTED Monday, January 8, 2007
Verizon is due to launch its MediaFLO TV broadcast service, enabling you to watch live TV — not streaming video, but live, like on an actual TV — on a cell phone. MediaFLO is planned to debut in the...
POSTED Sunday, January 7, 2007
Music phones are evolving faster than Mr. Spock in Star Trek III. The latest mutant branch of the cell family tree is the new "Ultra Music" phone from Samsung. Few details were available today (we'll know more tomorrow), but on...
POSTED Sunday, January 7, 2007
This concept cellphone takes some inspiration from the rumored Apple Phone (don't you love how a non-existent gadget can be an inspiration?) but then adds some unique twists that make it stand above the crowd of photoshopped phone designs....
POSTED Friday, January 5, 2007
What do you get these days when you go for a "luxury" phone? You get Mobiado's Luminoso, a phone with a frame that's made of aircraft aluminum, an ultra-hard DiamondShield coating on the screen, and sapphire-crystal buttons. The keypad...
POSTED Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Cable and charger clutter is getting to be some sort of pathetic epidemic these days, what with the increasing number of portable gadgets in our pockets needing to get juiced up when we get home from gallivanting about town....
POSTED Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Buddy, was that you I saw on the weekend talking on you cell phone while behind the wheel of your car? Shame. If you must gab while you drive, you should get yourself a hands-free Bluetooth receiver like the...
POSTED Friday, December 29, 2006
If you think cameras, video, and the Internet have no place on a cell phone, designer Rune Larsen is right there with you. His Eclipse slider phone gets rid of any and all features besides calling, keeping the size...
POSTED Thursday, December 28, 2006
We keep moving forward with technology, but some people just can't let go of the past. Nostalgia is all well and good, but sometimes we need to leave our cutting-edge tech and our love of retro as far away...
POSTED Friday, December 22, 2006
So I was just packing yesterday for my annual trip back home for Chirstmas, determined to try out a few select gadgets while I'm out of action, and I found myself becoming increasingly annoyed at all the charging cables...
POSTED Friday, December 22, 2006
These 6X zoom lenses from the Brando Workshop dwarf the tiny cell phones they were made for. The resulting look is something like a contemporary (and squished) version of an 8mm movie camera. Made to fit specific Nokia (N70,...
POSTED Thursday, December 21, 2006
This pretty little thing you're looking at is the new, redesigned Aliph Jawbone headset. Designed by Yves Behar, it's certainly one of the sexiest headsets we've ever seen. But does it work well? Apparently yes, very well. It uses...
POSTED Thursday, December 21, 2006
What do you get when you cross high fashion and gadgets? Overpriced crap, generally speaking. Usually it's a scam to get people to shell out tons of money just for a brand name, with boring phones getting some upscale...
POSTED Wednesday, December 20, 2006
I've got some bad news for all you Apple fanboys out there: the iPhone was announced today, and it's certainly a huge disappointment. The number one reason it's such a letdown? It wasn't made by Apple. Yeah, those sneaky...
POSTED Monday, December 18, 2006
Pay at the Pump is so yesterday. I want buying things to be so easy that I don't even have to pull out my wallet. Apparently Cingular and MasterCard have been reading my mind (I knew that magnetic stripe...
POSTED Sunday, December 17, 2006
We always say touchscreens are the future of cellphones, and here's proof that it isn't just a pie-in-the-sky idea. The LG KE850 is all screen, with whatever buttons you need coming up for you to press as needed. There...
POSTED Friday, December 15, 2006
The future isn't all flying cars and hotshot microwaves. In fact, I think I may have stumbled across something exciting and practical: charge-by-contact plates. Though companies like Splashpower have been at this game longer, WildCharge plans to push things...
POSTED Wednesday, December 13, 2006
We can always rely on Bang & Olufsen to inject a little chic into our gadget world, and the Danish company's EarSet 2 is no exception. Well, when you really look at the Bluetooth earpiece's big round flap that...
POSTED Wednesday, December 13, 2006
If your thumbs are just about worn out from trying to compose a lengthy text message to your sweetie using the multiple keystroke approach, the upcoming Vox smart phone from HTC could provide some welcome relief. Even though it...
POSTED Sunday, December 10, 2006
This steaming pile of ugly gadget is the M*free Ultra-Portable PC, a sad attempt at creating a unified gadget that can do everything. It's got a cell phone, a digital camera, a portable media player, a little PC, and...
POSTED Friday, December 8, 2006
If one screen is good, I guess it only naturally follows that two screens are better. Right? Well, according to Korean inventor Hong Jeong that is totally correct. He designed this two-screen cell phone concept for easier web browsing,...
POSTED Friday, December 8, 2006
Gadgets in the wilderness are on borrowed time. Those batteries will run out at some point, and with no power outlets nearby, you're boned, right? Not so with the SolarPort 4.4, a videotape-size solar panel that'll juice up your...
POSTED Thursday, December 7, 2006
We love Bluetooth technology, since it lets us go all hands-free with our cell phones (and iPods) with no wires, but it has its limitations. One big one is battery life — you may have noticed that your cell phone...
POSTED Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Touchscreen phones are on their way, and the Motorokr E6 PDA cellphone is leading the pack. Saving precious space by getting rid of the number pad, the E6 features a 2.4-inch touchscreen that'll take care of that data input for...
POSTED Wednesday, December 6, 2006
The great thing about concept designs is that, generally speaking, there isn't much info provided. It's just a pretty picture, a neat idea someone had, and the nuts and bolts are left up to the readers imagination. So let's talk...
POSTED Tuesday, December 5, 2006
The iPhone isn't here yet, so non-Apple cell-phone makers are scrambling to get their music phones out and into two-year-contract-locked customers' hands ASAP. Quick, everyone stick music controls on the outside of your phones and rush them out! Hurry,...
POSTED Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Kevin Rose, Digg founder, possible millionaire, and star of this controversial BusinessWeek cover story, dished some supposedly top-secret specs about Apple's rumored upcoming "iPhone" on his weekly podcast, Diggnation. Not trusting the wacky summaries making their way through the...
POSTED Monday, December 4, 2006
I don't know if anyone's still freaked out by cell-phone radiation, but if you think that cancer cluster emerging in your neighborhood is caused by everyone's shiny new KRZRs, French cosmetics maker Clarins wants to put your mind at ease....
POSTED Friday, December 1, 2006
Sharp Japan has shown off a new 5-megapixel CCD camera module for mobile phones. By the numbers, it is no match for Samsung's 10-megapixel camera phone, even if the megapixel myth has been debunked. The LZ0P3770, as close friends...
POSTED Thursday, November 30, 2006
I told you so. Back when I was raggin' on the idea of people watching movies on their cell phones I said that YouTube's content was the perfect library for mobile viewing, and it looks like Verizon was listening. Soon...
POSTED Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Just when we thought we'd seen it all in the way of concept cell-phone designs, NEC comes out and surprises us. The company's Design division has thought up the "tag" — a phone that has more in common with...
POSTED Monday, November 27, 2006
We've certainly seen a bunch of slider phones recently, but this new one from Fujitsu manages to put a new spin on the now-commonplace design. Rather than just revealing buttons when the face is slid up, it can now...
POSTED Friday, November 24, 2006
Even if you're relatively out of touch you're probably familiar with the Motorola RAZR, the iPod of cellphones and the most popular flip phone out there. It's gotten so ubiquitous that Moto had to go and release a half-update...
POSTED Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Battery chargers hardly count as gadgets on their own. Instead they're unfortunate technological necessities that MIT is working on eradicating. You wouldn't think battery chargers would be poised to take the tech world by storm, but you'd be wrong....
POSTED Monday, November 20, 2006
Smartphone ahoy! LG is set to debut its VX9900 phone with a QWERTY keyboard, which infatuated buyers in the U.S. will be able to pick up on November 27th. If you submit to the will of Verizon for two...
POSTED Monday, November 20, 2006
We're suckers for shady gadget dealings, so here's another fun, mysterious gadget coming out soon. The Black Diamond PMP is a nano-esque media player with 8GB of hard drive space, a 1.8-inch screen, and tactile controls. It'll connect to your...
POSTED Thursday, November 16, 2006
Nothing makes a gadget's price skyrocket like being shrouded in a cloud of mystery-cum-vague marketing. Since that's generally the case, expect this luxe phone from Gresso to cost more than your house, although we can't tell for sure because...
POSTED Thursday, November 16, 2006
The SlingBox, the sweet little box that lets you watch and control your TV over the Internet, now works on fancy 3G cellphones. While before you could watch TV using the SlingBox on any PC or Mac connected to...
POSTED Thursday, November 16, 2006
Another week, another slim smartphone. The latest emaciated handheld is the Samsung BlackJack, which we'll give an 8.2 in its qualifying round for name coolness, although it's product number is far less sexy: SGH-i607. Available in the U.S. from...
POSTED Monday, November 13, 2006
According to moneybags Google overlord Eric Schmidt, in the near future people could see discounts on their cell phone bills for allowing targeted advertisements to be sent to their phones. With people spending more and more time on their phones,...
POSTED Monday, November 13, 2006
Want to look into the future of cell phones? If you live in the U.S., the easiest way to do that has always been to look East. Generally the stuff that comes out there makes its way over here...
POSTED Monday, November 13, 2006
If you frequently travel to the far ends of the earth — hell, if you ever go any distance from a major metropolitan area — then you're no stranger to nonexistent cell service and dropped calls. Yeah, Verizon, it's...
POSTED Friday, November 10, 2006
In a casual chat here at SCI FI Tech's mobile-Web-browsing labs, Opera CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner (pictured above) came out swinging against the DotMobi domain, calling it a "total waste of time" and "completely unnecessary." You may be...
POSTED Thursday, November 9, 2006
The worst part about the US cell phone market (besides all the coolest phones being stuck in Europe and Asia and not coming over here) is the fact that in order to get a decent phone for less than $300...
POSTED Friday, November 3, 2006
Oh Japan, you vile temptress! So full of fancy gadgets and so far away! Just look at these super-slick INFOBAR2 phones from KDDI Design Studios in the land of the rising sun. Big ol' buttons, a generous screen, and...
POSTED Wednesday, November 1, 2006
These days how a phone looks is just as important as, if not more important than, whatever features a phone may come with. People just don't care how many megapixels the camera on a cell phone has as long...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
Generally, videos shot by a cameraphone aren't exactly Scorsese-worthy, though a company that designs digital-camera software wants to change that with a technology called Face Tracker. As you can probably guess, FotoNation's new trick enables your phone's camera to pick...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
You know when you're hiking Mt. Everest and you drop your phone, how annoying that is? They always friggin' break after hitting some snow or being up too high or whatever. Then there's no way to get in touch...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
LG did so well with their sassily named Chocolate phone that they decided to keep the fun name train going, announcing their new Shine phone to South Korea. A slick and slim slider, Shine comes loaded with a 2-megapixel...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Into cell-phone skins? Here's the ultimate — a phone casing made from hand-carved ivory. A trio of Chinese craftsmen worked for three and a half months on this phone, earning it a price tag of $23,000. Makes for a nice...
POSTED Sunday, October 15, 2006
While those customised rings that force people to listen to Jay-Z when they call your cell phone didn't catch on as much as service providers might have hoped, a new service called YouMail seems like it has the potential...
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
There are about ten million speaker docks out there for the iPod with all varieties of gimmicks, but there aren't so many speaker docks for cell phones. That seems like it'll change as soon as the whole music phone thing...
POSTED Friday, October 13, 2006
Always liked PDAs and BlackBerrys, but never thought you were part of the crowd who actually uses them? Has Palm got a smartphone for you. With much hullabaloo, the company today unveiled the Treo 680, a model that does...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
While many cell phones that are designed to be tiny computers on the go are generally bulky and unweildy due to their full QWERTY keyboards and all the junk inside to make them run, newer phones are trying to...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
Cell phones are becoming less phones and more catch-all gadgets every day, with very few models available that can just make calls well without taking on a bunch of price-increasing bells and whistles. What about those of us that aren't...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
If you're sick of taking terrible, blurry photos with your cameraphone, it might be time to upgrade to a phone with a serious camera inside. Take this Samsung SCH-B600 for example. It comes loaded with a 10-megapixel camera… yes,...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
With our pockets full of MP3 players, cell phones, PDAs, and handheld gaming units, running out of battery power while out and about is an unfortunate and annoying reality. While there are plenty of portable rechargers out there in...
POSTED Monday, October 9, 2006
We love us some touchscreen concept phones here at SCI FI Tech, going gaga over the BenQ Black Box last week and now getting ready to pee ourselves over Nokia's Aeon. Like the Black Box, this guy is all...
POSTED Monday, October 9, 2006
Toshiba and Matsushita have developed the thinnest LCD yet, coming in at just under a millimeter thick. It doesn't get much smaller than that. The diminutive screen can be used in portable gadgets like cell phones where people just can't...
POSTED Friday, October 6, 2006
Ever wanted to write a quick message to yourself, but no pen and paper are handy? You could write yourself a text message on your phone, but punching away on that keypad can get a little tedious. With Sony...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
This slick little number is a concept phone from BenQ that's basically one big touchscreen. Dynamically changing based on what application you're using, the Black Box looks pretty stunning. A keypad appears onscreen if you want to make a...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Hey, I like tiny phones as much as the next guy, but this is insane. Take a gander at the Xun Chi 138, purported to be the world's smallest cellphone. You won't here any arguments from me on that...
POSTED Monday, September 25, 2006
Vending machines are huge in Japan, dispensing everything from beer to underwear, and it seems Motorola thinks the U.S. is ripe for an invasion by these robot salesmen. Starting in San Francisco and Chicago, Moto's trying out its INSTANTMOTO...
POSTED Sunday, September 24, 2006
Nice new phone, Samsung. No, I mean it — the SGH-P310 looks just as hot if not hotter than your previous super-slim mobiles. With that credit-card form factor (just one-third of an inch thick), the "Card Phone II" will...
POSTED Sunday, September 17, 2006
Oh iPhone, will you ever find your way into my pocket? I know I trash-talked your daddy Apple, but that doesn't mean I don't want to have a mythical iPod/cell-phone hybrid in my pocket ASAP. Well, according to Think...
POSTED Saturday, September 16, 2006
Put yourself into the shoes of a cell phone thief for a minute: there you are, minding your own business with a phone you just swiped from someone's bag on the subway, when your hot merchandise suddenly starts screaming...
POSTED Thursday, September 14, 2006
If we like anything, we like Bluetooth headsets, although they do have some weaknesses. Often, a headset won't have a screen for call display, and even if it does, it's often too low-res to show usefully read. Helium Digital's...
POSTED Monday, September 11, 2006
RIM is launching its new BlackBerry Pearl 8100 on T-Mobile, the sexiest and most consumer-friendly Blackberry model yet. As slim as a RAZR, the Pearl comes with a nice 240 x 260-pixel color screen and a condensed QWERTY keypad,...
POSTED Thursday, September 7, 2006
As much as you love your iPod nano, it's going to run out of power during that flight to Australia. So will your BlackBerry. And your Dell notebook. If you want to keep using them — all of them...
POSTED Wednesday, August 30, 2006
It seems like everyone has a RAZR phone these days. What used to be a cool, cutting-edge gadget has joined the iPod in the ranks of culturally saturated status symbols. It's time to stand out from the crowd a...
POSTED Saturday, August 26, 2006
We're definitely big fans of Bluetooth headsets, but their high-tech wireless abilities occasionally make us wax nostalgic about the days of big, gloss-finished receivers. Hulger's Bluetooth Penelope*Phone gives the contemporary wireless technology a little retro chic. Yeah, it's not...
POSTED Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Sleek clock radio? Try futuristic cell phone. This phone concept, conceived by Lunar Design for Pantech, features a swiveling screen, making it easy to prop up when you need to stop talking and start working: video conferencing and using...
POSTED Wednesday, August 23, 2006
The Onyx phone has a lot going for it: besides looking slimmer and sexier than LG's Chocolate phone, it sports a type of touchscreen technology called ClearPad. Developed by Synaptics, ClearPad eliminates the need for any "hard" buttons on...
POSTED Monday, August 21, 2006
We love Bluetooth headsets for their wireless nature and their ability to let you answer calls without even touching your phone — at least until we have to take them off and they become just another thing that weighs...
POSTED Wednesday, August 16, 2006
On the surface, the Driinn (your pronunciation guess is as good as mine) looks like an excellent idea: put a cell phone holder right onto the power outlet where you're recharging the phone, guaranteeing both a place to put your...
POSTED Friday, August 11, 2006
Losing the contacts from your phone is terrible, and while we've posted about gadgets designed to backup your phone data, even we are too cheap and lazy to buy them. We require something easier, something… freer. New service Zyb...
POSTED Friday, August 11, 2006
Long known as the tether that keeps businesspeople tied to their offices, the RIM BlackBerry has become an essential part of business around the world. Not content with just keeping people in suits addicted to their products, RIM appears to...
POSTED Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Slowly but surely, nifty feature-rich phones that were once confined to Korea and Europe are making their way stateside. Verizon has just put up for sale the LG "Chocolate" phone, the VX8500, which until now has been merely a...
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
The Rolling Stones are testing out a new service on their upcoming tour that will allow fans to call in and listen to the show on their cell phones as it's happening live. The service, called Listen Live Now!, will...
POSTED Friday, July 28, 2006
Tossing out old laptops and cell phones is a big environmental no-no, but disassembling them for recycling is no easy feat. Nokia is looking to change that, as it's developed a cell-phone prototype that can disassemble in just 2...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
You know what sucks? Spending a ton of cash on a tricked-out cell phone only to have your new toy crippled by an unexpected coffee spill. Should you be somewhat accident-prone around liquids, Sony Ericsson's SO902iWP+ cell phone will...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
Having a really sexy phone is all well and good, but having it plugged in to a plain old cable snaking behind your desk kind of ruins the mystique when it's charging at home. Not so with the BenQ-Siemens...
POSTED Thursday, July 27, 2006
We likes us some slim cell phones, so of course we have to tell you about the new Motorola MOTOFONE. While it might be a bit light on other features, it is really thin — a mere 0.35 inches....
POSTED Wednesday, July 26, 2006
If you're not a rich guy with fancy GPS navigation and some built-in computer analyzing traffic in your new Benz, don't worry. Google has just announced yet another feature for its Maps service: GPS traffic information for anyone without GPS,...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
If the RAZR family gets any bigger, Motorola is gonna need to buy a minivan. Mama and papa Moto have been busy, announcing three new slim and sleek additions to their ever-popular RAZR line. First we have the previously...
POSTED Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Do people actually buy these limited edition phones with their jaw-dropping price tags and not-worth-the-price feature lists? Well, apparently someone is buying them, as more keep getting released. I suppose you need to sell just one cell phone for...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
Making free Internet phone calls with Skype can be a great thing, but not so much if you have to be tethered to your PC to do the dialing. Finally there is a Skype phone on the way that will...
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
It's never too early to start teaching your kids about the importance of always being available to superiors, which is why it's so nice to see the Fuse Box available, a sort of Blackberry Jr. for the future desk jockey...
POSTED Friday, July 21, 2006
I was once at this killer Cuban place on the Upper East Side with entrées that looked so good, I actually snapped pictures of them with my cameraphone and sent them to a friend. As I was devouring my double-size...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
Carrying a full-size keyboard around with your mobile device makes it significantly less portable in most cases. Not so with this Eleksen Fabric Keyboard, which rolls up and weighs a mere 2.3 ounces. When rolled out, it's about the...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Motorola's update to their ubiquitous and oft-copied RAZR phone is getting ever closer, with the model we showed you recently just getting approved by the FCC for use on our golden shores. Formerly codenamed "Canary," the slim phone will...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
If your gadget pool has grown beyond the obligatory cell phone and iPod (and really, whose hasn't?), chances are the place where you plug them all in for recharging is looking pretty tangled. That is, if you even managed...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
If the next time you're at the doctor's office getting an X-ray after a freak Embrio accident he spends a lot of time staring at his PDA, he actually might not be ignoring you. In between games of solitaire, he...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
It's a mobile phone. It's a watch. It's a desk clock. It's really a bit too bulky to be any of those (well, except maybe the desk clock) from the looks of it, but we have to give the...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
This just might be the first sign that the trend of making all gadgets smaller and sexier has gone too far: the finger mouse. Made by LG, this mini mouse — which is apparently just called "Finger" — works...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
With cell phones becoming more and more ubiquitous on college campuses, the phone jacks in dorm rooms are becoming just another patch of wall covered by empty Keystone Light cans and Bob Marley posters. Since college administrations care about...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
There are few things more annoying than answering your phone in a loud place like a concert and then having to put a finger in one ear and scream, still unable to be heard over the roar of the...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
We've reported about phones designed to track your kids, but we've never seen anything as sneaky and disingenuous as these Spy Phones, which is why we love them so much. What look and act like normal, run-of-the-mill mobiles are actually...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
One day, we'll all be carrying around hydrogen fuel cells for powering our portable gadgets. At least that's the vision of Voller, a British energy company, which created this Automatic Battery Charger (ABC) to supply power to things like...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
According to a new study by researchers at the University of Utah, people who drive while talking on their cell phones are just as dangerous as drunk drivers, even when they're using a hands-free headset. Don't take it from me,...
POSTED Friday, June 30, 2006
At this point, it almost takes more energy to find a cell phone that can't play video than one that can. However, the puny screens that come on oh-so-tiny devices make watching portable video for any period of time...
POSTED Friday, June 30, 2006
Japanese cell-phone makers have combined GPS, compasses, and cell phones to give people the power to get information about any location simply by pointing their phone at it. Because emergency regulations in Japan require cell phones to have GPS on...
POSTED Wednesday, June 28, 2006
NEC has just announced a credit card-size phone for the Asian market, the N908, coming into existence this fall. Despite the fact that it probably won't see the light of day on American shores, the touchscreen features give a...
POSTED Wednesday, June 28, 2006
If you're a regular reader of SCI FI Tech, you know that we loves us some geeky watches. There's just something about carrying some fancy tech around on your wrist that we can't get enough of, which is why...
POSTED Friday, June 23, 2006
Just when you thought it was safe to go out in public with your Sidekick II, T-Mobile is pushing your old model toward obsolescence by debuting the new version, the Sidekick 3 (made by Sharp). Slated for release to...
POSTED Wednesday, June 21, 2006
People who stare longingly across the Atlantic at the bevy of feature-rich European phones that we don't have here in the States may have less reason to be jealous when Verizon releases the Samsung SGH-A990. A swivel-display flip phone...
POSTED Wednesday, June 21, 2006
If you want a cell phone with every bell and whistle available, look no further than the Qtek 9000. A monster of a phone, it has not one but two 1.3-megapixel cameras for some reason, MP3 and video playback,...
POSTED Tuesday, June 20, 2006
We love fun, implausible concept designs as much as the next guy, but this one in particular seems kind of far-fetched. The "Nokia Open" is/would be a cell phone that opens like a fan with a "scrollable touch screen,"...
POSTED Monday, June 19, 2006
Bluetooth headseats have a way of making you look pretty crazy when you're walking down the street, as you look like you're talking to yourself until someone is close enough to notice the earpiece. You might as well make...
POSTED Monday, June 19, 2006
We searched far and wide for reviews and comments about the Motorola Q, the hottest new entry into the smartphone market that's been labeled by some as a "BlackBerry killer." Since you don't have time to read them all,...
POSTED Friday, June 16, 2006
Subway crime is down in New York City, with one startling exception: theft of personal electronics like cell phones and iPods. And though we don't have stats on hand, we're betting the trend is similar throughout the country. To...
POSTED Thursday, June 15, 2006
One of the big things holding back your favorite gadget makers from slimming down your cell phone, PDA, or MP3 player to the extreme is the battery. No matter what your gadget poison is, it needs power, and if...
POSTED Thursday, June 15, 2006
Nokia loves expensive, limited-edition phones, and the company's L'Amour Collection certainly keeps the flame alive. The Nokia 7370 and 7380 (shown) are pretty slick phones, featuring Bluetooth, USB, respective 1.3- and 2-megapixel cameras, Internet connectivity, and other such goodies,...
POSTED Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The Motorola Q has been available for only two weeks now, and already Samsung is leveling its guns at it. The SGH-i320 looks eerily similar to the Q, featuring a 2.2-inch color screen, a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth wireless capabilities,...
POSTED Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Feng shui, the art of room arrangement that's meant to benefit your chi, or life energy, may soon be made easier by a new Motorola patent. A feng shui helper could be used in a cell phone or PDA, using...
POSTED Tuesday, June 13, 2006
It's 10pm — do you know where your kids are? If you're giving Verizon $20 a month to turn your kids' cell phones into child-tracking devices, yes you do. Using the same technology that pinpoints one's location through 911, Verizon...
POSTED Monday, June 12, 2006
This tiny little number is the Samsung X830. It's pretty small. So small, in fact, that it can only fit two buttons per row on its keypad. It also doesn't have a camera, which is a rarity with cell...
POSTED Friday, June 9, 2006
Ever since we saw Seiko's Bluetooth watch prototype, we've been dying for someone to make a watch that would let us play Dick Tracy and take calls our wrists. Well, it looks like this "i:VRT Bluetooth" watch from Citizen...
POSTED Friday, June 9, 2006
If there's any lesson to be learned from gadgets in the past few years, it's that people love small and sexy. With that in mind, we're predicting the Pantech C300 cell phone, said to be the world's smallest clamshell...
POSTED Wednesday, June 7, 2006
There's a decent chance this is Motorola's upgrade to their ever-popular RAZR phone, codenamed "Canary." A beauty to look at, the Canary features a mirrored surface and wraparound speaker at the bottom of the phone. Inside you'll find a...
POSTED Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Because we all are just dying for Apple to hurry up and deliver us a full-fledged iPod/cell-phone hybrid, we can't help but mention this questionable rumor that's been flying around the Net: RIM (makers of the Blackberry) and Apple...
POSTED Monday, June 5, 2006
Cell phones come packed with more and more bells and whistles as time goes on — still cameras, video cameras, Bluetooth, games — the list goes on and on. But what if you want your phone to just be,...
POSTED Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Pay-as-you-go phone plans haven't taken off here in the States like they have overseas, but that could change if Virgin Mobile's SugarMama service takes off. Most pay-as-you-go plans charge you a premium for the luxury of not having a cell-phone...
POSTED Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Cell phones have been picking up new features like loose change for years now, and they're starting to make home phones look bad. Seeking to narrow the "feature gap," the BT Glide Bluetooth cordless home phone looks like a...
POSTED Friday, May 26, 2006
The Motorola Q, or "the world's slimmest smartphone," will be available from Verizon Wireless for $199 after instant rebate and a 2-year contract starting May 31st. Featuring a full keyboard, e-mail capabilities, and a 1.3-megapixel camera all crammed into a...
POSTED Tuesday, May 23, 2006
With all the news lately about the government checking into your phone calls, we sometimes wonder if there's any way to make a call with complete privacy. Fortunately for you law-abiding, privacy-loving Americans out there, Swiss company Vectrotel is...
POSTED Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Running out of juice on your cell phone when you're far away from your charger is extremely annoying. Living in the age of constant connection means a nonworking mobile can make you feel disconnected, anxious, and like you're missing out...
POSTED Monday, May 22, 2006
The first draft of a language designed for mobile Web content was released today, which may someday make viewing Web sites on cell phones an easier process. The language would take into account the screen size, color, and resolution of...
POSTED Monday, May 22, 2006
It's the main thing on your mind when you walk into an electronics store: Don't get ripped off. Whether you're shopping for a digital camera, computer, or HDTV, you want to know what's a fair price, and what's a...
POSTED Thursday, May 18, 2006
Sony Ericsson continues its experiments in crossbreeding with the W850 Walkman phone, a hybrid of a phone and a music player, announced today. The W850 is a slider design and features a bevy of nice features, including 1 GB...
POSTED Thursday, May 18, 2006
The long-anticipated Motorola Q smartphone looks poised for launch, with Verizon rekindling the hype for the supposed "BlackBerry killer" with this promotional site. Running on Windows Mobile 5.0, the Q will sport a 2.4-inch screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, and...
POSTED Thursday, May 18, 2006
Owners of Nokia's 770 Internet tablet are probably feeling a little more chatty today than usual. The company unveiled a software upgrade for the handheld that includes an onscreen QWERTY keyboard and Google Talk software for instant messaging. Going...
POSTED Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Here's a merger we can get behind: the Pioneer DEH-P810, a car stereo with Bluetooth capabilities. Allowing you to transfer music via your Bluetooth-enabled phone or MP3 player, the stereo gives you a whole new realm of expandability for...
POSTED Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Riddle me this: Why would a rear-view mirror ever need Bluetooth wireless technology? Answer: To show the phone numbers of incoming calls from your cell phone, so you don't ever have to look down to answer your phone while...
POSTED Monday, May 8, 2006
Following in the footsteps of the $100 laptop, designer Andre Miloni has come up with a simple cell phone aimed at developing nations where electricity might be scarce. The phone is quipped with a hand crank for recharging its...
POSTED Friday, May 5, 2006
Because we love to tease you, here's another slick-looking phone that's selling over in Asia but will probably never make it to U.S. shores. The Samsung SCH-V890/SCH-V8900 was just announced in Korea; it's a new slim slider phone with...
POSTED Monday, May 1, 2006
Remember when you had to actually talk to a person to buy a movie ticket? Boy, was that annoying. Then they started letting you buy tickets from kiosks with your credit cards, and later you could buy them on the...
POSTED Thursday, April 27, 2006
If you've ever wanted to take that handy navigation system from your Escalade out on the streets while you're walking around, the upcoming TØRQ N100 from Sound Solutions may be the phone for you. A combined PDA, phone, and GPS...
POSTED Thursday, April 27, 2006
Nokia has announced three new phones in their souped-up Nseries: the N72, N73, and N93. The N93 (above) and N73 each feature a 3.2-megapixel camera that can transfer your pictures to your computer or even directly to your Flickr...
POSTED Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The goal of clearing up space in the valuable jeans-pocket real-estate market with an all-in-one gadget is something we see manufacturers driving towards, but oftentimes it takes a forward-thinking designer to see our desires and take them a big...
POSTED Monday, April 17, 2006
Carrying around a keyboard to use with your PDA can be annoying. The whole point of having a PDA is that it's small and easy to carry around, so why shouldn't the keyboard be the same? Now VKB is...
POSTED Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Ever been wandering around the park listening to your iPod, right at the climax of your favorite song, and the battery cuts out? There aren't many things more annoying then losing power when you have no way of recharging. Well,...
POSTED Tuesday, April 11, 2006
We have to assume that eventually phone makers will hit a point where the laws of physics will prevent them from making their phones any thinner. Apparently, that day has yet to come, as Samsung just announced their new...
POSTED Tuesday, April 11, 2006
We've all had that problem once or twice in our lives: you just dropped $240,000 on a new Aston Martin Vanquish, but it's so hard to show it off when you aren't behind the wheel. Well, Nokia has heard...
POSTED Monday, April 10, 2006
Skype, the popular Internet phone service, has only been picking up steam since eBay bought the company late last year. But one of the things holding it back from reaching an even wider audience is that users generally have...
POSTED Thursday, April 6, 2006
If you've ever dropped your cell phone in a toilet, you know worst part about replacing it is getting all your friends to send you their phone numbers again. Now you can skip that embarrassing ordeal with the Backup-Pal. If...
POSTED Thursday, April 6, 2006
Furthering the cause of mobiles as anything but phones you actually speak into, Motorola yesterday demonstrated technology capable of moving recorded TV shows from the company's set-top DVRs to their phones, most notably its next-gen RAZR V3x (which isn't...
POSTED Thursday, April 6, 2006
We always get excited when we hear about a cool phone that folks stateside will actually be able to buy. Coming your way just in time for NHL playoffs, the Samsung SGH-T509 is a candy-bar phone that's just 0.4...
POSTED Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Apparently designer Ricardo Figueiro has a thing for Green Lantern. Nokia hired him to break the cell-phone mold and he's done just that with the green-themed "4th Generation" mobile. The idea is to offer "different means of accessing and...
POSTED Thursday, March 30, 2006
Off hand, I know probably three addresses: my current home, my childhood home, and work — obviously, I don't need GPS to get to any of those places. Visiting Mt. Rushmore is a different story. I know what it looks...
POSTED Thursday, March 30, 2006
If a Crazy in Love ringtone isn't customization enough for you, Printz Skins should make sure nobody ever forgets which mobile is yours. The service allows you to slap your favorite photograph, art, or design directly onto your phone. The...
POSTED Wednesday, March 29, 2006
If you think your cell phone's screen is a little confining for digital pics, Parrot is offering a convenient way to give your masterpieces a little more room to stretch out. The Bluetooth Photo Viewer allows you to wirelessly transmit...
POSTED Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Although this new BlackBerry, the 8707v, will only be available in the U.K. from Vodafone, it's a quad-band model that can be used in North America and Asia as well. So it's okay to go ahead and get one...
POSTED Friday, March 24, 2006
Cell-phone cameras typically shoot pictures so bad that even Mr. Magoo would insist on better equipment. The number of models that actually capture decent photos is growing, however, but the problem is that many of these phones suffer from lousy...
POSTED Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Europeans looking for a little cocoa therapy will soon have LG's KG800 as an option. Nicknamed the Chocolate Phone, the mobile has been the belle of Korea's cell-phone ball since its Asia release in November, selling more than 300,000...
POSTED Tuesday, March 21, 2006
If you're getting the flash-memory cards from your digital camera and MP3 player mixed up all the time, the Memory Card Travel Case ($20) can help keep your bits organized. Developed by Digital Foci, known for digital photo albums and...
POSTED Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Cell-phone cameras are incredibly handy, since, unlike a regular camera, we tend to have them with us when that unexpected Kodak moment pops up. Too bad that most of them deliver pretty iffy picture quality at best. Enter the Samsung...
POSTED Friday, March 10, 2006
For lovers of 1.5-inch TV, Cingular is launching an on-demand mobile-TV service, Cingular Video, running over the company's new 3G wireless network. Subscribers can view three- to five-minute clips from 18 different channels, including Cartoon Network, NBC, ESPN, and HBO....
POSTED Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Samsung's announced a Windows Mobile-based phone equipped with an 8-GB hard disk. The SGH-i310, similar in appearance to Samsung's long and straight i300 (launched last year), will include dual speakers, an amplifier, a Bluetooth stereo link, and, of course, a...
POSTED Monday, March 6, 2006
Seiko's debuted a working Bluetooth watch prototype that connects to your mobile phone to display incoming calls as well as info on your phone's battery condition, network signal strength, and messages. The prototype allows for customized ringtones and will...
POSTED Friday, March 3, 2006
Are you like me? Do you find headphone cables the No. 1 reason you don't use your iPod all the time? I think we could both use a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which do away with those pesky wires...
POSTED Thursday, March 2, 2006
Next time you upgrade your cell phone, be sure to dump your old one legally or you could be slapped with a stiff fine. States and municipalities across the country are clamping down on cell-phone waste, hoping to cut the...
POSTED Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Sony Ericsson showed off its new batch of phones yesterday in New York, including an entry-level Walkman phone and a pair of 3-megapixel cameraphones. For those who like to keep the number of gadgets in your pocket to a...
POSTED Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Text messagers beware: the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, a U.K. trade organization for physiotherapists, is warning that the repetitive motions associated with text messaging may cause long-term damage to your digits. Okay, that's not a huge surprise, but we thought...
POSTED Tuesday, February 28, 2006
College kids have it pretty good, but now IBM wants to make their lives even easier. The computer giant has partnered with two universities, Wake Forest and University of California, Santa Barbara, to develop speech-enabled Web applications for mobile phones....
POSTED Friday, February 24, 2006
Bluetrek will release the first water-resistant Bluetooth headset, the Bluetrek X2, in March. Costing a little less than a C note, it'll allow for 14 hours of wet and wild talk time, an impressive 500 hours of standby time, and...
POSTED Friday, February 24, 2006
My inner techie wants to think this is cool, but in the end, a cell-phone gun is just frightening. First discovered in October during a drug bust in Holland, the gun looks like a regular cell phone, but is capable...
POSTED Friday, February 24, 2006
Yahoo is teaming up with Cingular owner AT&T to offer Go Mobile to Cingular subscribers. The new service comes preloaded on the Nokia 6682 ($200 with a two-year contract) and will soon be sold online (no price announced yet) to...
POSTED Tuesday, February 21, 2006
If your cell phone makes you miss the pleasure of resting a phone between your chin and shoulder, put the Bluetooth headset away and drop $30 on a Retro Cell phone handset. Compatible with most phones (but not Nokia or...
POSTED Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Teens rejoice! Korean cell-phone maker Helio has joined forces with MySpace.com owner News Corp. — Rupert Murdoch's media empire — to sell mobiles directed at the 55 million users of the young-person hotspot. With the jet-black Hero and the pearlescent...
POSTED Friday, February 17, 2006
Put this one in the common-sense file — Philips recently patented an idea to make touchscreens responsive to pressure and not just movement. Exactly how a pressure-sensitive screen might work is still in the planning stage (and don't be...
POSTED Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Hewlett-Packard just unveiled their latest handheld, the iPAQ hw6900. Gunning for business types, the new iPAQ will be packed to the gills with wireless capabilities, including GSM (for voice and data), Wi-Fi (so you can connect easily to wireless networks),...
POSTED Wednesday, February 15, 2006
After spending two weeks with the Cingular 2125 smartphone, I feel like an overbearing father — the sweaty, balding little-league pop with a beer-belly screaming "Hustle!" or "Dammit, keep your eye on the ball!" I can't help but see the...
POSTED Tuesday, February 14, 2006
McAfee sees a need to protect your mobile. The PC virus specialist rolled out security software, VirusScan Mobile, which includes antivirus, firewall, content-filtering, antispam, and antispyware capabilities. You can download the shield directly from McAfee, and some manufacturers may preinstall...
POSTED Tuesday, February 14, 2006
In the next few months, nearly a dozen companies will be unveiling Bluetooth stereo headphones with built-in microphones. These wireless wonders will allow cable-less enjoyment of your portable music player and cell phone. Bluetooth headsets make perfect sense in a...
POSTED Friday, February 10, 2006
Say hello to Motorola's M-Wallet, a service linking your cell phone to your bank account (we presume, no word on whether you can also link to a credit card), with open arms. For now, M-Wallet, combatable with all cell-phone networks,...
POSTED Thursday, February 9, 2006
Universal Display Corp. has shown off a full-color OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen that's extremely thin and, more importantly, flexible. The prototype's screen measures just 4 inches diagonal, but it's a miniscule 0.004 inches thick. Resolution is said to be...
POSTED Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Sony Ericsson today announced some impressive features that'll appear on the P990 cell phone (above right) and unveiled their new M600 smart messaging phone (above left)....
POSTED Monday, February 6, 2006
The second generation of Windows Moblie 5 handhelds has arrived, and CNet's rounded up six new recruits that don't sport the name Treo. The three contenders with a cell-phone keypad — Cingular's 2125, I-mate's SP5 (available mid-February), and T-Mobile's SDA...
POSTED Friday, February 3, 2006
Ever since the Motorola ROKR E1 cell phone debuted last September to lukewarm fanfare (only about 84,000 have been sold so far, as opposed to millions of RAZRs, according to In-Stat), fans of music-playing cellphones have been waiting for something...
POSTED Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Samsung says they've invented a fuel cell that could more than double battery life in your cell phone or iPod. Announced Tuesday, the methyl alcohol-operated fuel cells will allow for eight hours of mobile-phone use and between two and four...
POSTED Tuesday, January 31, 2006
In between 350-yard drives and Cohiba puffs on the course, I like to trade blue-chip stocks or call on my assistant for an appointment. But often, my cell phone's battery can't make it through 18 holes. Dutch company Soldius has...
POSTED Tuesday, January 31, 2006
If you've ever wandered away while talking on your cell phone, E-Ten has a gadget that'll make sure you don't get lost. The G500 combines a cell phone with a GPS device. Equipped with Windows Mobile 5.0 and Bluetooth for...
POSTED Monday, January 30, 2006
The sun is a big, fat ball of plasma whose radiant light is a source of energy ripe for the taking. All you need is a solar cell to convert it into electricity, and you're living off the grid. Enter...
POSTED Wednesday, January 25, 2006
If imitation were actually the sincerest form of flattery, patent attorneys would be as lonely as convicted sex offenders. This in mind, Motorola can't be too happy with the Samsung A900 ($199.99 with a two-year contract). Designed for Sprint's...
POSTED Wednesday, January 25, 2006
I haven't been this excited about Norway since I had my first Fiskeboller. Norwegian browser developer Opera Software has introduced a new version of its mobile-phone browser, Opera Mini, which anyone can download and install as long as your cell...
POSTED Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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