Instead of requiring two backlights like in traditional double-sided LCD, Samsung’s latest innovation requires just one. The LCD is capable of showing different images on each side of the display. This could mean that mobile devices can soon be made even thinner by that last precious bit of 1mm. The screens have a resolution of 240×320 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 7, 2007
The rumored Nokia E65 sounds like one of the more interesting Nokia phones in recent months. According to machine translations on this page, it seems like the Nokia E65 will support VoIP. It will also have WiFi capability, which makes it a great Skype phone. Other rumored features: Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100 MHz Camera: 2 megapixel camera [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 30, 2006
Yet another slim cellphone in Samsung’s arsenal. The new Samsung Ultra Edition 13.8 (Z720) slider claims to be the world’s thinnest slider phone with HSDPA. Features: 3-megapixel camera with auto focus VGA camera for video telephony 2.1-inch QVGA display Supports microSD external memory Samsung’s newest uGo and uTrack interfaces One-click access to Google search 104.5 x 51.3 x 13.8mm 80 grams The uGo interface [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Have itchy ears all the time? Got ear wax problem? Now you can keep an ear scratcher with you all the time, in the form of a cutesy elephant cellphone strap. It fits nicely on your finger for maximum ear-picking comfort. Available in yellow, green, pink, red, blue, and black, at 380 yen (~US$3.2).
Continue reading...Saturday, December 23, 2006
The new Aliph Jawbone Bluetooth Headset not only looks like the sexiest headset ever made, it also uses a military-grade noise-canceling system to deliver crystal-clear audio quality. The technology used by Jawbone is called Noise Shield, which is developed for DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). It picks up your voice and not surrounding sounds [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 22, 2006
Love ultraslim phones? Love taking photos with your phone? You’ll love Samsung, as they have announced their new 3-megapixel CMOS sensor that is smaller than current technology. It allows the camera module’s size to be reduced by as much as 30 percent. According to Samsung, it is achieved by using 1.75um pixel (instead of 2.25um pixel) [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 21, 2006
If for some reason you always wanted to break your contract with Cingular, now’s your chance to do so without paying a termination fee. Effective from Jan 21, 2007, Cingular’s text message rates will go up from $0.10 to $0.15. Here’s the good stuff, from Cingular’s Terms of Service: “IF WE INCREASE THE PRICE OF ANY OF THE [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 16, 2006
Nice clear pictures, which indicates that these photos of the Sony Ericsson AI W880 are most likely real. Not much is known about this phone as it is expected to be announced only in February next year at the 3GSM trade event. What is known is that it is sexy with thickness of only 9.4mm, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 17, 2006
According to The China Times from Taiwan, Apple is indeed making an iPhone. The phone will arrive by first or second quarter of 2007 and is rumored to come with a 2-megapixel camera. They must be joking, only 2-megapixel?! But who really cares, it will probably still sell like steaming hot pancakes. What else we know: Foxconn subsidiary [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 15, 2006
The Nokia N93 is Nokia’s top of the range cellphone with excellent video recording capability. It records at 30fps VGA-resolution and comes with Carl Zeiss optics and 3x optical zoom. Sounds darn good on paper, but what sort of results can we actually expect? Well, the answer lies in this music video below. It is [...]
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