Archive for Mobile Phones

Nokia, Verizon prep “Dark Knight” themed mobile

Posted in Mobile Phones by Nino Marchetti on June 13th, 2008

Nokia 6205 The Dark KnightVerizon Wireless and Nokia are so willing to bet you’ll be enamored with the upcoming Dark Knight movie the two are releasing a new limited edition mobile based upon it. It is called the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight edition and you’ll find it pricing around $70 after rebate and two-year contract.

The Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight is a themed-edition flip phone set in black and embellished with a subtle The Dark Knight emblem. It comes pre-loaded with wallpapers, voice tones, animated screensavers inspired by the film, and a full movie trailer.

Verizon announces three new tasty LG mobiles

Posted in Mobile Phones by Nino Marchetti on June 11th, 2008

LG DecoyVerizon Wireless is out today with three new innovative LG phones which should do some fun shaking up of the cellular provider’s line up when they debut in the next month or so. They are the LG Dare, LG Decoy (pictured) and LG Chocolate 3.

The phones, said Verizon, will offer their customers “touch-screens, music and more.” We’ve put after the jump the snippets of the Verizon press release which briefly detail the new models.

Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905 with 8.1 megapixels

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on June 10th, 2008

Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905 with 8.1 megapixels
Sony Ericsson’s let another one out of the bag before the official announcement. In this case, it’s a nice looking slider called the Cyber-shot C905, apparently codenamed “Shiho.” Assuming the rumors are true, it’s pretty impressive. How about an 8.1 megapixel camera with xenon AND LED flash, for all of your still and video capture needs, throw in GPS, TV out, DLNA certification, and HSDPA in either European and American. It should be announced on the 17th of this month, and available in gold, silver, and black in the fourth quarter.

Touch Screen Audi & BMW cell phones

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on June 5th, 2008

Touch Screen Audi & BMW cell phones
We loved the Ferrari cell phone and we knew that it was just a matter of time until more cars joined in on the fun. If you’re not the Ferrari type, or just need a new car to use as a cell phone, you might want to try an Audi or even a BMW.

You’re gonna look silly talking on it, that’s a given, but if you’re brave enough to buy it, you’re probably brave enough to use it in public. You can get the Audi in white and the BMW in black. Both sport touch screens, a 1.3 megapixel camera, MP3 player, 3GP and Mp4 support, Bluetooth and 1GB of memory. They’ll cost you $160 each and unlike the real deal are electric powered. Try not to get caught playing with them on your desk.

Boost drops rugged Motorola handset into line up

Posted in Mobile Phones by Nino Marchetti on June 4th, 2008

Motorola i335Boost Mobile is introducing to its line up of pay as you go mobile handsets the rugged new Motorola i335. The phone will cost you around $60.

The Motorla i335 is noted for having “military grade” durability and a thin candy bar design with textured backing and a rubber face. It has a walkie-talkie chatting function and also sports Bluetooth.

Pantech Breeze phone blows into AT&T stores

Posted in Mobile Phones by Nino Marchetti on May 29th, 2008

Pantech BreezeAT&T and Pantech have teamed to release a phone developed on the “principles of Universal Design — the practice of designing products and applications that are usable by the most customers possible.” What this essentially means is the two are debuting the Pantech Breeze, a simplified flip-phone priced at around $80 before rebate.

The Pantech Breeze offers as key Universal Design features, according to AT&T, a clean and uncluttered design, simplified menus, an oversized display with large keypad and quick-call keys. This is all part of this GSM quad-band world phone’s design.

Marvel Comics on your cell phone

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on May 27th, 2008

Marvel Comics on your cell?The time may be close at hand when you can peruse Marvel comics on your cell phone. The comics industry had to embrace it someday, sales being what they are. I’m just wondering how they are going to deal with such a small screen. They may just offer snippets that give you the whole story, or let you view a frame at a time. But are comics any good viewed in that way?

I mean, is that kind of severe eye strain worth finding out whether Spiderman beat his latest foe? Or if Wolverine finally bagged Jean Grey? A better bet might be to subscribe to Marvel’s online service that costs between $5 to $10 monthly. Still, anything that brings geeks together with comics is a good thing.

Cute Mouse Phone in a familiar shape

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on May 27th, 2008

Cute Mouse Phone in a familiar shape
Maybe iRiver should have done something like this with their Mickey Mouse speakers, creating something cute that actually has a bit more of a personality. It’s a cute little mobile phone, perfect for girls of course. It opens up to reveal a 1.3 inch TFT LCD screen.

It has Bluetooth stereo output and the player will play 3GP and MP4 video files. Some other features include a 1.3MP camera, alarm function, MMS, and FM radio. The Mouse Phone may be small and cute, but it’s price might scare some of you off at $225.

Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF Luxury Phone

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on May 20th, 2008

Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF Luxury Phone
The Mobiado Professional 105 ZAF luxury phone claims to be the most anorexic luxury phone in the world. Measuring just 10.6mm thin, large pieces of sapphire crystal were used to construct the phone from front to back, and it even has a patent pending single-unit sliding mechanism for a battery cover, not to mention an anodized aircraft aluminum frame with stainless steel buttons.

Some other features include a 2 inch 16 million color display, 2MP shooter, 1GB of internal memory, Bluetooth connectivity and microUSB port. The mobile phone supports MP3, AAC and eAAC+ audio formats. No word on pricing or availability yet.

Cool 920 dual sim phone looks like a cobra

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on May 16th, 2008

Cool 920 Dual Sim Phone
Here’s a phone with a cool cobra look. The Cool 920 dual SIM phone features a display that resembles one of the other LG handsets with the flip display, giving you a horizontal point of view, so you don’t have to turn the phone itself. Plus, it can carry two SIM cards at the same time, although I’m not sure how you would have two conversations at once.

Some other features include Bluetooth connectivity, 2 megapixel camera, GPRS and WAP support, a microSD memory card slot as well as audio and video file format support. It has looks, at least.

Samsung F400: Dual slider music phone

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on May 15th, 2008

Samsung F400: Dual slider music phone
Samsung announced the launch of it’s dual slider music phone ‘F400′. It’s equipped with ICEpower technology by Bang & Olufsen and comes equipped with Smart Bass which provides a rich, deep sound with Smart Limiter which ensures an audio signal does not exceed the amplitude of the threshold. The metallic keypad is softly brushed.

When slide down, it’s a music player with dual stereo speakers. Also comes with Shazam, a music recognizing application that provides users with a connected music experience. With Shazam, users can find out the name and artist of an unknown song just by pointing their phone at the music. How cool is that? Some other features include 3M camera, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, in-box 1GB SD memory and a microSD slot that supports up to 8GB.

Moto Q 9c available on Verizon today

Posted in Mobile Phones by Shane McGlaun on May 9th, 2008

Moto Q 9c mobile phone from Verizon WirelessSmartphones are fast becoming an important tool for both businesspeople and the common Joe. We can thank the iPhone for much of the improved sales of smartphones as other makers rushed out tons of devices to compete with Apple’s gem.

At CTIA 2008 Motorola announced the Moto Q 9c smartphone and Verizon Wireless announced today that the phone is now available for purchase. The device runs Windows Mobile 6 Standard and has access to POP3 and IMAP4 email accounts.

HTC Diamond with ultra-high density display

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on May 4th, 2008

HTC Diamond with ultra-high density display
The first “official” photos and specs for the HTC Diamond have now been leaked and it looks pretty sexy. It sports a 2.8-inch 640 x 480 pixel screen (that’s twice the lines of the iPhone in a smaller surface,) Windows Mobile 6.1 and 3G connectivity. Could this be the most important product of the year for HTC? Maybe so.

It seems like a pretty sweet cellphone, judging from the specs: Large 2.8 inch VGA display (640×480 pixel resolution), Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Quadband GSM/GPRS/Edge and UMTS/HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, 3.2megapixel camera with autofocus, Extra VGA camera in the front for video telephony, QWERTY keyboard, Qualcomm 528 Mhz CPU, 4 GB of internal memory plus a MicroSD slot, FM Radio, An accelerometer sensor like the iPhone has.

The cellphone EMF detector

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on April 30th, 2008

The cellphone EMF detector
Radiation and electromagnetic fields from cellphones can be dangerous. Plus, electromagnetic fields usually mean there’s a ghost around too, so it’s good to know when there might be one around you. Some say EMF is safe, others say it’s really dangerous. Why take the chance, when you can conduct your own research with this handheld EMF detector.

It will measure radio frequency radiation and extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and should be able to tell you which electronics in your home are the worst offenders. And if you get a reading where there are no electronics, then you probably have a ghost, in which case you’ll want to make like Scooby and Shaggy and get the hell out as quick as you can.

Samsung P960: A TV-phone for the European market

Posted in Mobile Phones by Conner Flynn on April 30th, 2008

Samsung P960: A TV-phone for the European market
Samsung’s P960 is a super nice looking cell phone that is also a mobile entertainment center, with a cute retro antenna. It’s touted as being the first slider handset with mobile TV support for Europe. Up to this point, supported Euro mobile TV standards are DVB-CBMS and OMA-BCAST.

Unfortunately, those of us living in North America probably won’t be getting toys like this one anytime soon as we lag far behind other countries where mobile TV is concerned.


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