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Ghost Pigeon: Untraceable calls and texts on your mobile phone

Posted in Security by Conner Flynn on May 3rd, 2009

Ghost Pigeon: Untraceable calls and texts on your mobile phoneAre you doing stuff that you shouldn’t be doing? If so, then you probably don’t want to get caught doing that stuff. We don’t want to know. But the Ghost Pigeon can help you keep things on the down low. It’s a piece of cloaking software that masks all incoming and outgoing calls and text messages on your handset so people can’t examine your phone and discover who you’ve been in contact with or even when.

It’s not all shady stuff. It’s likely useful for employees searching or interviewing for a new job on their company phone, or for CEOs negotiating a golden handshake and stuff like that. I mean, not everybody is a drug dealer or a smuggler etc.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Star Trek edition announced

Posted in Nokia by Conner Flynn on April 28th, 2009

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Star Trek edition announcedNokia has just announced a special edition 5800 XpressMusic phone that’s destined for the final consumer frontier and ties in with the Star Trek movie. The phone will feature new custom items with a Star Trek theme including four screensavers, three wallpapers and eight new ringtones.

Here’s the best part. It comes with a Phaser application. The Star Trek edition 5800 XpressMusic phone will only be available through Phones 4U in the UK at first, as a part of a limited run on May 1st.

GVdialer for Google Voice launches on multiple devices

Posted in Mobile Accessories by Shane McGlaun on April 14th, 2009

gvdialer_iphone-sbGoogle Voice is a beta service from Google that allows mobile users to get one phone number for all of their phones. That means you can have one number that works for your home phone, business phone, and your mobile.

A new application called GVdialer has been announced that works with Google Voice to allow users to make calls directly from their handsets contacts list, call log, and keypad. The application is available for the iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile, and Nokia Symbian phones.

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New Swiveling Nokia hitting Verizon Wireless?

Posted in Nokia by Conner Flynn on April 13th, 2009

New Swiveling Nokia hitting Verizon Wireless?This thing looks absolutely bonkers, but a tipster to Boy Genius Report claims that Nokia is working on a “swiveling E71-type handset” for Verizon. It features a full QWERTY keyboard and runs Series 40. It’s very much like the Sidekick.

It would be launched around the July/August time-frame. A swiveling QWERTY Nokia phone sounds crazy, but the folks ovet at Engadget have been contacted by a bunch of individuals who claim to have seen the phone in person.

WildCharge universal adapter kits now available

Posted in Mobile Accessories by Shane McGlaun on April 8th, 2009

wildcharge-sbI think that most of us who often forget to plug our mobile phones in to charge could remember to sit the phone on a pad to charge if that was all we needed to do. A company called WildCharge has a system that can make that a reality.

The company announced that it now has a universal wire free mobile charge adapter kits available. Kits to fit mini-USB, Nokia, and Sony Ericsson phones are available. The universal chargers plug into the charge ports on the compatible devices and then the devices can be placed on the charge pad to be powered.

Nokia E97 concept phone looks awesome

Posted in Concepts by Conner Flynn on April 2nd, 2009

NokiaSexy, slim and sleek. This concept Nokia E97 by Fabien Nauroy gives new meaning to those words. It’s full of incredible attention to detail. The concept has a full keyboard in the “AZERTY” layout, with a small LCD screen just above the keyboard.

The most interesting part is the pull-out LED screen that can operate as a storage device, and make file and picture sharing a bit retro to balance out the modern. The idea is that you pull out a picture or a webpage and pass it around the old fashioned way.

Nokia Point & Find beta service

Posted in Nokia by Conner Flynn on April 2nd, 2009

Nokia Point & Find beta serviceThis sort of thing would have seemed like magic to us many years ago. Imagine pointing your handset at an object, taking a photo of it and sending it to a database to get further information. It’s like a real life Google. It’s called Point & Find by Nokia. The beta version is now available in the UK and the US, and it will be expanded to other services and countries in the future.

According to Nokia Point & Find general manager, Philipp Schloter, “With Nokia Point & Find, businesses are able to target engaging experiences and calls-to-action to consumers. We believe that this first Nokia Point & Find-based service for movies will add something special to the cinema experience. Simply by pointing their camera phone at a poster for a new movie, people can watch the trailer, read reviews, and find the closest cinema where it is playing.”

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Nokia announces software update for 5800 XpressMusic

Posted in Nokia by Shane McGlaun on March 30th, 2009

nokia5800-sb1There has never been a Nokia phone that I have been interested in. In fact most of the handsets on the market are boring by my jaded standards. I do like the iPhone, but I will say it’s getting a bit boring and I am looking for the next cool handset.

Nokia has been offering its 5800 XpressMusic handset for a while in Europe, and not so long ago it brought the device to America. There were some issues with connectivity that forced the phone off the market for a while shortly after is US launch.

Samsung’s first Wimax device spotted

Posted in Samsung by Conner Flynn on March 26th, 2009

samsung-mid-with-wimax-rm-engToday Samsung shared some details on the unannounced SWD-M100 Mondi mobile Wimax device for the Clear network via their RSS feed. According to the company, the Mondi features a touch screen and can access the Internet via Clear’s mobile Wimax network.

Based on the above picture, the Mondi is a slider, with a slide-up screen that reveals a four-row QWERTY keyboard, very similar to the Nokia N810 Internet tablet. It also sports a D-pad and some function buttons on face of the device. Neither Samsung or Clear has announced this device, so we have no idea when it will be available.

Nokia’s song-inspired Bluetooth headset designs

Posted in Nokia by Conner Flynn on March 25th, 2009

Nokia' song-inspired Bluetooth headset designsNokia’s Music Almighty headset design competition attracted 6,000 entrants, and Nokia is showing off the five winning designs, which have been manufactured as fully-functional one of a kind headsets. The rules were that all of the headsets had to be inspired by a song.

So naturally that inspired a wide range of designs, like the Daft Punk “Robot Rock” set above, which we like the best. It was inspired by Daft Punk’s “Robot Rock” and was designed by G. Smith. Pretty clever competition.

Intriguing Nokia 7205 Intrigue CDMA flip phone

Posted in Nokia by Conner Flynn on March 24th, 2009

Intriguing Nokia 7205 Intrigue CDMA flip phoneThe new Nokia 7205 Intrigue is a CDMA, 1X/EV–DO Rev flip-phone with a 2.2″ internal display with QVGA Resolution and a 1.9″ external display, 176×32 white PMOLED. It also features a 2.0 megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, GPS and Bluetooth, 2.5mm headset jack, with a microSD expansion slot to support up to 8GB of storage.

External touch sensitive controls make controlling the music player pretty easy and it will play nice with formats like MP3, WMA, unprotected AAC, and unprotected AAC+. The phone also comes with an Eco-Friendly charger that uses 50% less energy, should you be eco-minded.

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30% to 40% of D.C’s homeless use cellphones

Posted in News by Conner Flynn on March 23rd, 2009

Nokia 7510 Supernova phoneWhen you think about the homeless, you likely think about wool blankets, shopping carts and cardboard box shelters. Add the cell phone to that list. According to advocates who work with the district’s homeless, the proportion of homeless people who own and use a cellphone is 30% to 40%.

It seems bizarre, but the gadget once considered a luxury, is now being used by the homeless to keep up with food stamp programs, housing applications and checking emails. There’s also the obvious need for the 911 feature. It makes sense, as a pay as you go phone with 200 minutes can cost about $20 or $30. It’s a lifeline.

Nokia announces new music phones

Posted in Nokia by Shane McGlaun on March 11th, 2009

nokia5730xm-sbNokia has been pushing music phones very hard and only recently unveiled the XpressMusic 5800 handset in America. Nokia has also announced that its music store is now available in more countries around the world.

The big announcement is three new handsets from Nokia that will be debuting at first in Europe. Among the devices is the 5730 XpressMusic, which is the first Nokia XpressMusic phone to offer a full QWERTY keyboard for messaging. The device can also play N-Gage games on the go and will ship in Q3 2009 for 280 EUR.

Nokia XpressMusic 5800 music phone comes to America

Posted in Nokia by Shane McGlaun on March 2nd, 2009

Nokia XpressMusic 5800When it comes to new phones Europe tends to get them before we do here in America. One of the handsets that was introduced a while back in Europe is the Nokia XpressMusic 5800. The handset didn’t do as well in Europe as Nokia wanted when first launched and the company has now announced that it will be offering the handset in America.

The 5800 will retail for $399 before taxes and subsidies. Nokia hasn’t announced what carriers will be offering the device at this time. The phone will also include a $50 certificate for Amazon’s Video On Demand service.

KIT Eco Charger for Nokia phones

Posted in Chargers by Conner Flynn on February 24th, 2009

KIT Eco Charger for Nokia phonesIf you’re a Nokia cell phone user, you’ll want to check out the KIT Eco Charger from Carphone Warehouse, now for sale in the UK for £23. The KIT Eco Charger is a bit different from other chargers in that it can turn itself off automatically once your phone is fully charged. That way, you can leave your handset connected to it as long as you like and not have to worry about wasting electricity. Always a good thing.

According to a company spokesperson, “If everyone in the UK used a KIT Eco Charger we would save approximately 300,000,000 kwh of electricity per year. At an average cost of 28.5p per kwh, that would be a collective saving as a country of £85m!” Sounds pretty good. Sadly not everyone in the UK uses a Nokia.



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