Emirates, Qantas Airlines Let You Call In Flight
Submitted by Sean on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 7:57am.Qantas and Emirates will spearhead the brave new world of in-flight cellphone use. Qantas has been testing cellphone usage on an aircraft for nine months. They studied passenger reaction to cellphone use as well as if email and texting interferes with flight technology. Apparently, there are no problems both on the technological and human side. [...]
Verizon Wins 700mhz Auction
Submitted by Sean on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 10:54am.As you may know, the United States FCC has retired a large portion of the spectrum that has been dedicated to analog, the now famous 700mhz spectrum or “C” block. This is prime real estate for wireless providers and there were many bidders.
The smoke has cleared and Verizon has emerged the winner, with a [...]
HTC And Samsung To Bring Android Handsets To Market
Submitted by Sean on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 9:39am.High Technology Corporation (HTC) is planning to release the first cell phone built around Google’s Android OS later this year, according to an article from the IDG News Service.
The HTC “Dream” will be a smartphone with a large touchscreen, full QWERTY keypad, measures five inches long and three inches wide, will slide or swivel and [...]
Kyocera Lingo M1000
Submitted by Sean on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 9:08am.Kyocera is stepping up with their line of enterprise phones. The Lingo M1000 is a modest looking device that hails from Nokia Communicator inspiration. The smartphone comes with the following features:
3.94 in x 1.97 in x 0.79 in (100 mm x 50 mm x 20 mm)
1.3MP camera
Bluetooth
EVDO Connectivity
POP / IMAP Email Support
BREW 3.1.5 Platform for [...]
Nokia Morph: Not a phone
Submitted by Sean on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 11:56pm.The future of mobile phones is this: there won’t be phones as we know it. Looking at the “future” as suggested by Nokia, the concept of the Morph goes way beyond mobile phone technology. Essentially speaking, a “phone” by definition today implies more than just making calls - there is a camera function, MP3 playback [...]
Sony Ericsson Gets Knocked Down (and takes everyone else down too)
Submitted by Sean on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 1:04am.A couple of days ago, Texas Instruments warned investors that one of its customers was cutting back on its orders. While there was some speculation as to whether cell phone sales were starting to slump, most agreed that Nokia was...
So What Are Nokia's Best Imaging Phones?
Submitted by Sean on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 12:27am.Check out Nokia's UK web store "Best for Imaging" cell phones. The answers may surprise you!...
Nokia Morph Concept Device
Submitted by Sean on Thu, 03/20/2008 - 12:20am.If the browser does not generate the video, the link can be found here. Alternatively, you can also visit the Nokia Morph Concept site as well.
Is this the future? Nanotechnology will allow phones to do the following:
be self cleaning
ergonomically designed
inform the user about many things in the vicinity such as pollution, weather, etc
be self sufficient [...]
Sony Ericsson W980i: Shake, Rattle, Song!
Submitted by Sean on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 1:50pm.The W980i is the latest music phone from Sony Ericsson. The phone is of clamshell design and is basically the same thing we get from previous Walkman phones but with two updated features.
The first feature is the shake recognition via the built in accelerometer. I wrote about how these small pieces of hardware are [...]
Nokia N82: Now in Black
Submitted by Sean on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 1:46am.Nokia's latest phone release is actually a re-release of its signature candy bar, the N82. Available in a new black color, the N82 is still the same rootin'-tootin', straight-shootin' 5 megapixeler with Xenon flash, 30 fps video recording, integrated GPS...