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Now, there are iPhone fans, and then there are obsessive iPhone fans. The way in which you respond to the above picture item may reveal exactly which type of fan you are…
Brazilian design team Menino, were the creators of these iPhone coasters and all the usual applications are featured here including maps, calculator, Safari, text, [...]
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Keeping track of your carbon footprint can now be as easy as using your mobile phone, thanks to a new application named Carbon Diem.
Developed by a London based start–up company, the software enables mobile phones to use GPS (global positioning satellites) to automatically detect and calculate whether the phone user is walking, driving or flying. [...]
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Exclusive first pictures of the forthcoming Blackberry Storm have emerged at Crackberry.com and on first impressions, it looks like an absolute beauty. I have to admit that often I pay more attention to what a phone looks like, rather than what it
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According to Mobile Choice magazine, Acer, more commonly known for its laptops and PC computers, are set to enter the mobile market with a new handset being released in the first quarter of next next year.
I have to admit, that the prospect of this news does not thrill me. The only experience that I’ve had [...]
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A recently published patent application suggests that Google are planning to rid consumers of being tied down to one particular network and contract. Instead of being connected to just one network, the patent describes plans where a mobile phone, laptop or other wireless device can invite all available networks to bid for your business.
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Sharp have released the RZ-H220 communicator, which is said to combine functions of both a business smartphone and a terminal device. Details are sketchy, but the RZ-H220 is said to contain a built in laser bar code scanner running on Windows Mobile 6.1, which allows business applications to be utilised for tasks such as ordering [...]
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Nokia have announced plans to introduce its very own mobile television channel, Capsule N96, to be launched on October 1- the same day as the release of the N96.
The Finnish manufacturer have created a series of 96 second programmes on fashion, gadgets, motoring, comedy, culture and homes, in an attempt to showcase the multimedia capabilities [...]
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We previously reported that the UK Apple iPhone was made available for the first time on pay-as-you-go, but early indications show that sales of the prepay handset have been much lower than originally anticipated. This has led to concerns from several store employees, who say that the high cost of the phone is to blame.
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Guess who came up with the idea to create a mobile phone shaped like a cigarette box? The Chinese of course! When you think of Chinese mobile phones, the words ‘clone’ and ‘rip ‘off’ spring to mind, but in this instance, all I can think is why?? OK, I admit it
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According to the guys at Dialaphone.co.uk, the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 is due for UK release in October next month. This much hyped and highly anticipated phone was originally announced back in Feburary, and is set to be launched exclusively first in the UK, Germany and Sweden.
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SanDisk has teamed up with four major music companies to release a new format of music called SlotMusic in the USA. Each SlotMusic card will come preloaded with music and can be played on mobile phones, PCs, and portable MP3 players which containn microSD slots.
Several major artists are scheduled to have their music sold in [...]
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Sprint and LG have teamed up again for a new messaging phone with a QWERTY keyboard. The Lotus LX600 is set to be one of the first Sprint devices to offer One Click, which is a customizable interface which lets you organize your shortcuts right on the home screen. It will also have EV-DO support, [...]
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Philips are set to to add to their Xenium Series with the introduction of their latest model the X500. One of the key features of Philips handsets is the astonishingly long life of the batteries, and the X500 does not fail to disappoint.
The Philips Xenium X500 comes with a 1720 mAh battery, and call time [...]
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Industrial designer Peter Huvander has created a stylish and eco-friendly phone charger named the Yo Yo. Huvander, who lives in Sweden, wanted to find a sustainable way to charge his iPhone in preparation for the darkness of the Swedish winter. As solar power was not an option, he needed to create an alternative enegry source [...]
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After the success of their previous collaboration, Samsung and Giorgio Armani have unveiled yet another designer branded phone – the Samsung Armani M75500 (nicknamed Night Effect).
Designed by Armani himself, this candybar phone is the second handset produced by the two companies and the first to come with the Emporio Armani branding ( it was Giorgio [...]
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