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The Japanese are at it again. Famous for inventing not only the coolest, but also the weirdest gadgets, they have now introduced a phone strap accessory which shows off which particular blood group you belong in!
This is the latest craze which is sweeping Japan, and you may be surprised to learn they are not intended [...]
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For some people, a mobile phone is just that – a phone which they can carry around. As long as the phone performs its primary function of making and receiving calls they are happy. They have no need for fancy cameras, slidey out QWERTY keyboards, or internet access, and they certainly wonder why phone blogs [...]
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The heat is on! The battle for who has slimmest design form with the highest pixel density is hot. Manufacturing giant LG has knocked Samsung off ‘the world’s slimmest eight megapixel camera phone’ stage by unveiling their LG KC 780 8 megapixel cameraphone, and given it the title of the multi megapixel shooters phone with [...]
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Global sales of touchscreen phones are expected to hit 90 million handsets in 2009 accounting for 7% of the total number of phones sold, according to data experts Strategy Analytics.
Tom Kand, Senior Analyst said:
Next year, we expect both Apple and Nokia to ramp up shipments and start to lower the price of touchscreen phones towards [...]
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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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In what seems to be a rather interesting trend, more car companies are coming out with their own mobile phones. If you own the car, might as well pick up the phone as well, right? Lamborghini has done it already, and now Porsche has followed with a new device from Porsche Design and Sagem, The [...]
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It’s almost official, nearly official, well it’s officially nearly official that the first ever Nokia touchscreen mobile phone is edging ever closer to be officially announced – October 2nd to be precise. According to reports, two industry sources have announced that Nokia will be officially unveiling the 5800 ‘Tube’ this Thursday at a media event [...]
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If you see even just a tiny piece of truth in the adage, ‘what the mind believes and conceives it will achieve’, or have a penchant for sci-fi and Star Wars games, then this story about the ability to control your mobile phone using just the power of your mind will make you sit up [...]
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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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Has the touchscreen mobile phone inadvertently damaged our choice when it comes to selecting a mobile phone? No, this has nothing to with whether Android is the second coming, and the touch vs. type debate, but whether the touchscreen is
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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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Gloomy economic conditions in the UK has resulted in a surge in demand for refurbished handsets. As the conditions have worsened over the past three months, both consumers and businesses alike are turning more and more to the cheaper option of buying and
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The hottest trend in the Japanese phone industry are super pimped and glammed up Deco-Den mobile phones. Deco-den, short for ‘decorated denwa’ (telephone) involves customising handsets with all sorts of weird and wonderful things – from sticking a fake creamy plastic cake on the top of your phone to adding coloured Rhinestone
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