Forget about the iPhone, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N95, Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) W960… forget them all. This is the real deal! The oddly-named 5005x X-ray phone from Japan claims to see through layers of clothing, and even allows you to adjust the x-ray levels. Wow!

Before you ask “where can I buy one”, I must add that it’s only a concept, or a scam, or yet another unfulfilled dream. Return to your device of choice, I’m going to jump now!

[Via: MobileMentalism]

It didn’t took much time for the first iPhone-dedicate social networking site to launch. Basically, iPling adds a “location twist” in the mobile social networking and targets iPhone users only. The new service is designed to allow iPhone users to discover and communicate with people who share similar interests (i.e. love Apple (NSDQ: AAPL)). Registering is free, and as far as I see, you could try it out to exchange your initial iPhone experience with the similarly-minded people. Otherwise, you could wait for the iPhone optimized versions of MySpace, Facebook and other social networking sites that you currently use.

Full release after the break.

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Here’s something for all you guys and gals who like to gamble and at the same live outside the U.S. — as online (and I guess mobile) gambling is prohibited in the States. PhoneHouse France has been selling limited edition Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) K750i handsets branded by World Poker Tour logo – K750i WPT. The phone comes with the “Texas Hold ‘Em 2″ game preloaded and enables users to play against each other, but not for money — now when I’m thinking, this kind of phone IS probably legal in the States as well, as it doesn’t involve any exchange of money. Anyway, it seemed like an interesting bundle, yet it’s off the site now.

[Via: textually.org]

It’s likely that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has met even the highest sales forecasts. Here’s the brief recap of iPhone numbers:

• Apple have sold 200,000 iPhones on the first day – Bloomberg
• 500,000 iPhone were sold over the weekend, most of them 8GB models – Piper Jaffray (via: Crave)
• As of Sunday afternoon, 2,700 iPhones have been sold on eBay at an average price of $740.18 – AP
• “Two iPhones per person” rule is now changed to “Four iPhones per person” in Apple Stores – Gizmodo

That’s it. More numbers as we find them.

No wonder iPhone works so fast …

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Hope you’re not one of the iPhone owners that reported an activation problem. Apparently, many people have complained of having a problem activating their brand new iPhones. According to AT&T (NYSE: T), their servers just couldn’t handle the volume of activation requests. Talk about being ready…

Anyway, people are angry and now AT&T is there to suck up, as (not) surprisingly, no one seems to blame Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for this. I find both parties partially guilty — at least Apple should be responsible for selecting AT&T over other carriers (not that I have anything against AT&T).

Anyway, the carrier’s spokesman Michael Coe said that they are working to solve the problem on an individual basis with customers who were impacted. Hopefully, this will be resolved quickly and you’ll be using your beloved iPhone as you always wanted.

[Via: AP]

So, it’s not just the YouTube! In case you haven’t realized, your brand new iPhone can also play clips from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Video. Makes sense — both G! Video and YouTube come from the same company, with the iPhone coming preloaded with the YouTube support only.

Anyway, all you have to do is use Safari to browse around Google Video, find a clip you like, download it as “Video iPod/Sony PSP” file, and voila… you can enjoy it on your 3.5″ screen while on the go. But, be aware only a part of the Google Video library is available for download. Then again, that’s also the case with YouTube…

[Via: Engadget]

I think I’m going to hurl.

Dual band (900/1800), 2.2 inch QVGA screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, 110% ugly.

[Via: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]

The official announcement should be up in two days according to Just Another Mobile Phone Blog:

Come on, you know this is awesome. Remember the batteries you could buy in the mall that would break out in a crazy dance of seizure inducing LED’s? Sony is bringing that back, with style.

[Via: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]