I’m not sure everyone’s waiting for a day when people will be able to use their mobile phones while flying, but I know some folks that do. And I’m not talking about the phone calls — I do agree that could be annoying — rather I’m referring to sending text messages and using some data…
Archives for January 2008
Egyptian woman asks court whether her husband can get a divorce via SMS
Now we really know mobile technology is entering every possible sphere of our lives. Apparently, a woman in Egypt is seeking clarification from a court on whether her husband’s declaration of divorce by text message is legally valid. After missing a call from her husband on her mobile phone, Iqbal Abul Nasr received an SMS…
In early 2008 Kodak will introduce image sensors that suck less
Current image sensors on cameras work by capturing a single color per pixel and ignoring the rest. Kodak hopes to change this in 2008 with prototypes of their new panchromatic equipped image sensors that stray away from the typical red green and blue by adding an extra monochrome pixel into the mix. This technique negatively…
Hot Off The Press: Leaked Nokia E71 picture
Here she is, we brought you the specs yesterday, to summarize: 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, HSDPA, 120 grams, 57 x 112 x 10 mm, now here is the actual device: [Via: Mobile Review] Notice the absence of the Symbian key, similar to the E51 it is now a home key. The buttons look Treo…
Interesting Stat: Close to 80% of text messages sent and received are from Asia
Considering that a third of the world’s population lives in Asia I’m not surprised about the fact that 78.9% of text messages sent and received originated from the region. That is 1.5 trillion messages. Think about it. [Via: Textually]
Neo FreeRunner: An open source handset, too little too late?
OpenMoko, the guys behind the 100% open source software and hardware Neo 1973, are going to introduce the Neo FreeRunner at CES. Two versions will be made, each has a 500 MHz processor, WiFi, accelerometers, 3D hardware acceleration, but one will be triband 850 MHz with the other being 900 MHz. The only Linux based…
Mobiado Stealth: Aircraft grade aluminum body is ready for sky high prices
The Mobiado Stealth is a Russian made, Nokia S40 running, mobile phone with a body composed of aircraft aluminum, stainless steel and has a sapphire crystal coating on the screen. There will only be 1200 of these made, price unknown, but expect it to be between 10-20x what you would regularly pay for a 2.0…
Huawei U1215: Boring, but NAM 3G enabled
We don’t even know what operating system this little guy runs, but we can tell you that is does support North America’s 850 & 1900 MHz 3G frequencies. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera, WAP browser (make sure to download Opera Mini if you buy this device), Bluetooth 1.2, FM radio and isn’t that ugly.…
LG KF600 can’t decide if it is a touch screen device or not
The LG KF600 is a Chinese only mobile phone that has the lower portion of its screen touch enabled. Why would one not make the entire device touch based? Cost. This is a short term solution to an industry trend where the future is touch on all devices, both high and low end. Both screens…
SlingPlayer Mobile for BlackBerry announced
Not that we haven’t heard it’s coming, it’s just it was three months ago and we’ve almost lost almost all hopes Sling will actually release the BlackBerry version of its client… Following Symbian S60, Windows Mobile and Palm OS client, SlingMedia finally announced its application for RIM’s platform. Yap, the BlackBerry owners — especially ones…