I guess people living in really cold parts of our planet don’t actually represent a significant share of consumers, hence handset makers don’t address their problems. One common problem these people may have is using a mobile phone with their winter gloves. Yap, you need much bigger keys as well as a handset capable to…
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LG has sold 310,000 Viewty phones in Europe since launch!
It seems LG has another winner with its Viewty model. According to the Korean company’s official release, they’ve been selling around 6,300 Viewtys per day in markets across Europe. And while that may not sound that impressive compared to some Nokia models’ sales, it’s worth mentioning this number exceeded the initial records of LG’s successful…
Chinese phone with 4 cameras helps people spy on others
Have no doubt about it — the device on the image above just looks like a regular phone from China. Actually, it’s a handset designed to help you spy on others. Forget megapixel count, with this device it’s all about camera count. Yap, it has a total of four cameras – one on the back,…
I3A created to make it easier for consumers to know which cameras are awesome
Ars.Technica writes that a group of 22 companies called the I3A has been formed to create a set of benchmarks and give consumers simple to understand scores that differentiate cameras by something other than their megapixel count. Included in the 22 companies are Motorla, Nokia and Sony Ericsson. This could not have come at a…
The end of 2007 is coming, how did Nokia score on my wishlist?
On December 30, 2006 I posted a list of 20 things I would have liked to see Nokia do, how exactly did they do? Read on to see the results and expect a new list with requests to be posted before the clock strikes 12 and we’re in 2008. I’ve copied and pasted the list…
Reminder: Opera Mini rocks, give yourself and loved ones the best Java browser around for xmas
I can’t say enough about Opera Mini and Peter Ha from Crunch Gear agrees with me: Let’s be perfectly honest with each other for a few minutes: most built-in mobile Web browsers make me (and probably you) want to scratch my eyeballs out. Any Java-enabled device not running Opera Mini is a travesty. You’re just…
To see the future of mobile people look to Asia, what about the music business?
Ed Peto from The Register was in China trying to understand the music scene and has come back with some data and a money shot quote that is hard to ignore: “What is certain is that the record label as you know it is dead and in its place have risen “digital entertainment companies”, who…
Video: NSFW iPhone parody ad
There was an article floating around on Digg a while back of some guy on an airplane being a prick and telling the pilot that his claim of intolerable weather conditions were false since his iPhone said that was bullshit. Well someone made an iPhone parody ad of that and it’s funny: Update: Dusan posted…
Brief: T-Mobile not blocking Twitter, mobile net neutrality is safe
T-Mobile customers in the USA have been having problems with the SMS based interface of Twitter, I reported that they were doing this intentionally. T-Mobile released a press release saying the rumors that they are actively blocking Twitter were false, but do admit their was a glitch in the system and that they’re working with…
Picture This: Motorola Z12 with 5 Megapixel Kodak Camera
Picture this – a high-megapixel cameraphone from Motorola with the high-end optics to make it a true contender in the upper-echelon of cameraphones. Motorola’s X PIXL / Z12 slider cameraphone that was mentioned as part of Motorola’s 2008 roadmap (and their renewed push to regain part of their once-glory) has been caught on film. Or,…