We’ve already wrote about Cellufun‘s WAP-based Space Wars game. Instead of using Java ME or some other software platform, they’ve decided to go WAP, hence allowing more users to enjoy playing at once right from the start. It seems their “WAP experiment” has succeeded, and now we have them announcing yet another WAP title –…
Archives for 2007
Sony Ericsson K660i Cyber-shot concept
Although we deferred writing about concept handsets lately, here’s one that caught my eye. It seems that the designer of the Sony Ericsson K660i Cyber-shot concept had an idea to make an affordable 3G-enabled camera phone. Somehow, I do agree that, if priced correctly, such device could easily find its market. On the other hand,…
A Chinese flip phone with WQVGA screen
I used be impressed with Chinese phones that come with WQVGA screens. Ok, I’m still fairly impressed, although now I think all major handset makers should go WVGA, not WQVGA. Anyway, today we’re presenting you with quite ugly Chinese handset which among other things sports the mentioned 3″ WQVGA (240×432) 16 million color touchscreen, 1.3…
Fujitsu F905i leaked; Best phone ever?
Cry if you’re not in Japan, cause they are about to get one of the best mobile phones, like ever! The Fujitsu-manufactured F905i is the mobile TV (1Seg) enabled device and among other things comes with the 3.2 MP camera with autofocus, memory expansion slot and full HTML web browser. So what’s so special about…
Text messages from the front
Families of British Merseyside soldiers in Iraq will be sent text messages by the army if the regiment is targeted. The idea is to channel information and to stop the rumors about incidents and possible casualties. If there are casualties then, a casualty notification officer will be asked to go out to the family and…
10 things that puzzle Steve Litchfield and 5 things that confuse the hell out of me too
Nothing like hearing someone rant to get your own blood boiling; Steve from All About Symbian is excited about the upcoming Symbian Smartphone Show and he is taking the times to reflect on things that just don’t make any sense, yet they still occur in the smartphone world. I too have some equally interesting enigmas…
Sling Media working with RIM on BlackBerry compatible SlingPlayer
It seems like everyone is getting in on the SlingPlayer Mobile fun. Windows Mobile (both Smartphone and PocketPC editions) smartphones have it; there’s a Symbian client being tested, compatible with the Nokia N95; and even Palm OS, as antiquated as it is, has a SlingPlayer client to boast of. What about Research In Motion’s BlackBerry…
Price list for AT&T’s lineup – AT&T 8925 Tilt, Pantech Duo, Motorola Q9 Global, SMT5700, etc.
Picking a new mobile phone based on features is hard enough without having to figure out what kind of price-points you’re dealing with. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a convenient list of prices for all of a certain carrier’s upcoming mobile offerings? Well, Boy Genius got his hands on a price list for…
Turn your S60 device into a Windows XP/Vista wireless webcam
Talk about a trick piece of software! SmartCam is an open-source (from SourceForge) application for the Windows-set (Windows XP or Windows Vista) that basically turns your S60 phone’s camera into a web-cam. All of you with an S60 device and a Windows machine can forgo that webcam purchase, it turns out you already have on…
Playboy launches mobile site – let the celebrations begin
We can’t speak for all mobile fanatics out there, but Playboy’s announcement of their new mobile portal sure gets a thumbs-up from us. If Playboy’s content on your mobile phone sounds interesting, just point your mobile browser to the ad-supported mobile site at Playboy.com. What you’ll see is a mobile-optimized version of the full-fledged website…