Well, someone finally figured out to add an extra touch to the Bluetooth handsfree car-kits. The image above illustrates the “smart mirror,” which doesn’t only work as a standard car-kit and (guess) mirror, but will also provide you with caller ID functions. One look at this mirror discovers two things: who’s following and who’s calling…
Archives for 2007
Verizon wants fashion consumers too; Unveils Dooney & Bourke wristlet case
While they don’t offer an iPhone, that doesn’t mean Verizon forgets about its fashion-aware consumers. Lately, the carrier has partnered with international fashion brand Dooney & Bourke to introduce the cool lookin’ mobile phone carrying case. According to Verizon’s press release, the new case is cut from “Dooney & Bourke’s multi-colored signature white ‘It’ fabric,”…
LG Shine goes Red
Goes who’s going red? You got that right – LG! And the best thing is that the Korean giant is releasing the red version of one of its most beautiful devices – Shine in the original slider version. Actually, that’s semi-red, but what the heck — it still looks awesome. The bad thing about it…
Mobio adds Twitter, Digg and Kaboodle
Mobile lifestyle application Mobio just got better with the inclusion of popular Web 2.0 services – Twitter, Digg and Kaboodle. Now Mobio users can easily connect with their friends on Twitter, follow the hottest stories on social news site Digg, discover and recommend new things from fellow users with similar tastes and styles via Kaboodle…
Single iPhone saves thousands of lives in Africa!
Remember Keep a Child Alive’s project to buy an iPhone and auction it on eBay to raise funds? Well, they’ve managed to sell it for $100,000! The buyer also received 2 Jawbone Bluetooth headsets, 2 round-trip domestic plane tickets, 2 VIP passes to the Black Ball, and of course tons of good-will. The “child-helping iPhone”…
Samsung P318+ – official phone of the Gold Olympic Games
Samsung is an official worldwide wireless communications equipment partner of the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing. So, it doesn’t surprises they are preparing to launch a series of Olympic Games-branded handsets for the sport fans around world. One device that caught our eyes is the enhanced version of their calculator-lookin’ P318, called P318+. Don’t expect…
Samsung patents technology for single-click GPS direction information
Sure it’s nice having a GPS unit built into your mobile phone, but what good does it do you when you’re driving along at (just over) the speed limit? Try looking up your destination, committing it to memory, and entering it into the GPS’s map-routing software – all while keeping one hand on the wheel…
YouTube, LG team up for ‘YouTube Phone’
The South Korean company that redefined what it means to be a “candybar” phone (yes, we know it’s a slider – just play along, ok?) has announced they’ve inked a deal with YouTube to bring an exclusive YouTube-compatible handset to Europe in 2H 2008. The joint venture will realize a handset that allows YouTube users…
Nokia working on super-secret next-gen cross-platform N-gage game
In an unprecedented move, Nokia is moving towards combining the mobile gaming experience with PCs. Pocket Gamer reports that Nokia is “well into development” on a super-secret N-gage title that will bring the mobile game to the PC screen. Codenamed “Project White Rock,” the new game is something of a departure from the traditional mobile…
Sprint cuts ties with troublesome subscribers
This is crazy. At a time when, for the third quarter in a row, Sprint is losing post-paid monthly subscribers (they lost 220,000 in Q1 2007 alone!) like so much change in couch cushions, the company has decided to terminate a “small minority” of it’s subscriber-base. The questionable policy decision plays out like a high-school…