At the CEBIT, professor Luigi Colani – a nearly 80-year-old legend in the field of industrial design, introduced a neat device, called Anyfix. It is the universal mobile phone charger that supports up to 80% of European mobile phones. Anyfix works quite simply – plug it in the electrical outlet and select an appropriate connector…
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Canadian Fido now offers Nokia E62 and Sony Ericsson Z710i
Fido, the other GSM carrier in Canada, just boosted its offering by adding two neat devices. The first is Nokia E62, a 2.5G WLAN-less version of the popular E61 business smartphone. That should bring some affordable Symbian S60 love in the country. The other device is the midrange clamshell device – Sony Ericsson Z710i, a…
Shine Folder – a clamshell Shine
Just as we discovered that LG is preparing the gold Shine, a new Shine has been spotted by Gizmodo. It’s the Shine Folder, a clamshell device. Equally stylish as its slider counterpart, the new Shine will most probably be introduced to the U.S. market somewhere in July via Verizon. It’s nice, slick, thin, and… should…
Windows Mobile support Vista Gadgets!?
One of the popular features that Microsoft ripped-off from Mac OS is the gadgets support. But this time they went one step further, by implementing them on the new Windows Mobile. Now this may come handy. Especially, for frequent travellers who need to check their flight status all the time, or for local weather reports,…
iPhone ad on the NYC 5th Avenue Apple’s store
$400 million worth of free marketing is just not enough for Apple. On Monday March 12th, a large iPhone ad is posted on one full side of the Apple store in New York City. The tagline is known: “Introducing iPhone. Apple reinvents the phone.” (via: MacRumors)
Papigo! – a cell phone for Japanese kids
I’ve said it before, and I’m saying it again – Japanese mobile phone market rocks! Not because of the device(s) I’m going to mention here, but because of its competitiveness, that make companies differentiate their products heavily in order to sell something.
Find out when Nokia E61i is available
At the 3GSM, Nokia announced the successor of its popular business device E61 – E61i. The new, improved version brings several enhancements, including the different order of the buttons, and a 2 MP camera. Next, the E61i replaces the (annoying) joystick with much easier to use 5-way navigation button. Apart from the mentioned, the E61i…
Deal: BlackBerry 8800 for $99.99!
Again, it’s the Amazon that bring us the great value for the money. This time they are offering the recently announced BlackBerry 8800 for just $99.99. The price is after rebates, and when purchased with an appropriate service plan on Cingular (AT&T), but still… That’s hundred bucks for the ultimate business and messaging device. It…
Blank concept phone
Chris Kujawski designed this beautiful concept phone. As you can see from the image bellow, Chris’ Blank should not sport a single button. Instead it would have a huge OLED touchscreen. It somehow resembles the iPhone. Or even better – Nokia’s AEON concept… We could only dream of such device and how it could be…
Can Apple Afford To Keep iPhone A Cingular Exclusive?
Steve Jobs made a few noteworthy announcements in his keynote this past January. Among them, Mr. Jobs boldly announced that he expects to push 10 million iPhones out of Cupertino, CA. by the end of 2008. Great! I really hope Stevie can meet his objective. But, 10 million units in a year and a half…