It looks like Sanyo is going to try one more round with their slim, entry-level Katana flipper. The Sanyo SCP-6650 Katana II is destined for Sprint’s network and looks fairly identical to its predecessor. However, the new version sports a larger external display, 2.5mm headphone jack, and shaves 2mm off the sides and 4mm off…
Archives for May 2007
Softbank announces Toshiba X02HT and X01H Windows Mobile 6.0 Smartphones
Japanese carrier Softbank has announced two new qwerty keyboard smartphones – both rocking the hot new Windows Mobile 6.0 Standard operating system. The X02HT packs in a 2megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, 2.4 inch display, qwerty keyboard, and uses GSM radios with W-CDMA for high speed data. The X01H goes even bigger with larger 3 inch…
Google to Offer Mobile Access to Google Calendar
Google’s all about going mobile these days! The newest mobile offering from Google gives on-the-go users access to Google’s online calendar – Google Calendar. Google has announced that their Calendar can be accessed through WAP browsers and basically reformats the Google Calendar for easy viewing on mobile screens. Unfortunately, the services doesn’t make any provisions…
Cell Phone Dieting in Japan!
Our friends to the East have a new mobile services for those trying to keep an eye on their figure. In response to an alarming trend where Osaka official, Satomi Onishi, says “Japanese have been getting fatter, especially men in their 20s and 30s, and there is concern over what they learned about nutrition when…
Isabodywear Announces Slipways – Silver lining protects “package” from cell phone radiation
Cell phone radiation has been hotly debated as dangerous (or not) – being blamed for everything from ear cancer to killing bees. But, if you’re not about to risk the health of your “boys” on an undetermined risk, Isabodywear has announced their new line of Slipways undergarments. The underwear is fabricated from silver threads, which…
T-mobile, 3 Plan Pokerroom.com for Mobile Poker Gaming
Pokerroom.com, as you may or may not know, is one of the more popular online gambling poker sites on the web. The online card-room has had a mobile version of its software client for some time now, but is about to get a “raise” from T-mobile and 3 – through a deal that would push…
NTT DoCoMo releases FOMA SH904i
Again, we’re not in Japan to try the first-hand this beautiful device. 🙁 NTT DoCoMo has started shipping the ultra-stylish FOMA SH904i, Symbian OS with MOAP-based smartphone today. The Sharp-manufactured FOMA SH904i packs few interesting technologies, including the 3″ wide LCD display that incorporates the Super Vivid engine for clearer images and a 6 color…
Tarati touchless phone concept
Check this out – a cell phone concept called Tarati that has holes in place of the buttons. The idea of a designer, Branko Lukic, is to pass your fingers through the keyholes to dial. According to him, “this action of dialing alone is a more magical experience and, hence, more indicative of what’s really…
China phone industry in numbers; 487 million mobile phone users in the country
Talking about numbers. There are 487 million mobile phone and 371 million landline phone users in China, according to the country’s Ministry of Information Industry. Impressed? Wait to see the rate of growth. Since the start of 2006, the number of mobile phone users increased by 6 million, and the number of landline phone users…
Is this the sketch of the next Nokia communicator?
Nokia’s latest patent describes a device sporting two touchscreens and a removable keyboard. Is this the way of the next Communicator? Or next Internet tablet? It’s still only a patent filling, and I guess it’s way to early to say when can we see such device being released by the Finish giant. On the second…