Day-light savings time. It’s the quirky American tradition to squeeze out as much productivity out of the general working populace by rolling back (or forward) the clock to keep daylight in time with business hours. And, with more and more people relying on their mobile phone for telling time, bugs and glitches have the potential…
Archives for November 2007
MythBusters do their best busting with iPhone
Just when you thought the iPhone couldn’t get any more coverage in popular media/culture, the geeky-cool TV show MythBusters gave the Apple a bit of free advertising. The show’s talkative Adam Savage apparently uses the iPhone’s stopwatch feature (it’s a part of the “Clock” app, in case you were wondering) to keep time in an…
Today’s Sony Ericsson device announcements – K660i, W380i, W890i phones and MD300 USB modem; The W960i coming for Christmas!
Finally we have all the press releases from Sony Ericsson. I really don’t understand why it took so long to release them… Anyway, everything that we’ve expected — including the K660i, W380i and W890i — has been announced. In addition, the Swedish-Japanese handset maker surprised us with their latest broadband modem – MD300. The bad…
Sony Ericsson MD300 – handset maker’s first broadband USB modem
It’s not all about phones at Sony Ericsson today. They’ve also announced a new mobile broadband modem – MD300. As a matter of fact it’s their first such modem which relies on USB connection, as opposed to PCMCIA. Similarly to other USB modems, the MD300 is designed to help you stay connected wherever your are.…
Sony Ericsson W380i announced – mid-range Walkman phone
Sony Ericsson just unveiled its new mid-range non-3G Walkman phone – W380i. Available in Q1 2008, the new device is designed to bring the “Walkman experience” to the masses. There’s the 176×220 262K color TFT internal and 128×36 monochrome STN external screen, 14 MB of phone memory that is further expandable with microSD cards, 1.3…
Details on Google “Dream” Phone – could it be the HTC Omni?
Ahh, the Google Phone (GPhone, if you will). It’s been the stuff of our dreams for quite some time, and with Google’s recent announcement that their entry into the mobile space is a mobile platform, dubbed Android, it looks like the GPhone is going to stay in our dreams. But wait, according to Forbes, Google…
Nokia shows off some seriously cool haptic-feedback touchscreen tech – Haptikos takes haptic feedback to a whole new level
Touchscreens. We’ve been touting them as the future of mobile tech, and Nokia is backing it full-on. The Finns have basically perfected the pressure-sensitive side of touchscreen technology in their “Haptikos” (which means “to touch”) touchscreen. Nokia’s haptic feedback touchscreen doesn’t just give you pseudo-feedback vibrations and clicks (Samsung F700, we’re looking at you), the…
Chinese iPhones in Hong Kong with full Chinese-language support
Wait a tick. When did the iPhone launch in China? Oh, that’s right, it hasn’t. So, what are enterprising, iPhone-loving Chinese to do? Well, they could make a trip to Hong Kong and scoop up one of those unlocked iPhones from the corner electronics boutique – complete with Chinese-language support. Hong Kong has already had…
Russian Myasishchev M-55 spy plane turns cellphone tower
With the fall of the Iron Curtain, Russia’s counter to the US’s U-2 spy plane was doomed to live the rest of its days in obscurity. The Myasishchev M-55 spy plane was initially designed as a high-altitude spy plane, but was modified as a scientific research platform – the Myasishchev M-55 Geophysica. Only a handful…
O2 UK launches BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smartphone
The more I think about O2, the more I like it. Lately they’ve been on the spot thanks to the iPhone deal, but on the other hand they also add other cool devices to their portfolio to appeal to the wider audience. Now they’re including RIM’s BlackBerry Pearl 8120 — the one with WiFi rather…