As a Nokia handset and N800 Internet Tablet owner I was one of those who were looking forward to see iPhone replacing the two devices. However, that wasn’t the case as iPhone lacks the proper Bluetooth support… Yeah, the iPhone misses the 3G and a GPS, but we KNEW it won’t be there. However, we…
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Sisi helps us “speak” to deaf via video
Sisi (Say it, Sign it) is a new useful system developed as part of IBM’s Extreme Blue initiative to help users communicate with deaf people. The idea is combine the existing avatar technology, take the input from text and then convert it into British Sign Language (BSL). As a result, the software on the server…
Extreme: Home made Nokia 6280 with SLR optics and 36x optical zoom!
Over at Chaos Projects, we’ve spotted one weird device – Nokia 6280 with SLR optics. The phone isn’t actually approved by Nokia — rather it’s a home-made project, but the end result is the camera phone with 36x optical zoom! And although it’s not pocketable anymore, this baby can take some serious photos… Check out…
Telstra activates 7.2Mbps HSDPA; It’s good to be in Australia these days
Telstra subscribers in Australia must be rejoicing as their carrier activated the new HSDPA network. According to Telstra, users can now see download speeds going from 3Mbps to 6Mbps, and upload speeds between 300Kbps and 1.3Mbps. The story goes on suggesting that during the peaks, Australians should be able to move the files around the…
Numbers: Every second mobile phone is made in China
According to the new research by Taiwan-based Market Intelligence Center, more than half of all mobile phones sold worldwide in the second quarter of 2007 were made in China. However, the researches note it’s the GSM and not 3G-enabled phones that dominate the local industry’s output as we still wait to see Chinese government licensing…
Cosmopolitan Magazine goes mobile
Another major publication is now available on your mobile phone. We’re talking about Cosmopolitan Magazine, which just launched the mobile version of its website, allowing its readers — mostly females — to take the “Cosmo experience” with them wherever they are. The mobile site offers some fun features like “Dude Decoder” using which women can…
Black Nokia 6500 Slide spotted
Even though we still wait to see the Nokia 6500 released, Finish giant is already working on the black version of its powerful feature phone. Somehow this makes sense – the black phones usually look better, although even the original silver version of the Nokia 6500 Slide impresses. It’s kinda robust, simplistic yet it has…
T-Mobile acquires Orange NL
The Dutch mobile operator market is slimming down again — some time ago we had KPN acquiring Telfort — and now, with the acquisition of Orange by T-Mobile, people in Netherlands have only 3 networks to choose from. Apparently, Orange NL has been on the shelf of the Orange group for some time already as…
Tens of Nokia phones to have GPS in 2008
“By the end of next year we will have tens of navigation-enabled devices on the market.” Straight from Anssi Vanjoki, Head of Nokia Multimedia. [Via: Reuters]
Apple working on offline storage for iPhone Safari browser-based applications?
By now it’s an accepted fact that Apple is working to kill any and all native third-party application not sanctioned by Mr. Steve Jobs himself. However, that doesn’t mean that third-party applications aren’t in the cards for the iPhone. Apple’s made it clear that they want third-party iPhone application developers to concentrate on web-based applications…