We saw this coming… The ultra-thin LG Trax is a mid-range music phone which unlike similar devices offers much more than simple music playback. For instance, there’s the stereo Bluetooth support, as well as the 3G/HSDPA radio that will allow users to quickly download tunes from AT&T Mobile Music service — Napster and/or eMusic. In…
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University of Edinburgh launches Spellbinder – “Invisible Graffiti” only viewable through mobile phones
Ahh, graffiti, the universal art of street artists and ruffians alike (depending on how you look at it). The ubiquitous “street art” has taken a high-tech twist at the University of Edinburgh. The BBC reports that researchers at the Division of Informatics have launched their “invisible art” project, dubbed Spellbinder. As the title suggests, the…
Off-Topic – crazy four car pile up in parking lot!
Ok, this one’s definitely an off-topic post. The only tie-in with mobile tech would be the iPhone camera phone that was used to take the pics you see below. Anyway, this is actually a pretty hilarious accident – made even crazier considering it happened in a parking lot! The black VW basically rammed the hell…
Amp’d Mobile CEO Peter Adderton and Co. may be preparing to join WiMAX ISP Clearwire
Peter Adderton, former CEO of defunct MVNO Amp’d Mobile is reportedly making plans to jump ship and catch a ride on Clearwire. Although Adderton denies such rumors, MocoNews has reliable sources saying that the once-CEO and his executive content team (Amp’d Live) are making preparations to hook up with Clearwire – the WiMAX ISP that…
Malayan man gets a $218 trillion phone bill, we can’t make this stuff up
The father of a Malayan man passed away recently and like anyone with an IQ over that of a goat’s foot, he canceled the account of the rotting corpse. Well somehow his operator didn’t get the memo because he racked up nearly a quarter of a quadrillion dollars in charges, roughly 17 times America’s GDP.…
Mobile manners by Paktel
By now, all of us should have the basic mobile manners — not to use a mobile phone without a headset while driving, and to turn to the silent mode when your ringtone could disturb others. In order to educate the growing number of mobile phone users in Pakistan, the local carrier Paktel is airing…
Samsung U708 special edition with Swarovski crystals-decorated case
Samsung U700, also known as U708 in China, is one stylish slider phone. As soon as I saw it passing the FCC hurdle earlier in July, I was amazed — it’s probably one of the slickest handsets I’ve seen. Naturally, the lack of features pulled me away from it, although I still hope that the…
Palm Foleo specs revealed
It seems that my plan to have the Palm Foleo as a blogging platform will end up as a failure. And not only because I need tabbed browsing so badly, but also because the first glimpse of Foleo’s specs doesn’t sound promising. First, the “mobile companion” will run on top of the 416 MHz Intel/Marvell…
Doom for iPhone
iPhone hackers are just crazy! While there’s is no word of any SDK from Apple, that doesn’t stop them in making apps for their beloved handset. Latest iPhone app we’ve spotted is the port of one of the most popular first-person shooter game – Doom. It’s still work in progress, as the controls for the…
Nokia N95 8GB to feature better battery, VGA screen and more RAM?
Over at Mobile-Review forums, user “Eldar” has posted some additional information about the upcoming Nokia N95 8GB “multimedia computer.” According to him, the new N95 will not only have more storage space, but will also come with more RAM (128MB) and the VGA screen! Wow! If this ends up to be truth, I’ve just founded…