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Archives for 2007
LG KP202 – Cheap Camera Phone for the Budget-minded
LG started shipments of it’s entry-level camera phone, the LG KP202, this past Friday. The dual-screen, flip phone features a tri-band GSM radio and VGA camera. As expected, the VGA camera is definitely of the you-get-what-you-pay-for variety, but features a nifty burst-shot mode and generous 64MB of on-board memory. The “continuous-shot” mode can capture 3…
A decision I can’t make without asking you guys
Ring Nokia began on November 19, 2006 Here are my stats as of yesterday: 377,520 visitors 524,761 page views The average visit lasted 2 minutes The most popular blog post is the Nokia N800 unboxing photo gallery 6 countries are responsible for over 50% of my traffic: United States: 21.30 % United Kingdom: 10.55 %…
Yahoo may Buy UK Social Network Bebo for $1B
Word on the street has it that the UK Social Network, Bebo, is being courted by Yahoo for a possible buyout – to the tune of $1 Billion. Bebo has 25million users worldwide and recently made waves as Orange UK picked up the mobile version of the social network for integration into its handsets. Bebo…
Nokia Launches Gizmo (beta) for Free Internet Calling on Nokia N95 and N80
Nokia has announced the beta release of their mobile version of Gizmo – the popular, open-standard internet-calling and instant messaging software that goes toe to toe with Skype. Owners of crippled Nokia N95’s can use this handy piece of software to get their VoIP on – presumably with a decent amount of integration (it is…
O2 Germany to provide Windows Mobile 6 upgrades for XDA Orbit, Trion
Good news for the Windows Mobile fans in Germany. O2 Germay is planning to release the Windows Mobile 6 Professional upgrades for its XDA Orbit (HTC Artemis) and XDA Trion (HTC Hermes) smartphones. That’s more speed for the same buck… The time frame is still not not known, but the O2 Germany’s website promises that…
Brief interview(s) with iWoz
Gizmodo guys had a chance to briefly talk with the living legend, Apple cofounder – Steve Wozniak. In a series of short interviews Woz talks about iPhone, mobile technology, Apple and more. Woz loves the speed 3G and thinks that Apple is onto something with the iPhone. Hopefully, they will listen to these interviews and…
Young adults prefer mobiles over landlines
A recently conducted federal survey indicates that more than a quarter of young adults have only cell phones, making them the leading edge of a strengthening move away from traditional landline telephones. The data from the survey were based on interviews with people in 13,056 households from June through December last year. Here are some…
Back to basics: Nokia announces 3109 classic
Nokia has announced the previously rumored 3109 classic model. The new device is a Series 40 based feature phone that offers a productive feature set, long battery life and expandable memory (with microSD cards) for “effective, reliable and distraction free communication.” The Nokia 3109 classic also boasts and integrated handsfree speaker, organizer with calendar, to-do…
MoboPic crops images for mobile
Recently, we’ve spotted a new service called MoboPic that provides users with a quick and convenient way to take an image and crop it to an appropriate pre-set size to fit the mobile phone. The service can be also used for other purposes, as you can customize image sizes you need for different devices and…