Quartics created a technology that allows Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices to connect to displays wirelessly. No information yet as to the frequencies used, range, price points, basically we don’t know anything except that Quartics gave Engadget a demo. This is useful, but ultimately futile. I have this whole theory about IP connected displays…
Props to Boy Genius, he scored Vodafone’s 2008 roadmap! BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile inside
Boy Genius has the scoop of the century, a peak at Vodafone’s 2008 lineup! Now he is going to break it up into several posts, but I’ll condense his writing into this one mega article. Stay tuned as I update this through out the day! Devices in this post so far: BlackBerry 8XXX Nokia E71…
In early 2008 Kodak will introduce image sensors that suck less
Current image sensors on cameras work by capturing a single color per pixel and ignoring the rest. Kodak hopes to change this in 2008 with prototypes of their new panchromatic equipped image sensors that stray away from the typical red green and blue by adding an extra monochrome pixel into the mix. This technique negatively…
Hot Off The Press: Leaked Nokia E71 picture
Here she is, we brought you the specs yesterday, to summarize: 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi, HSDPA, 120 grams, 57 x 112 x 10 mm, now here is the actual device: [Via: Mobile Review] Notice the absence of the Symbian key, similar to the E51 it is now a home key. The buttons look Treo…
Interesting Stat: Close to 80% of text messages sent and received are from Asia
Considering that a third of the world’s population lives in Asia I’m not surprised about the fact that 78.9% of text messages sent and received originated from the region. That is 1.5 trillion messages. Think about it. [Via: Textually]
Neo FreeRunner: An open source handset, too little too late?
OpenMoko, the guys behind the 100% open source software and hardware Neo 1973, are going to introduce the Neo FreeRunner at CES. Two versions will be made, each has a 500 MHz processor, WiFi, accelerometers, 3D hardware acceleration, but one will be triband 850 MHz with the other being 900 MHz. The only Linux based…
Mobiado Stealth: Aircraft grade aluminum body is ready for sky high prices
The Mobiado Stealth is a Russian made, Nokia S40 running, mobile phone with a body composed of aircraft aluminum, stainless steel and has a sapphire crystal coating on the screen. There will only be 1200 of these made, price unknown, but expect it to be between 10-20x what you would regularly pay for a 2.0…
Huawei U1215: Boring, but NAM 3G enabled
We don’t even know what operating system this little guy runs, but we can tell you that is does support North America’s 850 & 1900 MHz 3G frequencies. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera, WAP browser (make sure to download Opera Mini if you buy this device), Bluetooth 1.2, FM radio and isn’t that ugly.…
LG KF600 can’t decide if it is a touch screen device or not
The LG KF600 is a Chinese only mobile phone that has the lower portion of its screen touch enabled. Why would one not make the entire device touch based? Cost. This is a short term solution to an industry trend where the future is touch on all devices, both high and low end. Both screens…
Web Run Time Developers: Start your engines!
If you grab a Nokia N95 8GB with the latest firmware then you can start playing with widgets built on top of the web run time. Here is where you can get more information about WRT, a link to some sample code to get you started and a screen I just took on Symbian-Guru’s phone…