Here’s a quick peek at the newly announced Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 “Organizer” phones from Mobile World Congress. We had a chance to talk with some Sony Ericsson reps and they showed us their un-smartphone in all its glory. It’s not exactly a smartphone and it’s marketed more for the busy individual that just…
Researchers claim to be able to hack GSM networks
Whenever the folks at the Black Hat conference have a meet-up, the security world listens. This time around, the collective hacker minds of the security industry flocked to Washington D.C. where David Hulton and Steve (he didn’t want to give his last name – you know tinfoil hats and all) claimed that they had come…
Qualcomm booth tour from Mobile World Congress 2008
Here’s a look at what Qualcomm had to offer at Mobile World Congress 2008. The most interesting thing at Qualcomm’s booth was their passive, low-power displays. The eInk-esque displays relied on reflective technology to save power by not actively powering a display backlight. The dislpays had decent refresh rates and the booth rep even mentioned…
Sony Ericsson booth at Mobile World Congress 2008
Right, late again. Hey, better late tha…it’s late, apologies. Let’s move on. Take a gander at the Sony Ericsson booth at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2008. The main attractions here were the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 and the Sony Ericsson C902 CyberShot. Unfortunately, the XPERIA X1 was under glass, and the guy giving the demo…
Edge concept phone – where design meets fashion
I was reading this article about industrial design the other day and it got me thinking. Most people tend to think about “design” and “fashion/style” as one and same. In fact, it would be more appropriate to think of “design” as the aspect of product engineering that answers the question, “does it work?” While “fashion”…
Ambrosia updates iPhone ringtone maker – iToner is now v1.1.3 compatible
The thing about updating to the newest iPhone firmware is that you’ll likely have to leave behind all those snazzy third-party, jailbreak-requiring applications and you’ll likely have to do without other third-party applications until they’re updated to work with the new firmware. Such is the cat-and-mouse game that Apple insists us iPhone users play. Well,…
Sony Ericsson patent application for self adjusting mobile phone projector
We’ve yet to see the pico-projector (that is, projectors embedded within mobile phones) even break into mobile phone reality, and Sony Ericsson is already thinking about a future filled with mobile phone projectors. By the time mobile phone projectors hit the mainstream (perhaps by 2010), Sony Ericsson plans to have the patents to back a…
Apple iPhone generates 50 times more Google searches than any other mobile device
In yet another iPhone-validating statistic, Google announced at Mobile World Congress Barcelona that Google search traffic from iPhones was 50 times greater than search traffic from any other mobile device. We already knew that the iPhone sent a lot of traffic to Google, but this is just outrageous. It seems that iPhone users are addicted…
400,000 unlocked iPhones in China
No wonder Apple’s revenue sharing negotiations with China Mobile for the iPhone didn’t go as planned. China Mobile itself is claiming that something like 400,000 unlocked iPhones are already in use on its network. With the iPhone black market doing as well as it is in China, Apple would be hard pressed to guarantee iPhone…
Opera Mobile 9.5 demo video
Opera Mobile 9.5 was recently announced and we can’t wait to take a look at it. More specifically, we can’t wait to experience the new mobile browser in person. With intense competition in the mobile browser market, Opera Mobile 9.5 has its work cut out for it. But, then again, Opera’s consistently rolled out innovative…