NTT DoCoMo has released the FOMA portable battery charger. The 69 x 56 x 14 mm, 71g unit is essentially an 1800mAh battery that can be charged at home and used to juice up your NTT phones on-the-go. The FOMA portable charger is only compatible with some NTT phones. So, if you don’t have a…
BenQ Patent for phone that tells you how FAT you are
BenQ has filed for a patent application outlining the details for a phone that can measure your body fat percentage. Apparently, the company is working under the assumption that people want to be constantly reminded of those late-night pizza and taco runs. The Body-Fat-Phone measures your body’s electrical resistance to calculate how fat you are.…
ScreenTonic: Mobile advertiser gets bought by Microsoft
Microsoft has announced their recent acquisition of mobile advertising pioneer, ScreenTonic. As mobile technology, especially smartphones, become more and more ubiquitous, the drive to capitalize on said tech grows larger. Microsoft has taken a huge step into the mobile advertising game – by leveraging ScreenTonic’s market experience against Microsoft Digital Advertising Solution’s deep pockets. Advertising…
Consilient: Push E-mail Revisited
It looks like the push email industry is going to be battling it out for market share. Consilient is the latest push email provider to jump into the fray. Going up against the venerable BlackBerry, the Consilient push email system offers users free (ad supported) access to the servers that will push email to Windows…
Feds Want to Turn Your Mobile Phone into Anti-Terror Device/Nuke Detector
The Department of Homeland Security has revealed their research into possibly embedding sensors in mobile phones – allowing the lowly cell phone to become part of a network of anti-terrorism sensors. The research is exploring the use of a network of cell phones, equipped with detectors for nuclear isotopes, toxic chemicals, and biological agents, to…
BlueQ: Bluetooth wristband for vibrating incoming call alerts
BQ Wireless has announced their BlueQ Bluetooth wristband that gives you a vibrating heads-up on incoming calls. It seems somewhat puzzling as to why someone would need a vibrating alert via their wristband, but BQ Wireless says the BlueQ is supposed to appeal to people who keep their cell phones in a backpack or purse,…
Japan wants satellite calling for the masses – Cell phones calls during disasters
As anyone who has lived through a natural disaster in Japan can attest to, making a cell phone call during, and in the hours following, a disaster is all but impossible. In a country under constant threat (and temblors) of earthquakes, emergency communication is a top priority. And, as such, the Japanese Internal Affairs and…
Silverlight for Windows Mobile – Look out Adobe Flash!
Microsoft’s Silverlight format, an alternative to Adobe’s Flash format, has been opened up to .NET developers. Windows Mobile users can expect a slew of new Silverlight-based applications for their smartphones, in the near future. Flash is already renowned for it’s versatility and wide-spread adoption, so it remains to be seen if Silverlight can make any…
B&O Earset 2 Bluetooth Headset brings class and style to your ear
B&O designs are world-renowned for their class and high-end styling. From phones to stereos, nothing beats the refinement of B&O. The Danish design-house has released an updated version of their Earset 1 Bluetooth headset. The Earset 2 just oozes class and style, but doesn’t skimp on function. The new headset features Digital Signal Processing (DSP),…
MiTAC Mio A501 Digi-Walker
MiTAC, makers of the sexy, if buggy and limited, A701 Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone, are prepping to release their Mio A501 as part of their Digi-Walker line. The new phone is compact enough to easily fit in your hand (95.7mm X 59.6mm X 20.7mm) but only comes packin’ Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 3.5 –…