We’ve all seen high-end mobile phones ridiculously encrusted with precious stones and forged in expensive metals. Some are one-offs and some are production phones, but none can match the bling-iness (yes, I made that word up) of the newest pointless uber-expensive phone on the block. This diamond-caked cell phones is covered, in every square inch,…
HTC and T-mobile sign on as Gumball 3000 Sponsors
The Gumball 3000. It’s a gruelling 3000 mile road rally from London to Athens and back, through Istanbul, to London. The rally has no first prize, there are no rules, and most of the autos are high-end exotics. It’s the ultimate combination of road racing, world travel, and of course, badass cars. Pepper that with…
Will: Dash on WM6, Moto Q 9h, Fuel Cells!
We got some Windows Mobile news! T-mobile Dash and WM6, Moto Q 9h launch window, and futuristic fuel cells. And, in case you missed it, check out the article on how you can make your Windows Mobile phone faster, and, most importantly, more stable. (Stability problems? What stability problems?)
GSM Association rallies Industry heavy-hitters for eWallet Standards
Nokia, LG, and Samsung have teamed up with AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, and KTF, in conjunction with financial institutions like Mastercard, towards a Near Field Communication (NFC)-based eWallet initiative, dubbed “Pay-Buy Mobile.” The GSM Association has garnered the support of these industry heavy-weights for a standard set of NFC chips, sourced from NXP and Sony,…
Bling-Out your Bluetooth headset
What could be better than wearing a conspicuously pink and plastic gadget on your ear? Why, covering that pink, electro-appendage in Swarovski crytstals, of course! The Crystal Chick wants you to get your bling-on with their pink Moto Bluetooth headset, covered in pink and silver Swarovski crystals – for just £45. And then, you can…
NTT-Neomeit announces U-consento – Control your home from your mobile phone
Oh NTT, you’re always coming up with new mobile phone features to amaze us! This time, your subsidiary, NTT-Neomeit, has announced plans for their “U-consento” service. This inexpensive cheap service is just what we were looking for! How did you know to fill that empty space in our lives with a method to control home…
Philips’ Hair-Raising Display – Literally!
Last we heard, Philips was working on that snazzy wireless power-transmission technology. Now, Philips is making more waves with a hair-raising display – literally. The company filed for a patent in which a “fabric display” is outlined for applications involving displays embedded in clothing. The hair-raising display works by running an electrostatic charge through pixels…
Apple say iPhone and AppleTV to get FREE applications and software features
Apple has announced their Q2 financial results, and they’re lookin’ good. Year-on-year growth of 34%, $885 million in profits and $12 billion in cash are nice numbers, by any measure. But, the numbers are not what interests us here. As almost an answer to our concerns over Apple’s iPhone (with that notoriously closed system) being…
Sidekick iD Now Available on T-mobile
Yeah, we’ve been expecting this for some time now, and T-mobile has just gone official with the release of the Sidekick iD. The low-end entry-level Sidekick is now available for $99 (after mail-in rebates and discounts on new contracts, of course) and comes in your choice of “fun” colors. That is, if you wanna trade…
New LG patents make full touchscreen phones easier to use
LG is at it again. The South Korean electronics powerhouse is intent on taking full screen mobile technology to the next level – spearheaded with that beautiful LG KE850 Prada Phone. The company’s recent patent filings give us a glimpse of what’s to come. One application outlines a dual-touchscreen-display flip phone that does away with…