It’s not a cup for drinking, it’s a cup for blinking! This geeky cup lights up with blinking LED’s to let you know that you’ve got an incoming call. The Signal Cell Phone Advisor uses a radio-wave detector to, well, detect radio-waves – oddly enough. And that’s about as much as this thing’s good for.…
3 Reasons Why Nokia’s N95 Is NOT A Smartphone – It’s Not Replacing MY Smartphone
Yes, yes, the Nokia N95 is a great phone. It has a badass 5MP camera rocking those high-quality Carl-Zeiss optics – like only “ze Germans” can do. It boasts quad-band 3G GSM and GPS radios. It’s got that beautiful, dual-sliding screen. If only it were a smartphone. You don’t get to be a smartphone by…
China Still Lacking 3G – Pushing 4G On The Globe
China is pushing global adoption of the TD-CDMA standard. Their proprietary network protocol was developed as an alternative to patented technologies like GSM or WCDMA. The Ministry of Information Industry has been tweaking their TD-CDMA standard for years, chasing reliable 80 Mbps downstream operation. And now China is planning to submit their standard to the…
Toshiba’s Apple iPhone Killer – 911T
Yeah, we know, Toshiba’s 911T isn’t officially shooting to be an iPhone killer. But that didn’t stop some hardcare enthusiasts from modding their 911T to iPhone killer status. Some crazy Japanese fans modded the hell out of their Toshiba 911T iPhone cloned them. And with features like a 3″ WVGA screen (800 x 480), 3.2…
iPhone Is Crap – Or At Least It’s 40 Minute Battery Is
Ever the iPhone denouncer, good ole’ John Dvorak is at it again. Dvorak already made it known that he thinks Apple should trash the iPhone. This time, it’s not so much that he’s talkin smack about Steve Jobs’ baby as much as he is reporting on a scoop from a Cingular insider. The scoop came…
Cell Phone Easter Eggs: Unleash Your Cell Phone’s Potential – Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do
Your cell phone can do a lot more than it led you to believe. It’s not that it lied to you, it’s just that you never took the time to truly get to know your phone. But, that’s between you and your phone. Today we’ll just concentrate on what you can do to get the…
Nokia N95 – US Launch Tonight?
Could the super-cool and highly anticipated Nokia N95 be hitting the US tonight? Gizmodo sure seems to think so. There are signs hinting that the impending US release of the incredible – to say the least – 5 megapixel N95 will be today. First, Nokia doled out some European version N95’s to US journalists last…
Google Labs Gives Us The 411 – For Free Directory Assistance Dial GOOG-411
Looks like Google is hookin’ it up with free 411 directory assistance! Google labs is rolling out their experimental new service – GOOG411. Don’t hand over anymore of your hard earned cheese just to talk to a female operator (what, you don’t do that?). Just hit the obvious GOOG-411 on your keypad and you’ll be…
The Digital Life: Top 5 FREE Pocket PC Software
So, you got a Pocket PC did you? But you say you spent all your cheese on that there smartphone? It’s all good, there’s plenty of free software out there. Actually, there’s too much free software out there – and not all are good. It’s a good thing you found this list of the Top…
FCC Chief Wants Better Cell Phone Location System
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has really been ruffling things up recently. This time he’s got the 911 system squarely in his sights. With, more and more 911 calls being made on cell phones these days (to the tune of 230,000 cellular calls a day), Martin is determined to make sure that emergency responders can pinpoint…