Bluetooth SIG announced the winners of its third annual Best of CES Contest to highlight the “hottest, most innovative and consumer friendly Bluetooth enabled products,” and to get some media attention, we might add. Anyway, 48 new Bluetooth products were submitted in categories focusing on what consumers can do with the technology – talk on…
SanDisk announces 12GB microSDHC card, world’s largest; Promises 16GB later in the year
Here’s something for those of you craving for more store capacity on your mobile phone. SanDisk has announced the “world’s largest” microSDHC card that has a capacity of 12GB. Apparently, that’s enough to store a combination of 1,500 songs, 3,600 photos and 24.5 hours of video — at least SanDisk says so. According to Gizmodo,…
Sony Ericsson HBH-PV712 Style Edition, Bluetooth headset for the modern woman
Sony Ericsson today announced a new Bluetooth headset, HBH-PV712 Style Edition, designed for modern women. And before you go “WTF?”, it’s important to emphasize that the Swedish-Japanese handset maker did its homework to find out exactly what the active, modern woman wants. The results is the small Bluetooth 2.0+EDR compatible, 14g light headset, with two…
Altec Lansing T612 speakers work with the iPhone
Altec Lansing T612 are the new speakers from the Plantronics-owned company that officially work with the iPhone and other new-generation iPod models. Unlike Altec’s other iPod-only speaker systems, the T612 is primarily made to work with Apple’s handset, hence it features incoming call support – allowing users to actually hear the iPhone ringing (music stops).…
Motorola official with the ROKR E8; Also announces two wireless speaker systems and new stereo headsets
It’s not just the Motorola Z10 that’s officially announced — it’s also the ROKR E8 which we’ve already seen for two times in the past. Now that I’m thinking — or that’s digging through IntoMobile website — Motorola’s music phone has also passed the FCC hurdle. And as we’ve already talked about it, I’ll only…
Panasonic showcases 32GB SDHC Class 6 memory card at CES
Panasonic today announced the development of the 32GB SDHC Class 6 memory card and is already showcasing the prototype unit at this year’s CES. If you happen to be in Las Vegas for the event, check them out at their booth #9405. It’s the super-fast Class 6 card that allows transfer speeds of up to…
Panasonic’s Link to Cell connects your Bluetooth enabled mobile phone to cordless handsets in the home
At least in the Western hemisphere (outside Japan), Panasonic is not that known as a mobile phone manufacturer. They are better known for their in-home cordless phones — hey, I got one of those. That’s certainly a capital the Japanese electronics maker wants to leverage. That being said, they’ve announced their advanced Link to Cell…
Finger massager helps Japanese relieve pain from too much texting
It doesn’t surprises that such developed market as Japan has its own gizmos. For instance, I still can’t envision the finger massager pictured above selling outside of the “Land of the rising Sun.” But if you rely on your shiny powerful mobile phone like Japanese do — like all the time — that makes perfect…
Brief Review: SanDisk Powered Nokia N82 8GB Edition
With the current dollar to euro exchange rate there was no point in me spending any money on electronic equipment in Finland. Low and behold I’m in the US for the next 2 and a half weeks and I took it upon myself to get an 8GB microSD card for my Nokia N82 since I…
A bathtub for your mobile phone
Although we could hardly say this is the single most useful mobile phone accessory, somehow we like it. But that’s “like it” as an interesting gift for your girlfriend, not as something you’ll run out and buy it for yourself. If you consider it as a mobile phone related gift which is not a strap,…