Fuel cells are the alternative power source just over the horizon. We’re waiting for the day we can recharge our mobile phones with a quick methanol or hydrogen top-off. Fortunately, Samsung is thinking along the same lines. While others are working to bring methanol-powered fuel cells to the cellphone market, Samsung is going one better…
Samsung patent application for gesture based mobile phone control
With touchscreen blowing up the mobile space, we gotta wonder, what’s on the horizon. Sure, touchscreens are hot now, but what technology will take the industry by storm in the coming years? From this recently published patent application, it seems that Samsung’s betting on gesture-based controls rising to meet the call of future mobile phone…
3 brings mobile gaming and movie headsets to UK
3UK customers are going to being offered the “Vuzix iWear AV920 3D headsets” from this month. This is apparently the equivalent of a 62-inch screen! Althoughthe iWear kit can be hooked up to any device that can play video, clearly 3’s take is that owners of high-end devices will use their headsets with their phones…
Apple patent application details light-weight laser-based head mounted display
Head-mounted displays are nothing new, and neither is the prospect of displaying content from a mobile phone or other mobile device at nose-distance. But, Apple’s newest patent application to go public details plans for a laser-based head mounted display that lightens the load by separating the “laser engine” from the goggle-like head mounted display. “A…
Vodafone CEO Sarin: Vodafone will take its time with LTE, Verizon can’t afford to
The near-term future of GSM-based mobile broadband is LTE (Long Term Evolution). With LTE in tow, GSM carriers can stay on top of the wireless data-game by offering 4G data access to its customers. Unfortunately, the world’s largest wireless operator, Vodafone, has announced that it does not intend to make haste in bringing LTE to…
CSR debuts dual-mode Ultra Low Power (ULP) Bluetooth chip
Wireless connectivity is the name of the game in the mobile industry, and Wibree, the next-generation Bluetooth standard, is making a splash with its new name. Wibree will now be known as ULP (Ultra Low Power) Bluetooth. ULP allows for 10 times lower power consumption during regular Bluetooth connection and a 50-fold decrease in power-draw…
Moto demos first public WiMAX hand-off in Asia-Pac
Singapore: Motorola recently demonstrated the first handoffs between public WiMAX access points (at the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2008). The demo was enabled through a mobile WiMAX network set up at Motorola’s facility in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. Attendees were able to experience various mobile applications including video conferencing, web browsing and mobile streaming while…
Sprint delays WiMAX XOHM rollout
I don’t know how we let this one slip through the cracks, but here it is, if a bit late. With Sprint’s future as a significant figure in the US wireless landscape hinged on the carrier’s ability to redefine itself as a data-centric provider, Sprint would do well to get their WiMAX-based XOHM network off…
Yahoo OneSearch gets voice support, Vlingo money from Yahoo
Yahoo has recently announced that it is launching the the voice-enabled version of its OneSearch product. Initially, the application is available for U.S. based BlackBerry owners, only, but in the coming months – the search giant will expand to international markets and other platforms. Yahoo is using a technology from Vlingo, a company which we…
Blind Japanese man creates vibrating Braille handset
Raised Braille-bumps on handset keypads are good for dialing a phone number and other simple tasks, but it can be a little more demanding to tap out text messages or do anything more complex by feel alone. To help the blind get more out of their mobile phones, Nobuyuki Sasaki, a former Tsukuba University of…