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Partable cell phone jammer

Whether it’s talking while you walk or talking while you shop, there isn’t much that keeps us from answering a cell phone call.
“I think the etiquette has gone down a little bit just because, you know, people will bust them out whenever and it does get kind of annoying once in a while,” says cell […]

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

A Nokia Camera Phone

It didn’t take long for camera phones to grow up. Only a few years ago, the best ones took pictures with 1 megapixel of resolution. Now Nokia is coming out with the N82, a phone that takes 5-megapixel photos, higher quality than some point-and-shoot cameras.
The diminutive N82, weighing about four ounces, is a successor to […]

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Nokia Launches New Mobiles in the N-series

“The Nokia N95 8GB opens up a wealth of exciting options for film fans as they can now watch world-class movies like Spider-Man 3 whenever they want, wherever they want. Pre-loading a film with such fantastic special effects truly shows off the device’s advanced capabilities. With its ground-breaking features, users can now fully appreciate the […]

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

The New Nokia S60 Touch phone

Touchscreen displays are probably the most versatile of input methods, but many people dislike the lack of tactile feedback.
That’s why the new S60 touch interface from Nokia promises to give you a button-like response every time you touch the screen.
You see, the ‘touch feedback’ touchscreen by Nokia features “two small piezo sensor pads under the […]

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Nokia N82 Seems To Be Below Expectations

We snuck you a peek at the Nokia N82 prototype yesterday and while that spy shot gave you a glimpse as to what you should expect from this upcoming Nokia smartphone, it just wasn’t satisfying enough.
If you want to get a better sense of the physical dimensions on the Nokia N82, you’re in luck, because […]

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Nokia to provide free Wi-Fi

IN what could be seen as a move to beat Apple to the punch, mobile phone company Nokia is to provide free Wi-Fi in Australia ahead of the launch of its new online store.
The service is currently only available in 10 locations in Sydney and Melbourne, but Nokia, with partner Azure Wireless, plan to roll […]

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Review: Nokia’s GPS-Enabled Pocket Computer

Nokia’s new N810 is a Wi-Fi-enabled tablet computer, slightly larger than an iPhone, that includes a GPS receiver and mapping tools (depicted above). The company is granting mobile-phone software developers access to the phone, which could result in programs that integrate Web 2.0 applications and GPS, such as location-based games and geotagged blog entries. […]

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

HTC Launches 4 Devices, Sells 800,000 Touch Phones

Taiwanese mobile phone maker High Tech Computer Corp. ( 2498.TW) Monday unveiled four new devices that will go on sale during the Christmas trading period, and said that it had sold 800,000 of its flagship Touch phones since they went on sale July 22.
HTC, the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones based on Microsoft Corp.’s […]

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Nokia Joins Plans To Create Flash Memory Card Standard

Helsinki, Finland (AHN) - Cell phone giant Nokia announced Thursday it will join efforts to develop a flash memory standard for handsets and digital cameras regardless of maker. Samsung and Sony Ericsson are also part of the team.
The results of the joint project should bear fruit in 2009 possibly reducing access time for media, such […]

Saturday, September 15th, 2007

T-Mobile is launching that use Wi-Fi hotspots

Wouldn’t it be great to have your own cellular tower at home? You’d always have a strong signal on your mobile phone, and you wouldn’t be paying to use the carrier’s network.
It sounds like a pie-in-the-sky idea, but it’s actually the gist of what T-Mobile USA is rolling out Wednesday: the option to use your […]

Saturday, June 30th, 2007