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Modu is the Smallest and Lightest cell phone

, Feb 7th 2008 Discuss [1]

A modular phone system created by Modu Mobile has officially booked by the Guinness World Records as the world’s lightest phone; it weights a mere 40.1g and measures 72mm x 37mm x 7.8mm in size. The company says not to discount the physical of the modu. It does what a sophisticated cell phone does these days including speaker, Bluetooth, MPS3, 1GB of storage and send and receive SMS. Read The Full Story

Fujitsu F705i, the world’s slimmest waterproof phone

, Jan 22nd 2008 Discuss [0]

How often do you drop your phone in a bucket of water or swimming pool? Not many times I would hope, but Fujitsu thinks waterproof mobile phone market has potential. Fujitsu unveiled the F705i, the world’s slimmest waterproof 3G mobile phone. Now, although its can hold up to the water element, the F705i will not hold up to drowning over 1m depth of water and longer than 30 minutes. The phone itself features Super Clear Voice and Super Clear Mike that would automatically adjust the volume of calls depending on noise level surrounding the phone user. It weighs only 111g with dimensions of 106 x 49 x 13.7mm. As for battery life, it allows 170 minutes of talk time and 100 minutes of videophone. No information on pricing and availability at this moment. [via akihabaranews]

Readius phone with 5-inch foldable screen is coming in mid 2008

, Jan 22nd 2008 Discuss [2]

Polymer Vision, a Dutch company unveiled the first mobile phone in the world that uses a foldout display. Readius, the name of this phone has large 5-inch display, which is plenty for viewing email, podcast, documents file, and Internet browsing on the go. Read The Full Story

CES 2008: Vodafone ‘Stick’ 7.2Mbps HSUPA USB modem

, Jan 10th 2008 Discuss [2]

Vodafone UK are beginning to offer a USB mobile broadband modem capable of accessing the network's 7.2Mbps HSUPA connection, with both Mac and PC compatibility and upload rates of up to 1.44Mbps.   Read The Full Story

Cherry Picks 2008: zBoost zPersonal (YX300) and zBoost Car Unit (YX230)

, Jan 6th 2008 Discuss [1]

The zBoost zPersonal, from Wi-Ex Inc., will repeat and amplify a cell phone signal outside a building to your cell phone inside to help give you that boost you may need to make your important calls. The good part is that it does so without breaking away from the cell carriers network.

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Skypephone flying off of the shelves

, Nov 19th 2007 Discuss [0]

British mobile phone provider 3, recently introduced a prepaid cellular phone powered by the popular Skype VoIP service. For a small minimum monthly payment of around £10, you can make unlimited Skype calls. Much to their surprise the phone has been selling out, and nearly impossible to find in most markets. Read The Full Story

Orange Iqua BHS-603 SUN Bluetooth headset

, Nov 13th 2007 Discuss [0]

200 hours of standby time and up to 9 hours of talk time, that’s what you can expect from this headset in the dark. The solar panel on the side, yeah, that should up those numbers a respectable amount in the sun light. Its 14 grams, which is pretty light, and as far as BT headsets go, its not too terribly unattractive, which is surprising considering adding solar panels generally makes whatever they’ve been added to quite hideous. Its kind of sad we had to wait this long for such an obvious solar power upgrade, I mean sure, on cell phones, not much sense, they are usually in your pocket, but headsets, generally on your head, in direct sunlight. Read The Full Story

Mickey packs up his cell phone, and heads to Japan

, Nov 12th 2007 Discuss [1]

Do you remember Disney Mobile? No? Well, It didn’t work so well here in the states, but Mickey’s looking to find His niche in Japan. In early 2008 Disney will start releasing Mouse branded cell phones through Japanese provider Softbank. Sounds good in theory, but analysts are already killing their buzz by predicting low consumer interest. Maybe they are years ahead of their time? Or maybe Disney should just rethink their whole cell phone scheme. Take a step back, and settle for providing content for the major companies. Disney Cellular to land on Japanese shores [via electronista]
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