Tag Archive for 'mobile-phones'

Even among people I’d consider ‘sane’ most of the time, I’ve been told how my cell phone is a means of spying used by the government and yadda yadda yadda. If the government wants to hear me talk about my latest Halo 3 experience to my friends or make arrangements to go out [...]

Verizon announces new LG Chocolate, the Blue Ice. The new LG Chocolate Blue ice sports the same features as other LG chocolate. This frosty chocolaty treat from LG is currently available on Verizon’s site for $79.99 after $50 mail in rebate and two years contract. Retail stores will have the phone starting December 7th.
[via press [...]

TAG Heuer, the watchmaker has signed an exclusive agreement with ModelLabs to create mobile phones. This will be the first communication device using the TAG Heuer brand name and will inherit the design characteristic of the Swiss watch brand. TAG Heuer plans to launch its TAG Heuer brand mobile phones in the second half of [...]

That’s the distributors name, manufacturers name, and then the last 5 are the actual product name, in the title. What a mouthful, anyways, its an Italian device, and it’s a different look at a similar idea.

Basically they took and built a decent MP3 player, and then added the GSM phone functionality, instead of the general [...]

Google have released an update to their Maps for Mobile application, which brings Assisted-GPS to handsets which lack hardware GPS receivers.  Called “My Location”, it triangulates a user’s position via proximity to cell towers, plotting estimated position on a map downloaded via the phone’s data connection.
 
Check out a video of the app in action, after [...]

According to John Starkweather, Mobius is about a never ending conversation. A group devoted to following and reporting on topics and news related to mobile devices and consumer electronics. Click play to listen to John’s explanation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdOWYtbX5Ro

By the way, I got a glimpse of an updated version of Windows Mobile on current hardware - [...]

I had a chance to get some hands-on time with the Samsung Sangria here at Mobius. Make sure to click through for a walkthrough video (special thanks to the lovely Judie Lipsett from GearDiary).

The Sangria can be summed up as applicious, thanks to the ipod-like scroll wheel and the white chassis. I found [...]

What significance does this have to a gadget site? HE WAS KILLED BY HIS EXPLODING CELL PHONE!!! That’s what significance it has.

The phone you see above (it looks like a Samsung, but that hasn’t been verified yet) exploded in the 33-year old excavator driver’s shirt pocket. He was found dead next to his Excavator in [...]

If upgrading your phone is not an option, but you still need WiFi capability on your smartphone, then Planex miniSD wireless LAN card GW-MS54G might be a good solution for you. It supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption protocol and works with any 802.11 b/g WiFi network. The card will be available in Japan [...]

Sometimes after a hard days work the last thing I want to hear is my cell phone. Even though my ringtones are my favorite songs, it makes me cringe at the thought of talking to anyone, and that annoying vibrating is well…annoying. But I suffer from what I call ‘gottaknow’ syndrome. I [...]