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Napolean

Motorola's "Napolean" Q World Phone Gets Leaked: CDMA + GSM Included

Motorola's got another Q in the queue in the form of the new Napolean world phone. It's a CDMA smartphone for Verizon that does double duty with GSM, so you can use it pretty much anywhere. It also includes Wi-Fi if you're not feeling like using its EV-DO Revision A or EDGE data, runs Windows Mobile 6.1, and includes a fingerprint scanner and a 2-megapixel camera with flash. It sounds like a great phone for world travelers, but probably overkill for anyone else. [BGR]

7:30 PM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Matt Hickey
2,631 views, 19 comments

Latest by jeepingeek: aren't there rumors about the upcoming BB Thunder having both chip sets? if there are i sure hope they are true. the 8830 just is a little too odd shaped for me. more »

sony ericsson

Sony Ericsson C905 8.1-Megapixel Cybershot Phone Gets Official Specs

Twice we've brought you leaked info on Sony Ericsson's upcoming C905 cellphone, and today at last Sony came good with official specs. The camera in its slider body is indeed an 8.1-megapixel one, with xenon flash, auto-focus, face detection and image stabilization. The phone's also pretty full-featured, and is GPS-ready, with a 2.4-inch TFT screen and TV-out capability as we'd heard. So is it a camera with a bolt-on phone or the other way around? Read the specs in the press release to decide. Simultaneously, Sony came up with news of the S302 Snapshot, which sounds like a lower-spec sibling to the C905 with just 2-megapixels and a fixed-focus lens. Both should be available late this year. More »

11:20 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Kit Eaton
12,431 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: @CutePuppyz: The logic is more than likely to take good pictures for uploading or sending, not for saving to the phone and using as a slideshow or such... more »

sony ericsson

Sony Ericsson F305 Has Wiimote-Like Motion Gaming, May Be PSP Phone?

This leaked Sony Ericsson's F305 phone is notable for a couple reasons. One, it's their first motion gaming phone under the F-line (there've been one or two here and there for various other phones), which makes us and The Unofficial Sony Ericsson Blog think that it the series stands for "Fun". Two, it's got PlayStation buttons on there, namely the O and the X, giving users an NES-level of complexity to the games. More »

10:59 AM on Sun Jun 15 2008
By Jason Chen
6,037 views, 10 comments

Latest by n/a: Doesn't look impressive at all for a 'dedicated' gaming phone. more »

singapore airlines

Singapore Airlines Flights Get iPhone/iPod Docks and 15.4-inch LCDs

Singapore Airlines is installing iPod docks and 15.4-inch widescreen LCDs in their all-Business Class Airbus A340-500 flights between NY/LA and Singapore, ensuring that we're going to be flying with them if we ever have to travel to that part of the world. Each business customer can dock their iPhone or iPod and watch their own movies on the included noise-canceling headphones—which will be interrupting when the captain wants tell you to look off to your left so you can see a drunken Superman mooning your plane. Flights from Newark with this will start May 15 (today), and August for the LA ones. Maybe now business passengers won't engage in business time whilst in the air.

8:00 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Jason Chen
4,299 views, 16 comments

Latest by Worf: So now Airbus is competing with Boeing on who's the largest iPod accessory manufacturer in the world? more »

cellphones

Classy Ferrari Cellphone Is Business in the Front, Party in the Back

Remember that guy you know who really, really loves Ferraris? The guy that's got Ferrari posters and Ferrari keychains and Ferrari dinner plates. Yeah, your ten-year-old nephew. He would LOVE this Ferrari cellphone. Not only does it look like a Ferrari when you lay it down on a table, there's a 2.2-inch touchscreen LCD underneath. How could anyone say no? [Chip Chick]

5:00 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Jason Chen
4,762 views, 18 comments

spying

House Denies Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity For Telcos

In a textbook display of checks and balances, the House of Representatives defied President Bush and the Senate yesterday by passing their version of a surveillance bill without legal immunity for telcos. The bill passed by only 16 votes, far from the 2/3 majority needed to override Bush's inevitable veto. It looks like this legislative battle could continue until the next president takes office in 2009. As we have seen, an Obama administration would deny immunity, McCain would grant immunity, and Clinton? Who knows. [dslreports]

1:55 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Eric Sheline
2,572 views, 58 comments

Latest by Namtillaku: @FlashTurbo: Maybe you ought to at least make an attempt at informing yourself before you make comments like this. If all you can do is display ignorance, you're just making yourself look the fool. [www.salon.com] Refer your attention to the Update. more »

gadgets

Thomson Symbio Cordless VoIP DECT Phone Looks Deceiving

When does a cordless phone not look like a cordless phone? When it looks like this Thomson Symbio DECT VoIP phone, which allows you to hang up the receiver like a "old time phone," but picks up and works like a cordless one. There's a small LCD screen in the body in order to view contacts and other VoIP network info, and the phone even has internet radio and RSS capabilities—as if you'd want to do either on a phone for an extended amount of time (maybe on the toilet). It's unclear whether this works with Skype, or how it's VoIP, but it sure does look nice. [Thomson via Nexux404]

2:00 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Jason Chen
2,993 views, 6 comments

Latest by Jakus: i want this as a normal cordless phone! more »

peripherals

Plug It Phone Charm Contains Cunningly Disguised Data Cable

If you thought the phrase "useful phone charm" was inherently oxymoronic, please meet Plug It's phone charm offering. It looks like a hunk of plastic junk, until you split it open to reveal a complete data cable. More »

7:05 AM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Haroon Malik
4,168 views, 6 comments

unconfirmed

Xperia X1 Delayed Till 2009?

We brought you news that Sony Ericsson's first Windows Mobile smartphone would ship mid 2008, however, the guys at Sony Ericsson Blog have spotted an official Sony Ericsson webpage showing the expected release date as 10/02/2009. More »

11:30 AM on Sun Mar 2 2008
By Haroon Malik
16,532 views, 23 comments

gaming

N-Gage Boss on PSP Phone: "We're Not Scared." Uh, Really?

When asked whether or not he viewed the upcoming PSP phone as a threat to the N-Gage, Nokia games head honcho Jaakko Kaidesoja responded thusly:
"I'm not scared about anybody. The real question is how do they [Sony Ericsson] do it? Can they create a link between the PSP games and a phone? Can they do the multiplayer and online stuff? We've been doing this for two years and it hasn't been easy."
Is that the real question, or is it whether or not Nokia can do anything right and finally get a gaming platform off the ground? [Pocket Gamer]

7:30 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,874 views, 45 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: @ThriftyTechie: Haha I forgive you. Yeah I don't know I live in my own small world so I guess I just thought Nokia ruled everywhere else to haha. Here In South Africa we generally have a very big mobile phone more »

novelty phones

Camel Cigarette Phone Probably Won't Fool Anyone

If you were of the 598 landline-only Giz readers, you should probably hide your embarrassing lack of technology. This $49 touchtone phone disguises your relic as a pack of death sticks. It looks accurate, but your bluff will probably be called when people notice that it's connected to the wall or remember you don't actually smoke. And that you're talking to your cigarettes. [Custom Phones via Shiny Shiny]

2:20 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Eric Sheline
2,686 views, 20 comments

cellphones

Panasonic Viera Phone Brings Quality TV Viewing to Your Handset

The P950iTV cellphone, which will be a Japan-only release, is the first Panasonic handset to carry the Viera branding. The TV-centric features will include a 3.5-inch 262k color display (854 x 480!); video playback at 30 fps, a 4,000:1 contrast ratio, TV and audio out ports, as well as more traditional features, including HSDPA connectivity, 2MP camera and SDHC memory slot. We sure would like to tune into Futurama on the P50iTV, but as ever, the Japanese have all the great gadget fun. [Trusted Reviews via Ubergizmo]

6:49 AM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Haroon Malik
3,556 views, 7 comments

Latest by deusdiabolus: @john_nyc: Both in size and content. more »

phone

Cute Voice-Changing Telephone is for Kidnappers, Not Kids

This landline phone with an adorable unknown animal on it seems perfect for the phone-calling tyke in your life, but what's on the inside is truly scary. Its guts contain a voice-changing module with high- or low-pitch options, allowing you to choose between your inner Barry White and your inner Jared Wiley. Or your, you know, every kidnapper ever. It comes from world-famous shlock wholesaler Chinavision, so pick up one or five...hundred, starting at $10.27. [Chinavision via Crave]

10:54 AM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Benny Goldman
2,483 views, 15 comments

Latest by Gizmog: I'm sure the "technology" in this phone is fairly basic, but I actually wouldn't mind a more advanced version of this phone. I have a fairly high-pitched voice, and for some reason it seems even higher-pitched on the phone. more »

fake

Gigantic Windows Mobile 'Phone' Leaves Us Scratching Our Heads

We can't really figure this thing out. It's supposed to be a joke "product" (we think) called the HTC Magnum. Either this man is holding a pretty gigantic tablet, or a widescreen monitor, or he's the most hormonally developed three-year-old we've ever seen. This thing, whatever it is, looks real in the sense that it doesn't seem to be Photoshopped, plus the images in the screens actually look pretty high resolution. That's is why we're so puzzled by it. What is this thing? Where can we get one? [Pocketpt via PortalPPC]

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2:30 PM on Tue Feb 5 2008
By Jason Chen
15,754 views, 68 comments

Latest by videoCWK: Looks to me like a huge tablet running Windows Mobile, which is actually pretty cool, even though it's Windows Mobile. Now let's see one of the iPhone. more »

cellphones

Purple Magic is Sub-$100 Linux 3G Cellphone, Not Recreational Drug

The fellows at NXP Semiconductors and Purple Labs have teamed up to put together the Purple Magic 3G cellphone. The Linux based handset will retail below $100, and if that does not have you interested, perhaps the video calling ability, incorporated MP3 player and high-speed internet browsing will have your bargain alarms hitting overdrive.
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12:00 PM on Sun Feb 3 2008
By Haroon Malik
12,591 views, 27 comments

concepts

Design Competition Brings Artistic Elegance to Cellphone Concepts

Those arty chaps at the Royal College of Art have created some great looking mobile phone concepts. The designs were put together for a competition that was sponsored by the cellular network 3. The runners-up included the Vase phone, which begins as an empty "vessel," but has features added to it gradually, according to the user's needs. The Teiko cellphone was designed for children, incorporating GPS for parental tracking and a rugged general construction. More »

9:00 PM on Sat Feb 2 2008
By Haroon Malik
10,593 views, 8 comments

patents

Sony Ericsson Patent Details Detachable Cellphone Display

A recently uncovered Sony Ericsson patent details a cellphone with a detachable screen. The utility of such a function is not openly discussed in the document, but we cannot help thinking it would have little benefit over other equivalent designs. The image depicts a clamshell phone, which means if this were a touchscreen, users could discriminate between which data entry method, but doesn't the HTC Dual Touch solve this problem a little more succinctly? It is an interesting idea for sure, but we really cannot see a place for the LEGO-esque cellphone. Any ideas? [Unwired View]

5:00 AM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Haroon Malik
1,935 views, 8 comments

Latest by aelfin: @Stickarm: Just wonderful. Play it again, Sam! more »

iphone wannabe

Sharp's Full Face 2 Cellphone Brings iNevitable Comparisons

The Full Face 2 reminds me of another phone but, in my humble opinion, Sharp's slim cell looks better from the front than the iPhone does. Beyond its appealing looks, however, it doesn't heat up the competition all that much. The display is a 3.2-inch multi-touch-less LCD (480 x 854), it has a 3.2MP camera, micro SDHC support, totes HSDPA, a 1Seg TV tuner that will be all but useless in the States, and will be available in either black, soft pink, champagne gold, white or ice blue. The Full Face 2 is a Japan-only release—I can't believe I got to put the words "full," "face" and "release" in the same sentence without making it naughty. Bravo, Sharp. [Akihabara News] More »

5:36 AM on Wed Jan 30 2008
By Haroon Malik
5,807 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: Hehe...alot of nerds get really touchy when it comes to their mEPhones. more »

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