Archive for August, 2008

Tag Heuer Back again with "Meridiist" Luxury phone

You may not be able to afford it, but you’ll probably still want to know that TAG Heuer’s Meridiist phone is now available at London store Selfridges. 3,300 Euros will get you a phone that has been meticulously built by hand, an external steel case complete with a leather trim back cover, 1.9-inch QVGA display, [...]

FCC Reveals Nokia 6650 for AT&T

Documents made public by the FCC today show a version of Nokia’s 6650 clamshell 3G smartphone sporting an AT&T logo. The 6650, announced overseas in March, sports a stainless steel cover, HSDPA data, GPS, 2 megapixel camera, QVGA display, and memory card slot. The smartphone runs the latest version of S60: 3rd Edition, Feature Pack [...]

Mobile phone charger pen

One of the most annoying things that can happen when you’re out and about is to run out of phone battery, and there’s very rarely a plug socket around you can hook your charger up to. It is these times that this little gadget was created for. It might look like a pen, but actually, [...]

BlueAnt Announces V1 Voice Controlled Headset

BlueAnt has announced its V1 Bluetooth headset billed as the world’s first voice controlled headset. The headset is the first to use the new Bluetooth 2.1 specification and it utilizes BlueGenie Voice Interface and BlueAnt Voice Isolation Technology. The V1 can respond to voice commands like "Pair Me," "Redial", "Call back," "Answer/ignore Call," and more. [...]

No VoIP In New Nokia N-Series Phones

Nokia, the leading handset maker, has been a favorite of ours for two reasons –- it ruthlessly promoted and added Wi-Fi connectivity to its handsets and added VoIP functionality to its devices. Carriers did not view these technology developments too kindly since it prevented them from extorting exorbitant amounts of cash for costly long distance [...]

Sky and its latest HSDPA phone!!

Sky has just introduced this morning in Korea its latest HSDPA slidephone, the IM-S370. We’ll have a nice phone with 2.6-Inch WQVGA screen, 1.3MegaPix Camera (slightly light), micro SD port, Multimedia player, GPS, T-Map, Bluetooth, FM Radio, M-Banking … As usually, it’s only available for our Korean friends, too bad… From akihabaranews

Hands-free cigarettes

If you were thinking this post is about some kind of lazy/technological way to smoke cigarettes without the use of your hands, you’d be wrong (but wouldn’t that be great). It’s actually about a headset shaped and decorated like a packet of Marlboro Reds. One for the smokers me thinks. It seems unlikely any non-smoker [...]

Aliph Jawbone 2 now available from Apple

Apple stores nationwide are now stocking the Aliph Jawbone 2 Bluetooth headset. This follow-up to the original Jawbone offers a smaller, slimmer design, and is available in several different colors. The Aliph Jawbone 2 uses patented NoiseAssassin technology, which is designed to block outside noise and only carry your voice through to the other person. [...]

New LG Voyager in Titanium from Verizon

Verizon Wireless and LG today added the cool looking LG Voyager Titanium phone into their portfolio of touch-screen phones. The Titanium Voyager doesn’t bring too many new things when compared to the old black one (which, by the way, is now out of stock). The main difference (besides the color) is that the new Voyager [...]

Jabra BT2050 Bluetooth headset launches

GN has launched the Jabra BT2050 Bluetooth headset with a simple design – and simple price tag of £20. With the design centred around an "elegant" silver disk, the BT2050 offers two wearing styles – with or without earhook – and comes in two sizes. Offering automatic pairing, call ending by touching the disk and [...]