Archive for the 'Smartphone' Category

Opticon’s H19 workhorse smartphone with laser scanner

The ruggedized Opticon H19 might not be too fashionable, but this work-focused smartphone with integrated laser bar code scanner is ready to get things done. The integrated GPS receiver allows for location-aware applications and the quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) support offers worldwide coverage. WiFi and Bluetooth are built-in for convenience, as well. The Opticon H19′s candybar [...]

Mio Lovebird confirmed: GPS-centric WM6.1 smartphone

The GPS smartphone Mio were showing back at CES earlier this year, which uses Qualcomm’s new QST1100 combined app processor/GPS/cellular radio chip, has acquired a name and a likely release; called Lovebird, the touchscreen Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro handset has both GPS and A-GPS, quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 2GB of ROM to store Mio’s mapping data.With [...]

PhoneTag "Hacked" For GrandCentral, Converts Voicemail to E-Mail

PhoneTag, the gang who turns voicemail into text, has “hacked” Google’s GrandCentral. The service that consolidates all of your phone numbers into one is useful for people on the go, but its voicemail system is clunky, especially for those needing fast access to messages. That’s what makes this hack so clever. When you sign up [...]

Liver checking sensor hooks onto your phone, tells your liver status

If you are a regular at the Power Hour scene then besides the Shot Launcher you will also need to invest in this device that the Korean researchers are developing. Korean Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology have developed a liver checking sensor which snaps onto your mobile phone via the battery port. It performs a [...]

Linux "Greenphone" to be discontinued

When it was introduced it was called the "first Linux-based mobile phone with user-modifiable firmware," but now Trolltech has decided to discontinue its Linux-based "Greenphone" development platform. Greenphone had created a buzz when it was introduced at LinuxWorld 2006. Greenphone was capable of providing wireless carriers and third-party application developers real-world target hardware. The phone [...]

Dallab DX8i Made-in-Malaysia PDA Phone

The DX8i is a full-fledged PDA that runs on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition operating system. Instead of bulky QWERTY keyboard, the DX8i uses a alphanumeric keypad. The PDA phone is very powerful for both work and play functions as it using 416MHz Intel XScale processor.DX8i is teeming with contemporary handset properties [...]

Dopod C730 3G Windows Mobile Smartphone Review

Power and connectivity. Two things you can’t do without in the business world. The Dopod C730 the 3.5G messaging phone that has everything you require for total connectivity. Running on the latest Windows Mobile 6 Standard operating system, the C730 is set to give you ultimate convenience while on the go.This sleek Smartphone is built [...]

OpenMoko Neo 1973 The Revolution to “Free Your Phone”

The NEO1973, from First International Computer (FIC), is planned as the first of a series of phones based around the OpenMoko platform.OpenMoko was set up by FIC to develop the open source platform for the phone. FIC is making hardware specifications available to software developers and is working closely with them.The phone communicates on GSM [...]

Sharp WS011SH or Advanced WZERO 3

The mystery phone which made appearance at the Windows Mobile Japanese Edition press conference is finally official. The Sharp WS011SH sports a sliding full QWERTY keyboard and is powered by a Marvell PXA 270 processor at 520 Mhz along with 256MB of flash memory and 128MB of ROM. The icing on the cake is the [...]

Meizu MiniOne Smartphone

The iphone clone manufacturer Meizu revealed the MiniOne smartphone that puts other smart phones in shame. MiniOne is powered by Samsung ARM11 533MHz and 128MB of SDRAM and runs Windows CE 6 with out effort.The specs of the MiniOne continues with Bluetooth , WiFi connectivity, a DMB tuner, GPS navigation, support wide range audio and [...]