Mobile Phones

Mobile Phones, cell phones

Iotum looking for Blackberry users to test their app

January 5, 2007

Alec Saunders has an open call to test Iotum's Talk-Now presence-award application on a Blackberry. Russell Shaw has a good overview. I'm pretty swamped lately or I'd like to try it myself. Looks pretty cool. Any takers?

Posted in Mobile Phones, PDAs & Handhelds

The iPhone Arrives ... via Cisco

December 18, 2006

While all of us blogged on and on about the union of the iPod and the cell phone into something we all loved to call the iPhone, Cisco has quietly been watching and waiting, not saying a word, even though they filed the trademark application for the name 10 years ago.

Now that they have a real product, the iPhone seems less groovy coming from Cisco (or rather Linksys) than it would have coming from Apple -- even if the technology in each product was comparable.
(Note trad keypad and no wheel, alas ...)

Now that the dust has settled between Cisco and Apple over the iPhone trademark the Apple iPhone has finally arrived and is for sale, go check out some of these hot new iPhone accessories!

No doubt there will be a buying spree and a lot of the iPhones will end up selling for 200% markups on eBay. Might even put the PS3 buying frenzy to shame.

It's amazing what the coolness factor can do ...

Update. It looks like the iPhone has also arrived from Apple themselves. I wrote about their launch here and their how they kept the iPhone top-secret here.

Posted in Mobile Phones

Ringtone Maker: What an Idea!

December 18, 2006

Can you believe ringtones are such a big business?

Well, if you don't want to add a few more bucks to your monthly phone bill for a custom ringtone, then Magix's Ringtone Maker 2 might just be the product for you.

Ringtone Maker 2 lets you personalize your cell phone by creating your own ringtones from music and video hits without paying any subscription or download fees.

With Ringtone Maker 2, you can create as many ringtones as you like on your PC and then transfers them to your cell phone as a realtone or polyphonic ringtone.

Posted in Mobile Phones

Kapanga Mobile Edition for mobiles and smart phones

December 13, 2006

Today Kapanga did the beta launch for Kapanga Mobile Edition. According to their release, a 30-day trial beta can be downloaded for free from Kapanga Softphone's website (http://www.kapanga.net). Once installed, Kapanga Mobile users can establish simultaneous voice and video communications through a software PBX or VoIP provider using the mobile device's 802.11 WiFI connection. Kapanga Mobile can also communicate directly to another SIP client device.

Posted in Mobile Phones, VoIP

Talkster launches public beta

December 11, 2006

Talkster today announced that their closed/invite-only beta is now open the public. Talkster essentially lets you place free calls from your regular cell phone to instant messaging clients such as MSN Messenger, Google Talk, and Gizmo Project. What's nice about Talkster is you don't have to have a telephone number to reach someone - you simply use their buddy (contact) name. Further, Talkster is convenient because it consolidates 3 popular communications services people and allows you to leverage them to make VoIP calls to any of these services using your mobile phone.

Posted in Mobile Phones, Skype, Technology and Science, Wireless

More Battery Woes

December 8, 2006

Yes, the year of bad batteries continues!

Today, we have news from the New York Times that Sanyo (no, not Sony) is recalling more than 1 million handset batteries that could overheat.

All of this can make you kinda nervous about anything with batteries as a power source -- and how many gadgets today don't rely on batteries?

Maybe time to rethink the holiday gift list?

Nah.

Posted in Mobile Phones

Hey, the iPhone Is Already Here!

December 7, 2006

Funny, how we all talk about the upcoming Apple iPhone ...

Even funnier that a Canadian company(Comwave to be exact), according to this report, has been using the name for two years!

Can you believe it!

You can follow the trail if you like ...

Now, this doesn't mean that Apple's iPod phone (when it gets here) won't have the iPhone moniker, just that is may take a little legal dancing to make it happen.

Posted in Mobile Phones

Calling All Cub Reporters!

December 4, 2006

Ever wanted to see your name in print (well it may be very small ...)

Cool idea by Yahoo! and Reuters to enlist all of the many camera phone-equipped population to send in their photos and videos of news events so that they can be posted online.

(Cool, but practical?)

For many more details, click here.

We all need more Jimmy Olsens and Lois Lanes in the world -- maybe the next idea will be send in your own news pieces for posting ...

Or how about a 21st Century Weegee?

(Thanks ICP.)

Posted in Mobile Phones

Bond Goes Sony at the Casino Royale

November 28, 2006

Even though I read the reviews, was surprised to see so few gadgets in the latest James Bond opus Casino Royale.

Guess I've gotten spoiled by all of the crazy gadgets that Q dreamed up over the years -- who can forget that Aston Martin in Goldfinger?

Anyway, not too surprised to see Sony Ericsson mobile phones play such a big roll in the movie -- the film is from Columbia Pictures (the same as Sony Pictures).

Come to think of it, wasn't that Sony's Vaio notebook computer in a couple of scenes, too?

Now do you see how the pieces of the puzzle fit together?

Elementary, by dear Watson ...

Posted in Mobile Phones

Would a Cell Phone by Any Other Name Smell as Sweet?

November 27, 2006

Shakespearen apologies aside, what if the cell phone was called something else besides a cell phone?

(We call our category here "Mobile Phones," for instance -- as I am sure all of you are well aware.)

Well, that's the $1 million question that an article in BusinessWeek raises.

And if the ubiquitous gadget did have the oppotunity to dial-in another name, what do you think it would be?

Now that's where the fun starts ...

Posted in Mobile Phones

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