Apple “tax” for iPhone accessories may be in the works
Perhaps one of the biggest surprises to Apple that came with the wild success of an iPod, was the emergence of the vibrant ecosystem of various iPod accessories. Somewhat belatedly Apple moved to capitalize on this ecosystem by introducing 10% tax for the right to display “Made for iPod” logo on [...]
Samsung Anycall SCH-C220/SPH-C2200/SPH-C2250 - slimmest slider for CDMA networks
Those darn lucky GSM network operator subscribers. All the newest and best phones always go to them. Case in point - Samsung U600 Ultra Edition II, 10.9 mm slimmest slider. Why on earth it had to be made only for GSM networks. Why can’t I have it with my CDMA network [...]
Sasmung i620 QWERTY Slider Smartphone
Samsung i620 slider smartphone is the next iteration in the design of Samsung QWERTY smartphones. Instead of building traditionally shaped smartphone with QWERTY keyboard, like Samsung i600, in SGH i620 model Samsung decided to cut the keyboard off. And turn Samsung i620 into a slider.
This is what they’ve got:
LG SV280 “Banana phone” turns green
LG SV280 “banana phone” (MOTORIZR Z8 brother) get’s a new color make-up. While designing their “banana phones”, the main focus of Korean designers was ergonomics. And, in their opinion, the curvy “banana” shape was the best for the phone.
But the shape is not enough! LG decided that to really make it ergonomic, [...]
Sony Ericsson W999i Walkman Slider Almost Official?
When we received a tip about Sony Ericsson W999i Walkman slider, we had our doubts of whether this phone is real.
It certainly looked good, but everyone knows that you can make almost anything look real good with Photoshop. And the green colors for the Walkman logo did not help matters much.
But the same picture [...]
A Washing Machine with Mp3 player by LG
It has very little to do with the wireless technology, which is the focus of this blog, but the recent patent filing by LG, called “Home appliance with MP3 player“, was just too good to pass.
The name of the application states the obvious - LG decided to patent some home appliance with MP3 player functionality. [...]
Samsung E210 - thin and affordable clamshell
The high end Samsung Ultra Edition phones are getting all the attention and the cutting edge thin technologies.
But as the latest anorexic achievements are implemented in Samsung Ultra Edition II, know-how from previous generation of thin phones is transferred to cheaper handsets. The first model to benefit from this was thin and affordable Samsung E200 [...]
Sony Ericsson K890i Cybershot Concept. Good Design and Photoshop skills
With eager mobile phone fans awaiting newer, nicer, better phones from their favorite vendor, some of them, with good design and Photoshop skills, decide to lend a helping hand and come up with pretty interesting designs.
This year we already saw some very nice concepts and dream specs for such phones as Asus Aura [...]
Slanting Cradles Coming to Samsung Phones and Media Players
Samsung is well known for it’s experimentation with innovative form factors for various mobile devices. One of more interesting designs to come out this year was Samsung YP-K5 MP3 player with slide-out/slanting speaker.
Now it looks like Samsung really liked this design and will port it to Samsung cellphones and media players. At least that’s what [...]
Asus J502 Camera Phone with remote SMS control
Asus is moving real fast with the development and introduction of it’s new mobile phones. Only 3 months have passed since worldwide launch of Asus J501 phone and now Asus is launching better camera and bigger screen upgrade to it - Asus J502 Camera Phone.
Asus J502 is a triband GSM 900/1800/1900 GPRS class 12 [...]