Apple thinks of adding flash memory to headsets to ease new device configs
Remember that exciting time when you buy your new phone or media player and start playing with it? Me too.
But there’s also one problem. Through the years of using, you’ve set-up your old device to work with perfectly.
You know – things like fast dial numbers, equalizer settings, network connection passwords, bookmarks, shortcuts to [...]
Micro USB phone charger standard to be adopted next year by Nokia, Samsung, Apple and others
Last time we heard about the GSMA’s universal phone charger project, it was estimated that most phones would use a standard Micro USB charger by 2012.
Now it looks like phones compatible with the new universal charger will be available in Europe as soon as next year.
According to Reuters, the European Commission announced that major telecoms [...]
Verizon intros GlobalAccess plan, USB1000 Global Modem
Verizon’s customers who often travel abroad should be happy to find out that the largest North American carrier has announced the USB1000 Global Modem (manufactured by Novatel Wireless), which features EV-DO Rev A and HSPA, thus being able to provide high-speed data connectivity both inside and outside the US.
The USB1000 Global Modem will be available [...]
Motorola Endeavor HX1 Bluetooth headset with bone conduction technology announced
Motorola has just unveiled a new Bluetooth headset, the Endeavor HX1, presented as the company’s first such headset to combine “CrystalTalk noise cancellation technology with a stealth mode so you can hear and be heard in the fiercest environments.”
HX1’s stealth mode leverages on true bone conduction technology, thus allowing users to hear and be heard [...]
Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905 – the best headset ever made?
Nokia has just announced the brand new Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905, which is presented by the company as the best headset ever made.
The BH-905 allows users to either make calls or listen to music, “with virtually any compatible phone or music device.”
It features active noise cancellation technology from Wolfson Microelectronics (plus a special switch for [...]
KTF launches mobile-controlled cleaning robot
KTF, the South Korean carrier that just released the Nokia 6210s, announced the introduction of a Cleaning Robot which can be controlled via 3G mobile phones.
Built in collaboration with the Korean company Microbot, the CW100 robot – which is actually a very smart vacuum cleaner – uses video calling to send live images to your [...]
Cellphone energy gap widens, says Strategy Analytics
According to a report issued by Strategy Analytics, the average time between charges for mobile phone users is likely to fall by 4.8% per year in the near future.
The report mentions that, in the last three years, battery capacity in handsets has increased by only 4% yearly, despite the fact that nowadays phones (and especially [...]
Motorola T325 Bluetooth speaker unveiled
Yesterday we saw Sony Ericsson announcing its first outdoor Bluetooth speaker – the MS500 – and now we’ve got news about a Bluetooth accessory that comes from Motorola.
Unlike the MS500, though, Motorola T325 was not officially announced.
However, we know that this Bluetooth speaker can also be used as an in-car hands-free system.
Further details about its [...]
Sony Ericsson MS500 outdoor Bluetooth speaker announced
Sony Ericsson has just expanded its line-up of accessories with the MS500, which is presented by the Swedish-Japanese company as its first outdoor Bluetooth speaker.
At 113 x 83 x 45 millimeters (4.4 x 3.3 x 1.8 inches) and 155 grams, the MS500 is both small and lightweight, thus you can take it anywhere with ease.
Obviously [...]
Fast-charging lithium batteries to come in two or three years
Researchers from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) are currently working on a lithium-ion battery that can be fully charged within seconds – as opposed to the Li-Ion batteries available today on the market, which, as we all know, require up to several hours for being 100% charged.
The new batteries could be smaller and lighter than [...]