Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot and S302 Snap-shot get official
Once again Sony Ericsson does would-be photographers a huge favor in unveiling their latest and greatest camera phones, one for the high-end and one for the low-end. The Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot is SE’s latest Cyber-shot camera phone that boasts the highest megapixel count ever at 8.1 megapixels. It offers integrated face detection auto-focus, [...]
Microsoft Veda. New look at mobile convergence
It was so easy to tell what is what and what for when we only had mobile phone and laptop to carry around.
But today, with the proliferation of smartphones, PDA phones, communicators, MID’s, UMPC’s, sub-notebooks and what not, sometimes it’s pretty difficult to know where to put any particular device and how best to use [...]
Microsoft wants to teach manners to you mobile device
In addition to many benefits brought to us by mobile phones, there have been a few drawbacks as well. Especially, related to ethics/culture/social issues of the mobile phone use.
Don’t you just hate it, when during an engaging presentation, show or movie, a mobile phone of some as#$%^&&, sorry, forgetful person, begins to ring? What [...]
New Nokia UI designs and form factors
When the news that there will be no upgrade to Nokia N93 device until 2010 came out, quite a few of it’s fans were pretty disappointed. And that’s understandable.
My guess is Nokia has it’s hands full with developing an iPhone challenger with S60 Touch, and bringing the platform that made N95 possible to the masses. [...]
Interactive keypad for Nokia phones
Except for the hyped new S60 Touch interface upgrade, Nokia has not been on the forefront of development of new user interfaces and phone form factors lately.
Most of the new ideas were left to experiment and introduce to LG - interesting touchpads on LG KF600, LG KF510 or LG Secret KF750, Samsung -interactive touchpads on [...]
Philips Smart Handbag for all your mobile devices
Clothing and travel gear vendors have been creating various ways to make your garments work better with your portable devices for a while now.
The backpacks, jackets and other clothing items, and even shoes with solar cells and electronic/conductive interfaces are pretty well known, if niche products. The proliferation of various portable devices that [...]
Sony Ericsson wants to add mobile data functionality to the cameras
Getting cameras into mobile phones these days have become so commonplace, that it’s actually harder to find a phone without the camera, then one with it.
But what about doing things the other way around?
Instead of trying to cram the camera functionality into a mobile phone, why not add the phone functionality, or at least [...]
Samsung files patent for cellphone sign language recognition
Samsung’s latest patent filing has us looking at the possible future of mobile phone input technology. This hasn’t exactly been unheard of before (with Sony Ericsson and Nokia both offering their own similar versions to it), but this is the real deal and before today something like this would be highly improbable. With Samsung’s knack [...]
Apple patents laser based head mounted display
The biggest problem watching movies on your iPhone? Of course, it’s the display size.
The quality of video processing quality on the iPhone is pretty good already, and, thank’s to the Moore’s law, will get much better in time, including the capabilities to view full HD movies in time. Storage? Give a few years and [...]
Apple is thinking about it’s own iPhone MVNO? New patent says yes.
We all know that for the next few years Apple’s iPhone is tied to the AT&T network, or whatever carrier has won the iPhone contract in your country by sharing the biggest slice of it’s revenues.
But what’ll happen after these contracts lapse? After the iPhone is an established and lusted for device with tens [...]