Gizmodo: SIM Cards

Motorola MING A1800 Comes Out With Both SIM Card Slots Blazin'

Sean Fallon — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:30:00 EDT

A hands on with the new Linux-based MING A1800 from Motorola by the guys at Boy Genius Report has revealed some interesting information. For example, the phone features CDMA, quad-band GSM and dual SIM card slots along with Bluetooth and a 3 megapixel camera. They also claim that the phone felt "sturdy as a rock" despite its diminutive size. There isn't any pricing information yet, but BGR expects to learn more at CTIA next week. [BGR via Unwired View]

Think Geek's SIM Card Backup Gadget Saves Your Contacts

hook — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:30:00 EST

If you've ever had the nightmarish experience of trying to retrieve all your peeps' phone numbers after you lost your phone, you may want Think Geek's SIM card backup gadget. The device has 16KB memory, which is enough to stow away up to 500 numbers. The shiny $15 backerupper can be password protected for added security, and can receive and transfer contact info from multiple SIMs. It may just be the thing to save your sanity—along with that hot chick from the bar's digits. [Tech Digest]

TechFaith Launches "World's First WCDMA/GSM Dual Mode Phone"

Sean Fallon — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:00:57 EDT

China's TechFaith Wireless Communication Company has developed what they are calling the "World's first WCDMA/GSM dual mode phone." The "Twins" phone, as it has been dubbed, allows users the option of loading one WCDMA card and one GSM or loading dual GSM SIM cards. That means it would no longer be necessary to switch out SIM cards or carry around two phones for calls on both business and personal lines.

Other features include: a 2.0 megapixel camera, 2.8" touch sensitive TFT-LCD display, 256MB/64MB ROM memory, MP3 and MPEG4 player, WCDMA modem, Bluetooth, and video call capabilities. Two models will be available the "Dragonfly" and "OMAP' with the latter having a faster CPU and tri-band network support instead of quad-band. Naturally, no pricing information has been released, which is just as well seeing as how this product is unlikely to make its way to the states anytime soon. Bummer. [TechFaith via TFOT]

iMono Flash Memory Card and SIM Reader: Pocket-Sized Polyglot

Charlie White — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:49:19 EST

The multi-readers get smaller and smaller, and this iMono SIM card packs more versatility into a small form factor than we've seen yet. It handles a veritable alphabet soup of flash memory cards, including miniSD, all types of Memory Sticks, microSD, SD, MMC Card 4.0, MultiMedia Card, MultiMedia Card Plus, RS-MMC (MMC Mobile), RS-MMC4.0 (MMC Mobile 4.0) and MMC micro. It also reads cellphone SIM cards. Plus, there's no cover to lose.

I picked up a reader similar to this in Singapore recently, and it's functioned well enough to find itself a permanent place in my road warrior's bag. Not a bad deal for $19. – Charlie White

Product Page [USB Geek, via TRFJ]

Dual Sim Card Adapter

gizmodo.com — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 14:58:44 EST

If for some reason you find yourself toting around one cellphone and two sim cards at the same time, you might want to look into purchasing a dual sim adapter like the one on the right. The Powerful Dual Card offered by Hong Kong's mobile.brando for $27 lets you switch from one sim to the other without powering your phone off; there's a menu so you can either switch manually or set a timer to do it.

Dual Sim card adapter makes it easy [MobileMag]
Powerful Dual Card [mobile.brando.com.hk]
Cheaper roaming: One phone but two numbers [International Herald Tribune]

Flash That Phonebook, Baby

gizmodo.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:59:10 EST

If you can get over the name, you might actually get some really good use out of this little gadget. The USB Phonebook Flasher plugs one end into your mobile phone and another into a USB port for one-touch backups for your address book. It's probably the most valuable tool ever for someone who uses Verizon or a service without the ease of a SIM card. No more having to spend hours reloading your new phone with your numbers off your old phone when you've got this. Backs up over 10,000 phonebook entries off both the phone and/or SIM card. Only $21.00 to spare you hours of aggrevation and sore fingers.

USB Phonebook Flasher [Red Ferret]