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Toshiba 815T PB: Transformers-Like Cellphone of Geeky dreams

Toshiba’s new Softbank 815T PB is the robot/cellphone hybrid I would’ve dreamed of if cellphones had been around when I was a kid. It’s made for an upcoming Japanese TV drama called Ketai Sousakan 7 and it really does transform, Transformers-like, into a robot toy complete with tiny bunched fists. Even the display-face is part…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

iPhone Haptic Keyboard Prototype Introduced: Does Anyone Care?

A couple of University of Glasgow students have built a prototype of a program that brings haptic touchscreen technology to the iPhone. It’s a buggy program, but even if the kinks get worked out a question remains: does anybody need it? Haptic touchscreens, as you probably know, provide tactical feedback when a button is pressed.…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Taliban Orders Afghan Cellphone Companies to Shut Down Networks at Night

Taliban rebels in Afghanistan have issued an ultimatum to the country’s mobile network operators to shut down cellphone coverage at night—or else. The reason for this is not because of a desire by the medieval revivalists/”moral” “guardians”/warmongering nutcases/nasty little freedom-killing, women-bashing, beard-obsessed terrorists —call ’em what you want—to put a stop to potential cellphone naughtiness,…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Verizon “Any App, Any Device” Tech Specs Go Up March 19

Seem like it might be obvious, but the technical specs for wild, woolly and wonderful devices to attach to Verizon’s soon-to-be wide open network will be unveiled March 19 at their Open Development Device Conference. Start heating up those soldering irons, boys. [Verizon] https://gizmodo.com/verizon-says-you-can-port-from-sprint-build-your-own-p-326896

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Zeki Cellphone Is Walkie-Talkie with SMS and MP3 for Kids

A company called YoungToys is bringing out a cellphone aimed at kids and toddlers in Korea. The Zeki is a digital walkie-talkie, enabling conversations and short messages exchange between two handsets up to 260 feet apart, as well as MP3 playback and audio/video recording (presumably useful if you’re the snooping parent type). For older kids,…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Nokia Morph Cellphone Rolls Up, Stretches, Cleans Itself

Nokia’s new Morph concept phone would use nanotechnology to give it a flexible body with a transparent display that could be re-shaped depending on the user’s needs, a far cry from today’s solid and chunky devices. Even the electronics inside it would be transparent and flexible, so the whole phone may be twisted and stretched…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

The iPhone Under a Microscope

The iPhone is a beautiful machine with amazingly clean lines and smooth surfaces. But how does an iPhone that’s suffered the normal daily wear and tear hold up…under a $30,000 optical microscope? Not so bad, actually. And its frosted metal back casing looks just wicked. These shots are pretty and all, but for the true…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Sony Ericsson Files Patent for Self-Adjusting Pico Projector

With pico projectors on the brink of becoming available to the mobile masses, Sony Ericsson has filed a patent for technology that would automatically adjust the projected image using analysis from the handsets camera. Naturally, there is no clear timeframe for when this technology might show up in a commercial product. [Cellpassion via Intomobile via…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Sliding Glass Phone is Low on Features, High on Glass In Your Face

Designer Chris Owens has come up with a fashion phone that’s even slicker (and lacking in features) than the LG Prada or the Samsung Armani phones. The design’s appealing because it’s got a giant screen on the front (much like the Prada or the iPhone), but has an illuminated glass dialpad that slides out from…

Tech News Jason Chen

First Shots of China’s Build-to-Order ZZZphone

John Biggs of Crunchgear wrote a piece for the NYTimes on the custom build ZZZphones from China. He got these first shots of the unfinished hardware, but also figured out that the handsets are not running Windows Mobile as previously reported, suspecting a linux OS. [NYT via Crunch]

Tech News Brian Lam

Cellphone Display Concept Designed for Dracula Is Bloody, Ridiculous

Here’s a design that Dracula would love: a subcutaneously-implanted, wireless digital tattoo display whose fuel cell is powered by blood. An entrant into the same Greener Design Competition as the gravity clock, the concept uses Bluetooth to communicate with your portable gadgets—or even devices implanted elsewhere in your body. https://gizmodo.com/gravity-lamp-lasts-200-years-will-gmm-r2-torchiere-lam-358154 Jim Mielke’s concept would be…

Gadgets Kit Eaton

Samsung Patent for Gaming Phone Is Transformers-esque

Its click ‘n’ snap-ness may not be quite as radical as the Nokia N93 featured in Transformers: The Movie, but Samsung’s patent for a gaming phone is pretty awesome. In cellphone mode, the phone looks like, well, a phone, but slide it into game mode and it becomes just a little bit special, with a…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Google May Buy a Balloon Company to Build Huge Wireless Networks

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is considering either a partnership or a full-on buyout of Space Data Corp—a company that provides balloon-based wireless networks. If you think that seems a little strange, consider this: the balloons can help bring wireless service to individuals in rural areas and they can be launched on the…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Sprint May Be Bringing a $59 Unlimited Flat-Rate Plan to Spite Other Carriers

Now that all the major cellphone carriers except Sprint have a $99 flat-rate plan for unlimited calling, Sprint wants to one-up everybody and undercut the competition by up to 40%. According to Reuters, analysts are saying that a plan could be coming that either hits the $60 or $80 price point, which would be hard…

Tech News Jason Chen

10 Awesome Applications for Symbian Phones

If you just got an N95, are drooling over its successor, the N96—or any Nokia E or N series phone—GigaOm has a great list of apps you should load up to the get the most out of Symbian. Here’s a few: Gmail for Mobile (mercifually designed for numeric keypads); GooSync to bring your Google and…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Unlimited Calling Plan Cheat Sheet

Okay, so every major provider now has unlimited access plans. But what do you really get with each provider, and for how much? Here’s everything broken down into a single chart. Note: These are for your phone only, and don’t include tethering. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-now-99-for-unlimited-voice-and-35-for-unlimited-358178 It looks like AT&T has the best deal, at $135 for unlimited…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Apple Certified Refurbished 8GB iPhone for $349

Refurbished iPhones almost never show up on Apple’s Special Deals page, but here it is. Quizzically, $599 is listed as the original price, but it’s yours for $349. Act fast, they probably don’t have too many. [Apple Store]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

AT&T Now $99 for Unlimited Voice and $35 For Unlimited Data

AT&T’s responding to Verizon’s Unlimited calling and data contracts with a $99 all you can eat voice plan that can be combo’d up with any data plan. The data plans are a step in the non-evil direction for AT&T: $35 bucks for unlimited connectivity and messaging. An AT&T spokesperson tells us that includes 3G. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-offering-unlimited-voice-text-and-data-plans-a-357694…

Tech News Brian Lam

Webasto Heater is Activated by SMS, Pre-Heats Your Ride

The winter may bring with it romantic comedies featuring Hugh Grant, but the downside is the drop in temperature. Fortunately, the Webasto Thermo Top E Parking Heater allows users to send a text message to a car where it is installed, which then kicks it into action, ensuring your car is warm to the touch…

Tech News Haroon Malik

Quadband GSM Wristphone from Epoq Charges Kinetically

The EGP-WP88 from Epoq is the first GSM wristphone that actually looks like a watch. Waterproof to 50 meters, the WP88 has a kinetic recharge system, meaning you can charge it just by walking around, and boasts a 1.3-megapixel camera, OLED display, plays MP3 and MP4 files and can transfer data via either USB or…

Gadgets AddyDugdale

Toshiba 815T PB: Transformers-Like Cellphone of Geeky dreams

iPhone Haptic Keyboard Prototype Introduced: Does Anyone Care?

Taliban Orders Afghan Cellphone Companies to Shut Down Networks at Night

Verizon “Any App, Any Device” Tech Specs Go Up March 19

Zeki Cellphone Is Walkie-Talkie with SMS and MP3 for Kids

Nokia Morph Cellphone Rolls Up, Stretches, Cleans Itself

The iPhone Under a Microscope

Sony Ericsson Files Patent for Self-Adjusting Pico Projector

Sliding Glass Phone is Low on Features, High on Glass In Your Face

First Shots of China’s Build-to-Order ZZZphone

Cellphone Display Concept Designed for Dracula Is Bloody, Ridiculous

Samsung Patent for Gaming Phone Is Transformers-esque

Google May Buy a Balloon Company to Build Huge Wireless Networks

Sprint May Be Bringing a $59 Unlimited Flat-Rate Plan to Spite Other Carriers

10 Awesome Applications for Symbian Phones

Unlimited Calling Plan Cheat Sheet

Apple Certified Refurbished 8GB iPhone for $349

AT&T Now $99 for Unlimited Voice and $35 For Unlimited Data

Webasto Heater is Activated by SMS, Pre-Heats Your Ride

Quadband GSM Wristphone from Epoq Charges Kinetically

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