cellphones

Made from Apple Wood, Russian Cell is no iPhone

Beneath the wood exterior lies an old Ericsson phone, modded by a Russian. There’s another pic after the jump. The only thing that surprises me is that its creator didn’t inlay it with bling. [New Launches]

More Sprint Roadmap Leaks?

We’ve gotten some independent confirmation/rumors on the leaked Sprint roadmap we posted on Tuesday. Our source is saying that the Moto ic602 and Moto V9M will come in September, the Sanyo S500 S1 and HTC Vogue will come in October, the Moto Q9c and LG 260 will come in November, and the international Blackjack will…

Sprint Offers The BlackBerry 8830 World Edition, the First $10.5 Million Cellphone

This $10.5 million cellphone from Sprint comes with many nice features we’ve covered before, but has a delicious bonus that you can’t find anywhere else. We’re in for five. You win again, advertising. [Sprint]

Personal Cellphone Signal Blocker Delivers Electronic TFSU

Fed up with clueless cellphone gabbing in public? Put an immediate stop to it with this Personal Cellphone Signal Blocker. Running on a portable battery that lasts three to four hours, this 6-ounce pocketable jammer (4″x1.85″x.71″) disrupts signals from GSM, CDMA, DCS, PHS and 3G networks, and its manufacturer says it can do this miracle…

Palm CEO Responds to Engadget Spanking With Thanks

A few days ago, Ryan Block, Pete Rojas and Josh at Engadget wrote up a plan of attack for Palm and its aging Treo. Addressing problems with every aspect of the still useful but no longer glorious smartphone, it had some good points, and you could tell that they were writing it out of genuine…

Panasonic’s Pixi Phone Dock Automatically Sends Your Pictures to Mixi

When we’re sending naked pictures of ourselves to people we’ve never met, we want the process to go as quick as possible. Industrial Facility and luckybite — two UK Design firms — know that, and have teamed up with Madori Kuroda, Panasonic Japan’s Chief mobile device designer, to create a prototype phone dock called the…

Plantronics Calisto Pro Can Do Skype, Landline and Cellphone

This Plantronics Calisto Pro set takes your standard Bluetooth headset and adds in landline and Skype dialing, which means you get the big three (Skype, home, cell) all in one dorky-looking device. The base station has a USB connector to hook into your PC for Skype and Yahoo calls, a DECT 6.0 handset to handle…

Nokia is offering Windows Live software—including Hotmail, Messenger and more—for anyone with a Nokia N73, N76, N80, N93i and N95. Let’s just hope the apps work better than they do on some Windows Mobile 6 devices. [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/first-moto-q9m-unbox-and-grope-mini-review-and-gallery-292281

Leaked Pics of Samsung i450 Show Sliding Speaker

A Czech mobile site has got hold of pictures of Samsung’s i450 slider. Despite the fact that there are still no details available (are we gonna see them at IFA next week, then, Samsung?) it looks to us like there’s a little speaker hiding out at the top of the phone. What else can we…

Sony Ericsson’s Swag Box Arrives at Giz HQ

Sony Ericsson sent over a test bed of phones that can be imported or bought from sonystyle.com. Some of the phones are familiar from shows like CTIA this spring, but we could stare at these beauties all day so I don’t mind recapping the contents and taking fresh shots. •The ultra slim W880 Walkman Phone…

An 18-year-old in Cincinnati was hit by a train, unaware that it was coming, because he was sending a text message as he walked across the tracks. Despite being thrown 50 feet by the train, Zachariah Smith lived. [The Enquirer via Boing Boing]

Wireless Info is reporting that the Nokia 6555 will be carried by AT&T. [WirelessInfo via Electronista] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-6555-is-skinny-clamshell-with-3g-analog-clock-v-291605

First Moto Q9m Unbox and Grope (Mini-Review and Gallery)

Click to viewI just got my hands on the first Moto Q9m, and after a couple of hours, I’m ready to send it right back. Seriously, if you buy this phone, you are dumb. For starters, Windows Mobile 6 is a piece of crap. Case in point: I plug in my freakin’ Hotmail account to…

Samsung Applies for Self-Cradling Cellphone Patent

Here’s a clever idea that Samsung submitted to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: a cellphone that holds itself up with a convenient self-contained stand attached to its back. Sure, there are lots of cases that do this sort of thing, but this one folds into the phone in a unique way, using a part…

Caption This Insane, Mime-Filled, Ukranian Samsung PR Stunt

Apparently, this is what passes for a publicity stunt in the Ukraine. It’s a globe made out of Samsung cellphones, both old and new, being held up by a giant hand and surrounded by… mimes? And it’s all set up in a mall in Kiev? OK then. Looks like a caption contest to me. Readers?…

Motorola RAZR2 On Sale Now

As expected, that hot damn RAZR2 just went on sale for $250 little green doggies at Sprint. This is a far cry from the $500 that the original RAZR went for at its launch. Expect other carriers to be following suit now or later with their RAZR2 variants. [Sprint] https://gizmodo.com/sprint-launches-motorola-razr-2-288282

Moto Q9m Available on Verizon Now

As expected Verizon Wireless got its Motorola Q9m today online for $200 after mail-in rebate w/2-year contract. (We’re told this is a limited time offer.) Brief experience with the Q9m tell me the keyboard is much better, the build more solid, making it the best Q out there. The downside is that the price of…

iPhone Update 1.02 Out, Hacks Still OK [UPDATED]

More as it comes…reported to be just bug fixes, but it is a 92.1MB download. Maybe there are hidden features inside like the iLife integration that is rumored to have been delivered in 1.01. We’ll see. Anyone notice anything? UPDATE: I’m set downloading a 91.2 MB file, but others are reporting a 3.7MB file. Could…

Cellphone Keyboard Turns Tones Into Tunes

The cellphone piano is for those who love making music with a cellphone, if there are any. Each key on the keyboard is wired to a key on the cellphone, no longer restricting a cellphone musician to single keypad.[we make money not art via textually]

MAME Emulator Developed for the iPhone

I’m not really sure how well Pac-Man could be controlled on a touchscreen, but adventurous iPhone owners will now get a chance to find out. That’s because a MAME emulator has been made for the iPhone by a gent by the name of kaisersoze, allowing you to play such classics as BurgerTime and Q*Bert on…