cellphones

Is that a Braun ET44 in Your iPhone?

Does this 1970’s Braun ET44 calculator look familiar? Well for you iPhone users it should, it seems to bear more than a striking resemblance to your calculator application, no? [Wired]

Google To Enter Wireless Biz, Wants To Make It Less Evil

Though there’s no official talk of a Google Phone just yet, the superpower has decided to ante up $4.6 billion to bid on wireless spectrum. Google did say it would only do this on one condition, however. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-google-phone-being-outed-tomorrow-258600 That whoever won the spectrum would be bound by law to offer at least some access to…

Tiger Paw Screen Cleaner Cellphone Strap

Rather than have a cellphone strap that looks cute and does nothing, this Tiger Paw cellphone strap actually lets you clean your screen—albeit a small cellphone screen. Just put the tiger (or sheep) paw on your finger and start wiping away. The strap clings conveniently to your phone, and also comes with a tail for…

Widespread AT&T EDGE Outage on the East Coast?

We’ve been hearing reports of a widespread EDGE outage near Boston and along the East Coast. Have any readers noticed? Still unconfirmed, but we’re looking into it. How are your iPhones holding up? Update: Looks like customers in the Northeast had “difficulty accessing and using the EDGE network” starting around 4:30 a.m.. The problem was…

New York State Senator pushes to pass a bill banning texting on cellphones while driving, something that 66% of 18- to 24-year-olds apparently do now. [GovTech]

“Hello World” 3rd-Party iPhone App Compiled, Loaded, Run

Another Free iPhone checkpoint has been reached. It has been reported but unconfirmed that the first 3rd party, non-Safari iPhone app was run today in the wild. Developer “Nightwatch” did the compilation and execution of the program using his ARM/Mach-O Toolchain. Check their progress report after the jump. After many, many hours of intense work…

LG’s Trax Phone

Although AT&T hasn’t officially launched the LG Trax, the 3G musicphone, sure enough there it was on display tonight at LG’s holiday showcase at Christie’s Auction House in Manhattan. There were no press photos, so luckily I snapped a few shots. TRAX by LG – With the TRAX™ 3G music phone consumers can keep the…

NEC Shows Off Crazy Leather Belt Phone and Other Weirdo Concepts

This week, the center of the cell-phone world is the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, where the Wireless Japan 2007 Expo is taking place. Akihabara News was on the scene to catch some new concept designs from NEC. Some of the designs are so familiar I’m forced to label them “so last year,” while others are…

GE’s Universal Flip Phone Remote Dials Up Star Trek Reruns

We’re not sure why you’d want a universal remote that actually has to flip open to use, but we’re not going to tell you people how to live your lives. In the chance that you do, GE’s $18.99 Flip Unviersal Remote has the standard power, channel and volume buttons on top, with the numbers, video…

iPhone Nano Before Holidays? (Again)

It sounds crazy, so soon after launch, but the iPhone nano could be coming out before Xmas. Kasper at Apple Insider claims: • “The second iteration of the handset is presumed to marry iPod functionality with rudimentary cellular capabilities.” •”More resource-heavy internet browsing and email capabilities are not expected of the device.” •”Pricing of the…

Sony Ericsson P1 Smartphone Reviewed (Verdict: Worthy Successor to the P990)

We’ve been eyeballing the Sony Ericsson P1 smartphone for a while now, but the reviews are finally in. The verdict? It’s pretty good. Besides being smaller than its P990 predecessor, it has the hybrid QWERTY keyboard (which is actually comfortable to use), a pretty decent 3-megapixel camera and a bunch of extras best fit for…

iPhone Applecare $80$69 For an Extra Year, Says Pogue [UPDATED: Confirmed]

[UPDATED: Confirmed at $69.] Applecare is supposed to be available for the iPhone this month, and the price may be $80. Joel Johnson, walker-of-Gizmodo-halls-of-lore, noticed this statement in Pogue’s Missing Manual PDF, on page 277: “The iPhone comes with a one-year warranty. If you buy an Applecare contract ($80) you’re covered for a second year.…

Botanicalls Let Your Plants Call When Thirsty

Instead of having to remember to water your plants every day, how about installing a gadget that allows them to call you when they need water? Botanicalls does just that, with a soil-moisture sensor that detects whether a plan needs water and call you (on the phone that’s connected to the plant) with the results…

Meizu MiniOne Real Pricing, Availability

Either this site is overcharging by a crapload or the previous pricing was totally off, but the Meizu MiniOne is up to $988 for the 16GB model, compared to $450, which was listed before. What could cause such a rise in price? Hard to say. https://gizmodo.com/meizu-minione-specs-revealed-its-actually-got-some-jui-261388 We do know that the phone should be available…

OLED market projected to reach $2.9 billion by 2012 and $5.9 billion by 2014. [prnewswire]

Samsung Unveils Its First Phone With Video Editing Capability

What’s the next logical step in the YouTube user-generated content video craze? Well, even if you didn’t read the headline, you probably guessed it: the ability to edit video on your phone then upload right away. Samsung just unveiled the SCH-B750 in Korea. It twists, Nokia N90-style, into a camcorder posture for shooting. When your…

Nokia just cut the time it takes for a N95 to get a GPS fix from 3 min to 1 min, making navigation and location-based services more viable. [

Motorola i290 Expected to be Heading for Sprint

Those chaps at the Phone Arena have put their money on Motorola’s i290 phone becoming the first slimline iDEN model for the Sprint network. Although its screen is a bit on the titchy side, the i290 packs enough features to be useful and will fit in your pocket without you making you look like Spinal…

Unconfirmed: Nokia N93i Transformers Edition

This is still unconfirmed, but intomobile is claiming that the Nokia N93 will get a Transformers edition coming some time in Q3 ’07. It’ll be essentially the same as the regular N93, but include a Transformers game, some background images, and Transformers-ish ringtones. For those of you who actually saw the movie, there’s a scene…

Neonode N2 Unboxed

We saw the Neonode N2 a couple of times this past year, even giving it a spot in our top 10 phones of 3GSM. But for such an eagerly awaited phone, we have to wonder why it was launched in Greece instead of the US first. No matter. Its touchscren, 1GB miniSD card, 2-megapixel camera,…