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Rand McNally MONA Cellphone Navigation

Would you rather trust your mapping needs to someone who’s been around since the civil war, or some upstart like Garmin or Magellan? If you chose the former, then Rand McNally’s MONA navigation service is just for you. The service is a $9.99 application on your phone that has maps and directions. No big GPS…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Samsung Bans SCH-B570 From Internal Use

Even though Samsung made the 8GB phone, they’re not allowing them inside their premises. Reason: data theft. “Even though we made it, SCH -B570 with 8GB HDD is not allowed within the company,” said Ki-Tae Lee, Samsung Electronics’ Telecommunications Network CEO. During the Wireless Broadband Forum in Seoul, President Lee explained the strict prohibition by…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Another Leaked Sidekick 3 Picture

The excitement we feel every time we’re sent another leaked Sidekick 3 photo is just as intense as seeing our mailboxes full of pictures from the girl from Canada we met at camp that summer after 8th grade. And just like with Clarissa, we can’t wait to get our grubby little hands all over this…

Tech News Jason Chen

Nokia CK-20W Multimedia Car Kit

What can this do? More like what can’t this do! The CK-20W puts “communication, music, navigation and push-to-talk” into your hands—the same hands that should be on the steering wheel instead of diddling with this. No matter. A compatible phone with bluetooth A2DP can stream music to the device instead of playing on the phone’s…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Sanyo 6600 Katana

Why settle for a two-buck razor (RAZR) when you can have a Katana! Sanyo’s 6600 Katana is heading for sprint, and some new pictures have just surfaced of the thin flip phone. The Katana has a basic VGA camera, QVGA display and bluetooth and comes in black, blue and pink. It’s going to be released…

Tech News Jason Chen

Low End Theory

To Serve and Protect By Brendan I. Koerner As a somewhat spoiled only child, I got a lot of sweet Christmas gifts in my day: a VIC-20, the first Stetsasonic album, Soundwave. But the topper was the handheld police scanner that my dad scooped up at Radio Shack in the late 1980s. Paid for on…

Gadgets Brendan I. Koerner

Car Security, Bluetooth Style

Auto-txt is a car safety system that utilizes Bluetooth-enabled devices like cellphones and PDAs. The Bluetooth enabled device essentially becomes a second key to the car. The car will be automatically reported as stolen if the engine is started without the Bluetooth device in the vicinity. Auto-txt is the first protection and tracking system to…

Privacy & Security Travis Hudson

Samsung SCH-B490 DMB Phone

Practically every day Korea gets a fancy new DMB phone. And everyday I get more and more jealous that the states cannot handle DMB, yet. This Samsung phones features a 2.15-inch screen that can rotate 360 degrees. 3.2 megapixel camera and SD memory expansion. Thanks to the very sexy CDMA2000 1EV-D0, this phone can stream…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

iPod Sport on the Way?

Here’s another patent application from Apple that has become public, this one filed on November 24, 2004, outlining a “music synchronization arrangement” for a “computing device” that goes beyond the Nike+iPod Sport Kit. It’s designed to let the iPod pick out music that plays at the same tempo that your feet hit the ground when…

Tech News Charlie White

Toshiba Launching 2GB miniSD Card For Cellphones

Toshiba is joining the 2GB party a little late, seeing as 2GB minSD cards are already out and being used in Nokia E61s, but people don’t fault Apple for being late when they get things right. https://gizmodo.com/2gb-minisd-symbian-os-9-s60-3rd-edition-device-go-167158 Toshiba says their new 2GB miniSD cards can hold up to 35 hours of music, lots and lots…

Tech News Jason Chen

Motorola To Release SCPL

What’s next for the maker of the RAZR, the SLVR and the ROKR? Apparently, the SCPL, pronounced “Scalpel”, to be launched in 2007. Ron Garriques, the head of Motorola’s cellphone division, says the phone will be even thinner than the other four-letter phones on the market, and have “five features” that differentiate them from others.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sprint Launches LG FUSIC

The LX550 from LG is being renamed the FUSIC and launching in the US on the Sprint Network. https://gizmodo.com/ctia-lg550-handset-165219 To refresh, the phone has EVDO, bluetooth stereo, 1.3-megapixel camera, and microSD for storage. Users can access the Sprint Music Store with the FUSIC and stream music from “Sprint Radio, Music Choice, Rhapsody Radio, MTV Mobile,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Ericsson HPM-82 Walkman Phone Headset

No biggie, but Sony Ericsson released some headphones for their red-hot Walkman phones. The HPM-82 has a remote control for track control and pause/play functions, a built-in microphone, and a special in-ear design for maximum audio love. It also comes in black or orange, so it’ll be perfect for Halloween. No U.S. availability announced, but…

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Invensense Cellphone Image Stabilization

In the beginning days of image stabilization, you had to spend $15,000 for a Steadicam, and hire a specially-trained operator to run it. But now, Invensense has invented a camera phone image stabilization device with what it calls the world’s smallest dual axis gyroscope, boiling it down into a wafer-thin chip. The company says it’s…

Tech News Charlie White

T-Mobile Gets 3 New Colored PEBLs

The new colors of the PEBL are finally here for T-Mobile. Green, blue, and orange join the black to round out T-Mo’s lineup. https://gizmodo.com/new-colors-for-motorola-pebl-160755 This is the point where we usually make jokes about how Catherine Zeta Jones likes stones, or how 2 PEBLs are enough for most people but the Germans really gotta have…

Tech News Jason Chen

Toshiba W44T Music Phone

Toshiba, maker of laptops, TVs and other electronics, is trying to wedge its cellphone business into the big leagues with the new W44T music phone. Lots of features in a small, attractive package may mean Toshiba has a hit on its hands. A large 2.6″ screen inside a flip-and-twist phone lets you view the quality…

Tech News Jason Chen

Sony Ericsson Release V630i Exclusively for Vodafone

Listen up you Europeanites. Sony Ericsson is releasing a phone exclusively for your neck of the woods, specifically with Vodafone. What makes this phone as cool as the cat’s pajamas is the included support for Vodafone’s Radio DJ service. Radio DJ is an interactive streaming music service. This phone also has a 2 megapixel camera,…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Mobile Bittorrent for Symbian

A British student is claiming to have designed the first bittorrent client for mobile phones. The software is called WizBit and it utilized the 3G network to transfer large files in the torrent-like fashion. With the additions of larger storage space and high-speed connection on cellphones it was only a matter of time before piracy…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Sony Ericsson HPM-65 Earbuds

Sony has recently launched these behemoths, the HPM-65 earphones. In an effort to be more like its trendy half-sister twice related, Apple, these earbuds have a stylish design that’s color-coordinated with the Sony Ericsson phones. Awww, just think how cute you will look. They have been optimized to deliver the best possible sound and voice…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Sony Ericsson CMT 60 Micro Travel Charger

Sony Ericsson claims they are the first company to release a charger that plugs into the wall socket, eliminating cords. We don’t think this is true, but the CMT-60 is small and easy to pack into your suitcase nonetheless. What’s even better about this is if you don’t have a socket available, you can put…

Tech News Jason Chen

Rand McNally MONA Cellphone Navigation

Samsung Bans SCH-B570 From Internal Use

Another Leaked Sidekick 3 Picture

Nokia CK-20W Multimedia Car Kit

Sanyo 6600 Katana

Low End Theory

Car Security, Bluetooth Style

Samsung SCH-B490 DMB Phone

iPod Sport on the Way?

Toshiba Launching 2GB miniSD Card For Cellphones

Motorola To Release SCPL

Sprint Launches LG FUSIC

Sony Ericsson HPM-82 Walkman Phone Headset

Invensense Cellphone Image Stabilization

T-Mobile Gets 3 New Colored PEBLs

Toshiba W44T Music Phone

Sony Ericsson Release V630i Exclusively for Vodafone

Mobile Bittorrent for Symbian

Sony Ericsson HPM-65 Earbuds

Sony Ericsson CMT 60 Micro Travel Charger

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