Flexible displays would pretty much rock (hence the military prototype above). It would allow you to have a much bigger display stored in a much smaller area. It’s like how the brain has folds – increases the surface area in a tiny space. Heck, the surface area of the brain is roughly around 1-2 pages [...]
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Garmin Launching Cellular Phone Nuvifone
February 1st, 2008 
admin Yep, you read that right. Garmin, a leader in GPS devices is going to make a foray into the cell phone market with a new phone called Nuvifone. The possibilities are intriguing and the device looks pretty cool. But will Garmin be able to get its foot in the door in an already crowded market?
OpenMoko FreeRunner Linux Cellular Phone
January 3rd, 2008 admin Well, I did a little ditty on the Fic Neo 1973 last year. That was the developer cellular phone. They played around, hacked away, developed apps, etc. Now, OpenMoko has announced their production version of the Fic Neo, called the FreeRunner.
Brutalize the Sonim XP1 Cellular Phone
December 28th, 2007 admin Let’s face it, some people are horrible with cell phones. Sometimes it’s just that they are clumsy and constantly drop them. Sometimes people work or play in environments that are just brutal for cell phones. I know folks in construction who are constantly going through cellular phones. And I can imagine how extreme outdoors folks [...]
Wi-Ex Cell Phone Signal Booster
December 11th, 2007 admin One of the biggest complaints that I hear from cell phone users has to be reception in buildings. It’s a pain for business folks and home users to be taking a call and have to be near a window. Well, fear not, because the Wi-Ex YX510-PCS-CEL is here to save the day.
Lock and Unlock Your Computer Using Your Cell Phone
September 26th, 2007 admin Don’t you just hate logging in and out of your computer? If you’re in a corporate setting, they sometimes have a time out feature to force the lock screen. If it’s set at a fast time interval, it can be super annoying. And if you work on stuff at home with the kids around and [...]
Google Phone Rumors
August 30th, 2007 admin Google, Sony, Microsoft, and Apple; it seems that’s ALL we hear about now-a-days, though I am a big fan of Samsung stuff… Well, not being one to break the mold, Google has developed a prototype electronic device that bundles it’s web searching tools, e-mail, and web-based applications…oh, and it’s a phone, too. A Google Phone [...]
Improving Your Cell Phone Reception, Part 1
August 27th, 2007 admin To start things off, I must utter the words tycoons and teens fear the most: My cell phone has died (Cue sinister music). Now, I’m actually pretty lucky, since the phone has suffered a software crash and actually still has all my information accessible in it. I just can’t use it to call anyone (I [...]
Meizu MiniOne M8 Cell Phone
August 17th, 2007 admin I tell you, those Asians just love their electronics. Not that we Americans don’t love them too. But there is just such a culture in Asia around all things electronic. In any case, it should come as no surprise that an iPhone clone should come along. Meizu has been upgrading and reworking their MiniOne since [...]
Pay Phones Going the Way of the Dodo
Mark down another casualty of the technological revolution. AT&T, long known as the huge ‘Ma Bell bastion, is officially quitting the public pay-phone business. After 129 years of owning and maintaining a large chunk of the nation’s pay-phone network, the phones will be phased out over the next year, so a majority of the nation [...]