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Rotary phones might have went out with prohibition, but that doesn’t stop people from tinkering with them. This project allows you to mod a rotary phone to work as a cellular device with a built-in GSM system, as well as a GPS device. The premise of this project lies in its connection to the GSM network and a Atmega 8 ...

Modern cellphone technology has sprung many cool features, and design has pretty much optimized the use of text messaging. Live 22 doesn’t only expand on the design, but on the concept of texting as well. The Live 22 concept design would be capable of texting objects other than cellphones including TVs and computers. Live 22 would be like a Twitter ...

Rumors of an impeding announcement for a scaled down and cheaper model of the iPhone have been circulating through Chinese media the past week. Sources tell us that Apple plans to release a second iPhone by as early as September with prices ranging from $249-$299. The root of this rumor seems to stem from a meeting between Apple and Wintek ...

For those who didn’t know that Fujitsu actually makes phones, yes they do in Japan, and they’re selling their new F704i waterproof phone with bikini girls. The F704i only adds WCDMA roaming to the F703i that they sold with a girl in the tub. The company claimed that the 17.9mm thin 3G phone is still usable after leaving under 1-meter ...

So do we Mr. T, so do we. Mr. T1 is a stand-alone bandwidth meter that provides a cross-platform solution to keeping an eye on your bandwidth levels. Mr. T1 will keep a constant look on yo jibba jabba-ring internet connecton. If your connection speed ever reaches that of a standard T1 or higher, the program will play one of ...

A lot has been said about the iconic iPhone, and frankly, we are sick of hearing about it. Though, we are sure as hell not tired of playing around with our phones yet. AppleHound has put together a list of 68 bugs and flaws in the iPhone interface and performance which you can test out at your own leisure. These ...

I think interpreters cause more problems than they do help. You always get the feeling that for some words, they’re kind of making it up. You can hear that little sly “Uhh…” added in before these guessing moments. The AHKY (Arabic for “speak”) translation device plans to help military officials communicate with their captives allies, to assure them that they ...

What could be better than furniture made of weird shit? Couches made of odd items has been a recurring theme for us the last year, and I mean, who can blame us. This stuff is awesome. Check out this tennis ball bench, which isn’t quite a couch, but it’s close enough to fit in the “furniture made with weird shit” ...

To recycle a soda can, you usually just throw it away into one of those government mandated recycling bins. How about a creative way to use your empty cans? Look no further than Etsy. Available are these Dr. Pepper Earrings ($7) and the Mountain Dew Bracelet ($8), which can also double as a necklace for midgets. These would make a ...

Sure, this might be a cheap jab at Microsoft, but I think the sales numbers of these two “competing” media players, if you can actually call it competition, show all you need to know. Hide-a-Pod is really a much more ingenious idea than any other iPod anti-theft unit we’ve ever seen. Well, maybe other than the one where you hide ...