Tag Archives: cellphones

Tip: tackling worn-out Fast Port connectors on SonyEricsson phones

The SonyEricsson K750 and W800 are one of the most readily seen phones on streets nowadays, they’re pretty good phones really, the Walkman and camera both work reasonably well. The biggest problem with SonyEricsson phones is that the “Fast Port” (for charger/data/headset connection) is not the most well-designed, since you’re attaching everything to same port, it tends to wear out ...

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First non-photoshopped unannounced SonyEricsson Walkman cellphone pictures

We’ve been hearing too much about what SonyEricsson has under its sleeves, rumor has been going on about the next announcement which could be as early as this week (if not up till CeBIT). This morning we spotted new non-photoshopped photos of an unannounced SonyEricsson Walkman-branded phone on a forum, so far no word on specification, but we are sure ...

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Hidden Details on the iPhone: Jobs’ MacWorld keynote dissected

[ev type=”youtube” data=”ALQwmQrM-Z8″][/ev] ActionCorp TV has this excellent video of Steve Jobs’ keynote speech at MacWorld being dissected and analyzed for all the slight minutiae and variations of the interface that was shown. There’s one point in the video where the speaker can’t quite make out a button on the calendar function. We’ve figured out that it says “Today”. Check ...

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Kinetic powered mobile phone patented, will recharge when you move

With most mobile companies working their hardest to improve battery life and charge time, there are other options popping up as well. This patent for Kinetic power phones would make recharging as easy as shaking the phone, an idea explored in the past only as a concept by ModeLabs. The kinetic energy to electric energy technology is not new in ...

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Sharp HN-IR1 beams your pictures to HDTV in a flash

We’ve seen a number of overbox solutions for watching pictures on TV, we have products from giants like Sandisk and Iomega, the problem with these products is that they don’t support HD resolution, and you need to walk over and plug your memorycard in physically. Sharp seemed to have gotten it right this time with the HN-IR1 wireless photo adapter, ...

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Citizen updates i:VIRT Bluetooth hands-free watch

  Citizen Japan today  announced a face-lifted version of their i:VIRT Bluetooth handsfree watch. The difference between the i:VIRT and the SonyEricsson watch (MBW-100) accessible to most of us outside Japan would be that the i:VIRT supports call ID display (the name of the person not just the number),  it will also flash and vibrate when there’s a new call ...

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CelTrek SIM Card for international roaming

Roaming charges are one of the scariest words you can utter to businessmen and travelers. Global Roaming Inc announced today their launch of an international SIM card that could save travelers up to 50-90% of roaming charges from other companies. The CelTrek SIM card will work in 160 countries over a network of 700 GSM operators. The CelTrek will be ...

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Therapeutic ringtones for the neurotic

muPass is not a company that’s new to the tech media. They have been covered for their interesting service of sending ringtones from your mobile to other devices such as alarm clocks, baby mobiles, and cookers. But now they have something up their sleeves that may pose a more productive use. In conjunction with the Japanese Ringing Tone Laboratory, which ...

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Samsung SPH-B6700 ‘card phone II’ to launch in Korea

Samsung presents its newest card phone, the SPH-B6700 to the Korean mobile market. The B6700 comes with many features of the previous card phone, such as mobile printing, mp3 playback, and a camcorder, but adds some multimedia functionality with some added features. T-DMB access, a 2 MP camera, and Bluetooth connectivity are among the new media features of the B6700, ...

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