Tag Archives: cellphones

How could it possibly get any geeky than this? The iPhone is pretty geeky all on its own, but more so in a trendy geek kind of way. But now it’s time to mix some nerdiness into the pot as well. D&D Roller is an online app for the iPhone which allows you to roll virtual dice. To be quite ...

Those of you into hacking your mobile devices will be pretty amazed by this. Second Life resident Wrestling Hulka has hacked his Nokia n800 device to run a limited version of the Second Life platform. How limited is the software when running on a mobile device? Let’s put it this way. Hulka says that he can pretty much only IM ...

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 ...

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 ...

The inability for iPhone users to add their own custom ringtones is something that has been plaguing men since the dawn of time (dawn of time for the iPhone that is.) So now it’s time for us to hack our iPhones, well, at least those of us who own Intel Macs. Hack The iPhone has put together a cool tutorial ...

Sure, there are plenty of really smart phones out and about today, but none that are truly all encompassing. The Connext concept design from James Zhang is claimed to be a device that could actually adapt to handle most the geekier of your tasks. Combining OLED displays with E-paper flexiness, Connext can become a mobile phone, a computer, a multimedia ...

The hustle and bustle over the iPhone has left news about any other phones in the dust. With a gadget like the iPhone around, what else matters?! DIY’s we say! This gaming modder took the innards of a Motorola SLVR and stuffed them into a stripped NES controller. As you can see, holding up a NES controller to your ear ...