Tag Archives: cellphones

BenQ-Siemens’ over-pimped EF71

We hardly ever seen BenQ-Siemens’ phones nowadays, not like they have nothing to offer, but they’re having trouble with worldwide distribution. Back at their home country, the company is actually one of the companies with the highest profile. At the IT Month event of Kaohsiung city, BenQ-Siemens is going to open the bid for this over-pimped fake-diamond-stuck singer-signed EF71 phone. ...

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Camera Action Hero: attack with your phone camera

Japanese game publisher Mobcast has started selling their new BREW cellphone game titled “Camera Action Hero” on AU KDDI’s portal for 100yen ($1). At first glance this looks like just another Mario-esque game about jumping around and shooting monsters. However the company added a little twist to this and decided to make use of the camera on your phone. On ...

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Another good day for Cingular users, KRZR coming your way

So after the announcement that the iPhone would be available only to Cingular customers for the first few years of its release, Cingular has added another nice phone to its lineup. The Motorola KRZR, previously a Verizon selling point, and more recently a Sprint phone as well, has received a good amount of press and reviews comparing it to its ...

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A total of 4 working iPhones on Macworld showfloor?

So there’re 2 iPhones spinning around in the glassboxes like snow-white, there’s probably one being held by Steve Jobs. Is that it? We rarely see hands-on pictures with the iPhone, we know that there was a preview a few weeks ago but no pictures were taken (for obvious reasons), and even when reporters requested to have the babies brought out ...

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Anshin-Navi GPS phones for the kiddies

Japan’s second largest mobile operator AU KDDI announced 3 new phones this morning, but we are more interested in their upgraded service “Anshin-Navi”. The Sanyo A5525SA and Sweets Cute phones are targeted to young kids. Their parents can subscribe to the Anshin-Navi service which automatically detects the phone’s location by GPS, and check it on their phones or PCs. What’s ...

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The iPhone is HUGE!

Ok, so we might be slightly exaggerating on the iPhone’s hugeness, but it sure isn’t the smallest thing on the market according to the pictured size comparisons. As you can see from its relative size to the Motorola SLVR, the 30GB iPod, and the Nano, it’s not really a tiny device. Though, we guess since it is going to be ...

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Updated MOTORIZR Z6 futhers Motorola’s adoption of a Linux-based UI

Are you tired of the RAZR design? Hope not, because Motorola is far from done rolling out these new phones that emphasize the RAZR aesthetic. In this case, it’s the motorizr z3 slider handset being updated to the z6. No real design makeovers, but motorola is pushing the media capabilities more than before. Even thought the z6 only has 64MB ...

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Sony Ericsson W200 beats your iPod at playback lifetime

So maybe this new Sony Ericsson W200 will only carry 27MB of built-in storage, but its battery life of an estimated 18 hour playback battery life puts your iPod to shame. Don’t worry about the 27MB internal, you can put a Memory Stick Micro card into it and expand to however large a card you want. As far as file ...

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Samsung to release Simpsons movie collectible phone: Mmm…gadgets

Samsung doesn’t know what they’re getting themselves into. With the news of their The Simpsons Movie collectible cell phone, every Pop Culture nut is going to be jumping for joy in his MC Hammer moon pants and Roo’s sneakers. The plan of a Simpson’s movie has been in the works by Fox as far back as I can remember. The ...

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Verizon LG-VX9400 released at CES

With a new cellphone being released by LG almost every week in Korea it seems, everyone wonders when LG will come out with the next amazing phone. Well here it is folks: the LG-VX9400. This bad boy will have all of the basics, such as 1.3 megapixel camera, mp3 capability, and Bluetooth. Since this is going to be a Verizon ...

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