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future tech July 9, 2007 posted by

The $30 replacement iPhone battery – coming to a classifieds near you soon?

Hear that noise? It’s the sound of a thousand Far East workshops beavering away to produce replacement iPhone batteries. At this rate the iPhone is going to end up one of the most hacked gadgets ever delivered to this sorry excuse for a planet.  Currently, the official battery replacement service for iPhone requires sending the iPhone to Apple. iPhone is sealed and is not “user-servicable”. Apple charges $79 plus shipping to replace battery. Skyway target is to manufacture self-replaceable battery…


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huh..? June 27, 2007 posted by

MizPee – Web 2.0 jumps the shark…?

MizPee is a mobile phone application that helps you find a suitable toilet close to your location. It’s user generated content all right, but not as we’ve known it Jim. Mr Flabber, meet Mrs Gasted.   Do you ever find yourself desperately looking for a clean toilet in the city? MizPee finds the closest, cleanest toilet and gives you entertaining reading material once you get there. Since the service is cell phone-based, it’s always with you, when you really need…


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Bookmark This! June 26, 2007 posted by

Mopay, the cell phone graveyard – how fast the mighty fall

Mopay is a mobile phone recycling service which buys unwanted handsets and sells them on to developing nations while donating a sum to charity. Nothing particularly new there, but what is interesting is just how fast your precious handset can plummet in price. A quick search on the site, for instance, shows that the Nokia E61 handset, barely 16 months old, is worth just £55.10 in working condition and £27.55 non-working. Blackberry Pearl? £37.50. I’ll be watching this site carefully post 29 June….


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Mobile Tech June 25, 2007 posted by

The iPhone Roadmap – forecast through rosy tinted lenses

Just for fun I’ve been toying with a tongue in cheek iPhone roadmap for a few days. But it is this excellent and extremely well thought out iPhone market evaluation from Tomi Ahonen that has inspired me to publish it. [Thanks to Information Architects for the above image.] iPhone Roadmap June 29 2007. iPhone launch. 750,000 sold in first week. Steve Jobs dubs it “the most successful Apple launch of all time”. Price $600.00 for 8 GB model with 2 megapixel camera, 2.5 G,…


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hmm..interesting June 19, 2007 posted by

Phantom Vibration Syndrome – is that a vibrating phone in your pocket…?

Oh good grief, so I’m not alone. According to a USA Today report there is a phenomenon known as ‘phantom vibration syndrome’ where you go to answer a vibrating phone in your pocket – only to find that it’s not actually vibrating at all. So it’s official, eh? Thank goodness for that, I thought it was only me that suffered from this embarrassing little problem.  Psychologically, the key to deciphering phantom vibrations is “hypothesis-guided search,” a theory that describes the selective monitoring…


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cool tech June 14, 2007 posted by

Watchphone frenzy – talk to the wrist, ‘cos the phone ain’t listenin’

The WatchPhone M300. Isn’t that typical, you wait around for years and all of a sudden up pops two watch phones at the same time. Tsk. I’ve got to say, in terms of sheer cool usefulness, these have got to have the edge on an iPhone. Especially once they bring on some decent sized memory for the MP3 player (or a microSD slot). $305.00.  Phonebook SMS (receive only) 1″OLED, 65K Screen GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 Bluetooth: A2DP, AVRCP Music: MP3,…


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Gadgets June 13, 2007 posted by

iBall GPRS SMS Globe – cool text message viewer

The iBall GPRS SMS Globe. Send text messages from any mobile phone to this globe and it will display them on the 360 viewable screen. The unit contains a SIM card and 64 MB of memory for storing messages and uses 85 ‘super bright’ LED bulbs to do the display stuff. This is actually a pretty cool product application if you need to distribute information to a room quickly from lots of roaming agents with mobile phones. I’m thinking things…


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Gadgets June 12, 2007 posted by

Full size Camarasaurus dinosaur – the ultimate home security

The Full Size Camarasaurus Dinosaur Replica is 18 foot tall and guaranteed to scare the living bits out of your neighbours when they open their curtains the morning after you’ve had it installed. Either that or it’ll trigger a hasty visit from your local constabulary. Whatever, you’ll need to stump up £27,999.99 and wait three to four months for delivery, so start clearing the space already.  In real life no one has had the fortune of seeing a real dinosaur, so no…


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Free Software June 8, 2007 posted by

Slide 2 Unlock – iPhone your boring phone

Slide 2 Unlock. Why should these Apple chappies have all the touch screen finger sliding fun with their brand new iPhone thingy? This tiny freeware program will give your Pocket PC a ‘slide to unlock’ interface that Mr Jobs hisself would envy. Just slide…and use. Slide….and use. See, how simple is that? There is however, no guarantees that this will make you look any cooler down the local bar, or help you locate a pizza parlour in downtown Cupertino.  …


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Gadgets June 6, 2007 posted by

HTC Touch – iPhone spoiler arrives?

So I went to the HTC Touch mobile phone launch yesterday. Mmm… Question: what are the odds that two companies separated by thousands of miles come up with an incredibly similar navigation interface which works by stroking the screen with a finger? 10 to 1? 1000 to 1? More? Well you’re wrong. It’s a total coincidence, at least that’s what HTC CEO Peter Chou told me when I asked him directly. His version of events is that none of his team have…


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Gadgets June 2, 2007 posted by

Twin SIM TV Phone – soaps on the go, brands on the run?

The V10 Dual SIM TV Phone comes with an integrated radio, 3D Sound, 2.6” touchscreen, handwriting recognition, built in TV tuner, a T-Flash slot and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Oh and no recognisable brand name whatsoever. Time to start getting a little worried if you hold Nokia shares, perhaps?  Functions: Built-in TV Tuner, Radio Dual Card (Choose SIM to active. Only 1 SIM active at a time.) 1.3 MEGA Pixels Camera 2.8″ QVGA 26K Touch Screen Dual-Band: GSM 900 / DCS 1800…


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Gadgets June 1, 2007 posted by

Teletubbies Phone Charm – flash on call tummy ticklers

The Teletubbies Phone Charm. OK, hands up all those who harbour a secret desire to rub a Teletubby tummy? C’mon, don’t be shy. Well here’s the next best thing – or maybe not. A flashing dangler which alerts you when your mobile phone rings. £4.99 and available in any colour you like as long as it’s a full-on, glaring, kill the eyeball, bright sight of glory. With rabbits.  Who would have thought in 1997, when Teletubbies first appeared on British TV,…


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Gadgets May 23, 2007 posted by

5 megapixel camera phone heralds the future – commodity cometh

The CT-6618 5.0 Megapixel Camera Phone may well point the way to the future commoditisation of mobile handsets. Of course there’s no guarantee that the image quality will be anything other than awful, but it’s interesting, is it not children, that we’re now seeing no-brand, high spec handsets emerging from the Far East at reasonable prices. Watch the skies…$280.00.  5.0 mega pixels, auto focus digital camera with TV-Out function. 3″ QVGA 26K Touch Screen with Music and Video playback for…


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Gadgets May 21, 2007 posted by

Sonim XP1 Ruggedised Cell Phone – don’t leave your cave without one

The Sonim XP1 Ruggedised Cell Phone looks tough enough. After all it’s yellow, with chunky strips of black ribbed rubber distributed around the body at strategic locations. With two extra loud speakers and a walkie talkie button. And sure it’ll work at temperatures that would kill a mammoth stone dead. But is it toddler proof? That’s the ultimate test, isn’t it? £233.83.  · IEC lP52 rating for protection against water, dust, salt, fog, and humidity · Shock protection rated at 1.65…


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hmm..interesting May 16, 2007 posted by

Picture Yourself There – Navpix blog blogs locations

Picture Yourself There is a new blog from the Navpix GPS people, which marries their GPS camera navigation technology with a useful and interesting diary of interesting locations that you can visit using your Navman GPS system. Yes it’s a shameless marketing ploy to get people to buy Navman products, but if it gets traction it could actually turn out to be quite a valuable place to find new locations to visit on your travels. The idea is that the blog…


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