News on mobile phones, GPS devices, wireless services and software, netbook PCs, tablets, and accessories

June 2009

Zircon 10:45 31-10-2009 I'm able to use sipgate from my pc but can't get it to work with fring from my mobile. I'm located in the US and have a sipgate one account. Fring is not able to connect to the service provider. If you have some info you can post on how to get the two working together it would be great. Thanks for the post
DEEPAK KHETAN 00:44 24-10-2009 i can't purchase of the '30' series phone like 5130,2630,5530,etc.......... because it's unlucky phones.
Monica Jansen 09:13 07-10-2009 do it comes programwareupdate on tis SPY pen?
tatiana reboucas 12:08 22-09-2009 hei, I would like to know the price in real ,Spy Hidden Pen Camcorder Video Recorder USB 4GB Mini og 4GB Pen Camcorder Recorder DVR Video CCTV Spy Camera 59 . thanks
coolfx 04:45 04-09-2009 I just had an online chat with a rep from Verizon (forgot to copy the text) Sad I simply asked when she thought the Omnia II was going to be released. She looked into it and just said "soon". We talked a little more and I found that she herself was looking forward to the release of the Omnia II. After a little flattering Wink, she told me to hold on while she checked with someone at a "higher level". When she came back she said that I should definitely check back on Friday. So, I'm thinking that at the very least(hopefully) on Friday we should have a date for the Verizon release. wait for updates at http://www.samsung-omnia.org
bill 21:19 02-07-2009 Great! I can use it to browse www.hongkongtourmap.com easily on the road.
Picture frame for digital photos can wirelessly access YouTube videos, Picasa photo albums / 08:21 29-06-2009
Picture frames that can display digital photos belong to technology inventions that even technology haters can love. Practically anyone from a school kid to grandma wants a digital photo frame once they see beautiful pictures displayed in bright colors in a large frame. After the initial excitement has gone, however, photo frames tend to collect dust in a dark corner of the house because no one bothers to update it with new images. A smart way to solve the problem would be to download new photos to the frame directly from the Internet. That's what the Sungale ID800WT digital photo frame was designed to do. Better yet, the product can do it wirelessly.

Sungale's picture frame can display videos from YouTube, download photos from Picasa albums, and show email messages from Gmail inbox. Touch screen makes the product
ari 02:34 28-06-2009 Nokia says the 5530 XpressMusic will be available "in the third quarter of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 199 before taxes and subsidies." Often, when speaking of product availability "third quarter" means September.
dev 23:41 27-06-2009 when should the 5530 be available in the market??
Tiny and affordable Sony Ericsson T715 mobile phone / 03:21 26-06-2009
While a large part of the world is raving about touch screen phones that tend to be sizeable because of the large screen required for finger input, even larger part of the world just wants to find a small, no-frills phone for personal communication. Even better if the no-frills phone can be purchased for less than half the price of a smartphone. Sony Ericsson has designed a credit card size mobile phone for these people.

The Sony Ericsson T715 is a tiny mobile phone with a slide-out keypad for ultra compactness. The slide-out structure makes the unit somewhat thick, but not too much (it is 15mm thick, 91mm tall and 48 wide). Also the display is compact in size; 2.2 inches and 320x240 pixels. The di
HTC Hero touch screen connects to mobile and social networks / 03:39 25-06-2009
HTC is one of the mobile phone manufacturers who has realized that hardware alone doesn't make a winning product. Even the most powerful, component-rich device can only make difference if its operating system software, menu system and applications make the phone easy to use, fun and useful. So far, HTC has primarily built smarphones on Windows Mobile software. The company even developed an attractive touch screen software that can be found in many products, for instance, the HTC Diamond and HTC Touch HD use the TouchFlo software. Now, the company has exploited its experience in touch screen software and has built a new smartphone on Google Android software.
Archos 9 is a slim Windows 7 tablet PC with digital TV receiver / 03:05 24-06-2009
Tablet PCs are curious little devices. For instance, Bill Gates has believed in tablet computers for more than ten years, developing software that allows controlling a PC simply by touching the screen. Yet, there hasn't been many successful tablet PC products in the market. But the world is changing. The phenomenal success of the Apple iPhone proves that people want easy-to-use electronics that allow controlling the device by directly pointing objects with their fingers. While all major mobile phone manufacturers have introduced touch screen smartphones, PC manufacturers have introduced a new product category; small netbook PCs. Most 6 to 10-inch netbooks are used like traditional laptop PCs, but there are models that can be used like tablets.

The Archos 9 PCtablet is a modern tablet PC. It is a slim device, only 0.63 inches thick, with 9-
Samsung Omnia Pro, II, and Lite touch screen phones / 05:06 23-06-2009
The Samsung Omnia i900 quickly became a popular product for people who were looking for a solid touch screen smartphone in 2008. So popular, that Samsung added Omnia HD i8910 touch screen phone to the product range. In case you are wondering, HD doesn't mean Harley-Davidson, but capability to record high-definition video. We have also seen extremely active interest in the small and handy touch screen phone Samsung F480. So, it is not a big surprise that Samsung has decided to extend the Omnia product line with three products; Pro, II, and Lite.

The Samsung Omnia Pro has both a physical qwerty keyboard and a large touch screen. The keyboard sli
Modern compass with GPS precision for outdoors people / 02:22 22-06-2009
Many hikers, bikers and kayakers who have trusted a magnetic compass for navigation, don't necessarily want to take a giant leap to an advanced GPS receiver that can display maps and possibly even play music and take pictures. They trust their navigation skills but the improved accuracy provided by the worldwide GPS satellite system would be useful in the great outdoors. A small and simple GPS receiver that is used like a compass would be a perfect tool for these people. Qstarz has designed a product for them.

The Qstarz GF-Q900 QFinder BackTrack is a compact, weather-proof GPS receiver that can be used as an accurate compass and tracking device in order to find the way back to the desired location. The black-and-white display can show a direction arrow, distance to the destination, time, and temperature. Four locations can be saved in the devic
Nokia Ovi services and Ovi Store available on affordable phone models as well / 04:01 17-06-2009
Nokia isn't exactly renowned for exciting or attractive flip phones, but the Nokia 3710 Fold deserves a closer look. It is one of the first mobile phones, apart from wide range of Symbian smartphones, from Nokia that lets users access Ovi services and Ovi Store. This is significant news for people who can't afford a smartphone or just don't want to learn new tricks required for mastering a smartphone. Nokia has high ambitions in delivering Internet services via mobile phones to all people in all countries, not just select markets.

The Nokia 3710 Fold comes with preinstalled Maps application for navigation (more maps can be downloaded from Ovi), photo upload feature to Share service on Ovi, and access to Ovi Sto
Speedy processor is powering the Samsung Jet OLED touch screen phone / 04:13 16-06-2009
Do you remember the times when the most important feature of a PC (according to brochures) was its processor speed? The processor has something to do with the performance of a PC, a mobile phone or a GPS navigator, but it is not the only factor. Equally important are, for instance, the amount of memory, display technology, applications, speed of input and output ports and many other technical details. So far, mobile phone industry hasn't considered processor speed something that would really interest customers, but as phones are becoming more like computers, processor speed numbers may interest many power users.

The Samsung Jet is a touch screen phone that is powered by a 800MHz processor. The little thing is ticking pretty fast. Yet, battery life is fine; 5 (3G network) to 8 (GSM) hours of talk time and up to 17 days of standby time. Not ba
set5awan 20:02 15-06-2009 ao this purchase? and how price for this phone
PRASUN ADHVARYYU 08:49 15-06-2009 I am a fan of samsung mobile & looking after SAMSUNG PIXON (MODEL NO.-M8910) I can only say that I am spellbound. I would like to get it first.
Touch screen music phone for the mass market, Nokia 5530 XpressMusic / 05:20 15-06-2009
It is easy to get hooked to a touch screen phone because the products tend to be intuitive and fun to use. However, the technology is only a couple of years old, making products pricier than comparable mobile phones without touch sensitive screen. Apple doesn't have to worry about pricing of the iPhone too much, since the product is attracting people who can afford the high cost. Nokia was the company that brought smartphones to the masses with its N-series products. Maybe Nokia can introduce touch screen phones to larger audiences than Apple?

Yes, it seems Nokia is seriously targeting larger audiences with the 5530 XpressMusic touch screen phone. The company expects the price to be around 199 euros before taxes and potential operator subsidies. It is one-third from the unlocked Apple iPhone list price. Which features missi
Nokia E72 messaging smartphone with qwerty keyboard / 03:52 15-06-2009
Which mobile phone was the first to feature a qwerty keyboard? Our memory is telling us that it was the Nokia Communicator around 1996. Then, two-way pager Blackberry was introduced, and later, the legendary Palm Treo. Both came with tiny thumb keyboards for typing messages. It took a long time before Nokia introduced a competitive messaging product, but once it did, the E61, E62 and E71 became one of the most popular smartphones in Nokia's product range.

The Nokia E72 is a slim and compact messaging smartphone with qwerty keypad. Built-in GPS receiver provides location information to preinstalled Nokia Maps navigation application. 5 megapixel camera can record video at 640x480 resolution at 15 frames per second. Video streaming, MP3
Solar-powered mobile phone, the Samsung E1107, can save money and energy / 03:01 12-06-2009
For the large part of the mankind, mobile phone is a trusted lifeline for getting help and for getting important services wherever the phone owners happens to roam. Well, almost. If you don't have an opportunity to charge the battery that's powering the phone every once in a while, that's it. It won't take long before your phone is dead. Unless you happen to be in a sunny region and your phone can be charged with sunlight.

The Samsung E1107 is a mobile phone with solar cell at the back of the unit. When you switch off the phone, turn the solar cell towards the sun and wait for an hour, you will get 5 10 minutes of talk time. Pretty clever, and free electricity, mind you.

The dual-band GSM phone Samsung E1
Phone Wallet safely stores confidential PIN numbers and passwords on a phone and on a PC/ 04:13 11-06-2009
Active Internet users tend to have tens of user names and passwords saved in different services. In addition, many people have debit and credit cards with PIN numbers. Doors may have electronics locks that can only be opened with a passcode. Not to mention PIN numbers required by mobile phones, PCs and other electronic devices. We don't know about you, but we have given up a long time ago. We don't even try to remember every PIN and secret code. Instead, we store our valuable passcodes and ID numbers into a database. This method allows us to use long passwords, which is always safer than easy-to-remember short passwords. Only one thing has been troubling us; how do we take the confidential data with us when we leave our PC behind?
GPS car navigators with digital TV tuner, Mio Moov V500 and V700 / 03:18 10-06-2009
GPS navigation devices have made life and work easier for many drivers. Before launching on a trip, you tell the navigator where you want to go and then you can forget about the device. The GPS unit gives you audio instructions where to turn. It is an excellent setup because the driver can totally concrentate on safe driving. Few drivers can or want to watch the navigator screen while driving. Not to mention watching TV.

Mio has designed many popular GPS satellite navigators for in-car use and also smartphones that have GPS receivers. Now, Mio has introduced the Moov V500 and Moov V700 car navigators that come with built-in TV tuners. Let's hope, however, that drivers don't watch TV while steering their families through the traffic. Naturally, the TV feature in the navigator is intended for passengers only.

The Mio Moov V500 has 4
ari 23:06 09-06-2009 The Samsung Pixon12 will be available in a number of EU countries in June. Then, Samsung will launch it in other markets. If you want yours now, try for instance expansys.com
kingsley 06:34 09-06-2009 I am interested in the SAMSUNG PIXON(MODEL NUMBER M8910).what is price of getting one and the shipment cost.
The main differences between the Apple iPhone 3Gs and 3G / 01:34 09-06-2009
In silence, Apple iPhone users have suffered. The worldwide iPhone community (except for India) has been loving the product so much that it has kept relatively silent about some major problems on the otherwise excellent smartphone. For example, on-screen keyboard has only been available in narrow, uncomfortable layout when the phone is held in portrait position. The Apple iPhone 3Gs features multiple welcomed improvements to the iPhone 3G. The main differences between the 3Gs and the 3G are as follows.

On-screen keyboard is available for all applications also in wide-format horizontal mode.

Thanks to a more powerful processor, the iPhone 3Gs can record video clips. Video resolution is 640x480 pixels
Spectra Optics Spy Pen lets you secretly record video and audio / 01:23 08-06-2009
We don't even want to think about the reasons why someone would want to spy another person, but if you have to, modern technology can help you on your mission. You may use your or your target's mobile phone as a spying tool if you get a chance to install a piece of recording software to the phone. Spy applications record phone calls and messages sent and received on the phone. If you want more evidence, you have to photograph or capture video of your target. That's where a spy pen can help you.

The Spectra Optics Spy Pen is a compact pen that includes digital camera and microphone. For instance, the model 300 includes 2GB or permanent storage space for video and audio. The recorded material can be transferred to a PC via included USB cable. Battery allows two hours of recordi
Compact handheld gaming device Sony PSP Go allows wireless game downloads / 05:39 05-06-2009
Traditional game consoles, like the Xbox, Nintendo Wii, or Sony Playstation don't provide enough entertainment for serious gamers. Many want a portable device for playing their favorite games outside the home as well. For many years, the Sony PSP has been one of the most powerful handheld game devices available. The latest model, the Sony PSP Go, is the smallest PSP so far. One of the reasons for more compact size is the slide-out keypad for game controls. The solution makes sense because despite its small size, the unit can accomodate large keypad with comfortable buttons. Instead of discs, new games can be downloaded wirelessly from the Playstation Network to the PSP Go.

The main features of the Sony PSP go are Wi-Fi for Int
free calls 04:59 04-06-2009 Thank you for letting us know the complete information on the sipgate services.I found this site interesting.
Sipgate One helps you lose your landline subscription for free and low-cost phone calls / 02:57 04-06-2009
Watchful telephone service subscribers can save plenty of money by following the new developments in the telecommunications industry. Most people know about Skype because the application allows anyone make free calls to the other side of the world on a PC or on a mobile phone. Skype isn't an ideal solution for people who would like to replace their existing landline subscription with something more economical. It is possible to achieve with SkypeIn and SkypeOut, but Sipgate One provides an alternative, easy service for people who don't want to get drawn into modern technology.

Sipgate One is a Voip (Voice over Internet Protocol) service that doesn't require you to install any additional software to your PC or mobile phone. THe best thing is that you can end your landline subscription (ofcourse, you have to keep your broadband subsc

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