Re-mountable, Non-Sticky Dash Genie iPhone Holder

April 2, 2010
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Each cellphone/iPhone holders has its own unique style and function just like the Dash Genie that doesn’t block your view of the road or your air vent. It will certainly favor those who love the joy ride leaving your worries behind that your treasured iPhone might fall or get ‘briused’.

This Dash Genie is designed with an easy to use clamp system which allows you to position the holder on your dashboard in a position which is most comfortable for you. Needless to say, it is re-mountable wherever, again and again, so you can transfer between cars with no sticky residue as no adhesive pad required. Even if your dashboard has…

Smartphones will Outsell Feature Phones in 2011 in the U.S Based on Survey

April 2, 2010
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According to the latest Nielsen report by Roger Entner, senior Senior Vice President, Research and Insights, Telecom Practice, smartphones will outsell feature phones in 2011 in the U.S.

It has been found that 21 percent of U.S. subscribers were using a smartphone in Q4 2009, up from 19 percent the quarter before and from 14 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008. 45 percent of those that participated in a Nielsen survey said that they would purchase a smartphone next.

Nielsen predicts that the U.S. smartphone market will overtake the feature phone market around the third quarter of 2011, and the analyics company attributes the growth to the falling prices and increasing…

1.5 Trillion Text Messages were Sent in 2009 According to CTIA

March 29, 2010
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According to CTIA’s semi-annual Wireless Industry Survey, the study revealed that wireless data service revenues in the second half of 2009 increased $22 billion from the second half of 2008, a 25.7 percent increase.

Also, it was found out that text messaging continues to be very much popular, with more than 822 billion text messages sent and received on carriers’ networks during the last half of 2009—amounting to almost 5 billion messages per day at the end of the year.  So for 2009 calendar year, no wonder there were more than 1.5 trillion text messages.  Wireless subscribers are also sending more pictures and other multimedia messages with their mobile devices—more than…

Cool and Affordable COOL GTW18

March 29, 2010
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Here is a new and affordable projector phone from the Chinese phone manufacturer COOL. As the company suggests, COOL GTW18 is one cool, reasonably priced projector phone that boasts a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen, a dual SIM card, a 1500mAh battery and WI-FI connectivity.

Although this handset is only able to project 640 x 480 video to the screen, good thing that there is a 1080p label on the projector and 1500mAh battery. Additional specifications include a TF card slot that allows you to expand the storage to add more files such as videos.

Be one of the coolest people to carry this COOL GTW18 projector phone that’s within your means. Own this…

Exquisite Kyocera Zio M6000 Android Smartphone

March 29, 2010
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You might want to check out the Kyocera Communications’ first Android smartphone for mass market, the Zio M6000.  Measuring 116mm x 58.6mm x 12.2mm (4.5in x 2.3in x 0.48in), it boasts impressive 3.5-inch 480 x 800 WVGA motion-enhanced, touch-screen display as a backdrop for a fully customizable mobile multimedia experience.

Aside from that, an intuitive, effortless trackball is integrated that allows users to  navigate irresistible features such as the 3.2 MP camera with 30fps video record/playback, media player, full HTML web browser, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity,  a 3.5mm headphone jack, Google Maps and countless widgets and social applications such as Facebook, Twitter, Open Table and more. Zio also offers substantial 256MB…

BlueAnt Rugged T1 Bluetooth Headset with Wind Armour Technology

March 23, 2010
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Announcing the Blue Ant’s rugged bluetooth Headset, the first headset to take advantage of its new Wind Armour Technology, the “highly durable” T1.

With Wind Armor Technology, it provides clear audio call quality in winds up to 22mph plus what makes it cool is that it also comes with a “caller name announce” feature, meaning the headset will speak the name of the caller as your phone is ringing.

Not only that, this T1 also comes with A2DP support for audio streaming and GPS turn-by-turn directions. As T1 will offer 6 hours of talk time and 120 hours of standby, for sure you’ll enjoy long hours of conversation and some multimedia features.…

Top 15 Brands on the Application Store from PositionApp

March 23, 2010
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Do you care who’s actually succeeding on the Application Store and which brands have managed to retain its high download numbers? Well, this might be interesting to you or even surprised you.

With PositionApp, the application that allows you to track how iPhone apps are doing on the Applcation Store rankings. And without further ado, they have presented the top 300 apps across all demographics and have provided us with details on the top 15 apps in the US App Store.

It’s no surprise when Facebook and Pandora got the two top spots. Along with are Driver’s Ed.com and Gibson Learn and Master Guitar are the next two plus The Weather channel.…

Tracking System at Work to your Mobile

March 12, 2010
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Are you now a productive member of the society? Well, you might want to read this.

The Japanese phone giant KDDI Corporation has developed a mobile phone that is capable of tracking your movements and what work you are doing during office hours. It works by analyzing the movement of accelerometers, found in many handsets.

As the director of the mobile consumer lab at the International University of Japan, Philip Sugai says, “Technically, I think this is an incredibly important innovation”. According to the company, the intention of this tracking system is to motivate employees to work more efficiently and at the same time managers to easily assess their employees’ performance while…

Opera Mini 5 beta for Android Smartphones

March 12, 2010
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After launching a native version of Opera Mini for Windows Mobile, the company has now announced the availability of Opera Mini 5 beta for Google’s Android smatphone platform.

Apparently compatible with any Android phone, this Opera Mini 5 beta is designed to offer a fast and cost-efficient web experience to Android users. It delivers your content by compressing data by up to 90% before sending to your phone, thus providing fast page loadings. The browser features desktop-like capabilities, like Speed Dial, bookmarks, password manager and tabbed browsing.

The Opera Mini 5 Beta can now be downloaded for free from the Android Marketplace, or you can download it direct to your smartphone via…

Lip Reading Phones: Silent Communication

March 10, 2010
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It is strange when the person sitting next to you is constantly chatting and seems like they are only talking to themselves. You better get ready for this one.

Researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology are working on a system that converts mouth motions into synthesized speech through electromyography process, a technique for recording electrical activity produced by muscles. This method enables the researchers to detect facial movements that are made while chatting. These movements are essentially transmitted to a laptop, which can then be converted into actual texts. Hence, text can easily be vocalized by a synthesizer.

For you information, this lip-reading setup requires no less than 9 electrodes be…