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CrunchDeals: Garmin nuvi 285W with traffic and Bluetooth for $100
Good news first: $100 is a pretty good deal for a 4.3-inch GPS with both traffic service and Bluetooth built in. Bad news: the traffic is via MSN Direct, it’s only free for nine months, and the service...
View ArticleSnapback automatically reconnects calls when your BlackBerry takes a dive
It’s an unavoidable truth of carrying a cell phone in a world full of massive skyscrapers and thick-walled tunnels: Dropped calls happen. It always seem to happen at the worst of times, too. You’re...
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New NEC chip helps make cell phone displays viewable outdoors, saves power
If you've ever got upset about not being able to view what your cell phone screen displays while you are outside your house, NEC's new color-compensation chip is probably good news for you. The chip,...
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NEC chip helps make cell phone displays viewable outdoors, saves power
If you've ever got upset about not being able to view what your cell phone screen displays while you are outside your house, NEC's new color-compensation chip is probably good news for you. The chip,...
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DIY: Macro photography on your iPhone
Here's a way to get your iPhone (or any other mobile device) camera to zoom in a bit tighter. It's a fairly simple process using a magnifier loupe and an aftermarket iPhone case, and will definitely...
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Japanese company offers anti-pollen allergy ringtone
Do you remember the ringtone for dogs a Japanese company started offering two years ago? Now Japan gets to download another equally zany app for their cell phones, a ringtone [JP] that's supposed to...
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Video: HTC Supersonic briefly caught on camera
We started drooling about the HTC Supersonic as soon as we heard the words "Android" and "WiMax" in the same sentence. Once "4.3 inch display" got thrown into the mix, our salivary glands just...
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Video: HTC Supersonic briefly caught in the flesh
We started drooling about the HTC Supersonic as soon as we heard the words "Android" and "WiMax" in the same sentence. Once "4.3 inch display" got thrown into the mix, our salivary glands just...
View ArticleOh no you didn’t: woman stabs man after looking at his call log
Such are the perils of technology. A Las Cruces woman is being charged with battery after stabbing her ex-husband repeatedly after looking at his cell phone’s call log. No word on exactly what calls...
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New technology heats up cell phones when callers get agitated
I can't think of too many use cases for this, but they did it: A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo (Japan's MIT if you will) has developed a technology that makes it possible to...
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Aquafairy FC Stick: Efficient mini fuel cell for gadget fans (video)
Fuel cells are on their way into the mainstream, even though the commercially available models are still pretty pricey. But there are companies like Kyoto-based Aquafairy [JP], for example, preparing...
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TokyoFlash Escape C: Make Kisai Kisai with me!
Yo, what's up. You need to do your Skyping and your phoning and your music? Yeah? I got something for you. Come over here. Look at this. This is the TokyoFlash Escape C Kisai, a little Bluetooth...
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LookTel, an app for the blind
Now here's a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day. LookTel is an object identifier - you point it at something and it tells you what it is. You can teach it to recognize new objects and by aiming it at a...
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K01: Toshiba to roll out super-slim Windows Mobile slider phone
Whereas Sharp decided to cautiously embrace Android, Toshiba still seems to be firmly in the Windows camp. After releasing the "iPhone killer TG01" on WinMo 6.5 last year, the company announced...
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K01: Toshiba’s super-slim Windows Mobile slider phone
Whereas Sharp decided to cautiously embrace Android, Toshiba still seems to be firmly in the Windows camp. After releasing the "iPhone killer TG01" on WinMo 6.5 last year, the company announced...
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Nap Vieeb Plus II: Wearable doze prevention device
Are you constantly in danger of falling asleep while working or driving? Alarm clocks, watches or your cell phone are of no help? Then the oddly named Nap Vieeb Plus II [JP], offered by a Japanese...
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For the Nintendo 3DS? Hitachi develops glasses-free, mobile 3D display
Sony, Panasonic, NEC and now Sharp: All of these Japanese tech powerhouses are playing the 3D game now, but what about Hitachi? The biggest (sales-wise) of them all has been working on a glasses-free...
View ArticleConsumer Reports calls out Microsoft for “advocating sexting” in Kin ad
When a man loves a woman very, very much and he’s not really thinking of repercussions and the state their relationship might be in a few months down the road, he sends her pictures of his netherparts...
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Pew Internet report reveals what everyone already knows: Teens like to text
If you've seen a teenager in the last two years, then you've seen a teenager texting. Seriously, I can't think of a situation in the last couple of years where I saw a teenager without a cell phone....
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Japan’s DoCoMo announces new mobile projector for cell phones
It's not that there's a shortage of mobile projectors, but when DoCoMo (Japan's biggest cell phone carrier) announces [JP] a model for its 55 million customers, it deserves a mention. DoCoMo...
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