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Freedom Phone: How simple is too simple?
The Freedom Phone is a concept by designer Vadim Kibardin for travelers looking for a pre-paid phone to use while abroad. It’s lightweight and sleek and has all of the information you need to know about it, such as your own number or dialing codes, printed on the back.
I’m entirely for gadgets that keep things simple yet functional. I’ve never used the FM/AM tuning on any MP3 player I’ve ever owned, and I’m one of those curmudgeons who doesn’t like to mix cameras and phones. But I can readily imagine a few features that may make the Freedom Phone just a touch more friendly, like a small screen to see what numbers I’ve dialed (international dialing has rather long strings of numbers, after all), or a detachable card on the back so I can easily access my phone’s information while talking to someone
Samsung Develops Single-Chip RFID Reader for Mobile Devices
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today the development of its new single-chip radio frequency identification (RFID) reader for mobile devices. Embedded RFID reader chips can provide consumers with product or service information retrieved from RFID tags incorporated in items such as movie posters, clothing, and museums or tourist exhibits.
LG Electronics, Harris Corporation Submit MPH(TM) In-Band Mobile DTV Technology for ATSC’s Mobile Standard
WASHINGTON, June 22 - LG Electronics Inc. and Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), joint developers of the Mobile-Pedestrian Handheld (MPH(TM)) in-band mobile digital television system, submitted a proposal to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) for a standard that would enable broadcasters to provide high-quality digital television (DTV) signals to a wide range of mobile and portable devices. The ATSC is an international, non-profit organization developing voluntary standards for digital television systems.
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Samsung to present ‘dual stand-by mobile phone’ for Chinese businessmen
BEIJING, China (AVING) — <Visual News> Samsung Electronics presented its ‘dual stand-by phone(model:W629)’ during PT EXPOCOMM CHINA 2007. Since it can have two SIM cards (GSM and CDMA) at the same time, users can take the advantages of two different service providers simultaneously with just one device. It is designed for businessmen with sleek card phone design and leather case, 2.6-inch QVGA TFT LCD, 3M camera, Bluetooth headset, and some conversational languages (English, Chinese and Korean). It is scheduled to hit China market at the end of this year.
Sky’s IM-S240K cellphone
Here comes yet another sweet Korean cellphone, this time made by Sky: the IM-S240K .
As usual, the design is very nice, and as usual, it is only for Korea… the specifications of this slide phone include a 2MPx camera, HSDPA 7.2MBps, multimedia player, DMB, E-dictionary… this little wonder will soon be put on sale at a price of 400000Won (~307Euros)… just to let you know.
Cancer doubt remains over mobiles
The long-term cancer risk of mobile phone use cannot be ruled out, experts have concluded.
A major six-year research programme found a “hint” of a higher cancer risk.
But the UK Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHRP) did rule out short-term adverse effects to brain and cell function.
Researchers are now expanding the programme to look at phone use over 10 years, and the specific impact on children, which has not been studied.
The MTHRP programme, funded by the government and communications industry, has carried out 23 separate studies into the health impact of mobile phones, masts and base stations.
Programme chairman Professor Lawrie Challis said it was now up to the government to offer advice.
The team found that there was a slight excess reporting of brain and acoustic neuroma (ear) cancers.
Researchers said this was on the borderline of statistical significance.
Professor Challis said that it was only responsible to do more research, citing the way smoking was not linked to lung cancer at first.
Nokia Launches 2nd Personal Navigation Device
Time to pimp your ride as mobile manufacturer giant Nokia has launched Nokia 500 Auto Navigation, its first handsfree personal navigation device. This further supports the forecast we’ve covered last May that personal navigation is the next the big thing in the mobile industry.
“The Nokia 500 Auto Navigation is an expansion of our extensive enhancements portfolio. Our solutions are tightly integrated with our mobile devices, allowing users to enjoy quality handsfree communication with their phonebook, music and competitive navigation,” said Nokia Automotive director Marcus Stahl, in a Read the rest of this entry »