Mixipix is one of the companies looking to inject some fun into picture messaging, with its range of cartoons that you can personalise, and then send directly to a friend’s mobile phone.
The company’s been around since 2002, but has been more high-profile recently due to its deal with UK operator O2, and also the launch [...]
Nokia N80 phone on the way with mobile internet focus
Thursday, August 31, 2006 1 Comment
With 18 new handsets being announced every day (it seems), I don’t usually cover them here. But Nokia’s new N80 Internet Edition is worth highlighting, as it’s geared towards mobile Internet users. It’s basically the same handset as the N80, which has been out for a while now, except with a bunch of useful applications [...]
Watch out for dodgy phishing text messages
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 Leave a Comment
And I don’t mean friends texting you porkies about the size of the perch they caught this morning. Security firm McAfee has warned of a new trend for ’smishing’, in which nefarious scamsters send you texts trying to get you to visit their website on your PC, which can then be infected with a trojan [...]
Hands on with… the eBay Mobile WAP site
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1 Comment
Speaking as someone who can’t let a day go by without checking if there’s a new piece of obscure Black Crowes memorabilia on eBay, the thought of eBay Mobile is pretty exciting. Not least because of all those auctions I’ve lost due to being away from my PC while some bounder nipped in at the [...]
Listen to the original Nokia tune
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2 Comments
So, I was reading this story on Darla Mack which listed 10 things you never knew about Nokia. And number one was that the Nokia tune ringtone is actually based on a 19th century guitar tune called Gran Vals, composed by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. Lumme.
So how does that go? Click on this link to [...]
Get touchy feely with your texts
Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Leave a Comment
No Beckham, not you. You’ve been barred by the missus, remember? But for the rest of us, texting could be getting more cuddly in future, if CuteCircuit has its way. The company has invented a Hug Shirt which includes a load of sensors and Bluetooth. You put it on, give yourself a hug, and the [...]
Nokia rocks out at Reading Festival
Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Leave a Comment
The Finnish hardware giant changed from promoting music handsets to plain old-fashioned music promoting last weekend via the ‘Rock Up And Play’ tents at Reading and Leeds festivals.
Continuing the good work started at the Isle of Wight festival, the tents prompted anyone who could hold a tune to literally rock up and play.
Whilst the Pocket [...]
The mobile phone that makes you happy
Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Leave a Comment
Forget buying one of those expensive lamps to cure your seasonal blues. A patent’s been filed for a mobile phone that beats Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). The handset would have a bunch of light-panels on its face, which would deliver ‘light therapy’ to your face when you’re talking.
Sounds good, but if SAD sufferers are supposed [...]
Big in Japan: KDDI unveils a bunch of hot mobile services
Tuesday, August 29, 2006 Leave a Comment
For those of you who like to dribble over the latest developments in Japan, operator KDDI just announced 12 new handsets, but also a bunch of interesting content services to go with them.
Among them are proper mobile videoconferencing, a news service using Adobe’s FlashCast technology (like Flash websites, but sitting on your phone and connecting [...]
Play with Pokemon on your mobile phone
Friday, August 25, 2006 229 Comments
I just found this video on YouTube, it was only uploaded a month ago, but could be older. It’s a Japanese advert for what appears to be a peripheral to connect your Game Boy Colour to your mobile phone, and do something with Pokemon. And then get your dad to throw baseballs at you when [...]
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