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Using Voice and Photos to Translate Language With the iPhone
Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone If you aren’t well-versed in a native language, traveling to another country can be intimidating. But two new iPhone applications seek to remedy that anxiety by translating foreign languages on the fly. More i...
‘Scanner 911′ Brings Live Police Feeds to iPhones
Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone Next time you’re sitting on the couch and thinking about what you can do to be a better citizen, just take a little stroll through the iPhone App Store and dive right into the lurid world of real-time crime fi...
Google Maps Navigation Debuts on DROID, Android 2.0 Phones
Filed under: Cell Phones , Google Verizon has some powerful new ammunition for its anti-iPhone attack campaign. Considering a public statement made today by Google , Verizon’s newest anti-Apple ad will likely read, “iDon’t have fre...
Samsung Galaxy i7500 pops up unlocked on Newegg
Filed under: Handsets , Samsung , GSM , UMTS , Android Sorry, subsidy fans, Samsung's Galaxy i7500 still isn't be offered by any carriers, but if you're jonesing, a listing for the Android-enhanced handset has made its way unlocked onto Newegg's webs...
Pantech Reveal and Impact revealed with impact
Filed under: Handsets , Features , Pantech , ATT , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS We've just checked out Pantech's new pair of messaging-friendly phones for AT&T, the Reveal and Impact; one of them left an "impact" on us, and we'll let you guess whic...
Tongue-Based ‘iLickit’ App Lets You Lick to Win
Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone Remember when your parents would say, "You aren't leaving this table until you clean that plate?" Of course, you do. It's why you, along with millions of other Americans, turned into such a glutton. So, if you need t...
Video: NTT DoCoMo’s Touch Wood concepts show their grains at CEATEC
Filed under: Handsets , NTT DoCoMo We'll spare you the obvious cheap jokes , but grabbing hold of NTT DoCoMo's Touch Wood concepts at CEATEC was a true, honest-to-goodness pleasure. Engineered in cooperation with Sharp and Olympus, the kidney bean-es...
Video: LG GD510 touchscreen ‘Pop’ is heavy on hype, light on specs
Filed under: Handsets , LG , GSM , EDGE Gotta hand it to LG, it pulled out the big hitting hyperbole with the launch of its otherwise simplistic GD510 touchscreen phone. LG begins with a reminder that it launched "the world's first full touchscreen p...
Samsung’s SCH-W880 12 megapixel phonecamera with 3x optical zoom
Filed under: Handsets , Samsung , GSM , HSDPA , UMTS In a welcome reversal of trends, Samsung just stuffed a 3G cellphone into a 12 megapixel camera making this M8920 / SCH-W880 more of a camera than most 12 megapixel cameraphones can claim. While th...
HTC Leo’s TouchFLO 3D build demoed on video
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Windows Mobile The HTC Leo is shaping up to be a pretty monumental Windows Mobile launch, and not just because of that high-res capacitive touchscreen and 1GHz Snapdragon processor -- it's also running a nicely refreshed...
Horror Movie Montage Features Cell Phone Failures
Filed under: Audio/Video , Cell Phones When it comes to horror movies , there are a few constants. Yes, the characters will venture into that creepy death factory, sex scenes will always end in a bloody death, and most importantly, cell phones will n...
Nokia’s New ‘Vibe’ Braille Helps the Blind Read Text Messages
Filed under: Cell Phones , Mobile Software , Mobile Phones As part of an ongoing effort to refine and improve mobile communication options for the blind, Nokia Labs has introduced a new SMS application (video after the break) that allows blind users ...
Move over, Sholes: Verizon getting Android-powered ‘Desire’ from HTC?
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Verizon Wireless , EV-DO , CDMA , Android A good, hard look at Verizon's WinMo strategy tells you that the company isn't loyal to a single brand when it comes to mobile platforms (and why should it be?), so we can't say ...
Leaked Verizon docs point to October launch for Storm 2, Motorola Sholes, LG VX8575
Filed under: Handsets , LG , Motorola , RIM , Verizon Wireless , Android , BlackBerry OS This is all still firmly in the realm of rumors and speculation for the time being, but some purportedly legit internal Verizon documents obtained by BlackberryO...
Samsung’s Galaxy Lite in the wild, looks ready for low-end Android battle with HTC Click
Filed under: Handsets , Samsung We've been following the saga of the i5700 Galaxy Lite since early this month when it took the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification program by storm , and now it seems that French site FrAndroid may very well have exposed Sa...
Video: Nokia N900 put through its paces… in Italian
Filed under: Handsets , Nokia We're sure to see a whole lot more of the Nokia N900 as Nokia World gets underway this week, but in the meantime we're super into this video walkthrough posted up by Kiamanokia.it -- and not just because the Italian narr...
Nokia rumors: Xseries is XpressMusic successor, new Nseries touchphone in ‘09?
Filed under: Handsets , Nokia , Linux , Symbian German site NokiaPort has rounded up a nice little cache of juicy Nokia details that it says is culled from "official information from Nokia, confirmed rumors and reputable sources of information," and ...
XM Sirius announces SkyDock for iPhone and iPod touch
Filed under: Handsets , Apple , iPhone OS As Sirius XM fanboys are well aware, the company is expected to debut its XM SkyDock satellite radio controller for iPhone / iPod touch at a press event this week. Now, along with spy shots dug up by the sate...
Black smoke coming from underneath your MINI’s hood? There’s an app for that
Filed under: Software , Apple , iPhone OS Car companies have been trying tap into the iPhone's mojo seemingly since day one, and BMW subsidiary MINI is the latest to take a crack at it -- but this time, it's actually useful. The company's new roadsid...
Rhapsody brings subscription music to the iPhone, pending Apple’s approval
Filed under: Software , ATT , Apple , iPhone OS If the maniacs at RealNetworks have their way, you'll soon be rockin' out to Rhapsody on your iPhone or iPod touch, streaming all those pop tunes you crave over WiFi, Edge, or 3G, courtesy of your $15 R...
Rhapsody brings subscription music to the iPhone, pending Apple’s approval
Filed under: Software , ATT , Apple , iPhone OS If the maniacs at RealNetworks have their way, you'll soon be rockin' out to Rhapsody on your iPhone or iPod touch, streaming all those pop tunes you crave over WiFi, Edge, or 3G, courtesy of your $15 R...
iPhone 3GS totally capable of 1080p video playback
Filed under: Handsets , Apple We always suspected the iPhone 3GS was capable of 1080p HD video playback, and now we've got proof. Although Apple lists the iPhone 3Gs's max video playback res at just 640x480, iLounge linked to Chinese forum post claim...
Bell’s Palm Pre commercial couldn’t be more Apple if it had an Orba Squara soundtrack
Filed under: Handsets , Palm , Apple Far from being creepy this time around, the latest Palm Pre ad -- this one specifically for Bell's Canadian customer base -- is familiar. Very familiar. Plain white backdrop? Check. Peppy male narrator? Check. Hip...
Wales produces exceptionally graphic, educational film about the dangers of texting while driving
Filed under: Culture Alright, texting while driving ? Obviously stupid -- but that doesn't stop tons and tons of people from doing it. The Gwent Police department in Wales hopes that its newest PSA film will help deter this bad behavior. In much the ...
