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Hyundai wants you to talk to your watch
Damian Koh | Oct 16, 2007
By now, you should realize that there are tons of gadgets out there in the market and some of them are capable of making you look downright silly, for example, talking to your watch. Step in the Hyundai W-100, a timepiece that doubles as a mobile phone. Make no mistake here. This is no ordinary watch that tries to be some third-grade handset, but is one that has a 1.3-inch touchscreen LCD (stylus is hidden somewhere on the strap apparently), 1.3-megapixel camera, microSD expansion slot and Bluetooth stereo. And to convince you that you really should part with your hard-earned money, the watch-cum-phone is bundled with a pair of wireless Bluetooth stereo headset and a 256MB memory card. There is no mention of audio quality, but for toys like these, you really can't ask for much yeah? No indication of pricing or availability, though. Shucks.
Picture credit: PhoneDaily
Psst. Is yours real?
Damian Koh | Oct 15, 2007
Ever wondered if the phone you're using is the real thang? Of course, no one wants to be a victim of an exploding counterfeit charger or at the receiving end of embarrassing jokes from brutally honest friends. So how can undiscerning consumers tell the real from a stash of fakes? Here's what some of the vendors advise and we encourage our readers to note the following points when purchasing a new handset.
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Next time check-in with your mobile phone
Damian Koh | Oct 12, 2007
By 2010, passengers can toss away their paper tickets at airport check-ins. If this takes off, Associated Press reports that major airlines will be adopting a new mobile phone check-in system that would speed up processes and at the same time reduce costs. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the industry is expected to save more than US$500 million annually after paper tickets are phased out.
Users will need to register their mobile phone number with the airline at the time of ticket booking. They will then receive a text message with an embedded 2D barcode, or instructions to download it, which works as the boarding pass. Currently, users have to either check-in manually at the counter or print out their boarding passes when they do it online.
Picture credit: Singapore Airlines
The Great iPhone Hack, round 3
Tom Krazit | Oct 12, 2007
Two weeks to the day after Apple's iPhone software update wiped
third-party applications from the device and disabled unlocked phones, the hackers have struck back.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog posted details of the iPhone Dev Team's latest effort, which once again opens the iPhone up to third-party applications and the ability to use it on any other GSM network than AT&T's. This appears to be a more substantial effort than the one posted earlier in the evening that exploits a vulnerability in a TIFF image file; you can bet that one will be patched fairly quickly.
The latest hack allows iPhone users who have already installed the OS X 1.1.1 update to revert their iPhones to the previous 1.0.2 update, "jailbreak" it for third-party applications, and then somehow update back to the 1.1.1 version without the cell door slamming shut. TUAW and iPhone Atlas have tested the latest hack and have declared that it works, assuming you have a certain amount of knowledge of the iPhone's command line interface.
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No Office Mobile on the WM6-upgraded i600
Reuben Lee | Oct 12, 2007
When the Windows Mobile 6 OS was launched earlier this year, one of its main enhancements in the Standard Edition (for smart phones) was the inclusion of Office Mobile. Unlike viewing applications such as Picsel Viewer, Office Mobile offers users the ability not only to view Office files, but also to allow editing of Word and Excel documents on the handheld.
We aren't sure why Samsung has decided not to include Office Mobile in its WM6 upgrade for the i600 or if it will offer Office Mobile as an optional addon. Meantime, we're awaiting the company's response to our questions, and will keep you posted on updates.
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