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Eco-friendly Samsung Tobi for pre-teens
Damian Koh | Nov 18, 2008
(Credit: Samsung)
The Samsung Tobi (S3030) is an environmentally friendly phone made from recyclable and biodegradable bio-plastic materials. Targeted at pre-teens and young adults (more like teenagers), the Tobi comes with an animated graphical user interface and features a customizable back cover. This lets kids insert their own pictures into the transparent sleeve on the backplate. Since the handset is targeted at the younger crowd, it'll probably please parents that there are SOS (distress) features built-in. The tri-band GSM handset is also equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera, 1.9-inch QCIF display, Bluetooth connectivity and a microSD expansion card slot. The phone is expected to be available in Italy and the UK this month, while the rest of Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and China will get theirs within this year.
Mmm... Bacon iPhone
Nicole Lee | Nov 18, 2008
An iPhone sleeve that looks like a bacon.
(Credit: Antje)
A German accessory company called Antje has created this delicious-looking iPhone sleeve out of a decidedly nonmeaty felt (Or at least it looks like felt from the pictures). It's only around 25 euros (or US$31), so you can go and show off your bacon and iPhone love to the world. But make sure you don't accidentally stick your iPhone in the frying pan, OK?
Via CNET Crave
Ecosol's Powerstick V2: Power anywhere, anytime
Eric Franklin | Nov 18, 2008
While I still love my iPhone 3G, we've hit some bumps in the road in our relationship--in particular its battery life, or lack thereof, depending on what I'm using it for.
I recall one instance in particular. After using the phone more than I usually do in a day, I went to bed without charging it. The next day I woke up to a dead phone. Luckily this was a Saturday morning, so I didn't particularly need it for the next few hours, but this could have easily happened on a weekday.
And there I'd be. On the bus, on my way to work with no way of checking my email or the news of what happened in the world while I slept. I shudder at the thought.
Ecosol has figured out that this is an area where it may be able to help poor guys like me. With its Powerstick V2, users can charge their USB-compatible portable devices anywhere, at any time. Simply hook your USB compatible device and voila, instant juice.
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800MHz ASUS P565 is now official
John Chan | Nov 17, 2008
Our sister site, CNET Taiwan, first broke news of ASUS' upcoming 800MHz handheld a couple of months back and now the Taiwanese company has finally made it official. Not only does the P565 have the fastest processor we've seen on a handheld, it also comes with a VGA (480 x 640) display. As a phone, it has a UMTS radio with HSDPA connectivity up to 3.6Mbps and tri-band GSM. Other common features such as Wi-Fi and GPS are also found in this PDA-phone.
Like the P552w, the P565 will come with the manufacturer's own Glide interface. We found this customization reasonably useful in our review of the P552w but not as polished as HTC's TouchFLO. It will be interesting to see if ASUS has made any improvements to it in the upcoming device. We have contacted the company for availability and pricing information in Asia and are awaiting a reply.
Via Engadget
Where is Google's voice-powered search?
Desiree Everts | Nov 17, 2008
Reporters were put into a frenzy this week when Google announced it was set to launch version two of its mobile search application for the iPhone that included the addition of voice-powered search, allowing you skip the keyboard altogether. But now the question is, where is it?
My colleague Josh Lowensohn reported on the application on Thursday, and duly noted on Friday afternoon that it still wasn't available in Apple's App Store. But as of Saturday afternoon, the application was still MIA. A search on the App Store returned only the older version of the Google Mobile App.
According to The New York Times, Google planned to release the free application through the iTunes Store "as soon as Friday." The application, an update to Google Mobile App, is meant to allow you to talk into your phone, ask any question, and the results of your query will then be offered up on your iPhone.
One reason for the delay could be that it has been bogged down by Apple's App Store approval process, which can take days or even months. Indeed, the Google Earth app for the iPhone took several days to appear in the App Store after its release. And Buzzd CEO Nihal Mehta noted that it took three months for his company's application to arrive in the App Store after it had been submitted. In other words, it's difficult for third-party developers to determine exactly when the application is going to be made available.
Perhaps from now on, when developers release an iPhone app, they'll learn to add a caveat that while the application has technically been released, it may take several days or even longer for it to actually show up in the App Store.
Via CNET News
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