Articles on Mobile Phones

Maxis IP Phone has arrived! - Nov 25, 2009

Blogs Maxis brought the IP Phone for testing. The phone has an Ethernet line plugged directly into my optical modem. So far, it's great. Works just like a regular phone. Has its ... Read story »

Watch iPod video in your car with Alpine iXA-W407BT Digital Media Station - Aug 27, 2009

Crave Envious of the futuristic entertainment systems found in modern cars? Want a piece of the action? Don't fret -- Alpine has just unveiled a touchscreen head unit that'll drag your ... Read story »

China Unicom to sell two versions of the iPhone in Q4 - Aug 31, 2009

Crave The iPhone now has an official ticket to China. Mobile phone operator China Unicom plans to start selling two versions of the iPhone in China in the fourth quarter of 2009, ... Read story »

Study: Smartphones to kill PNDs - Sep 2, 2009

Crave If you need a GPS device to get around, it's becoming more likely you'll get yourself a mobile phone with built-in satellite mapping than buy a standalone personal navigation device (PND). ... Read story »

Frankencamera is open source, runs on Linux - Sep 4, 2009

Crave Marc Levoy, professor of Computer Science and of Electrical Engineering, said: "The premise of the project is to build a camera that is open source." On his right is graduate student ... Read story »

Analyst: Smartphones will surpass global PC in sales by 2011 - Sep 8, 2009

Crave Smartphones will surpass global PCs in sales by the end of 2011, another milestone in the development of more portable computing. RBC analyst Mike Abramsky estimates that shipments of both devices ... Read story »

Is there no room for smaller smartphone makers? - Sep 18, 2009

Crave Yesterday, a report originating from ITP.net suggested that mobile phone company i-mate has gone out of business. According to the tech business news site, i-mate's employees were told to take two ... Read story »

Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 runs Android, slated for January 2010 - Sep 18, 2009

Crave Mobile phone manufacturers typically work on upcoming phones up to a few years ahead. So when a product gets released in the market, it would have already been in production for ... Read story »

Google Chrome OS on Chinese Netbook next month? - Oct 3, 2009

Blogs Google announced their plans to make an operating system for computers earlier this summer, and its eagerly awaited release date is 'sometime in 2010'. But a Chinese manufacturer might be about to ... Read story »

HTC HD2 to come with HTC Sense - Oct 7, 2009

Crave The HTC HD2. On Tuesday, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC unveiled its fifth Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone, the HTC HD2. It will be the company's first Windows Mobile phone to rock ... Read story »

SK Telecom planning to launch HTC's Android phone "Hero" in Korea - Sep 20, 2009

Blogs Korea's No.1 mobile carrier, SK Telecom, is planning to launch an Android phone together with HTC next year. This will help both parties to secure their respective markets in different ways ... Read story »

Retro gaming kills my eyes - Oct 18, 2009

Blogs Growing up in the 1980s alongside my NES, I probably enjoy retro gaming more than the average gamer. But even I have my limits. The other day, I found myself the ... Read story »

Make sure you stop and smell the roses - Oct 23, 2009

Blogs Time flies. It's been over three years since I last posted here. A job transfer to Singapore (kind of like what Budi is experiencing now) prompted me to give up blogging as ... Read story »

Profiling dating habits of iPhone users - Nov 5, 2009

Crave A college education is great and all, but so are a Kindle, a Netbook, and an iPod. Me: iPhone owner. You: User of multiple cool, up-to-date gadgets. College degree not ... Read story »

Smartphone users, keep complaining - Nov 11, 2009

Crave Want great software for your mobile phone? Keep up the complaints. That was the message at a Tuesday session of the BlackBerry Developer Conference here in San Francisco aimed at developers. ... Read story »

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