Articles on Mobile Phones

World's Super (long) Phone? - May 22, 2008

Crave Finally, a mobile phone that bucks the trend. For those sick and tired of claims like "the smallest", "the thinnest", "the lightest" from mobile manufacturers, here comes a handset that touts ... Read story »

microUSB standard for future mobile phones. - Sep 24, 2007

Blogs Read this article on zdnetasia that says most future mobile will support microUSB. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,62032494,00.htm Coolz. This is one instance where standardization would be really helpful.  I hate it when every family member ... Read story »

Nokia's new Prisms a juxtaposition of everything - Aug 7, 2007

Crave The Finnish company's at it again. This time, its contribution to the mobile phone cause is a pair of geometrically similar Prisms. We got cross-eyed just looking at the pictures of ... Read story »

Boredom is a catalyst for pocket-sized technology - Apr 25, 2008

Blogs Do you instinctively reach into your pocket or bag to look for something hard when you are bored waiting for someone or inbetween meetings and errands. More often than not, in ... Read story »

In this case, the devil wears 24k gold - Aug 24, 2007

Crave Just for the record, iPods aren't the only gadgets that can be covered in diamonds or dipped in gold. GeekSugar says Amosu, which gave us the gold iPod, has veered beyond ... Read story »

Porsche's phone ready for starting flag - Aug 28, 2007

Crave Considering how much publicity is given to high-profile phones these days, it's surprising that more hasn't been said about Porsche's entry into the handset race. That all could change soon, however, ... Read story »

Mobispine wants you to share news with your Facebook friends - Oct 3, 2007

Crave Ah yes, Facebook, the social community Web site that some cannot survive a day without, while others can't wait to see it go down in history as yet another failed Web ... Read story »

The iPhone is not user-friendly? - Jul 16, 2008

Blogs So a friend of mine tells me that a friend of theirs knows someone who works in Softbank, the Japanese carrier for the iPhone, who thinks the newly released iPhone is ... Read story »

There's a map for that: GPS or smartphone? - Nov 11, 2009

Features As mobile phones become more powerful, we wonder if buying a standalone personal navigation device still makes sense these days. Read story »

Opera accused of censorship, betrayal by Chinese users - Nov 22, 2009

Blogs Opera, the maker of Web browsers such as the popular "Opera Mini" for Java-based mobile phones, has been accused of betraying its users in China, by apparently caving in to top-level ... Read story »

R.I.P. N-Gage: 2003-2009/10 - Nov 2, 2009

Features Nokia realigns its gaming strategy by integrating its N-Gage gaming platform, which never really took off, into Ovi Store.  Read story »

Research: Predictive texting makes kids less thoughtful - Aug 12, 2009

Crave Onscreen QWERTY keyboard on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Scientists--what would we do without them?--reckon that predictive texting teaches children to act first and think later. New research suggests that increased use ... Read story »

Clipper MP3 player, four years too late? - Jul 28, 2009

Crave The Archos Clipper gives the iPod shuffle a run for its money, only four years too late. Mobile phones and Netbooks may be nibbling away at the market for portable ... Read story »

HTC launches global "You" campaign - Oct 30, 2009

Blogs The big news out of Taiwan this week is the launch of HTC's global "You" campaign. It is currently rolling out in 20 different countries and follows its new "Quietly Brilliant" brand ... Read story »

Mobile phone companies rated "greenest" in Greenpeace study - Oct 5, 2009

Features The latest guide reveals that handset makers still lead the chart, but introducing green elements throughout devices will take several years. Read story »

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