Archive for 'Cell Phones'

The Nokia N95

November 4th, 2008 – 8:04 am Posted by Rosanne Lorraine
Tagged as: Cell Phones

Can one phone really do it all? Almost every techie will answer in the negative, but they just might change their minds with the Nokia N95. This promising device has a lot of new features, including quad-band GSM connectivity, stereo speakers, WCDMA HSDPA, a 5-megapixel camera, a music player, GPS, and 802.11g Wi-Fi. If there [...]

A Review You Can Touch

October 14th, 2008 – 9:00 am Posted by B Kenney

“Good alternatives. Have you actually tried the ones you have listed here? I want real user reviews before I pick any.” - Comment made by lvs on September 24, 2008 @ 10:14 pm
For today’s post I thought I would try something different and answer one of the comments listed on another article I posted earlier [...]

iPhone Alternatives

September 23rd, 2008 – 9:44 am Posted by B Kenney

Do you love the iPhone? I certainly love the idea of the iPhone, as well as the early pictures and reviews on the user interface. Just the thought of a portable media player that is also a phone is very attractive. Instead of carrying more than one gadget ,such as a cell phone, an MP3 [...]

The Blackberry

June 10th, 2008 – 9:00 am Posted by Erin Steiner
Tagged as: Cell Phones

Does anybody else remember when the Blackberry was an elusive electronic device and only high-powered executives seemed to be able to find them and put them to use everyday? Now Blackberry is trying to become the “everyphone” and really, who doesn’t want a phone that will do just about everything except fold your socks?
We knew [...]

Cell Phone Research in the Developing World

April 13th, 2008 – 9:39 am Posted by TK
Tagged as: Cell Phones

There is a great article (by Sara Corbett) in this week’s The NY Times Magazine about a Nokia research team that spends their time in the developing world determining what needs to be in the next generation of mobile phones in order to meet the needs of these economies. What the article makes readily [...]

An Excellent Combination

January 23rd, 2008 – 6:20 am Posted by Michele

It’s a difficult decision for cell phone users:  do you want a larger display screen for reading or doing a music search?  or a smaller phone for carrying purposes?  With Polymer Vision’s new Readius you will no longer need to make this decision.
The Readius is an e-reader and cell phone in one package.  The display [...]

Text Messaging

December 4th, 2007 – 8:51 am Posted by Paula Fernandez
Tagged as: Cell Phones

Text Messaging, also called texting, SMS (Short Message Service), or wireless messaging, is the transmission of short text messages from cell phone to cell phone. Text messaging can be one-way, allowing the user only to receive messages, or two-way, allowing the user to both send and receive messages. Most phones and carriers also allow messages [...]