SanDisk Announces 16GB microSD and M2 Cards

Topic: Mobile Phones

SanDisk announced what it claims to be the world's largest capacity microSD and M2 cards today with 16GB of storage each. The card will be available from Verizon Wireless stores and Best Buy Mobile stores.

The 16GB microSDHC card retails for $99.99 and the 16GB M2 card retails for $129.99. Both cards will be available in November and Best Buy and Verizon are the only two stores that will carry the card in 2008. Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:37:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Mobile Phones for Tweens and Kids, flyPhone and glowPhone

Topic: Mobile Phones

Giving a cell phone to a younger child or a teen/tween is a good thing. It allows you to keep in touch with your child and makes it easier to know where they are, even if it's only within your neighborhood. The catch is that kids often don’t understand how a phone works and that using it too much can cost big money.

Firefly has a couple of new phones for kids that limit the people they can call and make it so parents can easily monitor the use of the phone. The new handsets are called the glowPhone and the flyPhone. The phones allow parents to limit the time the phones can be used and to limit text messages to only the numbers programmed into the phones memory. Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:46:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Blogs and Product Reviews Significantly Influence Mobile Buyers says Report

Topic: Mobile Phones

A new report from ad-ology shows that 60.5% of consumers who recently purchased a mobile phone said that online product reviews and user comments weighed significantly in their buying decisions. The reports show that 30% of people felt that blogs had the same level of influence on buying decisions.

Key findings showed that buyers likely to rate online blogs and reviews highly tended to be 18 to 34 year olds with higher than average incomes. 26.3% of buyers said they prefer to buy online rather than in a store. The price of the phone isn't as important to most buyers as the phone quality and the quality of the mobile network. Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:44:07 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

iPhone Gets Spreadsheet from Softalk

Topic: Mobile Phones

I use an iPhone for my only phone at home or on the road. The one thing about the device that takes the most getting used to is the on-screen keyboard. You do get used to it after a while, but I would be very hesitant to use it for anything other than the occasional email or text message.

iPhone users who miss the ability to be able to type spreadsheets will be glad to hear that Softalk has a new iPhone spreadsheet application. The application is called Spreadsheet, has 50 different functions, and can be sent via the iPhone email to other people to be opened in Excel 2003 or higher. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:30:15 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Neonode Launches Limited Edition N2 Phone

Topic: Mobile Phones

Neonode has teamed up with Swedish rock band Backyard Babies to deliver a limited edition N2 touch screen phone to go along with the bands new self-named album. The limited edition handset includes the complete Backyard Babies album, music video and a bonus track.

Also included are numerous ringtones and band themes. Features include the touch screen interface, miniSD card slot, music player capability, Quad band support for wireless networks, and a 2MP camera. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:25:12 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Palm Treo Pro Now Available Unlocked

Topic: Mobile Phones

Palm announced today that its Treo Pro is now available in the US unlocked. The phone runs on Windows 6.1 and is a world phone built for business users. The device features Wi-Fi, GPS, web and UMTS/HSDPA capabilities.

Also featured is a full QWERTY keyboard and removable battery packs good for five hours of use each. The SIM of the phone is easy to remove to allow for using local SIM cards when roaming. Compatibility with Microsoft System Mobile Device Manager 2008 is also featured. The unlocked Treo Pro is available for $549. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:23:47 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Microvision Pico Projector Enhancements Demoed

Topic: Mobile Phones

Microvision has announced that it will show off enhancements to its Pico Projector at CETTEC in Japan. The Pico Projector is a tiny laser projector that is intended to allow mobile phone users and users of other mobile products to project images onto a larger surface for viewing.

Microvision says that the latest version of its projector is smaller, lighter, and brighter than previous versions. The projector uses a collimated beam of light and requires no lenses making it focus free at any distance. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:52:50 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Gphone versus iPhone versus Windows Mobile

Topic: Mobile Phones

Digital Trends takes a look at the three smart phone platforms: T-Mobile G1, Apple iPhone and Windows Mobile.
Quote: "This week, the first of the gPhones was formally announced: the HTC Dream. Google's attack on the phone market is vastly different than Apple's, and could, if we measure success by volume, be much more successful. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Shazam iPhone App Downloaded 1.5M Times

Topic: Mobile Phones

Shazam is a mobile music discovery provider. It announced today that the Shazam application for the iPhone has been downloaded over 1.5 million times in the last six weeks. Shazam says that the application is one of the most popular for the iPhone.

iPhone users have used the application to identify more than 20 million music tracks in the last 2 months. Using the application iPhone owners can identify music tracks, watch the video on YouTube, and buy the track on iTunes via the iPhone. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

AirMe Gives iPhone Wireless Link to Picasa

Topic: Mobile Phones

AirMe has announced its application for the iPhone is ready. The application is on the App Store now and allows iPhone users to send photos wirelessly to Picasa, Facebook, and Flickr. The photos are tagged with location, time, weather and more. I assume you have to be running the iPhone 3G for the geotagging services.

AirMe says its application has been used in over 90 countries over the last two months and users have uploaded a quarter million photos from the iPhone alone. Versions are available for other phones as well including Blackberry and Nokia devices. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:00:14 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Klitschko Brothers Get their Own mobile Boxing Game

Topic: Mobile Phones

Anyone who follows boxing knows that the heavyweight division is lacking today. Two of the most promising heavyweight boxers are the Klitschko brothers Vitali and Wladimir. Mobile game maker Artificial Life has produced a mobile boxing game for mobile phones.

Boxing matches in the game are held in training rooms, large arenas, players get tips between rounds in their corner, and codes can be entered to enhance the gameplay. Here's hoping that the game is more exciting than the heavyweight division. Read more

Posted on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun