October 2007 - Posts
Cellufun |
In this round it's Hillary vs. Rudy
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There aren’t many scintillating new items being displayed on the show floor at the 2007 CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment expo in San Francisco.
But one new game displayed there did catch my eye.
From the “picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words” department, there’ll be a new game available soon for your cell phone called The Mobile Ring.
As you can see, this game from Cellufun lets you pit any U.S. presidential candidates of your choice in a knock-down battle—in a boxing ring.
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For the first time, a trade show for the cell phone industry is light on new phones. In the recent past there had been a slew of shiny new handset designs to admire. Not so this year.
The 2007 CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment expo, here in San Francisco, is focused on everything you can do on your smartphone aside from making a phone call.
Wireless data use over cell phones is exploding. According to a new CTIA survey, non-voice service revenues in the first half of 2007 rose 63 percent over the same period last year.
That means more and more people are using their cell phones to send and receive IMs, e-mails, text messages, download maps, Web pages, music and video files, photos and nearly everything else you can think of - other than voice calls.
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Palm |
The new, smaller, red Palm Centro.
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Palm desperately needs some good news.
It was love at first sight.
Not because it is compact and nicely shaped – or because it 3G wireless connection is fast - or because it handles Microsoft Exchange mail, calendar and phonebook with aplomb.
I love it because it’s that and more. It’s an all-around great device.
The Centro is really a smaller Treo. Palm says it’s 20 percent smaller. I didn’t spend time measuring. Let’s just say it’s slightly smaller. What they’ve done they’ve made it easier to hold.
The screen is smaller than the Treo’s – but readable. The keyboard is smaller, too. When you first see it you might think it’s too small to type on, but even with my big fingers, I found the Centro’s keyboard made it easy for my typing to be quite accurate. I like it better than the iPhone to type on.
There’s a 1.3 megapixel camera on the back, which seems skimpy for a modern-day smartphone. It does produce fine looking photos and videos, though.
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Com One |
A reasonably priced table/portable Wi-Fi radio.
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Imagine listening to more than 5,000 radio stations from all over the world in a radio in your home.
You can if you have a high-speed connection and a Wi-Fi connection to the Web and Com One’s Phoenix Wi-Fi Radio. It's both a battery-operated portable as well as a table radio.
Wi-Fi radios aren’t real radios in the sense that they receive over-the-air signals from near (AM and FM) and far (shortwave) broadcasters. Wi-Fi radios receive Internet radio station streams where their signals come via a WI-Fi connection.
These devices are small, radio-shaped wireless computers that play music streams available on the Web. They’re also able to stream music you have stored on any computer hard drive wirelessly connected in your home.
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AT&T |
The screen tilts forward slightly so you can see it better while typing. Hence the name.
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AT&T’s new Tilt is fast. Really fast. I know that because I’m familiar with the phone in other forms.
The Tilt is nearly identical to AT&T’s previous 8525 device and to T-Mobile’s current Wing smartphone.
They’re all manufactured by HTC, they’re all GSM-based world phones which run on Windows Mobile OS, and they all have similar controls and buttons. They’re also all very good cellular phones.
But there's a huge difference. While the 8525 runs on the older, slower Windows Mobile 5 and Wing runs on the older, slower EDGE wireless data network, the Tilt has the most recent OS and runs on AT&T’s super-fast, 3G system.
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Logitech |
It's part wireless mouse, part laser pointer and part remote control.
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Logitech has created a computer mouse called the MX Air that’s actually half mouse and half remote control.
The MX Air is made to be used “on the desk” or “in the air.” It works like a regular, wireless mouse when you push it on a flat surface.
But, it also works like a combination laser pointer and video remote controller when you wave it in the air and point it towards your TV.
It is made to let you control – from near or far - the latest breed of multimedia Windows PCs. Especially new media computer units which require placement close to those shiny, flat-screens, high-definition televisions.
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