Category: Mobile phones
Alcatel back in UK phone market
Alcatel, which has a bit of an okey cokey attitude to the UK mobile phone market, seems definitely to be back 'in' after announcing a deal with leading Chinese phone manufacturer TCL, and the imminent arrival of the One…
Fairly funky Bluetooth car kit
We seem to have become so paranoid about getting three bonus points on our licence for chatting on the mobile while driving that all Carphone Warehouse seems to sell these days is Bluetooth kits for the car. Although it…
SK65 nearly here
The SK65 will be hitting the shops in the next couple of weeks. Despite countless rumours, Siemens still seems to be committed to the phone market for the time being at least, and the SK65 offers enough innovation to be…
Sony PSP to feature on mobile
Ken Kutaragi has told business media site Bloomberg that an add-on turning the PSP into a mobile phone will surface "in the near future". Sony had already demonstrated mobile phone capabilities at a prototype stage at E3 in LA…
BatMax: Extend your battery life
A sticker that extend your mobile's battery life? It may sound unlikely, but that's what BatMax claims to have come up with. The sticker is compatible with all mobiles and can extend your battery's life to up to twice as…
Mobile Saver battery pack
Here's a more environmentally friendly version of the Cellboost disposable battery pack for mobiles. The Mobile Saver from STC Global is a rechargeable power source that you can carrry with you as a back up should your mobile battery run…
Control your PC via mobile
Toshiba's Ubiquitous Viewer software provides you with the power to control your computer straight from your mobile phone. The service works on Windows PCs and you can operate software such as the MS Office applications, as well as gaining access…
Motorola pushes Push to Talk (again)
Motorola is once again hoping to interest British mobile phone networks in Push to Talk (the system that enables mobiles to work like walkie talkies) by offering a pair of new POC (Push to Talk over cellular) endowed handsets. Ready…
Movement recognition handset from Samsung
After months spent getting excited every time someone releases a phone with specs slightly higher than the one before ("it’s got a 1-megapixel camera on it!"; "it’s got a high res screen") it feels like Samsung’s marketing team have just…
BlackBerry 7100X released
Obviously BlackBerry decided to ignore those negative reviews of its redesigned QWERTY keypad (the TD team was split, with some of us hating it and some of us rather liking it) and plough on with another handset sporting the same…