A company called M2E Power is developing technology that will harness the kinetic movement of the human body to charge electronic devices, including cellular phones. The charging station would be a small device worn on the body. Whenever the wearer moves, such as walking or running, the movement will create and store electrical energy in […]

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Today Motorola announced its next-generation push-to-talk technology that works with CDMA EVDO Rev. A networks, rather than iDEN. The PTT over cellular, or PoC, system uses a special piece of software on the phone to make PTT calls work via Rev. A networks. It provides functionality similar to its iDEN-based PTT technology, and lets users […]

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Besides your health, here is another cool reason why you should walk a bit more. Base on the Faraday principal, “wherein energy is produced from the motion of a magnet passing through a coil”, the M2E Power aims at charging the mobile phone, via motion-powered electronics. Translated, it means that phones featuring this technology will […]

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With more and more people relying on VoIP technology to keep in touch with friends and family worldwide, it makes sense to use a VoIP handset that has the relevant features to get your message across loud and clear. Enter the Doro ip700wifi that enables you to make IP calls without the need for a […]

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That’s right, kids, T-Mobile launched 3G data in Vegas this morning. The 1700MHz AWS 3G network went live for phones that can hit the UMTS 3G data stream, and if your phone is one of those, you may want to look for the pretty little icon and start doing some Intertron browsing. T-Mobile still expects […]

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Yesterday, Dolby and LG have announced a partnership to develop LG phones with Dolby Mobile, a set of digital audio processing features designed to improve the audio performance and entertainment capabilities of multimedia phones. Mobile Weblog reports.
“… LG plans to include Dolby Mobile in phones bound for the global market this year which will feature:
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Earlier this week, Geek.com reported that Esquire will make publishing history by featuring E ink technology on its September issue. The technology will allow the magazine to scroll or flash text on its cover for up to 90 days until the battery runs out. Esquire has exclusive rights to the technology until 2009.
Now, according to […]

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Samsung will soon be introducing a successor of sorts to the Samsung Solid (M110) – the GT-B2700. Like the Solid, is is water, and dust resistant, and uses the candybar formfactor. It should be on the market by the end of the summer, in the region of $330.
The technical specifications are as follows:

Connectivity: Quad-band […]

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A chain of German supermarkets have utilized cellphones to make it possible for the purchases to be scanned directly from the cellphone. This idea was launched by Real in a store called The Future Store which was opened near Duesseldorf.
They have software you can download directly to your cellphone. Then as you go through the […]

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Software named Citysense is software for Blackberry phones (and soon the iPhone) which shows you where the wild things are happening in your own town. Roland Piquepaille’s Technology Trend reports.
Citysense ‘uses advanced machine learning techniques to number crunch vast amounts of data emanating from thousands of cell-phones, GPS-equipped cabs and other data devices to paint […]

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