Here’s Circle Phone concept from YankoDesign. The upswing in high-tech technology integrated into every facet of our lives will soon (say 5+ years from now) experience a backlash started by none other than YankoDesign’s designers. The Circle Phone is an example of such a backlash.

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Looking for a fancy yet very high quality earphone? Take a look at this wooden version from JVC dubbed the HP-FX500.
JVC says that the use of wood offers enhanced audio quality and the weight of 7.5 grams is pretty nice too.
Specs wise: 100dB/1mW, from 8Hz to 25kHz @ 16Ω and a price o 15,000 Yen [...]

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Samsung’s impending F490 and P720 touchscreen phones have been spotted outside of official press events with new details to match, says Russian site Mobile-Notes. The F490 (shown) is now known to include haptic feedback, vibrating the phone when a user touches a control on its 3.2-inch display; though slim, it has a 5-megapixel camera and [...]

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JAVOEdge have announced a new Apple iPhone holster called the JAVOHolster. It is a stylish and durable holster that easily clips to your belt, pants pocket or even a handbag. The whole product is made of high grade durable Polycarbonate plastic and rubber pads inside of the JAVOHolster protect your Touchsrceen from any damage. It [...]

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The COWON N3 is another multi-featured PMP from COWON. From the information available now, the N3 does not have the same built-in connectivity options as the Q5, which is a PMP with WiFi, HSDPA and GPS as well as EDGE and GPRS connectivity.
Powered by the same Alchemy AU 1250 600MHz and running Windows CE 5.0, [...]

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Samsung introduced the 5MP G800 Camera Phone in October. LetsGoMobile got their hands on the Samsung G800 and published a review.
Quote from the review: “The SGH-G800 is unique in its class thanks to its three times optical zoom and face detection. According to Samsung the G800 has been equipped with a camera that can fully [...]

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Nokia Siemens Networks have just completed their first real-world tests of a trial Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. LTE networks have been chosen as the next step in GSM, following UMTS and HSPA. A trial network was set up in Berlin on 2.6 GHz spectrum as testers with data cards drove cars around within a [...]

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Add Tech has announced a tiny Bluetooth headset AD-HSM10. The company says this is the world smallest and lightest headset. If it’s not so (a number of such solutions is already on the market), the AD-HSM10 belongs to the most compact class. Measuring 23×22×31.5 mm it weighs 5 g. It ensures up to 100 hours [...]

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Until now Philips hasn’t been a significant heavyweight in the DAP player market, but they have a new flash based personal media player that is looking pretty swanky. Available in 8gb, 4gb or 2gb capacities the SA6185 sports a 3.5″ LCD display with a 320 x 240 resolution, built-in speakers, and a 5 hour video [...]

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PQI has announced compact and slim flash drives – Traveling Disk i201. They involve Intelligent Stick patent interface and are fully compatible with USB 2.0. The drives carry from 1 to 4 GB of memory onboard. They are available in 3 “tasty” color solutions: Strawberry Rose, Banana Yellow and Bilberry.

The Travel Disk i201 is just [...]

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Watching the steady stream of Clones coming from China is an endless entertainment (at least when you don’t make the original phones…). This phone is (heavily) inspired form the Samsung F300 also called “Upstage” at Sprint. The clone works on the same principle: one side is a phone and the other side is an MP3 [...]

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RIM has filled a patent for new keyboard design, which can be applied in new BlackBerry smartphones. It is peculiar for the form of the buttons, which are set at an angle. RIM believes this design ensures more convenient text input. In addition these buttons can be used for the screen keyboard. Probably next year [...]

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Amosu Luxury Phones has introduced Motorola RAZR V8 Luxury Diamond Edition for the Christmas holidays. This exclusive phone is coated with 412 5.9-carat-diamonds, it is supplied with “Concierge” international service. There are just 5 diamond RAZR2 V8 released. As for the price tag, the source hasn’t unveiled it so far. I’d remind you that Motorola [...]

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According to UK’s Daily Mail amid growing fears that listeners could cause irreversible damage to their hearing - the highest setting is as loud as a chainsaw - Apple is developing an automatic volume control.
“A new patent reveals that the next iPods and iPhones could automatically calculate how long a person has been listening and [...]

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Details of the unannounced Motorola ROKR E8 music phone have become public on the FCC web site. The bar-style phone sports a unique flat keypad with illuminated labels that disappear into a glossy black surface when not in use. Four large piezoelectric actuators under the keypad presumably provide some form of haptic feedback. The phone [...]

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