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by leo on August 03, 2007
Many feel that iPhone has revolutionized the entire mobile industry. But did it really alter the entire smartphone market? Judging from the hype I have to say yes. Good thing ABI Research has a new...
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AT&T has opened AT&T Experience Store in Atlanta, the first store to demonstrate the benefits of housing AT&T's product suite under one roof. AT&T is quickly learning from Apple...
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Riding on the convergence of fashion and technology, Levi's has partnered with ModeLabs to develop its own mobile phone. This denim manufacturer is not a new to this fashion + technology trend. In...
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I'm seeing a rise in the power of I (not I for iPod but I for individuality) with the new Design Your Own Nokia N76 contest. Nokia invites everyone to flaunt their creativity and create a...
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by leo on April 08, 2007
The line between technology and fashion continues to blur and the spate of convergence, started by LG's new Prada phone, has inspired other designers to join the fray. talk2myshirt, home base of...
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by tom on January 15, 2007
Akhibara News has posted some pictures of a new handset from Pantech specifically for the Korean mobile operator Sky. The UM-I170 looks incredibly swish, and despite being a flip phone (a style...
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by tom on December 20, 2006
Business Week are getting interested in pretty mobiles as well, with a recent feature on The Coolest Mobiles in the World.Most of the world won't get the chance to buy these handsets. Japan's...
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by tom on December 12, 2006
I saw this first posted over on Mobile Mentalism, and I'm still not sure what to make of it. The GoldVish Limited Edition, pictured left, is the world's most expensive mobile handset, with a...
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by Scott on October 20, 2006
Not getting enough fashion-phone action? Well, if you like it acid-washed with a button fly, Levis's has something for you. The company is contracting with Modelabs of France to make Levi's...
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by Scott on August 27, 2006
Personalization and modification are two trends sweeping many segments of consumer products. These trends have driven the explosive growth of the iPod economy, for example, which some have called a...
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by tom on August 27, 2006
Hello Kitty is something of a phenomenon. I even have a Hello Kitty theme on my Nokia 6630. Now BenQ have announced an agreement with Sanrio (the owners of Hello Kitty) to produce a Hello...
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by tom on August 22, 2006
Fosfor Gadgets have posted their list of the top 10 most beautiful cellphones. As with all such lists, the entries are going to be pretty much subjective. I do agree with some of the entries, such as...
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by tom on July 14, 2006
TechEBlog has posted a list of what they consider to be the top 5 coolest handsets they've come across recently. The list includes such gems as the NEC N908 credit-card sized phone and the safari...
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by tom on July 14, 2006
Now it's getting beyond a joke. Moscow-based JSC Ancort Company has announced a smartphone designed by Peter Aloisson that features sections made of rose gold, along with 50 diamonds embedded in...
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by Scott on July 11, 2006
It's Korea week on Mobile Weblog. Well, at least there is a lot of news coming out of Korea at the moment. And I had Korean beef and noodles for dinner a few nights back, so it's just staying...
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by Scott on May 29, 2006
Vertu, the luxury handset brand of Nokia, is growing at a triple-digit rate, according to comments from Vertu President Alberto Torres to a Finnish newspaper. In his comments, reported by Reuters,...
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by Scott on April 03, 2006
Textually reports the smallest autofocus mechanism for cameraphones is on its way from Shicoh Engineering in Japan. A mere 10 x 10 x 4.2mm, the little engine that could get you in trouble with illicit...
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by Scott on April 03, 2006
We are in the middle of Interface month at Mobile Weblog. Meaning I am ranting about interfaces with the hopes that it might stir a revolt against the current interfaces of the major mobile OSs and...
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by Scott on March 31, 2006
Nokia has shown it is serious about attacking growth markets in Asia and other parts of the developing world. Yesterday at a big event in Chonqing, China, the Finns introduced three new handset...
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by Scott on March 16, 2006
I wrote a couple weeks ago about how some new mobile interfaces were becoming more simplified in their design, particularly a new model from Motorola, which features an external interface of a few...
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by Scott on March 10, 2006
BenQ-Siemens have taken the wraps off another big introduction of new handset models at CeBIT, following a gush of new models at 3GSM. This is the biggest burst of activity from BenQ since their...
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Finally this site has a new design and we hope you like it. Together with the new design we have introduced several changes: - We now produce valid XHTML, RSS 2.0 and have a valid CSS Earlier some of...
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