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Nokia Morph Rocks Nanotechnology

25. February 2008

� Currently the Morph concept from Nokia is at its theoretical stage. Theoretically, nanotechnology can be incorporated in the design of a handset. The research is in partnership with Cambridge Nanoscience Centre. The idea behind mode is to take portability a few steps up the ladder of evolution. The Morph will have a wrist mode, wherein [...]

GiFi is Faster Than WiFi

22. February 2008

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Researchers at Melbourne University has achieved data transfer rates of up to 5Gbps at a radius of 10 meters. The technology is called GiFi and it could be the next big feature in portable electronics. The technology uses existing complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology resulting into a 5mm square chip. The manufacturing cost of such a [...]

Pico Chipsets now being manufactured and will be available mid-2008

20. February 2008

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Texas Instruments’ DLP pico projector was just a concept a couple of months ago but word has it that the Pico Chipset is currently in production. The Pico Chipset will allow you to share images and video from your mobile phones or PMPs by projecting them into a big screen or wall. Apparently, [...]

Readius Explained With an Accent at MWC ‘08

17. February 2008

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Readius is looking more and more like the Kindle killer. A lucky few get to paw this HSDPA and Bluetooth-enabled e-Book reader at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Unlike Kindle, you can put the Readius in your pocket. It uses a flexible display that you roll out when you want to read and [...]

Skype on PSP from MWC 2008

11. February 2008

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At the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Skype demoed its much-talked about version for the PSP. Yes, you can now do free international (Skype-to-Skype), inexpensive SkypeOut, and receive SkypeIn calls. The full package, on something that you actually bought just for amusement. How great is that? Click the link to watch the [...]

Nokia Phones GPS for Traffic Updates

10. February 2008

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Nokia has developed software that just might expand the use of your phone�s GPS past mere navigation. When in a car, the program can send location and speed data back to the home base, where all data is compiled to allow prediction of traffic patterns. In fact, Nokia demonstrated just that, in a live test [...]

Modu Mobile Phone Brings the Small Revolution

8. February 2008

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Israeli manufacturer Modu claims their eponymous phone is the smallest in the world. It certainly looks like the smallest with barely room for a regular numeric keypad. Instead, users have a set tic-tac-toe buttons. The screen is tiny as well, so I guess we can forget about watching videos on this 42-gram cell phone. [...]

Opera Mobile 9.5 almost due for beta release

6. February 2008

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Version 9.5 of Opera Mobile is looking mighty fine and navigates smoothly, thanks to a re-engineered Presto rendering engine. Featuring downloadable Opera widgets and a new browser interface, Opera Mobile 9.5 can get data from Flickr, Google Maps, and CIA World Factbook simultaneously. Check out the video for a sneak peek of [...]

Skycross single antenna can handle multiple frequencies

4. February 2008

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An antenna that can receive multiple-in, multiple-out signals and multiple frequencies. Sounds impossible? Not quite! An antenna company called Skycross developed a new technology called iMAT (isolated mode antenna technology) which allows a user to get two ports for one frequency in one antenna - without the signals interfering. The result is [...]

Microsoft Surface Table Shipping This Year

4. February 2008

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Does anyone remember the Surface? You know, the multitouch table from Microsoft. It can sync with Zune and your Bluetooth cellphone that rests on top of it. The Surface recognizes the device instantaneously and displays it on the table content so you can gesture and multi-touch photos and videos as you like. Such technology, surely, [...]

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