Portable Gadget

Archive for May, 2007

Rumor : Apple Plans to “Tax” iPhone ?

Maybe one of the biggest surprises to Apple that came with the success of iPod, was the emergence of the various iPod accessories. Somewhat belatedly Apple moved to capitalize on this ecosystem by introducing 10% tax for the right to display “Made for iPod” logo on various add-ons.
As with all the taxes, not everyone was […]

Slimmest Slider for CDMA Networks : Samsung SCH-C220/SPH-C2200/SPH-C2250

All these times, all the newest and best cellphones always go to GSM networks. But in Korea, CDMA networks users will be happy to know what Samsung have in store for them

Following the footsteps of his older GSM brother, Samsung U-600, CDMA version of this 10.9 millimeter slider are available, called Samsung SCH-C220/SPH-C2200 /SPH-C2250. (different […]

World Smallest Mobile Phone : SMS M500 GSM Watchfone

The future is now…

Enter the SMS M500 GSM Watchfone, “the world’s smallest mobile phone” — or so says SMS Technology Australia. This watch goes quad-band GSM while packing a 1.5-inch touchscreen with built-in stylus; Bluetooth 2.0; and all the 120 x 160 pixel MP4 video (or MP3/AAC audio) you can pack into its 128MB of […]

Acer for GPS : Acer V-200 GPS

Acer is not only for laptops and PCs. Looks like Acer has GPS device destined for parts other than North America, with its new budget-priced V200 model apparently exclusive to France for the time being.

Acer V-200 boasts a 3.5-inch QVGA display, along with the SiRF Star III GPS receiver, Samsung 300 MHz S3C2442XL […]

Latest Santa Rosa on Lenovo : Lenovo 3000-V200

The Lenovo 3000-V200 is packed full with Santa Rosa armaments, and aside from the 1.8GHz T7100 Intel Core 2 Duo processor, this 12.1-incher now boosts a 160GB SATA drive, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, a WXGA VibrantView display, built-in 1.3-megapixel camera, and up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM.

Furthermore, you’ll find Intel’s X3100 integrated graphics set, a dual-layer […]

New Mobile Phone Trojan!

A new mobile virus is on the way. And we found Symbian Series 60 to become the victim again. The virus named “Trojan-SMS.SymbOS.Viver” is actually an SMS Trojan. The virus is received mostly because of exposing cell phone to download games continuously from unsafe locations. The virus once onto your symbian handset, it will start […]

Samsung’s Innovative Handset, E210

Samsung, Korean number 1, Ultra Edition handsets are still rocking the markets. But having a deep review of the Ultra Edition mobile phone, we found nothing to be called ‘ultra’. There is no innovation what so ever. Every thing looked to be trendy and manufactured because of market competition.

But here comes something to be called […]

All Things D: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Wax Nostalgic

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Yesterday’s ho-hum (what? No catfights?) milestone interview between computer industry honchos Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on “All Things Digital 5”, the Wall Street Journal’s annual technology conference, did not recall the legendary friction a la 1999’s “Pirates of Silicon Valley”.
Although there were no fireworks, the two giants discussed their contributions to the industry, […]

Palm Foleo: Companion to Treo, Fits in Very Large Pocket

Jeff Hawkins, creator of the original Palm Pilot and Treo, unveiled a laptop-like companion to be used with Smartphones in yesterday’s big announcement. The Foleo’s main function is an email manager, allowing the user to synchronize files back and forth between the Foleo and the Treo (or other Smartphone) to keep all data up-to-date. […]

New QWERTY Design : Samsung SGH-i620

Samsung is about to release its SGH-i620 slider smartphone, the next iteration in the design of Samsung QWERTY smartphones. Instead of building traditionally shaped smartphone with QWERTY keyboard, in SGH-i620 model they decided to cut the keyboard off, and turn it into a slider.

There has not been official announcement for Samsung SGH-i620 yet, but this […]