Archive for December 6th, 2005

Printer Phone Coming Soon??

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

I need one of these like I need a hole in the head. crappy pictures + crappy printer = crappy prints But maybe if it printed stickers like that crappy polaroid camera (iZone)... Then we can go broke buying crappy film (now on closeout). Gizmodo

Cellcos Should Be Conduits not Content Providers

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

It is almost as if this MocoNews post was a followup to my previous post about EMI and T-Mobile. I mentioned in that post that it seemed that the cellcos were getting into the content business more and more; essentially squeezing out the 3rd parties and effectively stuffing their own ...

Telephoto Lens For Your Phone

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

That looks like it won't fit easily into your pocket. Link: Gizmodo

The McDownload

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

A ringtone in your Happy Meal? Patents filed by Disney reveal plans to drip-feed entertainment into a portable player while the owner eats in a restaurant. Link: textually.org

Wisconsin Teens Could Face Cellphone Ban (while driving)

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Perhaps in response to the NTSB recommendation , Wisconsin will put forth a bill restricting cell phone use for teen drivers. Wisconsin is a start, but these laws are more urgently needed in urban and suburban locales where there are many more cars on the road; and as a result wiill have ...

T-Mobile lands EMI - Over 200k songs,videos and ringtones

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

T-Mobile Europe will offer it's customers over 200,000 songs from EMI. Content will include full-tracks, video clips and of course ringtones. In the past it seemed that the cellcos would offload content tasks to portal partners and other 3rd party content providers. T-mob obviously is aware of the revenues to ...

A Phone You Won’t Find in the US

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Carriers in the US bill seperately for data and voice. Voice based on minutues and data often being a flat fee. VoIP is voice data. What if you had a phone which would leverage the data network for VoIP? Enter Trolltech's Qtopia Phone 2.2, the first Linux-based system for phones ...

Cellphone Incept Dates (or My Girlfriend’s Phone Buried Itself)

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Does your phone have an expiration date? Less than 2 years ago my lady friend picked up the cute Kyocera SE-47 Slider Phone for Verizon. It's performance was disappointing mostly due to the poor power management. (ie, the battery sucked.) The battery was recalled and replaced once, which only served to ...