Although we’re supposed to be in the vortex of a convergence storm, with do-it-all devices replacing multiple gadgets, new research has revealed that nearly a third of business travellers are still carrying more than one cell phone, laptop or other electronic device on the road.
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Category: Mobile
Things that aren’t static
Onyx Liscio Mobile For Indie Kids
New Brit tech company Onyx have launched a “stylish, elegant” wee handset, apparently designed for “the discerning mobile user” (that’s us out of the running, then).
It’s certainly a highly pocketable chappie, measuring only 90mm long and 35mm wide, with Onyx insisting that its compact size makes it a perfect companion for the tightest of skinny jeans – great news for indie kids!
Brit Scientists Plan Moon Mobile Network
White coated British boffins with top pockets stuffed full of pens are proposing to build a mobile phone network that works on the Moon, enabling robots and astronauts to chat to each other during the construction of the international moon colony planned for 2020.
Half The Planet Owns A Mobile Phone
They’ve only been around 30 years, but such has been the impact and growth of the mobile phone that half the planet will be carrying one in the next few months.
According to Mobile Intelligence data, the period from Jan 2001 to 2010 will see mobile ownership go from just 13% of the population to 70% by the end of the decade.
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HP iPAQ 210 Enterprise PDA
We know that PDAs are supposed to have gone the same way as Sarsaparilla bars and 8 track cartridges, but HP’s much-delayed shiny black iPAQ 210 seems worthy of a look after
Packing an almighty 4 inch 640 x 480 touchscreen LCD, the iPAQ comes with more connections than Clapham Junction, offering both CompactFlash and SD (with SDHC and SDIO support) slots, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, and USB 2.0 and docking options in the shape of a 24-pin iPAQ connector and Mini-USB connector.
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Daily Mail Launches Free SMS Service
Whining middle-Englanders, polyester slack-wearing Conservatives, nostalgic old duffers and social climbing Home Counties types will soon be able to send outraged texts for free, thanks to a new service from Associated Newspapers’ Daily Mail.
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Symbian Shift 77.3m Units In 2007
Apple may be busy shuffling facts about to make their modest iPhone sales sound more impressive, and Microsoft may be bragging about the 14.3m Windows Mobile phones sold in the last 6 months, but when it comes to sheer volume of sales, they’re right at the back of the class compared to Symbian OS.
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Nokia High End N96 Announced
Featuring more bells and whistles than a loved up gang of NuRave Morris dancers, Nokia have unveiled their new Nokia N96 high end handset at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona.
Billed as being optimised for video and TV, the N96 sports a beefy 2.8″ 16m colour TFT, QVGA (240×320 pixel) resolution screen, 16GB of internal memory and support for high-quality videos in a wide range of formats, including MPEG-4, Windows Media Video and Flash Video.
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Microsoft Buys Danger, Sidekick Makers
Microsoft’s wad may have failed to woo Yahoo yesterday, but they’ve had more luck flashing the cash at the software firm Danger Inc, makers of the software that powers T-Mobile’s hugely successful SideKick web phone.
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Samsung G810 S60 Smartphone Packs Wi-Fi, GPS
Samsung G810 have announced details of their top of the range Samsung G810 slider phone.
Packed with kitchen sink-including functionality including geo-tagging and Wi-Fi, the handset looks ready and willing to square up against the hugely popular Nokia N95 smartphone.
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