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Cell Phones keep on advancing

gman — Thu, 11 May 2006 10:32:00 +0000

And I just got a new phone too…. Sharp and Vodafone just released the 904SH which has a 480×640 (VGA) display, a 3.2 megapixel camera with 2x OPTICAL zoom.

Something else that also came out a couple of months ago. AU now offers 3D GPS navigation on their phones complete with textured buildings and signs

Cell Phone Visualizers

gman — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 10:32:00 +0000

Are they really starting to run out of ideas? The latest cell phone, the FOMA P901iS, has visualizers while it plays back music. According to this page it even has an editor to creator your own.

Cosplay Phones

gman — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:31:00 +0000

Well, not quite but Vodafone, which has been doing very poorly recently in Japan, is about to introduce phones with costumes.

Currently they have 12 costumes but I other than the bull which I find kind of cute the rest look pretty cheezy if you ask me.

Actually they have a “cheese” one.

and a tire

Here’s the whole collection:

I could be wrong but I don’t really think these are cool looking enough for the fashion crowd nor are they cute enough for the teen girl crowd but what do I know? Currently it seems like the Docomo Premini-II is topping the charts.

Paint.NET

gman — Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:31:00 +0000

It’s about FRIGGEN time!

MS and Washington State University are supposedly making a replacement for the laughably bad and nearly useless MS Paintbrush that’s been in Windows and nearly unchanged since like Windows 3.0. Hopefully they will actually put it in shipping Windows and put Paintbrush where it belongs, in the recycle bin.

Even above that, it’s open source. Maybe some linux fans could make a Mono version and actually have an usable app to replace the Gimp.

Talby

gman — Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:33:00 +0000

The latest designer phone from AU and Mark

A Cell Phone for Luddites

gman — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:32:00 +0000

Here’s a cell phone for your luddite friends. It has only one feature. It makes/takes phone calls. There’s no display, nothing. Dial, Pickup or Hangup.

While I’m on this topic I’m on the side of the more gadgets the better. I use nearly every feature on my phone. It keeps my schedule since it’s always on me. I read Slashdot, BBC News, and Wired news while I’m on the train. I email friends to make and verify plans. I reserve tickets for the movies. I check out club events. I keep a Japanese learning list on it. I keep measurements on for things I need like a bed spread or a bookshelf. Yes, I could put those on paper but I always have my cell phone, I don’t always care papers. I use the camera not only to take silly pictures but also to take notes. For example my friend was looking at beds the other day. Instead of writing down all the details for each bed he just held up the info sheet attached to an bed he was interested in and took a picture with his cell phone. Instantly he had prices for all the sizes of that bed as well as it’s sizes. Having a gadgets on your phone is a good thing. (y)