LG Lotus: In a fashionable purple hue, LG Lotus offers Sprint One Click, a highly customizable user interface that makes texting, Web access, email, Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store and other features easy to access. LG Lotus offers the perfect combination of both style and substance with a full QWERTY keyboard that is ideal for quick text messaging, email or instant messaging. It also offers advanced features including stereo Bluetooth and a 2.0 MP camera/camcorder. The price on LG Lotus recently dropped to just $99.99 with a new two-year contract, and after a $50 mail-in rebate.
Samsung Instinct: Now available in pink, the award-winning Instinct boasts full touch-screen functionality with access to the 3G speed of Sprint’s EV-DO Rev A Mobile Broadband Network. It recently saw the addition of full calendar synchronization access to Microsoft Exchange Server and IBM Lotus Notes. Samsung Instinct offers Visual Voicemail, stereo Bluetooth with audible caller ID, expandable memory up to 8 GB and a 2.0 MP camera with camcorder. For a limited time, get Instinct for just $99 with a new two-year contract, and after a $100 mail-in rebate.
Samsung Rant: With bold purple or red color options, Samsung Rant is a messaging master, complete with email, text, voice SMS and instant messaging capabilities. It offers easy access to Sprint Navigation, Sprint Music Store and Sprint TV with an extensive collection of live and on-demand content through the new Sprint One Click customizable user interface. Additional features include a 2.0 MP camera/camcorder, stereo Bluetooth, expandable memory up to 8 GB and speaker-independent voice recognition. At just $49.99 with a new two-year contract, and after a $50 mail-in rebate, Rant makes a very affordable gift.
All three handsets are equipped with the latest data services, making them useful for setting up a memorable Valentine’s Day date as you can then send a mushy Mobile Greeting or track down that perfect romantic spot with Sprint Navigation.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Cupid teams up with Sprint for Valentine’s Day
Sunday, January 25, 2009
HTC Touch Cruise
The Touch Cruise is one of those smartphones that has at least one great feature worth writing home about with the “Footprint”. This Footprint has nothing to do with carbon, for it is a GPS feature that allows the user to dock the phone in a car cradle and use it like an ordinary Auto Navigation System.
This phone/GPS device also uses turn-by-turn navigation, and has another geo-tagging feature that enables the user to take “digital postcards” with a 3.2 megapixel camera. I don’t have any more information than that, but I’m guessing this postcard feature will allow the user to send a picture, audio file, and other notes to someone else with the proper coordinates.
The HTC Touch Cruise has an operating system of Windows Mobile 6.1, and has a 2.8 inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with a QVGA resolution display. The other features are no surprise: it is also outfitted with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. It also includes a microSD memory card slot, with up to 400 minutes talk-time and up to two weeks standby on GSM.
The HTC Touch Cruise will be available in June, where it will be jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch. Oh, sorry, that’s Tom Cruise. I’m not certain what his price is, but the Touch Cruise will be about $600.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
HTC -Touch Diamond
By name, the HTC Touch Diamond for Sprint is the same as the unlocked GSM version. However, a number of design changes inside and out make the Sprint model almost like a new device. First, the smartphone has more rounded edges and gets a splash of color with a burgundy back cover that features a smooth soft-touch finish. We were a little torn since we liked the cool prism effect of the GSM version, but also liked the color and feel of the Sprint model. Obviously, style is subjective so your preference may differ, but in general, we'd say both are attractive devices. he Sprint Touch Diamond is slightly thicker and heavier than the current GSM Touch Diamond, but overall it's still a very compact smartphone, measuring 4 inches tall by 2 inches wide by 0.6 inch deep and weighing 4.1 ounces. It feels solid and comfortable to use, and you should have no problem slipping the handset into a pants pocket or purse. Specification :
| Processor | Qualcomm® MSM7201A™ 528 MHz |
| Operating System | Windows Mobile® 6.1 Professional |
| Memory | ROM: 256 MB RAM: 192 MB DDR SDRAM Internal storage: 4 GB |
| Dimensions | 102 mm (L) X 51 mm (W) X 11.35 mm (T) |
| Weight | 110 g (with battery) |
| Display | 2.8-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with VGA resolution |
| Network | HSDPA/WCDMA:
(Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.) |
| Device Control | TouchFLO™ 3D Touch-sensitive navigation control |
| GPS | GPS and A-GPS ready |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in one) |
| Camera | Main camera: 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus Second camera: VGA CMOS color camera |
| Audio | Built-in microphone, speaker and FM radio with RDS Ring tone supported formats:
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| Battery | Rechargeable Lithium-ion or Lithium-ion polymer battery Capacity: 900 mAh Talk time: 
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| AC Adapter | Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz DC output: 5V and 1A |
T-Mobile G1 Smartphone
G1 delivers an extraordinary browsing experience. The G1’s browser comes with a clever multi-page window pane; it lets you surf multiple websites at the same time. Drag the page around with your finger to pan, or move from one link or textbox to another with the handy trackball positioned perfectly for your thumb. And don’t worry about waiting for pages to load. The G1 is equipped with 3.5G and Wi-Fi technology… seamlessly switching to always offer you the best connection.
Instant notification bar discretely alerts you of emails, text messages or IM sent your way. Whether you’re getting mail from Gmail™, another POP or IMAP account or receiving IMs from any of the most popular services, you’ll be alerted as soon as a new message comes in.
 | 3.2-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with HVGA (320 X 480 pixel) resolution. |
| Full 5-row QWERTY keyboard. |
| | One-Touch Google Search™. |
| Customizable Home screen with instant Email, text message and IM notifications. |
| Instant access to mobile Internet services (Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Maps™, Google Talk™, Google Calendar™). |
| High-speed 3.5G network connection. |
| Wi-Fi technology with seamless transition to open networks. |
| Android Market™ with access to variety of software and media downloads. (some fees may apply) |
| 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus. |
| microSD™ (SD 2.0 compatible) expansion slot for all your storage needs. Design The T-Mobile G1 is manufactured by HTC and has a similar look and feel to the company's other Pocket PC smartphones, such as the T-Mobile Wing and the Sprint Mogul. Measuring 4.6 inches tall by 2.1 inches wide by 0.6 inch deep and weighing 5.6 ounces, the G1 is definitely not the sleekest device, and we certainly wouldn't call it sexy. Instead, the words "interesting" and "weird" come to mind. This is mostly because the bottom section of the phone juts out at a slight angle. We asked HTC about this design decision but have yet to hear from them as of press time. Presumably, it's to get the phone's speaker closer to your mouth, which isn't a bad thing but consequently, it affects the ergonomics of the keyboard, which we'll touch on later. In a battle of pure looks, the iPhone would win hands down. The good: The T-Mobile G1 features a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G support, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. The Google Android operating system offers good integration with Google applications as well as access to the Amazon MP3 Store and YouTube. As more applications become available, the G1 will also become a more powerful smartphone for all types of users. |
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Cool Gadgets
Just think of it as turning your mobile phone into a mobile gaming device like a PSP or DS, and the BGP100 is also designed for Pocket PCs as well as Pocket PC Phones. The BGP100 supports a number of platforms including Window Mobile 2003, plus the Symbian Series.
The BGP100 has a 4-way pad for directional control, and seven programmable buttons for whatever else the game requires. As you can see, these controllers can affix themselves to the side of the mobile device with the use of included rubber strips.
Just think of it as turning your mobile phone into a mobile gaming device like a PSP or DS, and the BGP100 is also designed for Pocket PCs as well as Pocket PC Phones. The BGP100 supports a number of platforms including Window Mobile 2003, plus the Symbian Series.
Clarifi iPhone Case with Macro Lens
We all know that the iPhone 3G is a great handset by any means, but it certainly falls short when it comes to the built-in digital camera. This handset is meant more for portable entertainment instead of snapping picture perfect photos, but there are tools like the Clarifi iphone case with macro lens which will help you out if you insist on ditching your dedicated pocket digital camera. Protect your iPhone and take close-up macro photos to boot. The Clarifi iPhone Case with Macro Lens makes blurry photos of secret documents a thing of the past. Simply slide the built-in lens over your iPhone’s camera and take crystal clear shots of business cards, documents or any other close-up item. Then you can use those photos with some cool free iPhone apps like Snappr which scans barcodes in stores to find you the best prices, or Evernote which takes photos you shoot and creates a searchable picture database from any text in the photo.
Toyota's Solar powered car
As you can see on the photo, the solar panels are on the roof like solar panels of a house. This is only one way the car gets its power, as the company wants to supplement power by somehow attaching the car to the solar panels on the roofs of homes. This way, a car can be powered in a garage or parked outside. Toyota is actually quite ahead of the solar power game. Their company in central Japan has solar panels on the roof that are equivalent in area to sixty tennis courts, and can produce enough energy to power 500 homes. That is enough annual savings for 740 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which is equal to using 1,500 barrels of crude oil.
So is this the dawning of the age of the solar car? I used to think that a solar car was a useless invention, as most people drive at night. However, if it is possible to charge a car with solar power, then I guess we’d power our car in a manner similar to solar-powered cell phone chargers.
Originally, Toyota said that it would have the solar panels on the Prius by Spring 2009. However, a car that is entirely solar powered will take years of development, so we don’t know exactly when we will see Toyota’s solar car. I’m sure you will agree that it is a step in the right direction for a greener world.
