Crying Can Be Bad For Your Cellphone
Highly emotional encounters can be bad for your phone. And I’m not talking of the throwing-the-phone-to-the-wall kind. Even crying may prove to be damaging to one’s mobile.
Unlike some of her more effusive phone conversations, the call in question had lasted only around 10 minutes, with maybe five minutes of actual water flow, she said.
Amy knew something was wrong almost immediately–and this time it wasn’t her relationship.
“The keypad started to malfunction. I couldn’t hit the ’send’ button, and that was very sad,” she said. The next day the Sprint customer support people told her the phone had water corrosion.
Tears are corrosive, indeed. After all, tears are mineral-rich. And sensitive electronics are better off away from any liquids that are mineral-rich.
Tear fluid contains water, mucin, lipids, lysozyme, lactoferrin, lipocalin, lacritin, immunoglobulins, glucose, urea, sodium, and potassium.
This should probably serve as a warning to the über-emotional. Either get a hands-free kit or a waterproof casing for your mobile.
Mobicharger: Disposable Power
You are driving along far from home and realize you need to call someone but unfortunately your cell phone’s battery is dead. You pull up to a convenience store and inside they have a Mobicharger vending machine. You put in around $10 and out pops a disposable battery that will give you an hour of talk time and 480 minutes of standby time that works with your brand of cell phone.
At least that is the plan as they will first appear in London’s Gatwick Airport for a little less than £5 ($9 USD).
RED Motorola RAZR
The RED Campaign is working to raise awareness and money for the Global Fund, which helps women and children with HIV/AIDS in Africa.
They have been very good at getting corporations involved in the project, and now Motorola is getting in on the action.
Their new RED Motorola RAZR will be availalble in November from Sprint and will retail for $289.99. Features include a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, and a microSD memory card slot.
Samsung SCH-B600: 10MP Camera Phone
The world is taking notice of Samsung recently as it launches the world’s first 10 megapixel camera phone in Korea. It is not due to come over here any time soon, but it is one that people have kept their eye on since CeBIT in March, when it was unveiled.
The camera aspect does not only feature a 3x optical zoom, but also has a TV-input jack so it can be connected to a television for showing off videos and images. Other camera features include auto focus and flash, manual white balance, manual focus, and burst mode.
It allows you to watch streaming TV through its DMB antennae, shooting video at QVGA resolution and saving them on MMCmicro cards. And for those of you that just can’t live without music, it also has MP3 playback.
Samsung SCH-B510
If a phone came from the cartoon world to our world it might look like the Samsung SCH-B510, which is almost two dimentional at a thickness of only 8.4mm. It is DMB enabled, which means you can receive and watch digital television if you live in South Korea.
Of course it also comes with a two megapixel digital camera, MP3 player and 3D Messenger.
The most unfortunate thing is that it is only available in Korea.
Nokia’s aeon Full Screen Concept
Nokia has really kicked it up a notch with the aeon concept phone, which recently was showed off in the R&D section of the company’s website.
The most prominent design feature of the aeon, and while it is so interesting is the touchscreen that stretches over the full surface of the phone. This is similar to the BenQ-Siemens Black box concept phone, but the shots of the aeon looks really slick.
Sprint SCP-2400 Review
Laptop Magazine decided to take a second away from their Laptop reviews to take a look at the Sprint SCP-2400.
Targeted toward parents concerned about their children’s safety—not to mention shockingly high phone bills—the Sanyo SCP-2400 offers a lot of versatility for a very reasonable price. Sprint’s free parental control software lets you set which numbers this clamshell can dial, as well as which numbers your kids can receive calls from. Plus, you can lock out services that cost extra, such as text messaging. We’re not so sure, however, that the different color faceplates make up for the lack of cutting-edge features.
The SCP-2400 is certainly basic, and it shows. It’s large and heavy for a clamshell (measuring one-inch thick). You can take your pick of five colors (Silver Sky, Midnight Black, Dark Bronze, True Blue, and Misty Rose). The silver unit we tested has all the charm of army surplus.
In the end they give the SCP-2400 a three out of five, thanks to the fact that it is inexpensive, has a good battery life, and parental controls. They mention disliking its size, lack of a camera, and spotty reception. For more inexpensive phones, check out Digital Advisor.
Palm Treo 750v Smartphone Review
Pocket-lint has a review up for the Palm Treo 750v a Windows based smartphone with 3G among other things. Can it beat the strong going devices from RIM?
Launched exclusively on the Vodafone network, the Palm Treo 750v is the company’s latest smartphone and the first in Europe to feature the Windows operating system.
Other features include a 1.3-megapixel digital camera, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for music and video, Bluetooth connectivity, Mini-SD expansion slot and a 240 x 240 TFT touchscreen making the overall offering very appealing indeed.
In the end they give it an eight out of ten, stating that the BlackBerry Pearl is still the better device. Check out more Smartphones at Digital Advisor.
Cheapest Wins
Over at Gizmodo, they have an article up taking a quick look at the cheap and “free” options cell phone carriers are providing these days.
We’re the sorts who prefer a dollar today to a buck fifty two years down the line, and so what we look for is this, and this alone: what sort of free cell do I get for signing up? After the jump, a rundown of what America’s wireless providers are giving away at present, as a means to deciding which company really, truly loves us low-enders.
After looking at a large number of companies, they concluded that Sprint is the winner, as they provide the best handset for the cheapest price.
The nicest stuff here is by Samsung, particularly the A640. What’s incredible about the A640 deal is that it’s such a new handset, having only been released this past July. The fact that they’re handing this out to new recruits isn’t exactly a sign that you should start buying Sprint stock, but a company’s misery is often a miser’s gain, eh?
D-Link V-CLICK Dual-Mode GSM / Wi-Fi Phone
I have been thinking about getting a cell phone for quite some time now, and these new phones that allow for connection to 802.11 Wi-Fi networks are a very interesting prospect for me, especially ones like the D-Link V-CLICK that allows you to switch to a cellular mode.
The V-CLICK has a slot for your cellular service provider’s SIM Smartcard or chip, and when you enter a Wi-fi hot spot, a quick press of the V-CLICK button and the phone activates or deactivates the Wi-Fi connection so you can make that cheap, or sometimes even free VIOP phone call.
The D-Link V-CLICK phone features standards-based wireless encryption (WEP, WPA and WPA2) built in for enhanced security of transmission.
Features of the D-Link V-CLICK phone include:
- Wi-Fi profile roaming for uninterrupted service between wireless zones
- Opera Mobile browser for hot spot log-in and Web surfing
- Email functionality - 50 emails can be stored in up to 10 accounts
- Large color screen display with 176 by 220 pixels
- Smart text input
- Talk time - up to 5 hours GSM, 2 hours 802.11 wireless mode
- Messages - up to 30 messages can be stored at 459 characters each
- Phonebook - up to 300 contacts
- Data storage - up to 24 megabytes for documents, images, music and video files.
- Tasks - stores up to 100 entries
- Calendar - up to 100 events, 160 letters per event
- Charging - 3 hours, first time charge 8 hours
- Compact design with internal antenna
- Power-saving mode for maximum standby and talk time
V-CLICK phones are scheduled to ship early in 2007 at a suggested retail price of $599.99.
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