Militantplatypus

It is such a clever mix of retardation, cleverness, laziness and safety…

A new iPhone app called Email ‘N Walk replaces the plain white background of the e-mail application with a live view of the camera. Why? So you can write an e-mail while walking — and watch where you’re going through the iPhone’s camera lens.

theregister.co.uk

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On Monday, the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP)–a forum dominated by operators but including manufacturers such as Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG–announced that its members had agreed on micro-USB as the future common connector.

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Nokia is raising the bar (I wish cingular hadn’t co-opted that phrase) with it’s latest concept phone. The design offers a very slick looking full touch-screen face. This really opens up a lot of design, as well as function possibilites; provided it doesn’t go the way of the nano..

engadgetmobile.com

The video is a must watch. The concept is pretty cool; a motion sensor in a cellphone, that allows you to interact with it in a new way. Funny thing is, I can’t think of another use for it other than the one in the video.

Link to video

mobilefanatic.net

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Let’s break it down, shall we.

I have seen all of those dorks really cool guys wandering around with their bluetooth headsets on, just in case some one calls, they can answer imediately.

While I don’t think that I am lame cool enought to go that route, I am considering this bad boy. Get incoming calls and SMS alerts on your watch by either a tone or vibration (no jokes please). It can also display incoming messages, signal strength, and battery life on the watch itself.

slashphone.com

on second thought, I think I will wait untill it comes down in size a bit..

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What is the latest and greatest in cellular these days? Balloons. Yep, balloons. Extend America thinks that instead of using 1,100 towers at $250,000 each to cover their home state of North Dakota, they could use 3 balloons at $55 a piece. Follow the link on the ‘via’ for some details on what they are up to.

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