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CES 2007 Video: Premier Image Optics Tiny Camera Components

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gizmatic, Short Bytes, Cameras, Cell Phones, CES, CES 2007, Design, Features, Videocasts, Wireless / WiFi,

Andrew Lin from Premier Image Optics shows off their projectors, digital cameras, and camera phone modules. It’s really incredible how small they can get, even when you go up to 3.2MP. They say 5MP is coming soon, but Nokia already has one in their newest N95. The projectors are pretty neat, and there are some very high megapixel cameras for a point-and-shoot.


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CES 2007 Video: A Look At Ontela

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, CES, CES 2007, Features, Internet, Software, Videocasts, Videos,

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CES 2007 Video: Ontela Sends Photos From Phone To PC

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Gizmatic, Short Bytes, Cell Phones, CES, CES 2007, Features, Software, Videocasts,

We met with Dan Shapiro from Ontela here at and learned more about their coming mobile photography technology. The average consumer takes more than 150 pictures with their cell phone each year, and does nothing with them - they sit on the phone, unprinted, unsent, and unappreciated. Ontela’s technology automatically transfers photos from your phone to your home computer using your phone’s internet connection.

The Ontela technology is brain dead simple: the trigger for the transfer is as simple as clicking the shutter button. Once you have taken your photo it’s sent to the computer, effectively giving you a computer hard drive sized memory card. You can also choose to have the Ontela service transfer the photos to Flickr, Kodak, or other services for you automatically.

The technology is being sold to carriers and is not available yet, but will be appearing in phones soon - stay tuned for more information on this fantastically simple way to get your photos off your phone, and in to your life.


CES 2007: Samsung Dual-Screen Ultra Music Phone SGH-F300 Announced

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, CES, CES 2007, Music, Portable Audio / Video,

Samsung Ultra Music Phone

Samsung’s Ultra Music Phone, a union of slim style and function, is an iconic bar handset designed with an added twist: dual LCD screens.  An LCD is featured on each side of the device. On one side there is a smaller LCD screen and the dialing keypad for making phone calls.  This side also allows contact entry and cell phone menu functions. The reverse side has a large LCD screen and a dedicated touch sensitive pad and serves as the music player for MP3 and WMA files and has multimedia menu functions.

The Ultra Music is equipped with a digital power amp, which offers a dedicated music user interface that makes it easy to navigate through song lists. Additionally, it has a stereo FM radio and a Quick PC Sync, allowing users to create a music library and customized play lists. In addition to dedicated music features, the Ultra Music has all the extra features consumers have come to expect, including a 2 mega-pixel camera, extended battery life and Bluetooth technology. No pricing info has been announced yet, but we do have a picture of the other side of the phone, after the jump.

 

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Cingular Customers: Get Ready For Another Name Change

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News,

CingularOn Friday, the FCC finally approved the merger between BellSouth and the company formerly known as SBC, now known as AT&T. As soon as AT&T got word of the green light, they released information on how the merger will affect both companies following the merger. Long story short, Cingular is going to be rebranded as AT&T early this year. While it would seem the obvious choice, AT&T Wireless will likely not be the name given to the service. Customer will be able to keep their current phones and plans, and if you live in what is currently an AT&T landline service area, you may even get bundled discounts out of the deal.

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Bleeding Edge 061: A Look At Vizrea

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Features, Internet, Software, Videocasts, Videos, Wireless / WiFi,

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Bleeding Edge 061: A Look At Vizrea

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Full Episodes, Gizmatic, Cell Phones, Features, Handhelds, Internet, Portable Audio / Video, Software, Videocasts, Wireless / WiFi,

We took a trip down to Vizrea headquarters to get a first-hand look at the Vizrea service and the people that make the magic happen behind the scenes. We sat down with Vizrea CEO Mike Toutonghi to get a look at how the social network and sharing service works on both mobile phones, within the Vizrea service, as well as locally on your own client PC.

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Free Mobile Web Hack on Verizon Wireless

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones,

Verizon Wireless Mobile Web HackCheck it out, you can now use Mobile Web on your Verizon Wireless phone, and not pay the $4.99 per month charge to Verizon to do so. In fact, this is a perfectly legal alternative, because you are simply using a different server than the one Verizon Wireless provides. This hack works for any Verizon Wireless phone that supports Mobile Web 1.0 - 2.0. All you need to do is go into the setup menu and make a couple of changes.

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EDIT: I should have been more clear. Use MobileWEB4U to find out how to access the appropriate menu on your phone where you change servers. Once you find the menu, enter a proxy server. You can find one at http://www.publicproxyservers.com.

You must also enter both the proxy server address as well as the port it uses. If you don’t have both, it won’t work.


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