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Killing By The Numbers

Killing By The Numbers

Some people would kill to have the latest technology, and some are being killed by it. A mobile phone number...

Green Phone Relieves Your Nerd Guilt

Green Phone Relieves Your Nerd Guilt

As a gadget nerd, it's important to carry only the very latest cell phone, mp3 player and camera. But poor...

Android And iPhone Own The Smartphone Biz

Android And iPhone Own The Smartphone Biz

Google’s Android and Apple's iPhone are rapidly snatching smartphone share as the race to ascendancy sees the competition sent to...

Has Talking On A Cell Phone Become A Taboo?

Has Talking On A Cell Phone Become A Taboo?

When was the last time you had a lengthy chat with someone on the phone? A few weeks? Months? Years,...

The HTC Evo 4G is Landing on June 4th

The HTC Evo 4G is Landing on June 4th

The sleek phone is coming out on June 4th of this year from the phone provider Sprint for $200...too cheap...

Facepalmingly Unsurprising News of the Day: Land Lines Are Dead

Facepalmingly Unsurprising News of the Day: Land Lines Are Dead

I actually talk about this often with friends: how it's interesting that nobody seemed to notice when the shorthand 'phone'...

6 Exciting Apple Patents Hint At Innovation On Steroids

6 Exciting Apple Patents Hint At Innovation On Steroids

Apple has a host of patents to its name, and rifling through them can offer some fascinating insights into the...

Google Android Surpasses iPhone As #2 Mobile Operating System

Google Android Surpasses iPhone As #2 Mobile Operating System

Google has topped the iPhone in the race to become the best-selling operating system in the U.S. consumer smartphone market...

Cell Phone Robots Make Calling Out Really Bulky and Awkward, But Are Totally Adorable

Cell Phone Robots Make Calling Out Really Bulky and Awkward, But Are Totally Adorable

Robots, man. Freaking robots. Your robotic fix today comes from PhD student Ji-Dong Yim, who has built two cell phone...

USB Powered Wrist Band Battery brings a whole new meaning to power on the go.

USB Powered Wrist Band Battery brings a whole new meaning to power on the go.

Just when you thought having portable battery power couldn't get any more crazy, the people at Brando have released this...

Psst!! Want A Smartphone? Palm Pre And Pixi – Just One Cent

Psst!! Want A Smartphone? Palm Pre And Pixi – Just One Cent

Value-conscious geeks are snapping up the last available units of Palm’s Pre and Pixi smartphones at huge discounts as the...

A Bloody Intense Ad Campaign

A Bloody Intense Ad Campaign

Warning: Don't click 'More' if you're unable to handle images a tad on the morbid side. Seriously. This is nothing...

Wristwatch Smartphone Aimed At Futurists and Possibly Surfer Douches

Wristwatch Smartphone Aimed At Futurists and Possibly Surfer Douches

Whenever you think of 'wrist communicator', it's hard not to conjure up images of clean Star Trek vessels and their...

A New iPhone In China Appears, Aimed For Women?

A New iPhone In China Appears, Aimed For Women?

Nope. While it does have the Apple branding on it, we are certain that this thing is nothing more than...

Palm Seeks Chinese Suitor As It Goes On Sale – Report

Palm Seeks Chinese Suitor As It Goes On Sale – Report

Following yesterday’s reports suggesting Palm has put itself up for sale comes more news on the company's attempt to find...

Old Hair Dryer Becomes Phone Booth

Old Hair Dryer Becomes Phone Booth

http://vimeo.com/8023595 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s just an old hair dryer that has been turned...

Drive Carefully with New BlackBerry Application

Drive Carefully with New BlackBerry Application

Ever sent a text while driving? Thought it would be alright to just pick up the phone and have a...

Microsoft Launches Own-Brand Smartphones April 12

Microsoft Launches Own-Brand Smartphones April 12

Microsoft is about to introduce its very own attempt at smartphone, its own-branded phones, hitherto developed by the top secret...

Phone Recycling Becomes Big Business

Phone Recycling Becomes Big Business

Two former technology bigwigs have banded together to bring cell phone recycling to the streets. Ron LeMay, formerly Chief Executive...