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MagicJack Enters the Cell Phone Game

Ever see that infomercial for that little gadget that hooks up to your PC that makes unlimited phone calling something like $30/ year? Great idea but who can deny the fact that targeting landlines exclusively is missing out on a major chunk of the telephone industry?

MagicJack, the company responsible for the device, has apparently taken note as indicated by the release of their new femtojack; the cellular equivalent of the technology.

The femtocell will work with mobile phones from potentially any carrier (even old GSM phones) without any paid service plans with a carrier. All the user would have to do is come within eight feet of the magicJack one time to register the connection then enjoy unlimited airtime within a range of 3000 square feet.

Pricing has yet to be determined.

Find the Right Cell Phone Accessories

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Life is suddenly full of little electronic hand held devices. And while your iPod, your PDA, and your GPS may all be dear to your heart, most people see their cell phone as thier most important gadget. That means cell phone accessories are an important part of life.

So what"s your ringtone? I was at the mall recently and a biker dude with leather chaps and a chain on his wallet had a cell phone in his hand. It rang - and started playing Steve Earle"s Copperhead Road. That"s personal expression. But personal expression isn"t the main reason for personalizing your cell phone. Identification is at least as important. You buy cell phone charms and because you want your phone to be unmistakably yours. If (like me) you live in Virginia and you put a skin on your cell phone that"s University of Tennessee Volunteer orange, it"s hard for people to get confused and pick it up and walk off with it, thinking it"s theirs.

If you haven"t dressed your phone up yet to match your personality, there are many places to go for it that are better than Cellphone Accents. They"re well established in the world of cell phone accessories.

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Recharge your devices using WiFi signals

The RCA Airnergy WiFi Hotspot Power Harvester creates energy out of the air, at least if it’s in a WiFi zone. This amazing charger – featured at the recent CES 2010 in Las Vegas – “grabs” energy from a WiFi hot zone and converts it into electricity, while the internal battery charges itself. It can charge a Blackberry from 30% to 100% in around 90 minutes! And unlike solar chargers, it can charge itself even at night when in proximity to Wi-Fi. It’s free energy for any USB-powered device you plug it into.

Anticipated to launch this summer for around $40, the company plans to reduce the device’s size to cell phone battery size sometime next year. For around $60, that internal version would give you back-up battery capability so you’d never miss an important call.

This little box has, inside it, some kind of circuitry that harvests WiFi energy out of the air and converts it into electricity. This has been done before, but the Airnergy is able to harvest electricity with a high enough efficiency to make it practically useful: on the CES floor, they were able to charge a BlackBerry from 30% to full in about 90 minutes, using nothing but ambient WiFi signals as a power source.

Samsung M7600

Samsung recently announced its new touchscreen multimedia phone and also demoed it at the MWC 2009. The Samsung M7600 BEAT DJ comes with built-in Bang & Olufsen audio technology and user friendly User Interface to simplify management of music playlists and collections. Here are the details:

Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900Mhz support, dual-band UMTS 900/2100MHz support with HSDPA data for high-speed connectivity
Display: 2.8-inch WQVGA AMOLED Touchscreen display (240x400 pixels)
Camera: 3MP with geo-tagging
Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA
Memory: microSD support
GPS: aGPS

Palm Treo Pro

We have been hearing rumours and witnessing leaked information and images of the Palm Treo Pro for quite some time now. Palm has now come forward and officially announced the Palm Treo Pro as it aims to regain its lost market share in the Smartphone Industry. It will be sold unlocked for $549 in the US and also available for €399 in Europe on Vodafone and O2 Networks. Here are the official details:

Tri-band UMTS and quad-band GSM Network support
320 X 320 touchscreen display
400 MHZ Processor
Windows Mobile 6.1
256MB ROM, 128 MB RAM and microSDHC card support upto 32GB
2 Megapixel camera
WiFi, UMTS and GPS connectivity
Standard 3.5mm headphone jack

Here's also a detailed video on the Palm Treo Pro Read more of "Palm Treo Pro now official"

Droid Hits Stores this Week

Verizon"s highly-anticipated answer to the iPhone is set to go on sale this week for $200.

This new handset, called the Motorola Droid, will run Google"s Android 2.0 operating system, offering a new mapping application that has voice-guided turn-by-turn directions, satellite imagery and high-resolution photos of the streets.

The free program (called Google Maps Navigation) looks to threaten dedicated GPS devices from the likes of TomTom and Garmin.

Additional features include a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, large 3.7-inch touch screen display, high-speed Internet with Flash support and a 5.0-megapixel camera with DVD-quality video recorder.

Verizon says the Motorola Droid will go on sale for $200 with a two-year contract beginning November 6.

LG GD510 Pop Phone launched

LG has launched an eco-friendly device known as the GD510 or the Pop. It adheres to the European Union"s RoHS requirements and is made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), BFR (brominated flame retardants) and CFR (chlorinated flame retardants) free materials.

The device allows solar charging using its solar-battery cover. Ten minutes of charging using the solar-battery cover provides upto 2.15 minutes of talk time or 180 minutes of standby time. It also comes with features like Eco-tree and Eco-calculator, which allow users to track reduction of CO2 emission using the solar battery cover.

The LG GD510 features a slim and stylish form factor, 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, 3MP camera, full multimedia options, MP3 Player, Web Browser and much more. The GD510"s battery charger is eco-friendly too as it reduces carbon emissions by intimating user to unplug the charger when the device is fully charged.

It will be available in Europe and other markets in Q4 of 2009.

Source: Mobile Tech Review

Glamor with the Sony Ericsson Equinox

T-Mobile adds more allure to its 3G phones with this latest from Sony Ericsson - the Sony Ericsson Equinox (earlier named T707). Otherwise a basic flip-phone in functionality, the Equinox carries some eye-catching bling to push itself to the limelight amongst the other established clamshell models in the market. First is the stylish exterior - after you update your T-Mobile favorites list with your caller friends" circle, the shell lights up to indicate the identity of the caller in one of the five available colors. Say "amber" for good friend Joe and "amethyst" for avoidable Erica. I say, a thumbs-up for people with good memory, and more confusion for those without. Other than that, the external shell also contains an 128 x 36 OLED screen that functions only when you get an incoming call.

If you didn"t fall for that, here"s the next - the phone flaunts a scratch-resistant 2.2-inch QVGA inner screen, a 3.2MP camera, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, GPS for navigation, and an FM radio. It uses motion sensing for some gesture control - to silence a call or an alarm without opening the device. The phone also supports picture messaging and the provision to directly upload videos to YouTube. Poser or not you decide, but don"t say we didn"t warn you. The Equinox is due to go on sale today (October 28th) in T-Mobile stores. The price is pegged at $50 with a 2-year contract agreement.

Via UnwiredView.

Top 10 Ways To Get More From A Cameraphone

The best camera, the saying goes, is the one you have with you. Whether that"s an impressive iPhone 3GS or a $20-with-2-year-plan flip model, you can pull off great shots and make life easier with these cameraphone tactics.

Nokia 5230: Smart, Cool and Affordable

After the failure of Nokia N97, Nokia is planning to make a comeback with its new budget touchscreen handset known as the Nokia 5230. The Nokia 5230 is being introduced into the market to compete directly with the iPhone 3G. It is not only stylish but also packed with some decent features. It will be available in range of colors including red, pink, blue, yellow, silver and dark silver.

Here are the details:

Network: Dual-band 3.6Mbps UMTS/HSDPA (850/1900, 850/2100 and 900/2100)
OS: Symbian S60
Display: 640x360 pixels touch display
Memory: 70MB
Camera: 2MP
Connectivity: HSDPA, UMTS, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3.5mm headphone jack
GPS: A-GPS, Digital Compass
Social Networking: Facebook, MySpace

The Nokia 5230 will be available contract free for 149 Euros ($213). A music edition of the device will also be available for 259 Euros ($370).

Checkout the Nokia 5230 video after the jump:

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HTC Tattoo does another Android

If the HTC Hero made you happy, just hang on until you see its hotstepper sibling - the HTC Tattoo. The Tattoo has just been announced and should we say, the specs are quite impressive too.

This 2.8-inch touchscreen device is pretty compact (106 x 55.2 x 14-mm / 113 grams) inspite of the features it carries. So count in a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7225 processor, 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM, a 3.2MP autofocus camera, 3.5-mm headset jack, microSD slot, internal GPS, 900/2100MHz HSPA/UMTS and quad-band GSM/EDGE, 802.11b/g WiFi, digital compass, accelerometer, and Bluetooth 2.0. Yes, you will not miss the trademark Sense UI experience as HTC has extended it to this device as well. The covers are apparently fully customizable - and hence the device flaunts the name "Tattoo".

While the pricing is still under the wraps like a mystery tattoo in the making, the HTC Tattoo is expected to hit European shores this October, and then spread to the other markets in the months following.

Via Engadget.

Motorola Evoke QA4 officially announced

After much speculation, Motorola has recently announced its new touch screen slider known as the Motorola Evoke QA4. It comes with a full HTML browser, accelerometer and support for RSS feeds, MySpace and YouTube. There's no official word on the pricing, availability and the operating system installed on it.

Here are the details:

Dimensions: 108 x 50.5 x 17.5 mm
Weight: 128 grams
Network: CDMA / EV-DO Rev. A phone
Display: Touch screen display with virtual QWERTY keyboard
Camera: 2MP with video recording
Memory: MicroSD/SDHC card support upto 8GB
Connectivity: Stereo Bluetooth, USB 2.0, EV-DO, GPS
Others: 3.5mm headset jack, MP3 player, E-mail, Instant Messaging
Expected Launch: Q2, 2009
Expected Availability: Verizon Wireless

Source: Mobile Crunch