Tag archive: phone

Hot on the heels of the formation of their new Mobile and Communications Group, Intel's first prototype hardware has begun to circulate, giving the mobile market a glimpse of an Intel-powered future. The so-called “reference design” phones and tablets hide Intel's Medfield chip, designed to take on the might of industry leader ARM. Based on the Atom processor, the new Medfield chip takes a different approach to… Read More

While analog telephone adapters aren't exactly advanced technology these days, a version that works with Skype notes a mention. Skype announced the Freetalk Connect-Me home phone adapter, a piece of technology that acts as the middle man between a broadband Internet connection and an ordinary wired or cordless telephone. The adapter also allows the user to keep a traditional landline and switch between the two services. On the bottom of… Read More

A woman in Salinas, California was looking through the pictures in her Photobucket account recently when a photo appeared of a man that somehow looked familiar. Then it dawned on her. It was the face of the alleged thief that had snatched her phone only a few days earlier. The accused man, Korey Heess, hadn’t realized that the Photobucket app on the woman’s phone was set to automatically upload photos to her online account. According to an IDG… Read More

According to the Wall Street Journal, Libyan-American telecommunications executive Ousama Abushagur and his team are responsible for hijacking Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s cellular network and converting it into a rebel communication system. The network is also allowing Libyans to contact others nationally and internationally after being without Internet and phone capabilities for about a month. The network, fittingly named “Free Libyana,”… Read More

It looks weird, right? That iPhone sitting in a dock on a typical, unassuming office phone. Despite the strange juxtaposition of the two, we think the iFusion iPhone docking station ($180) might actually have some promise. The dock functions as a Bluetooth speaker dock for your iPhone, turning it into a more traditional landline-style phone for business calls or if you simply prefer the old-school nostalgia at home. The dock has a built-in… Read More

Last December guitar amp-maker Marshall announced it would be offering both over-year and earbud headphones, dubbed Major and Minor—and now the lightweight Minor earbuds are finally available. aiming to give guitar and music fans a solid listening experience that works with the mobile phones and other devices and doesn't involve carrying around bulky, heavy headphones. The Marshall Minor earbuds feature a 1.54mm drive and claim a… Read More

Also check out our full Motorola Atrix 4G review. CES has been full of tablet PCs and 3D devices, but few of them really stand out or solve a problem. Will TV shows like The Office truly get more exciting with a foot of depth added to them? I'm not so sure. With the Atrix, however, Motorola has gone and invented a new product entirely, one that is both exciting and potentially useful. The Atrix is really two devices: It's a high-end… Read More

For millions of businesses and people, Skype is a vital way to contact others. Midday Wednesday it went down…and stayed down. In a blog post today (Thursday), Peter Parkes of Skype says that the system is up for about 5 million users, but two-thirds of Skype users cannot connect, meaning 12 million people have been disconnected for a full day. The problem, Parkes says, stems from a software issue affecting what the company calls… Read More

Rumors are swirling around Facebook, claiming the company is preparing to build its own phone, as reported by TechCrunch. Facebook has vehemently denied these rumors, saying instead that it is pushing deeper into the mobile phone sector through tighter integration. One thing does seem clear, Facebook is looking to become more of a mobile platform, not just a service or web application. Facebook is likely working on mobile phone software that… Read More

Hulger teamed up with London DJ duo Broken Hearts on a special version of their P*Phone handset in a two tone colorway with an included adapter for plugging right into your mixer. Link

Communication corporations losing landline customers by the thousands since 2008 have been offering new mobile options, while electronics manufacturer Panasonic seems to going in the opposite direction with releasing a new landline phone.  Panasonic announced today they’ve upgraded their Bluetooth-enabled landline phones with the new KX-TG9382T that allows users to transfer up to 600 contacts from their cellular phonebook. According to the… Read More