Category Archives: Mobile Phones

Oh don’t you hate the winters! Not for the biting cold or roads blocked with snow, but for the reason that it makes texting so hard! Don’t you hate that you can to actually look away from your phone for the entire time you are outside! The horror! Thank god for the Bone Touch Smartphone Gloves, the gloves that keep your palms and fingers toasty as can be while you type, text and talk in the worst weather. These cool gloves feature some realistic looking skeletal fingers. But it is so much more than just a fashion choice. The gloves contain conductive silver threads which maintain the crucial connection between you and your phone. While these are not going to keep you warm for long durations, they are perfect to provide protection to exposed skin for the few minutes required to answer a text or make a phone call outdoors.

Valentine’s Day doesn’t really scream gadgets and technology. There aren’t too many girlfriends who would be happy relieving a cold hard gadget on this day of love and romance. But what if this gadget was pink! That changes everything, right? On this Valentine’s Day, leave the chocolates and flowers behind. Instead gift that special woman in your life one of these two awesome Smartphones created specially to commemorate this day of love. Verizon is offering up limited editions of two popular handsets with special Valentine’s day makeovers – Motorola’s Droid RAZR M(ini) and the Nokia Lumia 822. The wireless carrier will be offering up a limited edition red version of the Windows Phone 8-based Nokia Lumia 822, which is expected to be available in the near future. If you are more of an Android person, you will be happy to know that Verizon is also going to offer up a pink limited edition version of its Motorola Droid RAZR M. Both these are a welcome departure from the boring blacks, whites and grays we have been subjected to until now. These spunky and feisty colors are bound to thrill the heart of your special someone – a guaranteed Valentine’s Day hit.

A little too much chocolate is just about right. However, if your new year resolution is stopping you from indulging in the sweet devil, pimp your iPhone with a chocolate case. Well, there are Scented Chocolate Cases available for some serious drooling, but the Chocolate Wasted Cake iPhone case will cheer your mood; without adding extra calories to your belly. This two-piece, customizable case redirects your speaker for an increased sound projection, making its presence known loud and clear. A unique, contoured profile offers an enhanced grip and allows the case to stand upright on its own. Designed for the Apple iPhone 4/4S , this case is a delightful gift for friends and family .

At CES 2013, we saw Tactile Display’s becoming a reality soon. Until then, iPhone5mod is here to make your typing easier. The com pany has launched the Ex Hybrid iPhone 5 Case that provides a magnetic attachment for a pair of interchangeable 2mm thick panels, one offering game controls and the other a full QWERTY keyboard. They case uses Bluetooth 3.0 and are a mere 2mm thick. Supposedly, they can last for up to 40 hours (160 hours on standby) and can be recharged in just one hour. The EX Hybrid Controller’s D-pad will work with “all” games. Its other buttons will apparently work with any titles that support additional function keys.

Well, there are a lot of cases in the market, which promise to keep your precious smartphone waterproof, but what if your gadgets could survive a dunk in the swimming pool without any kind of external protection? Yes! This can be a reality with the HzO. Announced at the CES 2013, this technology provides a coating that is completely resistant to coffee, beer, sports drinks, soda, and other liquids that our phones are susceptible to. HzO applies WaterBlock waterproofing to electronics with a “chemical vapor deposition process” that basically coats all of the circuitry with a transparent shield of bonded molecules.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2, say Hello to your new competitor the Lenovo K900. Announced at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, the Lenovo K900 is one of the first smartphones to use Intel’s new dual-core Atom chip designed for phones. Like the Galaxy Note 2, the K900 has a big 5.5-inch touchscreen, however instead of a 720p resolution, Lenovo claims it’s the first in the world to bestow such a display with 1920×1080 pixels; providing a 1080p resolution and a pixel density of more than 400ppi. Its Z2580 2GHz dual-core processor, which is part of the Clover Trail+ platform is one of the best feature. Other features include the Android 4.1.2 operating system, a 13-megapixel camera, 16GB of integrated memory, a media player, and organizer and productivity features.

The newest ‘phablet’ on the block (phone + tablet), Huawei Ascend Mate, was officially announced at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, touting it as the Smartphone with the largest screen in the world. I seriously doubt if the size of this Smartphone is truly a USP or the contrary. Speaking of size this baby is astonishingly outsized with a 6.1-inch screen size. a 1.5GHz Hi-Silicon quad-core processor and 6.1-inch HD IPS+ LCD display with resolution of 1280 x 720 with a Magic Touch feature ensuring screen responsiveness make for remarkable features. The magic touch feature allows the user to operate the phone even with gloves on. Let’s put a smile on that face by telling you about the 8-megapixel AF rear camera with HDR and 1080p video capture, along with a 1-megapixel front-facing HD camera.

While Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy SIII are racing towards being the widest and smartest cellphones, Alcatel gave importance to slender beauty and introduced the world’s thinnest smartphone at CES 2013. The Alcatel One Touch Idol is a sleek Android-powered handset that is just 6.45 millimeters thick. It is equipped with a 4.7-inch touchscreen which is 15% thinner than Apple iPhone 5. The phone is also equipped with a 4.7-inch HD AMOLED display, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Picture this: you’re taking a warm rejuvenating bath in a bathtub filled with aroma oils and rose petals, your phones balanced against the wall and playing your favourite soothing tunes. Then, a sudden turn of events (don’t ask me how) but your phone accidentally falls into the bathtub. Now comes the crucial part…will that spoil that day or week for you or will you just pat it dry and continue your siesta in paradise? If its the new Sony Xperia Z you will go back to chilling. Unveiled at CES 2013 this Sony Xperia Z is water-resistant, capable of being submerged in water of up to one metre (3.3 ft) in depth for 30 minutes. The awesomeness of this device doesn’t end there; Other features on the 7.9mm-thick (0.3in) device include 4G LTE connectivity, a Micro SD slot, a 13 megapixel camera and a 1080p x 1920p high-definition screen.

Rumour has it, that we can expect the Samsung Galaxy S4 in the first quarter of 2013. The Galaxy S4 features a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, a quad-core Exynos 5440 chip, and a 13-megapixel rear auto-focus camera. A recent set of rumors suggest that Samsung might even include the S Pen stylus from its popular Galaxy Note lineup with the Galaxy S4. This would include all of the S-Pen specific apps the Galaxy Note 2 currently enjoys.

Porsche defines luxury! And, if this uber luxury is mixed with a smartphone, all you corporate guru’s are sorted. After the release of Porsche Blackberry in 2011, the company is now launching an all new design of the legendary BlackBerry P’9981. The P’9981 Black consists of a stainless steel frame encased in black plastic with a hand-applied leather backing. The P’9981 Black has a 1.2GHz processor, 8GB of internal storage, with a microSD card slot capable of expanding that by up to a further 32GB. It comes with a 16GB microSD card in the box. It runs on BlackBerry 7.1 and features a customised Porsche Design user interface and an exclusive, premium Blackberry-Messenger-PIN

The market is filled with iPhone gaming cases, and it’s hard to really pick out the best. While, we think that the Bladepad iPhone Case is the coolest gaming case, the new FlipSide iPhone Case will create a new league. Flipside is a protective iPhone case that has gaming controls integrated into the back of the case. Made by the designers at iDevices, the FlipSide case centers on Bluetooth 4.0 and the controls stay clipped to the back when you are not gaming, but can easily be brought to the front during playtime. This solar powered case is a combination of a sensitive solar cell and a thin film battery from Infinite Power Solutions should keep the case powered up through even indoor lighting.

Samsung has proved it yet again, and they are bringing a revolutionary product to the market. The Korean giant will show off a pair of bendable screens at CES that could one day appear in a radically new smartphone or TV design, according to company representatives. This particular screen size is identical to that of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2′s. It would still have the same 1280×720 resolution of Samsung’s current Super AMOLED HD panels.

While most of us love the sleek and beautiful iPhone Cases, Noddyboffin wants your iPhone to stand out in the crowd with the new Lobster iPhone Case. Inspired by a Salvador Dali quote, that goes along the lines of “I do not understand why, when I ask for a grilled lobster in a restaurant, I am never served a cooked telephone” , this case is to be too big to fit any pocket or handbag. Elliot Gorham, aka Noddy Boffin, a Melbourne-based designer/maker states that”Unlike the typical phone case, it doesn’t offer functionality of protection and style. Its features include; camera incapability, ergonomically awkward”.

After food and shelter, Smartphone has become a basic necessity for every individual. While some of us are content with one, few people require two smartphones to comply to their basic needs. Well, if a dual-sim card phone is not your thing, try the new dual sided phone! The Yota Phone is a Dual-sided phone with LCD on one side, e-ink on the other. The Android-based phone has the best of both worlds: a full-color LCD HD resolution display on the front, and a black-and-white electronic paper. The LCD side is for watching movies and playing games, but the EPD one is for more than reading ebooks and news articles. The black and white side automatically updates itself with news stories, social media updates, notifications, calendar entries and more. Yota’s upcoming smartphone sports a 1.5GHz dual-core Krait processor and runs on Google’s Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system. The main camera boasts 12-megapixels, accompanied by an unspecified “HD” front-facing camera. One of the most helpful features is that the e-paper display also continues to keep the information (such as the notifications, or the page of the book) displayed on the screen even when your phone’s battery runs out.