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Okay, so while Motorola's breakup news was big, Garmin's new phone announcement was even bigger. Although rumors of a Garmin-made GSM phone had been floating around the Web for months, the nuvifone took everyone by surprise with its iPhone-like sleekness.
Whoa. After delivering nothing but a stretch of bad news for the past couple of quarters, Motorola today announced that it was considering splitting its troubled cell phone division - a move which could mean spinning off the business, merging with another company, or selling it outright.
Now here's an interesting device: It's a car rearview mirror that happens to be crammed with a ridiculous set of features: Bluetooth, a detachable mono headset, a display in the center of the mirror that displays caller ID, a handsfree loudspeaker and microphone, and finally an FM transmitter built-in just for kicks. Whew.
Closing its stores, that's what. Wait - stores? What stores?
Back in November, a falling out between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire dealt a huge blow to WiMax, the next big wide-area network technology. And then Sprint's CEO, one of the biggest supporters of the project, was terminated, which probably didn't help matters.
Not too long ago, a group of lucky Londoners got 200 British pounds, a 6131 NFC edition phone, and the opportunity to test out Nokia's near-field communication technology in their daily routines.
Now a couple of Spokaners (that's residents of Spokane, WA) are receiving some brand-spanking new Nokia phones in fields tests prepared by Nokia, Mastercard, and U.S. Bancorp. But no spending money this time.
Mastercard's contribution to the NFC war effort is the PayPass terminal, which reportedly has been accepted by a cool 80,000 merchants.
The trials bode well for the future of near-field communication in the USA, even though U.S. Bancorp seems to be the only company that actually plans to use the technology.
U.S. Bank pilots pay-by-phone program - bizjournals.com
DailyWireless has a short list of some of the better applications in 2007. Among the nominees:
SkyeSpy - an all-in-one "intruder detection"/remote baby monitor/car alarm monitor/spy device application that can text or call you when it detects sounds. One cool feature lets you call the phone running SkyeSpy and listen in real-time. Although this application begs the question - would anyone seriously want to leave their (s60v3) phone lying around just so they can listen in on a conversation?
The latest in the world of patents is this one filed by Nokia: the Virtual Keyboard.
Kyocera's online web store is selling the TXBTA10012B Bluetooth 3.5mm Audio Adapter (black) for $19.99 - 15% coupon = $17 + shipping. The 15% coupon in question can be obtained by signing up for an account on the site.
This adapter allows you to connect any audio device (mp3 player, stereo, computer, technically your cell phone too, etc) to a set of A2DP Bluetooth headphones/speakers. It plugs into the device's 3.5mm audio jack and has its own internal battery that's charged via USB.
This is a great deal as these audio adapters generally cost a lot more and look twice as bad.
Kyocera Bluetooth Audio Adapter $17 + Shipping
They've done it again. Thanks to the geometric brainwashing that Nokia designers have undergone, we have yet another Prism phone in our hands: the 7900 Crystal Prism.
Well, all I can say is that it looks a hell of a lot better than the original 7900 Prism.
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