The New LG Dare Takes On The Apple iPhone

LG has released a new phone appropriately named the Dare and are determined to be the latest and greatest in a new line of what I like to call iPhone killers. It presents a few tricks of its own and offers new, never before seen features. For example, you can drag and drop icons to make your own customized shortcuts on the home screen, or you can use a drawing pad to sketch ideas or draw a map, which can then be sent via MMS to a friend. The Dare also sports one of the most advanced cameras yet on a touch-screen phone. The 3.2 megapixel camera has settings like face detection, noise reduction, panorama photo stitching, and a SmartPic technology designed for taking photos in low light. The built-in camcorder can even record high-speed video and play it back in slow-motion, which is a first for U.S. camera phones. This phone doesn’t have features such as Wi-Fi, and its Web browser and media player aren’t as good as the iPhone’s. However, the Dare is a very appealing alternative for Verizon customers who want a touch-screen phone with a difference. The LG Dare is priced competitively at $199 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement.

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June 30, 2008 | Filed Under Phones | Leave a Comment

Get Minimo!

How about an easy to use web browser for your mobile phones? It’s Minimo! Minimo is an open-source and free web browser that is designed for the Windows Mobile platform and is based on the Mozilla technologies. This browser is small, easy to use, and offers lots of advantages over other mobile browsers that can make you fall in love with. Here is a quick look at what this browser offers:

Minimo Homebase start page
A Support for modern web standards (Javascript and AJAX).
Comes with Social Bookmarking tools
Allows Tab browsing
In-built RSS Support
A Security protocol (TLS, SSL3)
An International support
Widget and Extension support and
Cross platform capability

Where to find?
Get Minimo Browser by click on one of the installer links below.

Click here to install Minimo from your Windows PC.

Or click here to download a Minimo CAB file.

Once done with download, next step is to get it to your device and then use Start -> File Explorer on your Windows Mobile device to locate and run the CAB installer

Here’s a tutorial if you have any problems with the installation. Click here

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February 16, 2008 | Filed Under Phones | Leave a Comment

How to stream audio from your iPhone to bluetooth headset?

Alright, for the iPhone lovers here are some tips on how to stream audio from your phone to a Bluetooth headset.

Before we start let me give you a brief introduction of Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP).

A2DP is a new feature that allows sending of high quality audio from one device to another. Bluetooth Wireless Technology with A2DP makes mobiles, pda’s and computers capable of streaming audio directly to other devices. In our case, we use A2DP to stream audio from iPhone to Bluetooth headset. Got the idea? Ok let’s start cracking then.

How do you stream audio? Closely watch these steps as I reveal it to you.

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January 17, 2008 | Filed Under Phones, Tips n Tricks | 1 Comment

How to extend your cell phone battery life?

Have you ever thought of saving your cell battery life? Or wondered why people have problems with their phone due to battery? Here are some quick tips on how to save your cell phone battery life and keep the conversation going.

Screen brightness can be a major factor for reducing the battery life. Best option is to keep the screen brightness to around 50% or less. Initially you will find difference, but it can be a great way to save its life.

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December 13, 2007 | Filed Under Featured, Phones, Tips n Tricks | 3 Comments

World’s slimmest mobile phone?

The unique Smart Surface Mounting Technology from Samsung squeezes features within a slim form. The U600 phone from Samsung comes with a thinness of 10.9 mm, with a 3.3 mega-pixel camera for ultra sharp images. The U600 mobile phone from Samsung is the replacement for Samsung D900 and is the first of second generation Ultra phones to hit the market, thereby also making it the slimmest phone available.

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November 24, 2007 | Filed Under Phones, Wireless | Leave a Comment

iPhone unlikely to hit Chinese markets soon

Apple’s iphone looks like it won’t hit the Chinese markets soon because of technical reasons, reports came in on Wednesday, just after a day the shares in the U.S company went up with the hopes of a deal.

The chief executive of China Mobile Ltd said that his firm was involved in talks of a possible tie up after shares in Apple went up more than 10 percent on Tuesday. China Mobile stocks also saw a jump of 9 percent on Wednesday.

The iphones which are considered to be the hottest gadgets of the year after their roaring success in the U.S and European markets look to be mismatched with the Chinese telecommunication market mainly because of locked SIM cards- I mean to say that the device would not be able to associate with other operator’s network.

The executive said that the SIM cards were not locked, and mentioned that the Chinese business model did not demand revenue sharing with terminal producers and they don’t share revenue. He said that the firm welcomed their approach.

China Unicom, one of the country’s wireless carriers said it had no plans for now to bring the Apple iPhone to China but the idea was open.

“Right now we don’t have plans to introduce Apple’s iPhones in China,” The executive director of China Unicom told the reporters on Wednesday. He also said that they were always ready to discuss about a business opportunity if Apple had presented itself.

The director said that he was unable to judge whether Apple’s iPhone would gain eventually, said that it would need to support text messages in Chinese language to be accepted.

As long as there was a good product they were always ready to talk to find a common platform, the director said. One of the analysts held an opinion saying that it was hasty to start factoring in the launch of iPhone for China, not because of the price the device would demand, but because China mobile would resist setting off from age old practices. The analyst said that it was a niche product for niche users and would be for high-end users.

The analyst added that, unlike in US where Apple operates the iTunes song-download service, in China users might be deprived of content initially.

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November 14, 2007 | Filed Under Phones | 2 Comments