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Toshiba is finally putting a Cell processor in a television and will show it off on October 5, 2009.  Announced back in CES 2009, Japan gets this super-TV first.  What purpose could having a Cell processor have in a television?  Toshiba says they will use the processor to upscale standard… Continue Reading »

By now, we’re all pretty much aware of SMS and MMS messages.  We’re also probably aware of the drawbacks, such as the fact that you can never be sure that the person is going to actually respond to the text message.  A new system is on its way that will… Continue Reading »

PhoneFusion announced yesterday that their Fusion Voicemail + is coming to the Android platform that will allow users to view their voicemails and listen to them in any order they choose.  This was a big selling point of the original iPhone and now it is coming to the Android platform.… Continue Reading »

Fun stats, right?  According to XLINK, it is accurate and 20% of US households are doing just that by the end of this year, jumping off the landline bandwagon.  But is going all cell going to work for your family?  XLINK happens to make a product that it believes will… Continue Reading »

Today we’ve got a guest post by Scott McGrath.  Scott has worked in the IT industry as a consultant and Sysadmin for 12 years, and has enjoyed communications gadgets since he got his Fisher Price telephone at 2 years of age.  Like what he said?  Hate what he said?  Go… Continue Reading »

A decently known cell phone manufacturer, Hop-on, has recently decided to create a phone running Google’s Android platform.  In case you are not familiar with Hop-on, it is basically a company that creates cell phones as well as accessories for diverse and new markets.  They are probably most known for… Continue Reading »

A new service focused around the use of cell phones has been announced, it’s called “My Mobile Witness.”  Upon first seeing the name, I immediately felt like I wanted to bash it for being some sort of invasion of privacy-enabling service.  Turns out that isn’t the case.  My Mobile Witness… Continue Reading »

I’m not kidding. Yes, I realize you are still waiting for the originals, and now you hear news of new and upgraded versions.  Apparently, there is going to be an announcement of a Storm-like device at WES 2009.  Granted, RIM doesn’t exactly have the best track record when it comes… Continue Reading »

Nokia’s first touchscreen phone, Nokia 5800 was a blast for Nokia fanatics.  Nokia has recently made another statement pertaining to the production of Nokia touchscreen phones in the future.  In a recent event in India, Devinder Kishore, Marketing Director of Nokia revealed, “We will have lot of touchscreen phones coming… Continue Reading »

Talk about ideal product placement gone mad.  In the upcoming James Bond Quantum of Solace movie, there are eight different characters sporting six different Ericsson phones.  And nope, they don’t even have to tape over the brand name….I’m sure Sony paid plenty to be the featured phone of choice. The… Continue Reading »