Archive for the ‘Phone Gadgets’ Category
Friday, March 6th, 2009 |
I sometimes get overwhelmed by the astonishing inventions that wouldn’t have crossed your mind in a million years. Sometimes you’re excited and you’re eager to put your hands on the product, but sometimes you just can’t understand how in earth the idea became reality.
And if you ever had the chance to hear someone talking about a shoe phone and you thought this is the most outrageous of them all then you should know that an Australian IT expert doesn’t share your opinion. More than that, he spared no efforts in order to make it happen. This is the easiest way for those who tend to lose things to never lose their mobile phone again. Because when you have it attached to your shoe, it’s quite difficult to get rid of it.
The creator is 32-year-old Paul Garner-Stephen, who came up with a suggestion for a local theatrical production of a TV parody named “Get smart†(a spoof the the 60’s), where Maxwell Smart, an agent, used a shoe phone. Therefore, with the help of a shoemaker friend, he brought this device in the spotlight. The shoe phone has the mobile handset inside of one heel, while the Bluetooth headset is fitted in the other.
Here what the designer has to say: “Your first thought is ‘It’s completely impractical’. But it’s actuallty not that bad. The phone rings, you slip off the shoe, then you open the heel, press the button and you’re talking in around the same time it would take to fumble in a bag and pull one outâ€.
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This is a crazy invention, and there is no doubt about it. Imagine that you’re on the street and it’s raining cats and dogs, and you can’t wait for the moment you get home. But you’re streets away, and your phone starts ringing. You know it might be important, your boss who wants to inform you about a project you must finish by the end of the week. You want to answer, God knows you do, but come one! The cats and dogs are everywhere! You can’t, you just can’t take your shoe off and answer that inopportune boss of yours! Doesn’t he know that you are not available to phone talks when you’re on the street? Especially when it’s raining like hell. But he doesn’t want to give up, God damn it!
Yeah, the shoe phone sounds great! Absolutely great!
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Friday, February 13th, 2009 |
When things don’t work according to the expectations, cell phones manufacturers have always a backup or a “plan Bâ€, however you might want to call it, being some sort of escape from the most terrifying nightmares ever.
What happens, for example, when a well known company, but not one of the most popular and profitable, like the France-based Alcatel, is facing some difficult times when it comes to selling its products (aka cell phones)? Troubles must be somehow eliminated, and the best solution is a partnership with a more powerful company. Just like LEGO is. Because, you know, the LEGO brick is probably one of the easiest to recognize products that you can find these days in the market.
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There are some recent photos that you can find on several gadgets blogs these days with a LEGO phone that is said to be the result of a strange collaboration, between Alcatel and the famous toys manufacturer. Actually, if you think about it, it ain’t so strange, because there was another similar attempt in the past, when LEGO and Digital Blue teamed up in order to design and develop a line of products made of the bricks you all know very well, aimed at kids. The devices included a digital camera, a walkie-talkie and a MP3 player.
As you can see in the picture above, you can easily detach the plates of the phone, which means you can customize your handset according to your preferences, choosing from a wide variety of keypad colors.
Even if there are some rumors that say that the Alcatel phones will become available sometime during the summer of 2009. As you probably already imagine, there is no information about the pricing either.
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Monday, January 19th, 2009 |
You have always been a man of sport, enjoying every activity that helped you keep your very good shape just like it was a couple of years ago, when the last thing you needed was to work for your silhouette. Now things have dramatically changed, but thank God you’re not too lazy for jogging in the mornings and never against the idea of a little escapade to the seaside. Moreover, you are what people call a “son of seaâ€, so water sports are just what the doctor ordered for your body and soul.
But as much as you love swimming, surfing, sailing (or whatever you might come up with), you can’t neglect the fact that a Rolex is wrapped around your wrist and you wouldn’t like to have it ruined or lost due to your underwater escapades. On the other hand, you want to always be connected, so you don’t like the idea of not knowing the time, even when you’re scuba diving.
Well then, let me make a suggestion: the Breo watch, a device that “is waterproof to 10 meters and comes with a permanently affixed natural rubber band made with the naturally occurring mineral Tourmaline (which we’ve been told is responsible for many beneficial effects when worn next to the skinâ€. The watch is very easy to use, so all you are supposed to do is to just wrap it around your wrist and forget you have it.
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The wristwatch is available in three color versions, pink, blue and black, and each of these comes in three different sizes: small, medium and large. Maybe the Breo devices are far from being the best waterproof watches, but you’d rather take them with you underwater, facing them with all sorts of unexpected risks, than other expensive timepieces.
The watch face measures 4 x 1.5 centimeters, while the strap measures 19 cm (the small size), 23 cm (the medium size) and 25 cm (the large size). The Breo watch retails for only £9.99.
(Source: coolest-gadgets.com)
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009 |
We all have the tendency to have a geeky attitude sometimes, even if we are tempted to reject those persons who, due to their lifestyles, are to be described in such an undesired way. When buying ourselves all sorts of gadgets that one can easily deprive of, well, my friends, this is the moment that converts us in genuine geeks, because this is just the beginning of a future habit.
You can’t deny the fact that your eyes began to sparkle in a way they didn’t a couple of minutes before the moment you saw this wearable rechargeable battery pack which is designed for people who love gadgets more than anything in this world and own so many devices that must be recharged that they could never own enough battery packs for their portable electronics.
A great thing about it is the fact it comes with eight different types of power connectors, suitable to the most important brands of mobile phones, portable games and media players. Not to mention the portability, another great advantage, which allows users to wear this rechargeable battery pack as the funkiest accessory one can have.
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As far as the battery is concerned, it’s a Li-ion polymer with a capacity of 1500 mAh that fully recharges in approximately five hours via USB, at working temperatures between -10 to +50 Celsius degrees. In addition, there are LED lights that are meant to give you the information you need about the charge status.
Measuring 250 x 35 x 15 millimeters, the wrist strap battery (model CVFZ-G03) comes in package with USB cable and eight adapters for different portable electronics. If you’re interested in purchasing it, you can now get it from Chinavision for 18.73 EUR (if you want to buy one) and 17.98 EUR (if you want to buy 10 or more devices).
(Source: gadgets.boingboing.net)
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009 |
When you are a young designer that is about to finish school, the only thing you can think of is how in earth you’ll be finding the most unbelievable idea for your graduation project, one you can amaze people with. Not to mention the fact that you’d like for it to become something like your future visiting card, converting itself in the most important work of art of your portofolio.
That’s precisely what happened when Tommy Chen, a Shanghai-based industrial designer reached the moment when he had to say goodbye to his studies and to prepare something in order to successfully finish the Design School of the Southern Yangtze University. When seeing this designer’s exquisite device, you don’t actually know from the first moment what it represents. You’re confused, right? You don’t know whether it’s something it can be used for a specific purpose or it’s just a piece of decoration.
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The point is that Tommy Chen has come up with a unique device that combines a wide variety of functionalities, such as an iPod dock, a mobile phone dock, a CD player and an amplifier. When docking all of these independent components together, the result is the unusual disc shape that you can see in the pictures. The YOGA (because this is the name of this concept) is a device with rounded edges that is suitable to those who have strong personalities, oriented to modernity, being perfect for almost any kind of futuristic décor that one can imagine.
Inspired by the raindrops that are falling to the ground, this is the living proof of the fact that brilliant graduation project ideas are at the tip of your finger when you spare no effort in order to succeed!
(Source: YankoDesign.com)
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