Mobile Phone Haven

The Airave is a femtocell that is being offered by Sprint and its technology partner Samsung. The basic idea is to improve cellular coverage in your home or office. Basic tests show that cell coverage increases considerably where there was weak coverage to start. The device covers an area of 5000 sqft. so it’s great for most homes that don’t get great reception.

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Samsung has unveiled the attractive M150 bar style phone. Available in light gray, charcoal gray, pure white, lavender pink and ice blue, the handset comes equipped with a softly brushed hairline pattern, which is exclusively found on many of Samsung’s famous full-metal phones. Other features included mp3 player, an embedded VGA camera, MPEG4 video recording technology, FM radio with recording function and 20MB internal memory. The Samsung M150 Bar Type Phone will be released worldwide around mid-August.

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Most cellphone concepts looks really cool but none are ever really practical for everyday use. Here’s one that falls into that category, it’s a nameless concept designed by Marc Schomann. The mobile phone (if we can call it that) is divided into segments. One twist turns the phone on and there are 12 segments for you to twist when you have to dial.

The design for this concept was inspired by haptic technology and it’s the most “cryptic” phone out there (to my knowledge). So, if you like this design then prepare your wrists for a work out. You’ll be looking like Popeye in no time.

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Tag Heuer released details about their first mobile phone the Tag Heuer Meridiist which will be launching in September, reports I4U News. The Tag Heuer Meridiist will carry over the luxury materials Tag Heuer uses in its famous watches. The mobile phone will be hand assembled from 430 components and constructed from corrosion-resistant, watch making 316L steel. The displays are protected by scratch resistant 60.5 carats sapphire crystal.

Of course Tag Heuer found a way to feature a time display in a very cool way on the Meridiist. On the top of the handset a digital time display makes this phone unique. {Wristdreams}

The Edge phone is designed for those concerned with style, design and unique flavor. The Edge’s look is what captures you with its glowing glass keyboard.

To answer an incoming call, slide the glass keyboard out. An embedded LED illuminates the etched numerics via refraction creating a glowing effect. The only visible lines is the microphone wiring which designer Chris Owens has cleverly disguised as a keyboard border.

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Looks like Apple might release a clamshell iPhone in the near future. This is an illustration of what it might look like found in a recent Apple patent application.

In a closed position, this clamshell becomes an ordinary slate tablet computer, with a multi-touch touchscreen. If you open the flip to up-to 160 degree angle, it becomes a normal laptop computer. Interesting concept if you ask me.

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Alcatel OT-Sport is a tri-band handset for the sport oriented person. It has a built-in accelerometer with handy sort functions. These functions include a pedometer and a calorie counter. An accelerometer-based option mutes the alarm when you shake the handset. On top of that, the phone has an MP3 player, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP profile, 2MB memory, microSD card slot and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Not to shabby if you ask me. Expected release date is sometime in third quarter 2008. No price yet.

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As of the March 14th 2008 the Apple iPhone will be available in Austria and Ireland. In Austria, the exclusive carrier is T-Mobile, while in Ireland O2 is the network. The 8GB model will go for 399 EURO and 499 EURO for the 16GB iPhone.

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