TORQUE Dual SIM / Dual Standby D90 Phone
September 6, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Cell phone
Don’t mistake this for Nikon’s DSLR! Chinese manufacturer TORQUE has released the D90, a dual SIM / dual Standby mobile phone. It comes with FM Radio, a 1.3MP camera, GPRS, MMS, microSD card, Bluetooth with A2DP support.
For an affordable mobile phone, the D90 is elegant to the touch and light. A small note — when phone manufacturers say that a phone is “dual SIM” enabled, you need to check if it is also dual standby enabled. This simply means that despite being a dual SIM phone, the other SIM is active while the current SIM is processing information. For instance, …read more
“Land Rover” S1 toughest phone yet
July 3, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Cell Phones
Back in circa ‘98 I rememeber HP releasing its toughest PDA, the HP Journada which could survive a car running over it. Today, Land Rover (OMG they make phones??) shows off the new S1, the toughest phone ever made. It can be run over by a Land Rover, stepped on by an elephant, dunked in gunk and lager beer, microwaved and finally gave in when a forklift truck crushed it.
[photo and source]
Cellphones and sensitive skin: mobile phone dermatitis
October 20, 2008 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under The Unwired Life
I’m a mutant – like many others. Whenever I keep in constant contact with certain technology devices, I peel off the outer lining. My skin is acidic like many others around the world. But did you know that mobile phones can affect sensitive skin as well? If you’ve been suffering from a bout of bad skin and you don’t know where it is coming from, you may want to look at your phone. Say hello to mobile phone dermatitis, because of a reaction to your phone’s nickel component:
Skin specialists are reporting a new phenomenon they are dubbing ‘mobile phone dermatitis’ …read more
Japan’s surprising mobile phone markets
February 13, 2006 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under Mobile Monitor, The Unwired Life
If you follow The Cluetrain, you would be familiar with the paradigm that markets aren’t divided by segments or demographics but by individuals.
So it’s quite interesting to point out how the two huge markets for mobile phones in Japan are the young, aged 5-9, who compose about 64% of the mobile market and adults aged 55-65 which make up 1.62 million new subscribers.
There’s only one explanation for this. The oldies are getting sick of waiting for phone calls from their kids.
[Via Phoneyworld]
[Image c/o Acclaim Images]
