Okay, so let’s talk stocks, since the economy is in a sort of slump. If you’ve been listening to Leo Laporte and Jason Calacanis at TWiT, they oftentimes mention how an economic slump is usually the best incubation period for startups as a lot of great companies, not necessarily tech, thrived by building value in the downside of the economy and became huge when the recession ended. In Dvorak’s recent Market Watch column he says that we shouldn’t be fooled — acquire tech stock:

The most interesting sector right now, at least to me, is technology. Everyone thinks it stinks, …read more

“Music on the outside, phone on the inside” seems to be the new slogan for these clamshell phones that are also marketed as MP3 players. What makes the Sony Ericsson W380i unique is a new feature called Gesture Control. If you want to mute an incoming call or stop an alarm all you need to do is put on some Darth Vader and pass your hand across the phone ala using the Force and the phone will respond to this action.
The phone comes with 14MB of internal memory and comes with memory card expansion options. Though there is no …read more

Lately, community blog comments over here have been leaning towards the rants. Truth be told, the influx of crap phones are much faster than the influx of pretty good ones. If you were to compile a list as a public service to other phone buyers on the crappiest phones in the market, what would these phones be?

Here’s what you can do:
List the phone models down in the comments section. You can list as many phones as you want, but more importantly include a short line on why these phones were crappy. Be it the hardware, software or after sales …read more

You know, this kinda reminds me of the BenQ-Siemens P50. Interestingly enough, the ASUS P750 looks like an all around solid smartphone. Running on Windows Mobile 6 (with handwriting recognition), the P750 comes with a fast HSDPA connectivity feature as well as wireless 802.11g. Selling points include a 3MP camera, all around connectivity with push email and GPS.
Announced two months ago, the ASUS P750 will be available soon. For more specs, proceed here. The holidays are just around the corner — this is definitely a good buy!

So I’ve set up a new poll and moved it up to where it is more visible for everyone. This is an interesting survey as I’ve left the nominations open. Meaning, you can add phones to the long list. So far I’ve placed the most “traditional” wants this Christmas including the new Nokia N82 and yeah, the Apple iPhone. So poll away, dear readers!

Remember back in the day, when cellphones were literally bricks that could kill and had a battery charger the size of a car battery? Well, retro is back this Christmas with the block phone. Some features include a camera and video player, 128MB of memory, and 2 batteries. [Source via Textually]

So what’s your take on the latest development of the London currency being dispensed by mobile phones?

“Early next year Barclaycard will run a trial of the technology on the back of its new ‘OnePulse’ contactless card, which was launched in September. OnePulse cards are combined credit cards and Oyster cards, and also allow small purchases (under £10) to be made without entering a Pin.
About 1,000 retailers in the capital are already equipped with the contactless terminals for OnePulse, so putting the technology into mobile phones will not require them to install yet more expensive kit. Several hundred Barclaycard customers will …read more

They say that there are always two sides of the same coin. The same can be said with mobile phones. The most out of the box yet functional design to grace a phone’s real estate is the two sided Samsung F300, sporting a 2.1 inch multimedia screen on one side for video and music and a smaller screen on the other side for calls. Back home, the advertisment with Beyonce has been playing across movie theatres for the past several weeks. Beyonce is the official endorser for Samsung’s line of mobile phones.

I wonder where the battery is located.

2 Megapixel Camera
Display …read more

I went to the mall yesterday to buy my friend’s 9 month daughter a Christmas gift. Since she doesn’t read my blog (well, she can’t really read just yet), I can disclose that I bought her something quite close to this Fisher Price Laugh and Learn toy phone.
The phone I bought cost roughly $30.00 and is good for children under a year. Youngsters can exercise their fine motor skills and cognitive functions (I feel like an early childhood educator by just typing this) whilst they press the buttons and hear the cute sounds coming from the toy phone.

I’ve come across several online shopping sites, but none as robust as Reporo.
Reporo is a Java application that lets UK phone users shop on their
cellphones – any time, any place. Users can choose from thousands of
products from leading retailers, with new shops being added every week.
Reporo is free, easy to use and simple to setup. It is the first mobile
shopping service that works across all major UK mobile networks and is
compatible with over 150 handsets, including almost all recent models.
Users register at www.reporo.com, we send Reporo to their cellphone and
they can start shopping straight away.
Personally, I’ve always enjoyed the thrill …read more