MobileBurn has a new article that compares & contrasts the photographic capabilities of two relatively new 2 megapixel cameraphones : the Sony Ericsson K750 and the Nokia N90.
In a close call, the reviewer gives the edge to the Sony Ericsson K750. The cameras in these two phones were evaluated on the basis of [...]

Here’s another concept phone, this one based on suggestions from CNet readers, and as mocked-up by Frog Design. The main feature of the Ubik seems to be its dual configuration. Flip it open one way, and its a mobile phone, e-mail and IM device. In the other, its a gaming platform, photo & video [...]

Fujitsu Siemens is now offering the Pocket LOOX N520 which is a PDA combined with an integrated GPS package operating on Windows Mobile 5.0 Premium Edition. The unit has a SD-I/O/MMC slot , Wi-Fi and a QVGA screen. The GPS solution is based on a SirfStar III 20-channel GPS receiver and NAVIGON MobileNavigator [...]

AVC of Japan has launched their Signeo line of music players, including the SN-A800 series. The main specs for the A800 include : up to 1GB of memory, support for MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV audio formats and an FM tuner with a 4-line white OLED display. Sized at 68×50×6.5mm and weighing 30g, its smaller all [...]

Back in June of 2004, The Economist published an article entitled “The Meaning of iPod”, which attempted to explain the striking success of the iPod from a social perspective. The piece included an analysis by one Michael Bull, a lecturer at the University of Sussex in England, alleged to be the world’s leading expert on [...]

Msmobiles.com has some exclusive pics of the circa May 2006 HTC Hermes Pocket PC Phone. The Hermes is a GSM Quadband phone with support for UMTS, EDGE and GPRS. It offers a sliding QWERTY keyboard and comes with a QVGA screen. EXCLUSIVE: photos of HTC Star Trek smartphone [...]

Playlist has just published their take on the new video iPod …er, iPod with video as they insist on calling it. Basically they like it a lot, giving it four-and-a-half stars out of five. The reviewers loved the new screen and thought that the improved voice memo feature has great potential. Their gripes consisted [...]

Today, GadgetManiac introduces our new Kid’s section. Our goal: to keep gadget parents in touch with new developments in the burgeoning area of gadgets for children. Our lead-off piece deals with the recent Toy of the Year (T.O.Y.) Awards. FamilyFun Magazine organizes this annual toy test during which actual kids play with and vote [...]

IDC reports that mobile phone sales increased by 19% year-over-year. Nokia is doing very well, with its unit sales up 30% to a market-leading share of 32%. Motorola is in 2nd place with sales up by an astounding 66% to a 18.6% share. Moto’s performance seems to be driven by the RAZR. [...]

Google estimates that there are 5 million terabytes of information in the world, and that it might take another 300 years to complete the task of indexing everything.
Eric Schmidt, Google CEO in a talk at the Association of National Advertisers on October 8 2005, estimated that only 2-3% of the world’s info is currently [...]