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By Adam Fendelman, About.com Guide to Cell Phones

Notable Cell Phone Stories This Week

Saturday April 14, 2007
Every week, the cell phone world is transformed by new gadgets, new applications or amazing stories of how cell phones can affect our lives. Here is a glimpsee of those stories that happened this week but were not big enough for me to cover yet, notable enough to mention:

California - A Best Buy repair technician charged with hiding his cell phone in a customer's bathroom to record their daughter naked. (Read)

World - Rumor: Is Sony Ericsson Working On A PlayStation Phone? (Read)

World - New "Museum On The Go" shows pieces of art on your cell phone. (Read)

United States - Census data shows decline in landline, increase in cell phone numbers. (Read)

London, England - A man sees a woman's phone number in his dream, sends her a text message when he awakes. They get married. (Read)

World - Designer reveals "The Intruder", a concept cell phone that looks like a flying saucer. (Read)

Korea - New form factor: Double-display slider. Slide under another display and double your display's size. (Read)

England - Don't want to be recognized? A £9.95 gadget attaches to your cell phone to change your voice. (Read)

World - Transparent concept phone: The "What You See Is What You Get" lets you take pictures through an optical visor, just like a regular camera. (Read)

Michigan - $400 multimedia handbag shows DVD's on a built-in 7-inch LCD screen. (Read)

Comments

April 14, 2007 at 1:45 pm
(1) Swampthing says:

What about the article last week in the NYT describing how the mobile device becomes an electroinic mouse to click on physical objects?

One click to retrieve information.

www.Qode.com

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