Archive for June, 2009
« Previous EntriesCompass Phone
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009This project addresses the issue of whether the mobile phone is a surveillance tool or a digital leash and explores designing an alternative means of communication which delivers a more poetic and aesthetic experience. The Compass Phone does not support any verbal communication side, but has only a GPS function. It measures the distance between two people in real-time and then converts it to the time it takes for them to meet each other by either transport or time unit. A compass is hidden un
Tracking Your Order By Telephone
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Author : scott gallagher Tracking a package has been the greatest advantage of increased communications among courier drivers over the last twenty five years Many years ago, the only updates on a packages movements would come when the vehicles carrying them moved through certain checkpoints where they would pickup new packages and drop off others The fact that the package had reached that point might be relayed to the head office, from which someone could check on the status of their package
Alltel BlackBerry Tour
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009The Alltel BlackBerry Tour is in the works. New Alltel BlackBerry Tour images surfaced recently, giving hope to the carriers’ customers around the country. Verizon and Sprint have already announced their plans to carry the new phone. The new handset doesn’t stray far from the “typical” BlackBerry design - candybar style, with full QWERTY keyboard & decent sized display screen. Features on the Alltel BlackBerry Tour include: 3.2 megapixel camera, a 480 x 360 pixel half VGA+ display, GPS,
Samsung Launches Jet S8000 Smartphone In Korea
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009The highly anticipated Samsung Jet S8000 has finally reached Korea. This new smartphone will be available in three different versions: Samsung W850, Samsung W8500 and Samsung W8550. All three handsets are actually the same, but they have different names for the carriers they’ll be available on: SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom. So here are the specs, you’ll find a 3.5-inch WVGA AMOLED display, a 5MP autofocus camera, Samsung’s latest TouchWiz 2.0 UI, a media player, a DMB support, GPS, WiFi and
Samsung Launches Jet S8000 Smartphone In Korea
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009The highly anticipated Samsung Jet S8000 has finally reached Korea. This new smartphone will be available in three different versions: Samsung W850, Samsung W8500 and Samsung W8550. All three handsets are actually the same, but they have different names for the carriers they’ll be available on: SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom. So here are the specs, you’ll find a 3.5-inch WVGA AMOLED display, a 5MP autofocus camera, Samsung’s latest TouchWiz 2.0 UI, a media player, a DMB support, GPS, WiFi and