If you are a mobile phone owner, and no doubt if you read these posts you are, you will know that one of the most irritating things that can happen while you are got and about is for your mobile phone to run out of charge, and when that happens there is very rarely anywhere you can plug into a sock to recharge.

Those are the time when this small gadget was created for. It looks like a pen, however when you open it up, slip in a AA battery and it becomes a portable mobile phone charging unit which has the ability to charge a mobile phone for up to 100 minutes, and with no mains power required.

Furthermore, the One Battery Mobile Pen Charger will give your mobile phone a boost for around 20 hours on standby or two hours talk time, of course this will depend on your mobile handset.

The pen charger comes supplied with five different adapters to suit various mobile phones like Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Nokia. Oh, and one other thing, once you’ve done charging you can use it as a pen because it actually writes.

Source – gadget4all via pocket-lint

Hold the phone! According to Gizmodo they say that this does look like a pretty legit email tread from a reader, and is seems that Apple big boy Steve Jobs may have actually responded to a complaint!

The complain was apparently concerning the dumping of NetShare from Apple’s App Store; iPhone to laptop tethering isn’t possible without jailbreaking the iPhone first, and so it would see the Gizmodo reader sent this to the Apple big wig…

“AT&T offers data plans for BlackBerry that include tethering for an additional $30 per month (a total of $60 per month for the BlackBerry+tethering plan).

It seems ludicrous that the same thing is not offered with the iPhone. I understand the desire to prevent tethering with the current data plan, but I am willing to pay more money to allow tethering! With such an advanced device, why can I not do so?”

To which the apparent email reply was as below.

From “Steve” to our reader:

We agree, and are discussing it with ATT.

Steve

Sent from my iPhone

So there it is, you can make up your own mind, but would you pay Apple and AT&T extra to tether your iPhone to a laptop?

Source – gizmodo via macdailynews

An announcement has come from Next2Friend that their “Live” mobile video streaming application is now available on the Samsung BlackJack II and the Motorola Q.

Next2Friends Live enables mobile phone users to share real life moments with friends from anywhere, by live broadcasts news developments, bringing happenings across the world closer to home, or simply capturing those all important major life events.

Next2Friends soft-launched their app back in 07 and officially released it in July this year, and the application is continually being enhanced by the Next2Friends development team.

The Next2Friends application is for all the people who wish to share their lives through the medium of real time, rich media, and features one click streaming, zoom, pause, and restart, and also automatic quality selection which guarantees the best streaming of location, carrier or connection speeds.

Originally, Next2Friends was for Symbian S60 mobile phones such as Nokia, LG and Sony Ericsson, but now also incorporates Motorola and Samsung handsets.

Source – intomobile

Well our crazy friends over in South Korea, Pantech, have come up with a phone and decided to give it a very obscure name, The Blue Wink, yes, you read it right! this is the new phone otherwise known as the SKY IM-S730 - if you want to get technical, this is the new slider phone from Pantech the South Korean company.

Do we know what the Blue Wink stands for? Hell no, but do we really care? any idea’s on the Blue Wink there is a comment box at the bottom of the article so you can either impress us with your knowledge or simply get creative.

Ok, so looking closer at the SKY IM-S730 Blue Wink, it sports a 1.3 megapixel camera, HSDPA support, FM radio, GPS, microSD slot and well endowed with a 2.6 inch QVGA screen. It’s said that it also has a media player application, plus this phone is available for free if you sign into a contract.

We think that this phone is going to be marketed more as a fashion accessory in Korea, but who knows, we have no price as of yet and will keep you posted.

Source: intomobile

Kbb.com, Kelley Blue Book, the popular provider of new and used car info has announced the launch of their website which has been optimised for Apple iPhone users.

This free mobile website will not only supple the users of the Apple iPhone and Apple iPod Touch the latest information but they can also watch videos, view car images, car reviews, and also submit free dealer price quotes.

Andy Lapin of Kelley Blue Book’s says: “Whether the shopper is sitting at home or standing on the dealership lot, they can easily locate Kelley Blue Book’s new and used car information with a few simple stokes to ensure they are making the right choice and getting a great deal.”

In other words, if you are an owner of an Apple iPhone or Apple iPod Touch who is looking to purchase a new or used car then kbb.com is the car resource to check out, and you can surf for that car while on the go.

Source – kbb via intomobile

The use of mobile phones at schools has always been frowned upon and often banned, especially here in the UK, but it appears they are of a different opinion over in some parts of the United States.

It seems over there educators have begun changing their views on mobile phones as Abilene Christian University is to hand out Apple iPhone 3G handsets to two-thirds of this year’s entering class of 950 freshmen.

These students will be expected to utilise the Apple iPhone 3G to brainstorm ideas and get virtual handouts along with podcast while in class.

Co-director of mobile learning research at the school, which is in Abilene, Texas, William Rankin, says: “This is a new platform for learning, in the same way a laptop or a desktop was a new platform.”

Apparently other schools across America have also come to the same conclusion that the mobile phones can be a great learning tool.

One wonders just how long it will be before the UK follows this example.

Full article at businessweek

Starting today August 29, RadioShack are launching Sprint’s Samsung Instinct nationwide, RadioShack will be offering a 4-day exclusive retail price of $99.99. So, if you are after one the Samsung Instincts we suggest this is the weekend to get it, the offer is to last all through the labor Day weekend, and is available for all new Sprint customers.

This Samsung Instinct has won awards, with its ability to access business and personal email, quickly browse the internet and share pictures with literally one tap of its touch screen, wow and double wow.

So looking closer at this handset we find that it has GPS navigation, and has a voice guided, turn by turn directions, and 3D maps, Stereo Bluetooth, Digital Voicemail, plus exclusive applications and content like Sprint Music Store” “NFL Mobile” and “NASCAR” Sprint Cup Mobile. To power up the Samsung Instinct it takes two batteries, and this gives you more than 11 hours talk time.

So, to recap RadioShack’s exclusive $99.99 price for the Samsung Instinct is available for new customers who sign up for a new Sprint Simply Everything Plan, if you are an existing Sprint customer and want to upgrade your Sprint service it will cost you $129.99.

Source: Slashphone

Scott Rockfeld, Group Manager of Microsoft Mobile Communications gave an interview on Fox Business and was quite forthcoming on the subject of Windows Mobile handsets.

Basically the context of the interview was “competitors to the Apple iPhone” which is sometimes a bit annoying because the Apple iPhone and Windows Mobile are not always heading for the same demographic.

They speak about such smartphones as the BlackBerry, HTC’s Touch Diamond, the HTC Touch Pro, and the BlackJack II, and avoid the Apple iPhone.

The Fox host called the Motorola Q “a bust” so kudos to him, although the Motorola Q did sell over the million.

Whatever, it is interesting to watch and learn about the message that is getting out to those people who don’t actually use the net or don’t read the mobile phone blogs. Seems there are such people out there in the big wide world after all.
Anyway, enjoy the video…

Source – msdn via wmexperts

As soon as I see the Vertu logo I sigh, will I ever be able to afford such a sexy phone, Vertu the luxury brand by Nokia has gone one step further this time and launched its high end Signature series, this phone just oozes sex appeal, my hand raising to see if I can actually touch such a fine specimen.

Ok, it is only a phone, but now it has 3G for the first time and if that’s not cool enough it’s got WiFi for an added bonus. This distinctive phone also has an innovative SIM draw, allowing you to change SIMS without having to take the battery out first.

So if having a stylish designer phone really isn’t your thing, maybe we can tempt you with the rumour it has an OLED QVGA display with 16 million colour display, E-mail support via POP3/SMTP/IMAP4 email client, Bluetooth and a WAP 2.0 XHTML browser support.

We were only saying a few weeks back that the Signature needed a complete revamp, and finally here it is. So will you be-able to afford the luxury of owning one of these fine Dual band Nokia phones? We have no price for you yet, but we suggest you are seated when we get this information to you.

Source: engadgetmobile

What can we say about this new smartphone from chinavision, apart from are they crazy? One thing I never expected to find on a phone was a projector!

Seriously this projector is said to project an image from a distance of up to 5 feet, and the image will be displayed on the wall or wherever you wish at about 32 x 40 inches in size.

Looking at the smartphone itself, it has MP3 and a MP4 player, has a 1.3-megapixel camera and video recorder, plus a 2.4-inch screen which is a touchscreen.

I think the guys at chinavision have been inspired by a few phones in the mobile world, the dual band smartphone looks like a Nokia from the handset, the interface looks like an iPhone, and as we mentioned they decided that everyone is sure to want a projector on their phone, why wouldn’t they? so went straight ahead and included one on the phone.

Looking at the Chinavision website the information just states that it will be available soon, what’s the betting this smartphone won’t be sold anywhere but China.

Souce: pocket-lint