Mobile Phones
Smell tones the next handset fashion
Jan 6th
FORGET RINGTONES and even caller tunes. The latest craze to hit in 2006, the INQ can confidently predict is smell tones. Yup. When you mobile handset receives an incoming call or an SMS message, it can be made to emit a pleasant odour.
Naturally, the Japanese market is already way ahead of the game. It’s already possible to buy straps which attach to a handset and emit fragrances of Jasmin, wild berries, English Tea and even curry, according to a report on Iconoculture.com.
It shouldn’t take long before handset are able to support different smells for different classes of odour – such as cabbage for the boss and roses for your girlfriend.
The first such products appear to be from a company called Keitai KunKun and take the form of a strap which attaches to the mobile handset.
Source: The Inquirer
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Globe offers Motorola ROKR E1
Jan 6th
Globe, in recognizing the premium mobile phone users put on entertainment especially when on-the-go, is the first to exclusively offer the Motorola ROKR E1. Free on G-Plan 2500 or Family Values G-Plan 1200, the Motorola ROKR E1 comes with a gamut of features, foremost of which is iTunes. The only phone with iTunes, the Motorola ROKR E1 allows users to seamlessly plug and play their music on their desktop and manage their songs and playlists easily, for example. The phone likewise has surround sound, Bluetooth and complete imaging features which make it a must-have.
Globe Postpaid subscribers, in fact, can even get the phone at 0% interest in 12 months, translating to as low as P333 a month. Meanwhile, even Globe prepaid users can easily get this must-have – either at 0% interest in six months or at the full handset price of P16, 090. And, a free CD from Odyssey comes with the Motorola ROKR E1 purchase. Subscribers can proceed to any of the Globe business centers to avail of this exclusive deal.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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Mobile Multimedia on the Rise
Dec 18th
According to global research on digital services for mobile phones commissioned by Buongiorno Vitaminic, downloading ringtones, wallpapers and multimedia games comes third place among the favorite activities of mobile holders, preceded only by calls and texting.
In a recent survey they made, 68% of preferences, downloading ringtones, wallpapers, sound effects and multimedia games, comes third among the favorite activities of mobile users, equal to taking pictures with the mobile digital camera and preceded in popularity only by calls (98%) and sms messages (98%).
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Sprint Brings Music Direct to Cellphones
Nov 22nd
The legal music downloading business has taken a big step forward in recent weeks, and I’m not referring to Apple Computer’s much-touted move to sell videos on its iTunes Music Store. I’m talking about something that got much less attention: the launch of the first legal music downloading service you can access right from a cellphone.
Some cellphones already are able to play songs copied from computers, or streamed from an online radio-type service. And cellphone carriers have long sold snippets of songs as ringtones, which can be downloaded onto phones. But the new Sprint Music Store, unveiled by Sprint Nextel a couple of weeks ago, is the first service that allows complete songs to be purchased and downloaded directly from a cellphone, without a computer.
They say the price is too high? It’s just about a quarter of a dollar here in the Philippines.
Source: WSJ
Ten Best Mobile Cell Phones
Nov 13th
From the online edition of The Independent, here’s the top ten best mobile phones ever made:
Motorola DynaTAC
Nokia Cityman
The Motorola StarTAC
Nokia 8210
Sony Ericsson T610
KDDI Talby
Motorola V3 RAZR
Isamu Sanada HiPod
Nokia 8800
Vodafone Simply
I only had the N8210 before. I wonder why the N5110 didn’t made it to the list considering it was the first of smaller phones released by Nokia back in the late 1990′s.
