Showing posts with label cell phones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cell phones. Show all posts

Cigarette Box Cell Phone-The Wang XYW 3838







So, they decided to make a cell phone that not only looks like a pack of cigarettes, but also holds real cigarettes in the back! The Wang XYW 3838 phone runs on dual band GSM, takes micro SD cards, plays MP3, has a color screen and a VGA camera on the side. The price of this pack of cigarettes/cell phone is about $175 and right now they are only available in Taiwan.



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Futuristic Cell Phone Made With E-Paper Technology










P-Per cell phone a concept designed by the Chocolate Agency and winner of the Red Dot Design Awards 2007. P-Per made only from 4 layers, and one of them is an e-paper screen, which warps the entire phone.

Made out entirely of sustainable materials, this futuristic cell phone is using extruded polycarbonate to cope with its physical functions, hypoallergenic and recyclable titanium parts, and environmental friendly organic battery which is free from heavy metals.

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Cell Phone Directory Rings Alarm Bells. Customers, Privacy Activists Raise Doubts About Web Service


An online directory that claims to provide 90 million mobile telephone numbers is raising concerns among cell phone users and privacy advocates about unwanted callers who rack up the minutes on their calling plans and the difficulty of opting out of the list.

Until now, cell phone users, reluctant to be interrupted in their cars or in public with unsolicited calls, could try to protect the privacy of their numbers by being judicious about whom they gave them to. But the directory service, offered by Intelius Inc. of Bellevue, Wash., threatens to take away that privacy.

Intelius charges $14.95 a pop for the numbers, which it says it collects from public sources, such as property records and other businesses. The owner of a number has no say in the matter.

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