Bluetooth enabled C-Watch has Dual SIM card support

I never expected the wristwatch cellphone trend, to catch on this fast! Bit it really has and the latest in the ever-growing family of wristwatch cellphones is the C-watch. The C-watch is different from all others we have seen earlier as it comes with Dual SIM support. It means you will be able to carry two cellphone numbers at the same time. The package comes complete with a pair of Bluetooth stereo headphones.

Technical Specifications: Bluetooth connectivity, 1.3 megapixel digital camera, Touchscreen display, Handwriting recognition, MP3 and video playback, 1GB microSD card, Voice recorder, and an integrated stylus.

All yours for a cool $400!

Via: UberGizmo

Written by Naveen on November 20th, 2008 with no comments.
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Mint-powered Google Phone

Have a G1 Android Google phone? If you want to get hours and hours of extra talk, stand by, web and video time the do-it-yourself open source MintyBoost charger works great with it! via Ladyada.

More:

• Mac and T-Mobile G1 (Google Android) phone syncing.
• Android Proxy App - Use your Android G1 for net access.
• "Upgraded" G1 headset - use whatever earbuds you want...
• 24 hours of Android.

Written by Phillip Torrone on November 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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Redfly terminal, priced right for hacking?

JC sent in a link in response to 24 hours of Android. He was suggesting an adapter for the headphone, essentially usb to 1/8" stereo. The $6 purchase price indicates that there must be a simple way of doing it. While checking out some of the other accessories for HTC phones, I came upon this neat little terminal. Redfly is apparently a keyboard and screen to go with your smartphone. With no processor, memory or much else, it is likely pretty light. It looks to be about the size of the micro laptops or notebook computers running processors similar to the OLPC. It rides off the USB connection from the phone.

So what are the possibilities in these little computers and terminals when combined with the new, powerful phones on the market? Could I get my MSI Wind to be a terminal for my G1? That would have been handy last night, where I had ok coverage on the 2G network, but no wifi. Out here in the cellular fringe, 3G is not an option. The small screen and keyboard of the Wind would have been easier to use than the tiny screen and keyboard of the phone. Since both devices have USB ports, then it should be possible to program them to talk to each other.

If you have been poking around with this idea, then post up in the comments!

Written by Chris Connors on November 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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Installing Debian alongside Android on the G1

Now that you can run commands as root on the Google phone, you may have been thinking about what else you can do with the device. You know, besides the usual talking, texting, and surfing while driving.

The device is Linux based, sure, but the installed software is relatively spartan and there isn't too much internal space to get dangerous. Thankfully, Jay Freeman wrote a nice guide for installing a more complete Linux distribution on the device, right alongside Android.

The main thing I've so far seen on this matter have been a few attempts to get busybox on there. I, however, think we can go a lot further: following the instructions in this article will end you up with a full distribution of Debian, one of the most highly respected Linux distributions, and the ability to install almost anything you want.

To do this, we need to think through a few of the details of getting this sort of thing running on the G1. The first question: where do we put it? The device has some internal flash, but it isn't really enough: only 128MB to share with the OS and other applications.

We therefore turn our attention to the much more reasonably sized microSD card, a format which lets us get up to 16GB of space.

Debian & Android Together on G1

Written by Jason Striegel on November 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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Googlephone Jailbreak - Remote access gained …

Rooting the Googlephone round up... via HaD.

What with its open source operating system and developer-friendly nature, cracking open phones running Google's Android was always going to be easier than the full-on assault that was required to hack the iPhone, but we're still impressed by the speed with which hackers have broken the T-Mobile G1. First is full access to the file system on the phone. This part is easy, but you could potentially break everything with an errant rm -r. You need to grab PTerminal, a command line tool, from the Android marketplace. From there, you navigate to your system/bin folder (where the binaries are kept) and type telnetd to launch the telnet program which lets you login to the phone remotely.

Written by Phillip Torrone on November 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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“Upgraded” G1 headset - use whatever earbuds you want…

Neat, here's a post a maker sent in about a hack to the headset of the new T-mobile G1. "Replace those crappy earbuds with just about whatever you want and retain the microphone and button features of the headset. Also no need for dumb usb-3.5mm adapters"... Purkolator writes -

I have been thoroughly enjoying my new G1 for the last week or so with one major exception. Music! After trying out the included headset for about 3 minutes, I swore it off. They felt just like the i-pod headphones to me and I hate those. Maybe I have big ears or something, but I always feel like they are about to fall out and I get zero bass response. I generally prefer earbuds with a tight fitting rubber or foam earpieces (like the Sony EX51s and EX71s or my favorites, Etymotics!).

Sooo, not wanting to have to hassle with adapters if at all possible, I figured I could perform a little surgery on the included headset and get what I wanted.

Written by Phillip Torrone on October 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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The possibilities of a ‘portable eye’

The KNFB Reader lets users photograph printed material, then reads it back... The possibilities of a 'portable eye' - The Boston Globe.

When Peter Alan Smith pulls out his phone in a crowded Back Bay restaurant, there's no clue that his Nokia is by far the most expensive mobile phone in the entire place. He has about $2,400 in software loaded onto the $600 device.

But then it becomes apparent what's unique about Smith's phone: A flash goes off when he snaps a picture of the menu, and a few seconds later, his phone has translated the page of text into speech, and started reciting the options through his earpiece at a rapid clip.

Smith developed a degenerative eye disease when he was 18, and he is now legally blind. It has been about two decades since he could read a restaurant menu independently. He first heard about the phone on a podcast series called "Blind Cool Tech" and took out a low-interest loan to buy it.

More:

Let There Be Speech. How do you make a $200 computer for blind kids? By Fernando Botelho... MAKE 03 - page 40.

Written by Phillip Torrone on October 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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Bold beautiful: BlackBerry will hit U.S. in November

Target Customers: Internet savvy professionals.

Even after getting all the FCC approvals, Rim’s latest creation – The Blackberry Bold, will finally hit AT&T’s subscribers in the first week of November. The phone boasts of some amazing features, which we hope are enough to lure customers to AT&T stores.

Technical Specifications: The 136 gram candybar phone sports a 480 X 320 pixel display, capable of showing 65K colors. It also features GPS, Wi-Fi, 2MP camera, 1 GB of internal storage and a microSD card for extended memory requirements. With a 624 MHz processor and a 128 MB ROM, the device runs BlackBerry OS 4.6, which promise a pretty user interface and some additional web browsing advantages (something you would always love if you are going for a BlackBerry). The device gets its juice from a 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery which is enough for five hours of talking time.

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Written by Jolly on October 23rd, 2008 with no comments.
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