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Hugo Chavez launches ultra-cheap “penis” phone
Author: +866.com28 Apr
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, has become the world’s first country president to launch a mobile phone.
And as if this isn’t weird enough, Chavez gave the phone a funny (or maybe offensive, for some) name: Vergatorio – which is a Venezuelan slang term for… penis.
Produced by a company that Chavez nationalized, the Vergatorio phone is a low-end model that costs only about $15.
Even so, according to Telegraph.co.uk, the handset features stuff like WAP browser and MP3 player.
Hugo Chavez believes that the Vergatorio phone “will be the biggest seller not only in Venezuela but the world. Whoever doesn’t have a Vergatario is nothing.”
Uhm, right 
Via IntoMobile
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Samsung Houdini – T-Mobile’s third Android phone?
Author: +866.com28 Apr
A phone named after the great Harry Houdini has to be a cool one, right? Add a touch of Android, plus Samsung’s know-how, and you probably have a real winner there.
What am I talking about? Well, it looks like T-Mobile USA is getting ready to launch a so-called Samsung Houdini later this year.
The handset is part of T-Mo’s Android line-up, and, according to a document found at CellPhoneSignal, it will be released sometime in the fall, several months after the G2 / Magic / MyTouch 3G.
Details about the Samsung Houdini are scarce for the moment, but the handset looks somewhat similar to the Samsung i7500 – so it might be its US edition.
The above-seen document also unveils the possible contract price of MyTouch 3G: $179 – just like the current price of T-Mobile G1 (which, by the way, will be sold for only $149 starting… this month?).
All in all, good news for T-Mobile’s subscribers in the US.
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WinMob Phone As A Medical Assistant
Author: +866.com27 Apr
Your Windows Mobile phone might be able to do many things that you didn’t think was possible. Some researchers at the Washington University in St. Louis have turned a Windows Mobile phone into a mobile medical manager, which can use a standard USB connection and watch food as it passes through your digestive system. Sure, it sounds a little disgusting, but it’s certainly useful, especially if you’re in developing countries where a full-blown imaging system would be too costly or not practical.
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iPhone Pressuring Nintendo And Sony?
Author: +866.com22 Apr
The popularity of Apple’s iPhone has changed so many things, like the popularity of full touchscreen phones, mobile phone applications, application stores and so many more. Now it seems that the iPhone might be affecting the games industry too, as Trip Hawkins, the person who started Electronic Arts, suggests that the platform is scaring Sony and Nintendo. Considering that every iPhone user out there now has a rather formidable gaming machine, albeit not one that might rival others in terms of pure gaming power, folks might be less compelled to buy a mobile gaming device, as the iPhone can already occupy then enough when on the go. Will portable gaming and cell phones be combined in the future? It certainly has some possibilities, don’t you think?
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Author: +866.com22 Apr
There is a fine line between privacy and knowing your whereabouts, and AT&T’s newly launched service, FamilyMap, might just be a rather controversial service. Basically it lets you locate any number on your AT&T account for a monthly fee, which is fine by us. The thing is, aside from the first notification text message that is sent to alert the subscriber that the service has been activated, further checks on the whereabouts of that number is completely silent. This means that if you’ve accepted the service and if you’re parents are busy checking where you are, you wouldn’t be notified. Even worse, it doesn’t use cell tower triangulation; rather it has the ability to activate the GPS chip on your mobile phone, spooky isn’t it? Regardless of the ethics of the service, it’s certainly an interesting service (probably less so if you’re the one being tracked. In terms of fees, you’ll need to pay $9.99 monthly for 2 phones, or $14.95 for give phones.
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Samsung Betty Boop
Author: +866.com28 Mar
A new Samsung Betty Boop mobile phone has appeared online, and considering that Samsung has previously released a Samsung Tobi, which was targeted at kids, this phone shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise. This slider handset is a limited-edition model, and has the signature and theme of the famous cartoon character. The Samsung Betty Boop will support GSM/GPRS/EDGE, VGA camera, MMS, MP3 music playback, FM radio and also a microSD memory card expansion. The phone will be going for €129, though you’ll be able to pick it up from Bouygues Telecom for €1 if you commit yourself to a 2-year contract.
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Lenovo Poison Transparent Cell Phone
Author: +866.com23 Mar
Looking for a mobile phone to impress the Vertu-owning posh people that you know? Well, the cellphone concept design from Ryan Ma seems to point towards something interesting, which is probably due to the cell phone’s transparent LCD. At a glance, people might think that you’re buying some rare cell phone that they have only read about.
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Samsung To Launch Mobile Movie Store
Author: +866.com20 Mar
Soon, you would not have to walk very far to see a movie. For as low as £2.99 you will soon be able to rent a movie (for 24-hours) to watch on your mobile phone; for £4.99 you will be able to start your very own mobile phone movie archive, as you’ll be able to keep it! Samsung, in their effort to develop an ecosystem around their devices, is making that possible when it launches its mobile phone movie store powered by Acetrax. The store will debut very soon with 500 movies, adding another 1000 movies as well as TV shows before June 2009. The UK and Germany have been chosen to start this movie service, with plans for the service to be extended into the Europe later this year. There is no indication as to whether the service will cover Windows Mobile phones but with Acetrax a supporter of Windows Media Player, we are optimistic. Samsung recently also launched its own application store.
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No Cupcake Update In April?
Author: +866.com16 Mar
The much awaited “Cupcake” update to the G1 mobile phone is still very much at the “much awaited” status! The “Cupcake” is expected to enhance T-Mobile’s G1 with new features in the form of video recording, voice search, Google Latitude, stereo Bluetooth and a more effective keyboard. Word has it that the “Cupcake” update will debut in April but T-Mobile has dismissed it as a rumor. Your guess is as good as mine!
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PhoneGap To Bridge Mobile Platform Gap
Author: +866.com16 Mar
Looking to develop some mobile apps, but can’t decide whether to come up with something for RIM’s BlackBerry, or the ever-popular iPhone? Well, you might not have to worry too much about that in the future, thank to a framework called PhoneGap. The framework will allow developers to write programs in HTML and Javascript, after which those apps will be ported to BlackBerry, Android and the iPhone seamlessly. There are still a couple of bugs here and there, but it’s still very impressive. Would you rather develop apps with the PhoneGap framework, or concentrate solely on a specific mobile phone platform?