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Mobile Skype was previously only available on Smartphones like Windows Mobile, but they’ve just ported a Java version for all kinds of non-smart phones. Be aware that this isn’t like the previous iterations and even Skype to Skype calls cost money (or use up your minutes), so there’s no huge reason in using this to call someone you can easily call already. What it is useful for is calling overseas, since you use up regular minutes but only get charged SkypeOut rates instead of your exhorbitant cellphone international call rates

The iMac has spawned a couple of lookalikes in the past, but none quite so similar to it as Fujitsu’s new FMV F-A50. Ok, so it’s the previous gen white iMac we’re talking about, but look at that slot-loading DVD drive… right where it should be! We almost prefer the design of the Fujitsu’s stand too, since it allows you to adjust the height of the unit as well as the tilt: one better than the iMac.
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In keeping with its penchant for innovation in the mobile space, Samsung has announced the development of a cell phone that is powered by a fuel cell that uses water to begin the chemical process.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ research center developed the fuel cell and water-induced process.

How It Works

When the mobile is turned on, metal and the water that has been added to the phone react to produce hydrogen gas. The gas is then sent to the fuel cell where it reacts with oxygen in the air to generate power.

The micro fuel cell and hydrogen generator can charge mobile devices for 10 hours (about 3 watts), and uses just ordinary water to start the chemical process.

“If the user uses the phone for four hours a day on average, they would have to change the hydrogen cartridge about every five days,” Oh Yong-soo, vice president of Samsung Electro-Mechanics’ research center, said. “Later handsets will be developed that don’t need the hydrogen cartridges to be changed, and would only need to be filled with water.”

Coming (Relatively) Soon

According to Samsung, water-powered handsets are expected to hit the market by 2010.

That Air France in-flight calling trial is now well underway, and it looks like there’s still some kinks left to iron out. The New York Times hitched a ride on a recent flight featuring tests of the system, and found that things weren’t quite working up to snuff: voice quality was said to be like “talking to a small robot,” only six passengers could get a signal at a time, Blackberry email didn’t work, and calls placed from the ground to cell phones in the air went straight to voicemail. That’s a pretty long list for a system that’s been talked about for a couple years now — let’s hope OnAir manages to clear up some of these glitches before angry passengers revolt over not only having to listen to other people’s conversations, but also their screaming over bad connections.

Not much to get excited about here unless you’ve got a thing for shooting 640 x 480 VGA video underwater. Shipping in May for a bit less than $500, Sanyo’s latest waterproof Xacti packs a 5x optical zoom and 8 megapixel CMOS sensor for stills and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video recordings at 60fps to SDHC media. It also carries JIS IPX5 and IPX8 waterproof ratings which means it’ll go to a depth of 1.5-meters for up to 1-hour without electronic seizure. Video riot after the break.

Stuff.tv is kicking back in Nike’s HQ at the moment and claims to have official word about Nike’s future plans with Apple. They say that the Nike+ system will “definitely” extend beyond the iPod nano to support the relatively bulky iPhone and iPod touch. Interestingly, it will leap-frog the proprietary RF link between the shoe module and nano adapter to take advantage of WiFi and eventually 3G. This of course leads to all kinds of speculation with regard to Apple’s “lifestyle companion” patent we showed you last month. 3G support would presumably allow for real-time coaching and uploads of your training activity through the Nike Plus website. So let’s see… cellphone (check), iPod (check), Internet device (check), handheld gaming (almost), and now a Nike lifestyle companion (could be).

When you are making the call, you mobile phone will keep vibrating. After the call is answered (or after a time-out), it stops vibrating. To make it easy for drivers, you can also dial a call with the loudspeaker on!

The benifits of the software is that You will put your phone near your ear only after it is answered, which protects you from the high radiation emission when a call is connecting.
It also helps in the noisy environment, just hold the phone with your hand and wait until it stops vibrating..

Harold and Kumar is back in the New movie called Harold and Kumar Harold and Kumar 2: Escape from Guantanamo Bay is in Theatres April 25.

NTT DoCoMo presented Panasonic’s latest handset ‘P905i’ during CTIA Wireless 2008, which is equipped with a 3.2-inch color screen with 480 × 854 resolution, using VIERA high-definition technology.

Equipped with a 2M camera and 1GB of built-in memory, the P905i supports 1-seg TV tuner, GPS serive, intuitive game control and 3G capabilities.

It comes in your choice of Gold, Pink, or Silver metallic trim, and plays up its Playboy affiliation to the brim. The Playboy phone supports a 1.3 megapixel camera, media player, full-screen video playback, 10MB onboard memory, and microSD card slot as the Alcatel OT-VV770A, with the addition of that Playboy logo and embossed metallic rear-panel.

The Alcatel Playboy phone was only one of 15 handsets that Alcatel announced today.