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Hands-free company Plantronics is all ears, literally

If you're planning on setting up a Bluetooth headset company then according to Plantronics, you're going to need a wall of ears. That's right, the ..

Well, it's about time »

Nokia C6 leaked: It's all looking a bit familiar

When Nokia failed to officially announce its flagship C Series at CES and then again at Mobile World Congress, we were a little disappointed. Disappointment ..

TriPad »

Qualcomm's multi-fold device eats iPads for breakfast

Forget the Motorola Backflip and forget the iPad - the future of folding touchscreen devices looks to be Qualcomm-shaped. We've just seen some rather ..

That handset is such a brick »

BlackBerry made of Lego, complete with working screen

If there's one thing mobile geeks love, it's our favourite handsets painstakingly recreated in Lego form. Nathan Sawaya is the Godfather of the giant Lego ..

RF-IDea »

How to make your own iPhone RFID reader

Imagine if you could open your front door using your mobile phone. It might sound like a futuristic idea but Apple has patented a system which allows the ..

Easy-peasy »

One PCI slot cover, one bend, one nifty phone stand

This is recycling genius. Take a PCI slot cover (a piece of metal that is usually thrown away), make a single bend, place it on a table and voila, you've ..

Pop and lock »

iPhone Pro: 4th generation iPhone concept by ADR Studio

Unless you work for Apple it's unlikely that you know what the next iPhone is going to look like or do, but an Italian design studio has had a go at ..

Let’s get arty »

App Friday: Five arty and surreal iPhone apps

We love a nicely designed app so we’re big friends of app.itize.us, a blog with an uncanny knack for ferreting out beautiful little titbits for the ..

Camera control »

Potential future iPhone feature brought to life by ..

A few weeks ago AppleInsider spotted an Apple patent entitled "Camera as Input Interface" which was originally filed for on Aug. 21, 2008. The ..

Five alive »

Deals of the week: Top five pay-as-you-go offers

Lost your uber-cool smartphone and need a replacement quick sharp? We've found five of the best pay-as-you-go offers currently available. Nokia 5230 - ..

Holographic future »

Moto Gamer: Motorola concept phone with "holographic" ..

Fed up with the current state of gaming phones we recently came up with an unusual Nokia concept phone that focussed on gaming. It seems, however, that we're ..

Let's lay down some riffs »

GuitarBud for iPhone: Step into your home recording ..

So, you've got the band back together, got some serious practice in using your Fingerist and finally graduated to a real live guitar. Now you're ready to lay ..

The fat lady sings (again) »

Opera Mini 5 beta comes to Android

Last Thursday we saw Opera Mini 5 beta coming to Windows Mobile and now it's Android's turn. Wonders such as tabbed browsing and Opera Mini's signature 'Speed ..

No, pretty much »

Is it ever ok to read your partner's text messages?

For a couple of weeks there, it felt like every celebrity couple who ever sold their wedding pics to OK! was being brought down by the humble text message ..

Meowtrix »

Zenitum iKat: The first markerless mobile augmented ..

Correction: We said that Sony's EyePet for Playstation requires cards to play around the screen but it only needs cards to detect in-game features/objects ..