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aphone a6: iphone clone runs android, world implodes

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We’ve featured several iPhone clones here on Technabob before, but this one is unique in that it not only is a doppelgänger for Apple’s wonder-phone, it runs Android apps.

The Aphone A6 phone does its best to look like an iPhone, featuring a 3.5-inch capacitive multi-touch display, and a “dual-core” CPU of some sort. The…

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November 14th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: media players mobile tech technology

giant button cell phone for seniors (and simpletons)

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Whether you have bad eyesight, an aversion to technology, or are just an imbecile, have I got a cell phone for you!

This generic-brand mobile phone offers oversize numeric buttons (1-cm wide) that you can read from several feet away – making phone calls nearly fool-proof. The phone was mainly designed for seniors with limited…

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November 5th, 2009 comments (9) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech technology

street fighter 4 cell phone strapya joystick: combo moves on the go

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The Japanese have managed to create an entire cottage industry out of selling crap you can hang off of your cell phone known as “Strapya”. The latest Strapya: this Street Fighter IV mini arcade joystick.

The tiny controller actually yells out samples of your favorite character’s voices when you pull of their combo moves using the…

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August 16th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: cool toys gadgets just plain fun mobile tech

rocking horse cell phone holder: giddy up and answer that call!

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I don’t think I really need a holder for my cell phone, but if I did, I’d want mine to look just like this.

These charming handmade leather rocking horses come to us from the creative minds of Taiwan’s 25TOGO Design.

Each horsey is handcrafted from genuine Brazilian leather, and has a cutout in the…

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July 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design just plain fun media players

put a cell phone on your desktop

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Who needs portability when you can have a good old-fashioned desk phone? This unusual phone lets you use your mobile phone SIM card to connect to wireless phone networks instead of landlines.

The CVFK-M14-US Business Phone looks like a regular desk phone, but is actually a dual-band (850Mhz/1900Mhz) GSM phone. That means it should work…

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June 20th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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kyle bean’s evolution of the mobile phone in papercraft

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This amazing work of paper art envisions the evolution of the mobile phone using the style of those classic Russian Matryoshka nesting dolls.

Artist/Designer/Illustrator Kyle Bean recently created Mobile Evolution, an intricate set of nesting models from cardboard. See how each phone fits neatly inside it’s older, larger sibling?

Designs start with the classic late…

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June 18th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun mobile tech retro

solo wireless signal repeater: can you hear me now?

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I don’t know why this gadget has flowers printed on it, but if it works as advertised I think it’s going to be a hit, flowers or no flowers. The Solo is a tiny digital repeater, i.e. a device that extends the reach of wireless signals with little or no degradation. The Solo currently supports…

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April 16th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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mplayit: try free mobile game demos before you buy

Mplayit Mobile Phone Free Game Demos

How many times have you plunked down your hard earned cash on a new game for your mobile phone, only to find out the game sucked? Now you can try out full (time-limited) versions of many mobile games right in your web browser before you decide to buy.

The guys over at mplayit offer you…

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November 24th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech video games

cell phone cigarette handset is smoke free

Handsfree Cigarette Box Handset for Mobile Phones

I’m really not sure who the target audience is for this odd mobile phone handset. Maybe it’s for people trying to quit smoking? Or is it for people who want to look like they’re smokers? Regardless, you sure will look goofy making your phone calls into this thing.

This ridiculous device plugs into your cell…

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August 12th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech strange + wonderful

cell phone booth shuts up chatty kathies

Nick Rodrigues Cell Phone Booth

Sick of listening to throngs of robotic humanoids marching through the city streets gabbing away on their mobile phones? Tired of the Bluetooth Borg collective yammering into space, as if anyone cared about what they had to say? Here’s a brilliant concept that could put an end to all that annoyance.

This portable mobile phone…

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November 13th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design strange + wonderful

cb handset for mobile phones: 10-4 good buddy

Taito Transceiver

Breaker, breaker, any of you got your ears on out there? This wacky invention out of Japan lets you use your cell phone like an old CB radio.

The Taito Transceiver hooks up to your mobile phone’s headset jack and lets you communicate with all the other truckers in your convoy. For those of you…

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November 4th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech retro strange + wonderful

audi auto-mobile phone

Automobile Cell Phone

While most of us have driven a vehicle while we’re on our cell phone, this is the first time I’ve seen a mobile phone that actually is a car.

From what I can tell, this mobile phone from China is doing its best impression of an Audi A9 concept car.

The phone conceals its battery…

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August 19th, 2007 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun mobile tech

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