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If you’re an Audi fan and can find no new products inspired by your favorite car, we have a suggestion. This Touch Screen GSM Phone shaped like an Audi is… well, it has an Audi theme, though it doesn’t look like the best phone around.
The tech stuff: its most impressive feature is probably the touchscreen. It also has a 2.0 inch color display with 260k colors, a 1.3 megapixel camera, an MP3 player with background play which supports many formats (though they are not specified), a movie player that can play 3GP and MP4 without file restrictions and can go full-screen. And it looks like its wheels are going to poke your head if you try to use it.
But its main selling point is, of course, the shape. You can see more pictures after the jump.
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If you like to have your music blaring while you drive, you might face a problem: the phone will ring, but you won’t hear it. Same problem with riding a motorcyle: there’s too much noise for that tinny ring.
This is where the Cell Phone Call Notifier comes in. This small gadget attaches with velcro tape to your chosen spot and can detect an incoming call from up to 5′. When it picks one up, the 2 red LEDs start blinking to attract your attention.
Just one thing you have to remember: when you’re driving, concentrate on the road, not your phone.
Two photos of the notifier in action after the jump.
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We have to face it, officially branded merchandise is very expensive. If you don’t mind that your new gadget is probably built on a boat carrying junk from China, you can (maybe) impress your friends with this F1 phone that mimics a red Ferrari (including the brand name and logo).
It has all the standard features, so you can play MP3 and video and browse the internet (WAP) and it offers a talk time of 120 - 200 minutes and 150 - 220 hours in standby.
It will set you back ₤96.38 (almost $200), but that’s still cheaper than any official Ferrari phone.
Two more photos after the jump.
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After the success of the Hummer HT1 phone (more than 50,000 sold), the ModeLabs Group is launching the new model, the Hummer HT2 phone, smaller than the original and with a new color scheme.
It offers up to 500 hours of autonomy in standby, has a built-in modem and e-mail client. It is quad-band and also features Dual-SIM. Some (not very impressive) specs follow:
- 256k colors, 176 x 220 pixel TFT display screen
- 2 megapixel camera
- media player (mp3)
- 11 MB built in memory
- microSD card slot
- GPRS
- Bluetooth
- 103 x 51 x 12 mm
If you want to get one as soon as it hits the market, find someone who lives in Russia, because that’s where it will be first marketed (first quarter of 2008) or Latin America (end of second quarter). Judging by the $400 price tag of the HT1, the HT2 will probably be just as overpriced.
See after the jump for detailed photos of the phone.
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What most people expect from a Bluetooth car accesory is being able to use their phone without touching it. The Bluetouch does things a little differently: it lets drivers use a large touchscreen to control their mobile phones.
It has both phone and music functions, supporting a range of players and phones (you can check here to see if yours is on the list; and yes, it works with an iPhone) and offering support for English, French and German.
While a touchscreen seems to defeat the purpose of a Bluetooth device (you want it because you can’t look at your phone, right?), it looks like that on-screen buttons are larger and easier to use than those on a normal phone, so it might prove itself useful. At least you can use it easier than a phone while waiting at a red light.
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This Solar Car Kit with Bluetooth from Anycom is dubbed “the world’s first solar-powered cell-phone car speaker system with Bluetooth wireless technology”. The innovative part is the solar power, so you should know that three hours of sunlight will provide about 30 minutes of talk time. If you charge it by USB or DC adapter you will get about 15 hours talk time and 25 days in standby. I don’t see any mention of how much sunlight it needs in order to be fully charged, but it’s probably a lot.
It can be attached to your windshield with a suction cup and its functions include voice dial, last-number redial, hold, mute and 3-way calling.
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First the Rider Scala gave you the option to add Bluetooth to any motorcycle helmet and made talking on a cell phone much easier than taking it out of your pocket and having it blown 1 mile back down the road.
Two years later, the updated Scala Rider Q2 brings something even better. Now you can talk to other Q2 users up to a distance of 500 meters (1640 feet), in full-duplex. The range might be limited, but this disadvantage balances out with the fact that you don’t have to push any button to talk and that you don’t have to stop speaking in order for your partner to say something.
Because, like its former version, the Q2 is Bluetooth-enabled, you can make and receive phonecalls and get vocal instructions from your GPS. And, if you get bored of talking to people, you can always use the FM radio feature.
Motorola and Ferrari have teamed up and brought us a new branded consumer product, as we see again and again lately: Motorola Ferrari Z8. This time, the red phone will be sitting next to the Acer Ferrari laptop probably and remember all of us that we don’t really have the money to buy that Ferrari (btw, have you ever seen one of those laptops? As much as I love cars I hate their starting sound for Windows XP).
The phone is a Motorola Z8, actually, and you get, among other things, Bourne Identity on the phone. Did he drive a Ferrari in the movie? I can’t remember and I don’t see any other link between the two.
Well, Porsche is really starting to get into consumer goods: after seeing the Porsche branded sled, we just found out that Porsche and Sagem will launch the Porsche P9521 mobile phone.
Designed with a double hinge system, which allows you to open and rotate the phone 360 degrees, topped with a touch sensitive screen the sophistication just keeps coming. With mineral glass on the screen, which looks amazing and a fingerprint built-in scanning device to protect your personal data this phone is all about style and, in keeping with the luxury styling, the phone even gives you access to a concierge service.
You think that’s impressive, the features will entice you further, with a 3.2-megapixel camera to capture those spontaneous moments and a built-in MP3 player the multimedia functions will not disappoint. Share your multimedia files instantly with Bluetooth and with EDGE technology that offers high-speed internet access.
See more details and pics here
Since Christmas is just around the corner and since Palm Treo 680 has been around for the last year, the guys at Palm thought of increasing their sales by giving you a free TomTom GPS Kit valued at £155 with every Treo 680 bought until the 31st of January 2008.
This is not bad at all, since Palm Treo is not a bad smartphone to begin with, so you may get a great deal out of it.
This offer is available for the UK readers, but you should check it out, nevertheless, no matter where you live: here.