Nokia Video Center In Action February 14, 2007
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Video content on-the-go was always going to be a hot topic at this year’s 3GSM event and, unsurprisingly, it was. Nokia, as expected, was right out there at the front. It announced some big deals with YouTube and Reuters as well as its Nokia Video Center application.
Described as a mobile video RSS feed and video-on-demand (VoD) offering, it’s designed for use on the Nseries of phones, starting with the N95. You’ll also be able to get it as a download on selected S60 phones, just not yet.
It combines branded video RSS feeds, Internet videos and side-loaded videos from the PC on one device. Check out a brief video of the service in action above from the 3GSM show. I especially like the 3-D wheel of stored videos in the browsing screen.-Martin Lynch
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James Bond ‘Watch Phone’ Gets Launch Date February 14, 2007
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Yes, I too spoke into a plastic watch strapped to my wrist, pretending to be Action Man and James Bond, thwarting the evil world domination plans of my six-year old brother. I was a kid of course, but there is something inherently spy-like and cool about being able to communicate via your wrist. Stick that in your iPhone.
We have covered the M300 Watch Phone in the past but the fantasy is set to be come a reality next month. Australian makers, SMS Technology, showed it off at the 3GSM show this week and announced that first shipments will start in March to South Africa. It added:
“We are currently finalizing agreements in Australia, UK, Denmark, Russia, Canada, Spain, Italy, USA and South America and will announce the release dates in due course over the coming week.”
It will come over 80 hours standby time, full SMS functionality, Bluetooth, dial-up networking, games, MP3 player, 64 MB of internal memory, USB connectivity, 99-number memory storage and 40 embedded real tones. It will cost around [currency conversion warning!] £300.
Full specs and another pic after the jump.-Martin Lynch
Sonic Boom Love Clock: Shakes The Bed When No One Else Will February 14, 2007
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I’m not sure why anyone these days would want an alarm clock, what with phones, digital watches, the sun and noisy kids knocking around way too early.
That said, this one is shaped like a heart and, despite all the chocolates and roses you will waste good money on, many of you will still be striking out in the shagging stakes later on today, National Smoochy-Coochy-Woochy Day. Here, at least, is something guaranteed to make the bed shake.
The Sonic Boom Love Clock has an 113 decibel alarm (as loud as a jackhammer) that can blow your head off – thankfully adjustable – and a companion bed shaker. Stick the shaker under the mattress, and when the alarm goes so does this, vibrating urgently until you turn it off. Yet another vibrating product that will, no doubt, end up being used in ways not originally intended by the manufacturer.
For those of you deaf or sadistic enough to want one of these, just take your £25 here.
Not as cool as the Blowfly Alarm Clock. -Martin Lynch
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