CECT Wrist – Casio G-Shock crossed with iPhone

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The CECT Wrist is out now. Out now for actual buying. It exists. The watch phone dream has been MADE REAL! You can, if you have about 150 pounds to spare, buy one today. For delivery in however long it takes stuff to get to where you live from wherever Specialphones.eu is based.

The CECT has had a rather sizeable – and successful, if you ask us – redesign since is was first revealed, with its initial gaudy selection of low-grade plastics now replaced by…

Shiny Video Review: LG KF600 mobile phone


It was only a few weeks ago at the Mobile World Congress that we first laid our eyes on the KF600 mobile phone from LG, which sports a unique control system, with a normal screen and smaller touchscreen, the ‘InteractPad’.

What does Susi think of the new mobile phone with also features a 3-megapixel camera, MP3 player, FM radio, video recording and Bluetooth? Watch and learn, my friends….

Coming in at a cool £1,500, Mobiado's Stealth mobile is fairly average

stealth_img8_low%282%29.jpgElectric Pig reported recently on an ultra-expensive mobile handset from Mobiado, and who are we to argue with a £1,500 form of communication? Other than everything I’m going to tell you about, below, of course.

Dubbed ‘Stealth’, it’s created using the same materials as airplanes, just a single piece of aluminium. The specifications aren’t that astonishing as you’d expect with the price-tag, it seems with this model, exclusivity is what has pushed the price up: only 1,200 units will be sold.

Running on Symbian Series 40 technology, it’s got a 2.0-megapixel camera and 8x digital zoom, a QVGA 262,144 colour…

Afghanistan may find itself without mobile coverage due to the Taliban's demands

Citizens of Afghanistan may find themselves without mobile phone coverage fairly soon, if Taliban rebels have anything to say about it.

They’re calling upon the network providers to cease operation between the hours of 5pm and 7am every night, as they claim Allied troops are able to locate Taliban members by hacking into the networks.

Four major networks are being targeted, the Roshan, Areeba, Etisalat and Afghan Wireless Communication Company. If the…

MWC 2008: Toshiba's Portégé G810 smartphone announced

Spanning laptops and mobile phones, Toshiba is adding to their Portégé range with the G810 touchscreen handset. Yes, you’ve heard the model number ‘G810’ before – Samsung announced a handset by the same name today at MWC, and LG released the KG810 clamshell back in October of last year.

Running on Windows Mobile 6, it’s got HSDPA and HSUPA support, integral for the push email and web-browsing WM6 is renowned…

MWC 2008 Video Interview: Ash talks to Samsung's Marketing Manager about the Soul


Is it safe to say that Samsung’s Soul handset is one of the more exciting models from MWC so far? It certainly seems to be the phone everyone’s talking about, including – as you’d imagine – Samsung’s Marketing Manager, who Ash managed to squeeze a couple of minutes out of to explain just why it’s one of the hottest handsets of the year. Take a look at the video above, and try to dodge the marketing spin…

MWC 2008: Nokia finally (finally!) unleashes the N96 handset

Nokia’s suddenly entered the MWC game, with their N96 causing a huge buzz over in Barcelona.

It’s got a – get this – 16GB internal memory capacity, alongside a microSD slot. Perfect for storing photos taken on the 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics lens, flash and video light, and videos which are taken at 30 frames per second. The ability to geo-tag your photos using the A-GPS system is also touted…