Filed under: Cellphones

Compulab may start a trend in the do-it-yourself world with its introduction of a fully functional — less screen — handheld computer. Starting at $122 you get the basic module running an Intel Xscale CPU up to 520 MHz with either Linux or Windows CE and for a bit more cake can add cellular radio, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, camera, or VGA touchscreen to your handset. Of course, you’ll need to design yourself a nice housing as they don’t seem to carry any, but hey, that’s half of the DIY fun right there. Good luck with those projects, and if you make something cool send us your pics.

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Compulab may start a trend in the do-it-yourself world with its introduction of a fully functional — less screen — handheld computer. Starting at $122 you get the basic module running an Intel Xscale CPU up to 520 MHz with either Linux or Windows CE and for a bit more cake can add cellular radio, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, camera, or VGA touchscreen to your handset. Of course, you’ll need to design yourself a nice housing as they don’t seem to carry any, but hey, that’s half of the DIY fun right there. Good luck with those projects, and if you make something cool send us your pics.

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Filed under: Cellphones, Displays, Handhelds

If you’ve ever tried to manipulate an Excel file (or similar) on a 320 x 240 resolution display in the palm of your hand, we totally understand your pain. Thankfully, a few dutiful individuals at BYU have concocted a snazzy way to get handheld imagery onto tabletop displays, and there’s even a video to prove it. To demonstrate, the team utilized a Sony VAIO UX, which was mounted on a conductive frame that “established an electrical connection between the user’s grasp and the unit’s feet.” Once the UX was placed on a larger display, it then beamed its images out and even allowed users to scroll around or reposition the output by simply touching the display and / or moving the UX. Granted, the actual technology behind all this “Spilling” is more complicated than we’ve room to mention, so just do yourself a favor and peek the (slightly monotonous) video in the read link. [Warning: Video link has been known to crash browsers, view at your own risk]

[Thanks, Brian W.]

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Filed under: Cellphones, Displays, Handhelds

If you’ve ever tried to manipulate an Excel file (or similar) on a 320 x 240 resolution display in the palm of your hand, we totally understand your pain. Thankfully, a few dutiful individuals at BYU have concocted a snazzy way to get handheld imagery onto tabletop displays, and there’s even a video to prove it. To demonstrate, the team utilized a Sony VAIO UX, which was mounted on a conductive frame that “established an electrical connection between the user’s grasp and the unit’s feet.” Once the UX was placed on a larger display, it then beamed its images out and even allowed users to scroll around or reposition the output by simply touching the display and / or moving the UX. Granted, the actual technology behind all this “Spilling” is more complicated than we’ve room to mention, so just do yourself a favor and peek the (slightly monotonous) video in the read link. [Warning: Video link has been known to crash browsers, view at your own risk]

[Thanks, Brian W.]

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Filed under: Cellphones

Compulab may start a trend in the do-it-yourself world with its introduction of a fully functional — less screen — handheld computer. Starting at $122 you get the basic module running an Intel Xscale CPU up to 520 MHz with either Linux or Windows CE and for a bit more cake can add cellular radio, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, camera, or VGA touchscreen to your handset. Of course, you’ll need to design yourself a nice housing as they don’t seem to carry any, but hey, that’s half of the DIY fun right there. Good luck with those projects, and if you make something cool send us your pics.

[Via Redferret]

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While everyone else was distracted by some touchscreen thing, Nokia spent the past quarter absolutely dominating the worldwide market for low-end phones, and the results, announced today, seem like the company might have the right idea: Nokia’s profits rose 85 percent to 1.56B euros ($2.2B) on a sales increase of 28 percent to 12.9B euros ($18.2B). Although the increase this quarter was chalked up to increased sales of phones that cost less that $40 in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, sales did fall in North America — something Nokia will have to turn around if the company is to achieve its goal of a worldwide 40 percent market share. That’s for another day, though — for now, onnentoivotus!

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Filed under: Cellphones

Compulab may start a trend in the do-it-yourself world with its introduction of a fully functional — less screen — handheld computer. Starting at $122 you get the basic module running an Intel Xscale CPU up to 520 MHz with either Linux or Windows CE and for a bit more cake can add cellular radio, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, camera, or VGA touchscreen to your handset. Of course, you’ll need to design yourself a nice housing as they don’t seem to carry any, but hey, that’s half of the DIY fun right there. Good luck with those projects, and if you make something cool send us your pics.

[Via Redferret]

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Filed under: Cellphones

While everyone else was distracted by some touchscreen thing, Nokia spent the past quarter absolutely dominating the worldwide market for low-end phones, and the results, announced today, seem like the company might have the right idea: Nokia’s profits rose 85 percent to 1.56B euros ($2.2B) on a sales increase of 28 percent to 12.9B euros ($18.2B). Although the increase this quarter was chalked up to increased sales of phones that cost less that $40 in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, sales did fall in North America — something Nokia will have to turn around if the company is to achieve its goal of a worldwide 40 percent market share. That’s for another day, though — for now, onnentoivotus!

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Filed under: Cellphones, Transportation

Audi has dabbled in cellphone-to-car interfaces in the past, but it now looks to be stepping things up in a big way, with its new metroproject concept system sporting its very own, apparently self-designed cellphone / do-it-all device. In addition to doubling as a cellphone, the handset (which boasts both Wi-Fi and 3G UMTS technology) will apparently act as an MP3 player, a vehicle control system, and an input for the car’s navigation system. As if that wasn’t enough, it can also receive pics of any intruders snapped by the vehicle’s camera system, and it’ll even let you then keep watch on ‘em as they speed away thanks to the built-in tracking system. That’s, of course, if it ever actually makes it into a production vehicle — a possibility that Audi so far seems to be tight-lipped about.

[Thanks, David M]

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Filed under: Cellphones, Displays, Handhelds

If you’ve ever tried to manipulate an Excel file (or similar) on a 320 x 240 resolution display in the palm of your hand, we totally understand your pain. Thankfully, a few dutiful individuals at BYU have concocted a snazzy way to get handheld imagery onto tabletop displays, and there’s even a video to prove it. To demonstrate, the team utilized a Sony VAIO UX, which was mounted on a conductive frame that “established an electrical connection between the user’s grasp and the unit’s feet.” Once the UX was placed on a larger display, it then beamed its images out and even allowed users to scroll around or reposition the output by simply touching the display and / or moving the UX. Granted, the actual technology behind all this “Spilling” is more complicated than we’ve room to mention, so just do yourself a favor and peek the (slightly monotonous) video in the read link. [Warning: Video link has been known to crash browsers, view at your own risk]

[Thanks, Brian W.]

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