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Moonsider Mobile has evolved over the years, and I decided to split the blog in two parts. Each of these parts focuses on its own topic.

• First: The cell phone tips have been moved over to Cellutips, so you should check out the new web site. There are a lot of interesting tips coming up and you may want to subscribe to the feed.

• Second: The older articles and cell phone reviews are still here and they will be moved to a brand new domain name in due time. The new website will focus on just that: cell phone reviews. But for now, they remain available here.

Don’t worry: all your old links still work, and all the articles are available from their original location. You will be redirected to the proper websites as needed.

Thanks, and sorry for the mess :)

~Phil

Jim Mendenhall of Starry Hope lists 10 reasons why he would pick a Nokia N800 instead of an Apple iPhone. It looks like he’s not believing the hype at all: the extra cost and lack of freedom of the iPhone is just not worth the small advantages it has over the N800.

From my point of view, his two most important points are:

The price: The Nokia N800 retails for $399 and it is currently available. The iPhone will be $599 with a 2-year contract from Cingular.

Software: The iPhone will most likely not be allowed to run third party applications. The N800 however is open source and Nokia encourages developers to write software for it.

On the negative side though, the N800 internet tablet requires a bluetooth connection to an actual cell phone with a data transfer plan if you want to browse the net away from a Wifi spot. It looks like a very affordable, full-featured internet tablet though.

Via: Darla Mack

Have you ever been disturbed in a movie theater by the aggressive ringtone of a cell phone? Your problem could be solved soon. NaturalNano is currently developing a cell phone blocking paint that could prevent all cell phone signal from going in and out of a building.

Halloysite nanotubes coated with copper blended with the paint can prevent specific radio frequency ranges from entering or leaving a room. The paint can be applied to the exterior of a building to prevent any cell phone signal from entering it. To enable transmissions in specific rooms, a small antenna which will relay the signal outside can be installed in the room.

This anti-cell phone paint, however, raises some public safety concerns. Because it would hinder communications greatly in the case of an emergency, cell phone blocking has been made illegal in many states by public safety officials.

I could see the cell phone blocking paint used first in detention centers, where many prisoners can get a hand on cell phones and continue their activities while being detained. However, I don’t think we’ll see anti-cell phone rooms in public buildings anytime soon because of the safety concerns it would raise.

Source: teleclick.ca mobileguerilla.com

[tags]Anti-cell phone, Paint, Jamming, Cell Phone, Cellular Phone, Mobile Phone, Mobile[/tags]

Now that we have phones combining a camera, a calendar, web browsing, television and much more in a small device, what else could we possibly add to the lot? A metal detector, of course!

Nokia has patented a metal detector cell phone. The primary purpose of this cell phone is to help people with bad hearing position the phone on their ear, by detecting their hearing aid and emitting a high pitched noise as the phone gets closer to it. However, the metal detector can also be used to detect metallic objects at short distances.

Imagine what you could do with a metal detector in your pocket! The possibilities are endless…

Source: Yahoo News

[tags]Metal Detector, Cell Phone, Cellular Phone, Mobile Phone, Mobile[/tags]

As cellular phones become more like portable multimedia centers, the small display on the device becomes a limiting factor. To solve the issue, companies such as Inventables are developing origami cell phones with foldable display. Other companies adopt a more realistic approach: a cell phone with two displays.

The dual display concept phone, named The Polygon, is being developed by a group of design professionals called Alloy. Bearing resemblance to the Nintendo DS portable gaming system, The Polygon cell phone features a high quality upper screen to play games or videos and a lower touch screen display to navigate the menu system using a stylus.

I can see a few drawbacks to this concept phone though – dialing a number using a stylus is quite unappealing to me. The touch screen will probably end up with a few scratches, and most of the time when dialing the user won’t bother to pick up the stylus and will touch the screen directly with his fingers, leaving the screen very dirty and with even more scratches.

It is nice to see all the new innovation in the cell phone business. The Polygon cell phone brings something unique to the market that could be adopted as a standard in the mobile industry.

Source: Innovative Dual Sceen Interface Cellular Phone