The KC 550 can view 720 X 480 videos, although it does not yet support DivX fomat. Packed with other goodies, The KC550 also features a microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth and QVGA display. For those looking for a slim mobile phone, the KC550 measures only 14.3mm in thickness. Other features and specifications of the LG KC550 include; 2.4-inch TFT LCD, video player, FM radio, and a built-in 25mb memory

So far, this little gem is set to release in the European and selected Asian markets first, and no word yet on pricing.

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I mean… Project-a-phone?

A little creative naming effort may have gone a long way here…

“Project Cell”? “Projectobile”? “CellVision”?

Naming aside… Project-a-Phone(TM) just happens to be a very cool little device, and enables a live image projection from your cell or handset screens on to your computer screen, and from there to another screen of your outputs choosing.

Now in those ‘nothing better to do moments’, rare but sometimes available… I am sure there will be people who will find other things to place on the projection base of this thing…

let your imagination roam a little… a fun and functional little device for sure!

Other features include recording of audio and video clips, 5 megapixel sensor, and screenshots of up to 3 megapixels.

Check it out…

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After all, it takes a while to tune a guitar and the amplifier is always cumbersome, and you need years of training for the violin to be able to wander up on stage and make music, and well, try carrying a concert piano around in your backpack and you may start looking for an alternative solution.

How about a cell phone?

Musicians are yes, now taking to the stage with their cellphones. Check out Bora Yoons latest piece in this video

A little technology, a little creative thinking, some fine thumb and finger work, stage and microphone…

All the ingredients to perform your latest masterpiece.

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The use opportunities here are only limited by your creativity.

It is reported that the barcodes will be able to be scanned and then turned into cash. Refunds from companies, and renumeration for casual workers, etc.

Obviously it is cheaper than generating a cheque, but why can’t the barcode relate to just about anything the sender wanted it to relate to?

There are already barcode mobile ticketing solutions out there, where by your ticket into the show is sent to you by SMS. You make your way to the show, present the barcode on your cell screen, and your barcode (ticket) is scanned for entry.

Where will it all end…

Hey maybe a hotel could send signed in guests an SMS and barcode instead of a hotel key! Readers at the door could let us in!

I will end with a mention of the most successful element to any service and or technology to date…

KISS

…Otherwise, how are we social networks only really interested in value, ever going to work all this stuff out!

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Ok so we blog. We type out written diaries of our lives and experiences and we share them with the rest of the free world.

Ever tried to type out a blog using a small keypad?

Enter a blogging site and technology partner, who just happens to have speech to text system up their sleeve.

The result is a, soon to go live service for bloggers across 4 major territories that will enable written blogging without the, sometimes tedious, tap tap writing of the blog.

Check out Spinvox and take the technology for a spin yourself.

Go mobile… I’m gone!

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Nothing new here.

I wonder what the daily stats are on lost cell phones worldwide?

A few phones ago, I purchased a small SE that was so hard to keep track of, and surprise surprise, not long after I purchased it, the little sucker decided it was time to move on, and slipped out of my pocket into the arms of another.

I was in a taxi cab at the time, and as soon as I realised I was without it, I of course tried to call my own number with a friends cell.

Now with experience on this issue, I can tell you that the first call you make to your lost cell is the only chance you will have to convince the person on the other end of the line to return it.

You get one shot.

Firstly, the call alerts whoever it may be that there actually is a phone there. Often no one will know, that is until you call. It’s a catch 22, you have to call to try, but once you do, and the lucky recipient has your cell in hand, you better have the ‘please return’ speech worked out.

And yes, we know that your listening Mr or Mrs, silent, yet audibly breathing person on the other end of the line. Listen here…

Offer money or sexual favors (what ever you can handle), and try to appeal to the new owners compassionate side.

More often than not, they answer and simply listen to you plead your case in silence.

It must be one of those, I am eating chocolates in my bed in the dark situation for the unknown person with your cell, as they have all the power, and can secretly get away with anonymity, and escape unscathed with the prize.

Now any repeated attempts to call the number either ring out or simply do not ring at all. The cell has been turned off, until the new owner can re-appropriate it’s services.

But getting back to my friend, she lost a company cell, and I was surprised to hear that she was given a ‘Loan Phone’ to use, in the meantime.

Pretty good, and also pretty bad. Loan cars are the ones that have pink door panels and lime green patchwork paint bodies, have been thrashed, and usually smell of… well, smells.

Can you imagine the ‘Loan Phone’?

Pink and lime green, old and probably misused, and well, you do not want to look up studies about the amount of bacteria etc. that builds up on a phone from close contact use. Apparently the plastic bodies are excellent at harbouring nice amounts of these little cretins.

Ok if it’s my bacteria… but well, John, the sales rep, the guy who always eats those greasy hamburgers and still makes calls during lunch… Didn’t he loose a phone last month?

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No start, middle, or end. No story. Just an excerpt

Since those good old days (last week!), video studios, developers, editors, and content providers have risen to the call to actually make made for the small screen video content.

Shorter durations, filmed and edited for optimal cell handset performance, the new breed cell video content comes complete with story content.

It has a beginning, some middle section, and end.

It’s fun to try and come up with a 45 second story line… Boy meets girl, girl decides what to wear…

And see, the 45 seconds is already exceeded. But I am sure it can be done. Maybe if the girl is
already in the outfit she wants to wear…

Ok… my poor attempt at male skewed comedy aside, the obvious winner in regards to cell video content will surely be music video clips.

Check out a recent online find and taste the new generation cell video content kings.

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And imagine being the key word even after your there, seeing as the pricing may be a little bit on the high side.

Goldvish a luxury communications company fits the description of the type of company likely to showcase it’s wares, especially when it retails a cell handset for a starting price of $24,500.

Designed by watch and jewelry maker Emmanuel Gueit, starting price is bargain basement to the top models that retail for 1.26 million dollars.

Solid gold, diamond encrusted, it’s not the sort of cell that you leave on the back seat of a taxi… well, and then not give blood trying to retrieve it.

It even has secret compartment to store your… whatever As if you ever will use this thing as a phone?

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Ask design students what a cell device may look like in the future and the results are especially fun…

For example, one student came up with a necklace of beads idea!

Instead of exchanging phone numbers, people could exchange colorful beads that represent, well, their contact reference. Simply squeeze the bead from upon your necklace to activate a call.

All the electronics would fit inside the necklace with a wireless ring!

A communication charm bracelet thingy…

May only really be feasable if we start giving our infant babies cell capabilities, but you never know.

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What is Boost Mobile?

I was not entirely sure, but what I did know was that they seemed to be associated with all the cool youth sports events. Anything Surf, Skate, Snow… and Boost Mobile is there.

They are like an underground band as far as mobile plan providers go. Grass roots and non commercial. All this adds to street credibility.

With the multitude of telco operators and mobile plan companies out there with absolutely no connection at all to their core demographic of mobile users, the Boost Mobile support of all things cool surely puts it way out in front.

Check out the Boost Loopt social mapping service. Utilising their mobile GPS enabled wireless network you can automatically update the location of your friends plus more.

Functional youth services that many could learn from…

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