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A little known face behind Nokia’s considerable success is the Finnish design firm called Provoke. Provoke does majority of Nokia’s designing work and now is all set to exhibit a bunch of mobile phone design concepts at this year’s New York Design…

Philips look like they are readying up to take the 3G Apple iPhone head on, at least in the Asia-Pacific region, with their Xenium X-Connect. Though this is currently only a render, the Xenium will be one very hot device if this design ever makes it to.

The designer of this rare looking phone could have me butchered for it wasn’t his intention to pip this strange looking phone with a design year but for its looks, I had no other option than to have the deed done. The reason obviously is its design.

Well they just finished tricking us in and out of the Black Looking iPhone which doesn’t really make me believe that AT&T’s claim of being the first official seller of the Blackberry Bold is a genuine one. Tell you what they have gone bizarre…

Just like me, all you iPhone admirers were itching to see a black version of the iPhone, but just like those numerous cell-phone rumors, I feel sad in telling you that all the hoopla was a mere hoax. We’ve seen the big-foot! It’s another one of…

If you are a Windows Live user then this is good news for you. BlackBerry is bringing Windows Live services to the BlackBerry smartphones. This means you can have your emails sent directly to the inbox on your mobile phone and you can chat, send…

This is a unique concept of a mobile phone meant for use in crowded places. Created by Amit Dongre, this cell phone will not be clasped but is to be worn on the back of your palm supported by a wristband and finger bands. The wristband has the…

If you thought that the cell phone is a recent invention, only a decade or two old, then you are mistaken; for in 1908, a melon farmer in Kentucky had invented the first wireless portable phone. Nathan Stubblefield created a telephone with a large..

Having only recently announced the release of the iPhone on the Vodaphone network in major international markets including Australia, New Zealand, India, Egypt, Greece, Italy, South Africa, Turkey, Portugal and the Czech Republic, Apple have now…

Gone are the days when being a tourist meant getting lost in the streets of a foreign city with nothing but a guide map and universal hand gestures to help you get to a particular destination. Not that it wasn’t fun but since globalization seems to…