Time is an amazing thing. With enough of it you can do a lot of different things: invent the light bulb, devise a theory for relativity, even cure diseases. I just never knew you could do this:

Touch Tone Phone Symphony - Watch more free videosThis guy has some skills!

Where are cellphones going? How are you going to get the largest screen possible on the most compact device?

There are a rumors floating around of designs being geared toward all screen clamshell phones. This would incorporate Apple’s iPhone buttonless feature with a clamshell system. No buttons and all screen. This would mean a large, folding screen incorporated into a small device. The goal is to keep usability and increase screen size.

All designs are in the concept phase now. The model pictured above has been named Plica. This is definitely an exciting look at what our phones could be looking like in the near future.

What do you think? Do you want to lose the buttons and go all screen?

Whoever thought there was an economic slowdown wasn’t counting the mobile phone industry. In the second quarter of 2008 units sold has grown an estimated 15 to 22 percent. And there’s no slowing down from this industry.Nokia holds the lead with 40% of the market with Samsung in second with 15.2% according to ABI Research.

It is speculated that the Apple iPhone 3G has sparked competition, sales and growth in the mobile phone market with their aggressive marketing and pricing strategies. It’s created an exciting competitive market where innovation is driving price growth.

Whatever the cause, maybe we should start paying attention and dip a little bit into Nokia stocks? It might relieve us a little bit from the state of the housing market. I’ll try it!

Ok so the 3G Jesus phone has made its triumphant 2 megapixel return, and Sony Ericsson and LG have upped the ante with 8.1 megapixel camera phones there are those of use who long for simplier times.

There was a time when a camera phone was not a multi-touch interface you know Sonny.

Could 2 billion people be at danger from Mobile phone use? According to reports from the Australian Health Research Institute 1/3 of the world’s population could be facing increased risk of cancer from radiation.

The use of mobile phones, internet, intranet and wireless communication data transmission is putting billions at risk of ear, eye and brain cancer beside other major body disorders like heart ailments, impotency, migraine, epilepsy according to the AHIR.

Concerned users should avoid keeping their phones near their heart, avoid use under the age of 16 or while pregnant and switch their phones off when not in use. Of continued concern was the use of wireless gadgets but there was hope in the form of the Green8 magic chip which changes the polarity of electromagnetic radiation to minimize harm to organic matter such as plants, animals and your heart and lungs.

When it comes to UI its nearly impossible to capture the smooth, delicate nature of its genius in prose so that’s why we’re posting a video of the Garmin Nuvifone in action.

The phone features a very GPS friendly UI, QWERTY keyboard and dedicated icons that allow quick acceess to main function, and when the main features weren’t deliberately avoided the prospects look good. Apple iPhone 3G? Consider the gauntlent thrown.

Are you persuaded?

Ever wonder what happened once you Apple iPhone is replaced by the sexier 3G iPhone or your HTC Touch gives way to the HTC Touch Diamond? Well if you are half as conscientious as these budding environmentalists you may just end up helping those in emerging nations. Awww…

So you’re eyeing the forthcoming HTC Touch Diamond but you can’t justify the expense of yet another cell phone? Well maybe you are forgetting that far from being just the happy go lucky browser of choice newer models such as the iPhone and N78 are well worth it, for productivity reasons of course.

Below are 9 reasons why a cell phone is no longer a luxury but a necessity.

1. Communication. If you want to disappear without a trace you could do worse than go without a mobile phone. The days of waiting patiently for a late friend, missing a rescheduled meeting or heaven-forbid, waiting outside a phone booth are long since past.

2. Ideas. Whether you are a rabid networker or simply a rush hour poet chances are you find yourself sans pen and paper when ideas occur to you. With your mobile you need never forget another Haiku with a range of options for storage or even email yourself.

3. Keeping track. With summer sneaking up there’s plenty of idle threats to turn over a new leaf whether its weight loss, exercise or simply saving a little extra cash. Why not use our phone to track these goals Fitday to start tracking your diet and workouts or Buxfer for tracking your spending.

4. Get on top of your bills. Most companies offer cell phone services allowing you to pay our bills through our cell phone. Why go to the bank or post office?

5. To do lists. If you can’t remember where you left your keys its likely other important pieces of information are being forgotten. Will you remember? Why not use your cell phone to set up a reminder.

6. Best Price. Deal of the century? Why not do one last check using Frucall, you can get a quick glance at what the item would cost at Amazon, Yahoo Shopping, etc.

7. Alarm. We’ve all found ourselves hurriedly dashing from Hotel rooms to the airport or from bed to the office due to unexpected sleep-ins. Why not take advantage of one of your phones simplist but most important features and rest easy.


8. Contacts. One of the most valuable things on your phone is the contact information. When it comes to a lost phone it can be a nightmare locating numbers again especially for those chance meetings. Do yourself a favor and back-up your phone contacts.

9. New phone. Of course most of these features are on your existing phone so now you need a reason to dish out for a new phone. No 3G? No GPS? Sudden microwave related catastrophy? It can happen you know.

If you are still referring to your DVD player as your VCR and your Internet connection as the Information superhighway its possible you are being left behind by increasing numbers of tech savvy wireless families. Results of a new survey by the National Institutes of Health indicates US families are saying good riddance to traditional home phones and embracing a wireless tomorrow.

The survey investigated how families used their communications equipment including 24,514 adults aged 18 or older, and 9,122 children under the age of 18, from 13,083 households, and the results were startingly. Of those surveyed 1/6 households were wireless only and had no traditional home phone, meaning 14.5% of adults and 14.4% or 42 million Americans use mobile phones as their primary communication device.

This is a sharp increase from the previous survey period a year previous where the figure was 1/8 adults and up staggeringly from 2 years previous to that when the 2004 survey recording a figure of 1/18 of adults. When the figures are reviewed along demographics the figure look even better for ATT’s coffers, with nearly 1/3 of 18-29 year olds being completely wireless, a promising forebear for the future of mobile operators.

Even households that operated with more than simply wireless communications over 1/5 admitted they use wireless for “all or almost all” calls. The increasing trend towards wireless only households speaks of the thirst for greater social networks and mobility and as network speeds increase and 3G technology becomes more widespread, the future looks bright for mobile technology and for wireless households.

Rumors of a Christian Dior phone tomorrow have ladies of leisure chomping at their french manicures but is this merely a be-dazzled diamante phone?

Following in the immaculately conceived Italian leather moccasins of such predecessors as LG Prada and the Samsung Armani, the Swarovski adorned Dior clamshell phone has let few details out thus far but the fashion phone is expected to be available for purchase within 2 weeks of its announcement and feature an integrated remote control.

The Emperor’s new clothes? Let us know what you make of the latest fashion phone.