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With the impossible competition in the mobile phone business, it’s not surprising that some manufacturers would try something a little crazy to distance themselves from pack. But we didn’t think they’d be this crazy.

First we saw a weird design from NEC for a “Flask” …

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Here’s a new twist in the ultramobile computer concept.

The Redfly Mobile Companion from Celio is a mini notebook-size device that effectively serves as a hand- and eye-friendly shell for Windows Mobile smartphones. It has a larger, relatively standard keyboard so you don’t have to thumb type and …

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Phone designers are still experimenting with ways to make handsets with built-in speakers–Sony Ericsson being the latest among them–but others are going the external route for now. Namely, Motorola.

The “EQ5 Portable Wireless Speaker” has a more traditional design than some of the alternatives we’ve seen (thankfully), …

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Maybe goth isn’t the gadget trend of 2008 after all. The theme of choice this year might well be the flask.

Last week Iomega tipped its hand, perhaps literally, with a new hard drive that was suspiciously flask-like in appearance. Now, only a few days later, …

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If you’re not moved by the pictures of the conceptual “P-Per” handset on Yanko Design, we seriously don’t know what else would. Yeah, we know the name is weird, but it’s actually not so bad if you say it aloud. This concept phone consists …

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There are two kinds of people in the world: people who use the cheap, nasty, uncomfortable, crappy-sounding earbuds supplied with their phone or MP3 player, and people who upgrade. If you fall into the first group, stop reading now and go back to your musical purgatory. For …

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As Sony continues to search for the right formula to reclaim its crown in music-playing electronics, one of its newest products may be taking a cue from its roots: the portable radio.

Sony Ericsson is coming out with an attractive new line of phones later this year …

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The twice-yearly new product orgy called Demo 08 kicks off tomorrow, but we have a few previews of presenting companies we wanted to write up before the CEOs take the stage. First up: SkyFire, a browser for smartphones.

CEO Nitin Bhandari told me that his goal with Skyfire is to …

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Sometimes it seems that Japanese phone makers target their products at children as much as adult consumers–in some cases even before they’re born.

Disney Japan is no exception, of course, so it’s no surprise that the Magic Kingdom of the Pacific is coming out with yet …

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If you simply must send a YouTube video to every single person you are connected to, Movial says it will make that possible.

The 6-year-old company makes a white label application for a PC, phone, or any device that wireless carriers can brand as their own. Called Social Communicator, it …

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Here’s a new twist in the ultramobile computer concept.

The Redfly Mobile Companion from Celio is a mini-notebook sized device that effectively serves as a hand- and eye-friendly shell for Windows Mobile smartphones. It has a larger, relatively standard keyboard so you don’t have to thumb type and …

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Phone designers are still experimenting with ways to make handsets with built-in speakers–Sony Ericsson being the latest among them–but others are going the external route for now. Namely, Motorola.

The “EQ5 Portable Wireless Speaker” has a more traditional design than some of the alternatives we’ve seen (thankfully), …

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