Our friends over at BrickHouseSecurity.com are selling an app (called Executrac) that turns your BlackBerry or smartphone into a mobile GPS tracker with no contracts. Employers can use existing BlackBerry or smartphone to track employee location. We also guess that spouses can use to app to track their partner and parents can use it to track their kids.
The app runs discreetly in the background without affecting the phone's performance. Executrac features:
Easy download directly from phone
Panic button for emergency situations
Remotely & invisibly deploy to 1000's of phones
Complete history & reporting
Geofence safety zone alerts
Doesn't affect functionality of your blackberry or smartphone
Check out this cigarette lighter mobile phone called "The Machismo" sold by Chinavision. The Machismo comes with a cigarette lighter as well as a super Triband, Dual-SIM cellphone with 2.5 inch touchscreen. The triband phone supports global GSM frequencies: 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz. With the Dual-SIM slots you can have two cellphone numbers with one phone.
The Machismo also features a 1.3 MP digital camera, video camcorder, a mp3 music player, an mp4 video player, Bluetooth, PDA tools, a 2GB TF microSD card and comes unlocked.
At CES 2010 in Las Vegas, Paris based Parrot showcased its AR.Drone. The AR.Drone is a plastic and foam helicopter measuring about 12" long that is remote controlled via an iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s connected to the iPhone/iPod Touch via Wi-Fi and has two cameras that can be viewed on the phone’s screen. One camera on the belly calculates speed and the other on the nose streams its field of vision back to the phone's screen. (See demo video above).
Magic Jack inventor and founder Dan Borislow introduces another industry first: the smallest, lowest cost, plug and play femtocell technology.
What is our femtocell?
magicJack’s femtocell technology enables your cell phone or smart phone to connect through our Voice Network, instead of your carrier network. By utilizing our network via a magicJack account that costs just $20 a year, you may save hundreds and even thousands of dollars a year by offsetting cellular minutes. In addition, when calling internationally, customers will save anywhere from 95-100 percent off current cellular carrier rates. Up to 50 percent of mobile users have terrible phone reception in their houses or small businesses. With our femtocell technology, people will get exceptionally clear quality voice calls every time.
Pandigital today debuts the Pandigital Photo Mail LED Digital Photo Frame – a next-generation, wirelessly connected digital photo frame that conveniently accepts photos emailed from family and friends. The frame will connect through AT&T’s* wireless network and is expected to be available early this year.
The new Pandigital Photo Mail LED Digital Photo Frame is incredibly simple to use. Each frame has its own dedicated email address powered by Snapfish by HP. Customers can share that address with family and friends so they can send photos directly to the frame from their own email account – whether it’s from a computer or wireless device.
Upon receiving new photos via email, the recipient can quickly accept and view them. In an instant, consumers can enjoy photos taken by friends, family or even themselves, without leaving their home.
Skiff, LLC and Sprint today announced that they will preview the Skiff Reader, the first e-reader optimized for newspaper and magazine content, at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later this week.
The Skiff Reader, the initial dedicated device to integrate the upcoming Skiff e-reading service, is remarkably sleek and easy to use. At just over a quarter-inch in overall height, the device is the thinnest e-reader announced to date. It features the largest and highest-resolution electronic-paper display yet unveiled in a consumer device, at 11.5” in size (measured diagonally) and a resolution of 1200 x 1600 pixels (UXGA).
A full touch-screen enables users to intuitively navigate and engage with the newspapers, magazines, books and other digital content they purchase through the Skiff Store, as well as personal and work documents. The device weighs just over one pound and lasts over a week of average use between charges.
Taiwan based Camangi will be launching the world’s first 7” Android Internet Tablet in the U.S. for $399 at their online store. You can pre-order your tablet until Thursday, Dec. 31 2009, 11:59:59 p.m. (GMT-5:00). Camangi also created it's own app store for customers to download apps. The Android Internet Tablet features:
VeriFone Holdings, Inc. recently announced PAYware Mobile, a complete payment solution for the Apple iPhone that provides small businesses with simple and secure card processing capabilities on the popular smartphone platform.
VeriFone’s payment solution for the iPhone puts mainstream payment processing capabilities in the hands of small business merchants who need a mobile card acceptance solution for enterprises such as home repair, small cafes, door-to-door sales, or virtually any other type of business. The hardware and software solution will begin shipping January 15 and is available free to those who sign up for a PAYware Mobile secure gateway service agreement.
PAYware Mobile includes a PA-DSS approved payment app and a sleek and durable card reader that slips over the iPhone to accommodate card swipes and allow merchants to avoid high-cost “card-not-present” fees.
With the new Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver, you can wirelessly enjoy the music from your iPhone or iPod touch through your home stereo system. It frees you up from being tied down to docks and wires, and puts total control of your device in your hand so you can change tracks without ever getting up from your couch.
Connect the receiver to your home stereo system with the included cables, and then easily pair your device to the Receiver wirelessly to listen to, share, and control your music from up to 33 feet away. The Bluetooth Music Receiver uses Bluetooth v2.0 to give you reliable, high-quality sound.
The Bluetooth Music Receiver can remember up to six paired devices.
The new Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver is now available in the US and in March 2010 in Canada, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
If you like playing games on your iPhone or iPod Touch you may want to checkout the iHandstick sold at usbfever.com for $16.99. This gadget features a console that your iPhone/iPod touch attaches so you can play games via a handheld grip.
The iHandstick features:
Light weight: 98g
Easy installation
A friendly handheld grip for your iPhone 3G / 3Gs / iPod Touch 2nd / iPod Touch 3rd when you gaming.
Imogen Studio, a company that offers a full line of consumer imaging products and Seedonk, an innovative consumer platform for viewing, managing and sharing cameras over the Internet today announced the launch of the Bambino wireless internet baby monitor.
The Bambino allows parents to securely view their baby from the next room or anywhere online through their computers and on their iPhones. Furthermore, the Bambino can also be safely and easily shared with close friends and family through Facebook.
The Bambino connects wirelessly to a computer and uses the bundled Seedonk software to securely transmit the video over the Internet. With the camera added to Seedonk, the user can remotely log on to view, manage, and share the Bambino from anywhere on the Internet. Furthermore, the Seedonk iPhone App provides users with mobile access to the Bambino while they are on the move.
Celio Corp recently announced that its REDFLY Mobile Companion is now compatible with select BlackBerry smartphones. The REDFLY for BlackBerry software driver is available to download today.
The REDFLY Mobile Companion is not a computer; it's simply a large screen and full keyboard for a smartphone. With the REDFLY, BlackBerry smartphone customers now have the ability to increase their productivity typing long emails, editing documents, browsing web content and more using their existing smartphone applications and data plan.
Productivity is top of mind these days for mobile professionals, and according to the latest research by the technology economists at OMNI Consulting Group, this poses a key inflection point in the evolution of smartphone technology.
Parrot, a provider of wireless peripherals for mobile phones, has launched the Parrot RKi8400, a car stereo system for both the iPhone and the iPod, in the United States.
The Parrot RKi8400 is an FM/AM RDS car stereo that features multiple connections for digital music and advanced hands-free telephony functions. A first in the industry, the RKi8400 is designed with a storage compartment behind the removable front panel, ideal for protecting and recharging an iPhone(TM) or iPod. Parrot RKi8400's iPhone and iPod connections have achieved the double official Apple license 'Made for iPod' and 'Works with iPhone'.
Peek, the maker of the award-winning Peek email and texting device, debuts the world’s first Twitter mobile device today exclusively on Amazon.com. TwitterPeek promises to unleash the thrill of Twitter on-the-go by enabling millions to tweet interesting news, stories, and ideas as soon as they happen – in real time – without an expensive smartphone or data plan.
Twitter has become a worldwide phenomenon, but - until now – the millions of Twitter users without a smartphone haven't been able to fully experience the fun of Twitter on-the-go. “TwitterPeek will make it easy and affordable for everyone who doesn't have a smartphone to really enjoy Twitter on–the-go," said Peekster-in-Chief Amol Sarva.
TwitterPeek delivers the world of Twitter in a sleek, palm-sized gadget sure to top this year’s holiday gift list. “Twitter die-hards will appreciate its ‘always-on’ instant tweet delivery and newbies will finally ‘get Twitter’ once they have TwitterPeek in hand,” continued Sarva. “Even businesses that Twitter will dig TwitterPeek as a convenient way to stay connected with their customers.”
i.Tech Dynamic today introduced SolarCharger 906, a portable unit that lets on-the-go consumers charge their cell phones, PDAs and other handheld mobile devices with solar energy wherever they are, day or night.
The company also introduced the SolarSet 905, which combines SolarCharger 906 and i.Tech's portable in-car speakerphone in one package. When used together, the products provide more than 30 hours of in-car talk time, longer than any other product currently on the market.
Roughly the size of a deck of cards, SolarCharger is small and light enough to fit comfortably in a purse, tote, briefcase or glove compartment, and it is compatible with most mobile devices.
SolarCharger features highly efficient solar conversion due to a high-performance monocrystalline solar panel and special solar chipset.
T-Mobile has added a portable fuel cell charger to its cell phone accessories web page. The device is by Medis Technologies Ltd. based in Israel. The Medis Xtreme Portable Fuel Cell Charger is the world’s first personal, portable, fuel cell power system designed for smart phones. It delivers worry-free, instant power in critical and emergency situations when batteries can let you down.
The Medis Xtreme is powerful enough to charge a variety of devices including smart phones, iPhone, Blackberry, iPod, MP3 players, GPS devices, Bluetooth headsets, PDAs and more.
Once a Medis Power Pack is activated you squeeze it and give it a shake allowing it to deliver 20 watt-hours of power to charge a smart phone multiple times before the energy is consumed.
The fuel cell uses electrochemical energy causing no greenhouse gases, no toxic chemicals and no hazardous waste.
Have you seen the infomercial with the late Billy Mays promoting the Jupiter Jack and wondered if it really works? Well apparently it works well as evident in the review video to the right by Star Reviews.
The Jupiter Jack is a device for your cell phones that allows you to make and receive hand free calls. You plug the device in our cell phone headset port, mount the phone to your dashboard and set your car radio to FM 99.3. Jupiter Jack then transmits a high quality sound through your car speakers allowing you to hear your caller. There are no plugs or wires to deal with and it works with any phone in any car.
Jupiter Jack allows you to drive safely because you don't have to hold the cell phone while you drive. In some states it’s illegal to drive while you holding your cell phone. Currently, you can get 2 Jupiter Jacks for $20 at www.freejupiterjack.com.
If you want to spy on your partner, spouse, teen or an employee because you are suspicious about their cell phone usage then consider the Cell Phone SIM Card Spy sold by BrickHouse Security.
With the Cell Phone SIM Card Spy software and hardware you can tap into all files stored on a cell phone SIM card by viewing, saving or editing with the Recovery PRO software and SIM Recovery Pro Reader with your computer. You simply place the SIM card into the USB reader and with your computer you can instantly save the information or view immediately. You can also backup your mobile phone numbers and SMS messages to your PC, another SIM card or any removable media.
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