Tag Archives: phone

GPS receiver built into a SIM card

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Mikael Svardh

GPS receiver built into a SIM card

It actually sounds a bit too good to be true but Sagem is a trustworthy company and the invention was actually announced sometime last year. Today they announced that they have managed to embed a whole GPS receiver into a traditional SIM card which would make it possible to bring GPS functionality into any phone.

Sagem to Embed GPS Receiver into SIM Cards [cellular-news.com]

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Best concept phones of 2008

Posted on November 18, 2008 by Mikael Svardh

Over at Cellphonebeat you can browse through a huge gallery containing some of the best concept phones of 2008 (and I think some of them are a bit older than that as well). Above you can see the concept Siemens phone called Gigaset Eco Leaf from Formwelt Studio. Anyway, a nice gallery.

Best concept phones of 2008 [cellphonebeat.com]

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Beer can phone

Posted on July 4, 2008 by Mikael Svardh

Beer can phone

Care for a beer? Too bad it’s just a phone then. This Budweiser beer can phone can be yours for $11.99 and works just like an ordinary phone. A bit too tacky for my taste though… :-)

Unique Beer Can Telephone [sourcingmap.com]

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Cobra phone replica

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Mikael Svardh

Cobra phone replica

I was really surprised when I saw that Firebox had a bunch of fresh Cobra phone remakes in stock. The Cobra, or Scandiphone, is a classic Swedish retro phone from the 1950s that still is very popular over here. The ones you can find over at Firebox looks exactly like the original one. Cool.

Retro Telephones [firebox.com]

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