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Cool Japanese Cell Phone Services

While doing research on this new phone, we came across a lot of cool an interesting services that the Japanese enjoy that we don't have.

Check this stuff out.

Omakase Lock - Lock your phone just by contacting DoCoMo. You can lock your Phonebook and other personal data as well as the "Osaifu-Keitai" IC card function on your phone if you misplace or otherwise loose it.

PushTalk - PushTalk enables up to 5* people* (including the caller ) to participate in a single call. Calls between PushTalk compatible handsets can be made straight away as no application is necessary.

A Wellness Cell Phone?

Just when you thought you had a phone with every cool feature there is, out comes the Wellness Phone.

The prototype Wellness mobile phone from Japan's NTT DoCoMo was unveiled this week at the CEATEC electronics show outside Tokyo.

It can take your pulse, check your body fat, time your jogs and tell you if you have bad breath. It even assesses stress levels and inspires you with a pep talk.

The phone has an inbuilt motion sensor that detects body movement and calculates how many calories you burn.

LG VX-8300 Hacks

I did a bit a research before I decided on my free upgrade phone from Verizon—the LG VX-8300. Why?

10 Ways to Tell If You're a Baseless iPhone Hater


I see a lot of iPhone bashing/hating going on around here. Most of the comments were probably written by guys like this:

IOGEAR New Bluetooth Hands Free Car Kit

GBHFK211W6IOGEAR just received FCC approval for a new Bluetooth hands free car kit.
No, we are not talking about their recently released GBHFK201W6 product.
Click on the photo on the right to enlarge.

10 things IPhone can't do, the rebuttal

First of all, if you have not read the Mind Over Matt'er blog about what he can with his 8525 phone that the iPhone can't , you need to read it first, here, then come back to this post.

Ok, you back?

We thought that a rebuttal was needed to this post.

Here is the stated reasons that he said he can do that iPhone owners can only dream about.

1. Watch my home TV with SlingPlayer - No you can't watch your Sling Box yet.

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