Phones

CWatch – a Cell Phone Watch

About time, right? A cell phone that you wear on your wrist, has a 1.3″ color LCD display that you can watch video/movies/photos on. Of course, you can listen to MP3s and take pictures with its 1.3 Megapixel camera.

The TFT screen is a touchscreen, and it has handwriting recognition similar to Palm’s gestures. For connectivity, there’s an integrated mini USB jack, a (1GB) microSD slot and it also has built-in Bluetooth.

Oh yes, lest we forget, it’s also a cell phone! GSM based with SIM cards, with a claimed 8-12 hr talk time. I’d like to see this available in typical retail outlets; currently uou have to call a toll-free # to order. I have to wonder what the quality of the phone calls is like.

You have to admit, the idea of a cell phone that sits on your wrist constantly does have its appeal.

More info from the manufacturer

Price: $249.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Some Cyber Monday Deals & Discounts

Bored at work? Still haven’t found that great deal despite 3 days of mega-discounts? Here’s a chance to check out still more discounts & deals, this time with Cyber-Monday offers:

Best Buy
Cyber Monday 2-Day Sale: Sunday and Monday, Online Only! Valid 11/30-12/1

Buy.com
Cyber Monday deals

Dell
Take advantage of Cyber Monday deals from Dell Home!

Hammacher Schlemmer
Find great deals on quality items at the Hammacher Schlemmer Special Values Sale.

Newegg
Cyber Monday-Mega Monday Madness 2008 at Newegg.com, expires 12/1

Staples
Staples® Cyber Monday Madness! Hot deals on GPS, Monitors, Printers, TVs and more! One day only, ends 12/1.

Sony
Cyber Monday Special: Save $200 on Sony VAIO® CS series Notebooks w/code: CYBERMONDAYVAIOCS. Starting at $664.99. Ends Dec.1.

MacMall
3 Day Apple Black Friday Sale Apple prices SLASHED! Up to $1094 in Savings! from 11/29 to 12/01 only

Geeks.com
Get the daily deals you want at the price you want at Geeks.com.

Working Linux on iPhone

In another hardware conquest for the Linux platform, it has been successfully ported to the iPhone. While the current version is not much more than a working, beta version, it does prove that a Linux iPhone is a viable proposition.

As Gizmodo points out in the headline of their article, this may be the start of an Android iPhone. Oh, the irony is fantastic.

For much more geeky details, take a look at the blog, and/or the video.

Thanksgiving/Black Friday sales & deals

Get a headstart on Black Friday online without leaving your home or dealing with ridiculous crowds.

Amazon
Thousands of items on sale

Dell Thanksgiving Sales
15% off Electronics & Accessories. Coupon Code: CTV2$2HX963145
Xbox 360 Arcade with free Rock Band 2
Inspiron 1525 laptop: only $559
Inspiron Mini 9: only $289
$80 off Inspiron 530
XPS 420 desktop: only $649

Sharp 46SB TV! Only $899
$800 off the Sony bravia 52″ 120HZ 1080p LCD HDTV! Only $1,999

Best Buy 3 Day Thanksgiving Weekend Sale
5% – 25% off select digital cameras, plus free shipping

5% – 25% off select digital camcorders, plus free shipping
$130 off Magellan RoadMate 1212 GPS receiver, plus free shipping
$100 off Garmin nüvi 255W GPS receiver bundle, plus free shipping
2 select PlayStation 3 Greatest Hits titles for $40
Thanksgiving Day Only: 10% – 15% off select major appliances

Alienware
Receive up to $200 off select high performance computers at Alienware. Sale valid 11/26 – 12/2 only.
Free Shipping on all Alienware Computers now through 12/31/08

MacMall 3 Day sale
$898.99 (was $994) 13″ MacBook 2.1GHz 1GB/120/SD

$2319.99 (was $2494) MacBook Air 1.8GHz 2GB/128GB SSD
$1449.99 (was $2494) MacBook Pro 15″ Glossy /2.5GHZ/ 2GB/
$123.99 (was $194) iPod nano 8GB black

Geeks.com
$1.99 Shipping and Free Gift w/ code SAVEMONEY at Geeks.com!

Overstock
Black Friday Sales
Cyber Monday Sales

Palm
Save $100 instantly off purchases over $300! & Free Shipping on orders over $49.

TheNerds.net
Coupon Code: BLKFRIDAY – Save $10 off any order & FREE Shipping Friday through Sunday!

Backup Pal – Backup your cell phone without a computer

Backup Pal is a standalone gadget for backing up your Blackberry, Motorola, Samsung, & Nokia cell phone(s). Support for numerous other brands is in the works. Simply attach the correct adapter to the end of the Backup Pal cable, plug into your cell phone and hit the button. Backup Pal saves a copy of your phone’s contact list, which is arguably the most important data on your phone. Of course, if you have a smartphone, then chances are you use it for much more and need to take additional steps to backup the rest of that data.

Backup Pal joins a field that already has numerous other entrants such as Cellstick and Zyb. No matter what you do, ensure you do have some kind of backup of your cell phone. The annual loss numbers on cell phones is staggering – you could be next!

Buy Now!

Price: $39.99 for a kit supporting one vendor. $49.99 for a Universal kit
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Truphone – softphone for cell phones

Truphone is a free software app for your mobile phone that routes your calls over the Internet. These calls are made using VoIP using your phone’s WiFi connection and even Nokia and Blackberrys can make calls via Truphone’s network without a WiFi conn.

In case you’re wondering what’s in it for Truphone, their business model is to charge lower rates than your mobile provider, particularly for international calls or calls made when you’re roaming abroad.

List of supported devices.

More info from the manufacturer

Price: Free for software. Call Rates start at $0.06/min.
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Sprint’s NOW Widget

Not sure why they’re calling it a ‘widget’, but Sprint has this crazy dense web page that incorporates a ton of Flash, and is constantly polling other data sources on the Web to stay updated.

Why you’re wondering? Just to show off how speedy their mobile broadband cards are.

Here’s a screenshot. Make sure you’re plugged into a decent conn before you hit this link!

Cox Cable getting into wireless business

Interesting. Cox Communications is getting into the cell phone business starting somewhere in the middle of 2009. They’ve spent half a billion big ones on buying up wireless bandwidth, and is hoping that bundling all of their cable TV, Internet and traditional phone services with wireless will be a hit.

We’ll see.

via USA Today

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