Forget your iPhones, Blackberries or N95’s. Cellphones from China are going to be the leading innovators in the mobile phone industry for 2008.

According to market research company, Global Sources, China’s total production of mobile phones in 2007 was about 450 million units, 45 percent of the total global output.

And with new, less stringent, registration regulations for new mobile phone companies, market analysts expect the number of manufacturers of wholesale mobiles in China to skyrocket in 2008.

Bigger-name players like ZTE Lenovo and Huawei Technologies beginning to build brand name overseas face competitors from new players in market.

According to Chinavasion PR manager, Rose Li, growth in this market has been immense with dozens of companies opening up in the last few months alone.

“The growth in this industry in China is really a double-edged sword because cellphones in China can’t compete on price like they used to so have to find other ways to differentiate themselves from competitors,” said Rose Li.

The higher cost of raw materials and oil, and rampant inflation in China has prevented companies from competing with price, according to Global sources, forcing wholesale mobile phone makers to focus on features.

At the pace technology is moving, it can get pretty scary at times, especially when you know scientists are now working on a machine that is capable of figuring out a human’s intention before it results in action. Apparently our brain’s prefrontal cortex region is activated whenever we are about to make a decision. All I know about the prefrontal cortex region, I learnt from Brain Age on my DS. A successful implementation will definitely see this device being made available in courtrooms and interrogation chambers. Will there be a new set of laws drafted to prosecute a person who has the intention of commiting a crime but does not follow through? Interesting times are definitely lined up ahead of us.

In the future, it could get wrapped around a lamppost or a person’s wrist, even worn as clothing. Perhaps it can be put up like wallpaper .”
All the walls in your appartement can be a display and show whatever you feel right in the moment. Is it a forest or the sea. With all the climate change going around (and today is “Live Earth“) at least at home you’ll see a perfect nature…

But if you’ll have to pay this technology and your hightech wallpaper with advertising it may become hard…

Available in both His and Hers forms, the His version coming in a charismatic chrome, and the Hers version a glittering gold. And thankfully rather than some piggy banks of old that needed to be smashed open to retrieve your funds, these have a plastic plug in the bottom.

This is ideal for you if you find yourself leaving pennies here, and five penny coins there, just pop them in and then when it’s full you’ll have some spending money for, well, for whatever you want!

Features:

* His money box in chrome
* Hers money box in gold
* Oval plastic stopper underneath to retrieve your money
* His and Hers money boxes measure approx H15cm W10.5cm D5.5cm (6×4x2in)

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Making presentations in the corporate world is definitely one of the staple tasks in any office, and this is where the USB wireless comes in handy. Not only does it allow you to scroll through your presentations as you like, it also comes with a laser button that helps keep the focus of the audience on one particular segment of the slide at the moment.The USB Wireless Presenter retails for $22 each.

Anyone looking for the hottest looks and coolest features in wireless phones this summer, Verizon Wireless now offers the LG Chocolate 3 scheduled for debut on the nation’s most reliable wireless network through July.LG Chocolate 3 gets even sweeter this summer, and the latest iteration of this iconic mobile music phone is even more stylish and functional than its predecessors. The new LG Chocolate 3 trades in its slider form factor for a slim flip style that brings with it the quintessential music player complete with control wheel on the outside and an FM transmitter to play music through a car stereo. The new Chocolate 3 is the perfect MP3 player for listening and accessing more than 3 million songs from Verizon Wireless’ V CAST Music library.

Samsung has unveiled a new mobile phone that features some of the sleek design and functions of Apple’s much-hyped iPhone.

Samsung’s Ultra Smart F700 will be exhibited at next week’s 3GSM World Congress, a telecommunications exhibition in Barcelona, Samsung spokeswoman Sonia Kim said on Friday.

Mobile phone makers have been scrambling to match the iPhone, unveiled last month by Apple CEO
Steve Jobs. The device, which will be available starting in June, marks the iPod and
Mac computer maker’s entry into the mobile phone business.

THERE’S no reason to travel these days without a digital camera, especially as you can fit some amazingly powerful ones inside your pocket. Samsung’s tiny and featherweight NV100 ($599) fits in your palm but boasts features usually found only on much more bulky ‘pro-sumer’ cameras. You get a resolution of 14.7 megapixels, which means you can take scenic shots, crop out a small portion of your picture to use, and still be left with enough visual quality to print out 4R-sized photos.

Although the NV100 functions well as a point-and-shoot camera, with snappy response and effective image stabilisation to make up for shaky hands, those who are inclined to tinker can use the camera’s intuitive touchscreen interface to adjust settings. The NV100’s automatic mode tends to over-expose pictures both with and without flash, so you might have to work a bit in tricky lighting, such as the top of a scenic hill at dusk.

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The Washup is a concept design for a “Greener Gadget” contest that incorporates a washing machine into a toilet, recycling wash-water as toilet water, and saving space by absorbing the washing machine’s footprint into the basin’s.

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