I always wondered just why people bother with a wired cellphone headset. You've seen them: one hand to hold the phone, one hand to cram the earpiece into their waxy canal and then the other hand to hold the microphone somewhere near the mouth. And all the while evil radiation goblins are racing up the wire, directly into the brain. Hands free? No way.

The handphone takes this madness a step further. Why have one simple, easy to use unit which can simply be held to the head when you can strap a mess of wires onto the back of your hand? Take a look at the picture. How would you dial it? And how would you do anything else while wearing it? Even the fixings are odd. Instead of a simple velcro strap (which seems good enough for both the microphone and speaker) you have two elastic straps. One to cut off the blood flow to your middle finger and one to do the same for your wrist.

The handphone is, of course, a concept design. And will remain so, forever.

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The Vario II is a compact Windows smartphone which operates on 3G and incorporates HSDPA Mobile Broadband for high speed data connections. There is a slide out QWERTY keyboard which is comfortable to use for writing emails and editing Word documents. The MDA Vario II has a built in 2.0 megapixel camera, and a second camera for video calls. The Vario II also sports WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity and full Outlook syncronisation Read more..."MDA Vario II"

BenQ has recently released one if its new 3G mobile phones, the BenQ E55 clamshell. The phone sports some pretty basic features.

The E55 clamshell weighs 95 grams and, tri-band connectivity (GSM 900/1800/ 1900), a 2 inch TFT internal display with 262K colours, a 96 x 64 pixel external display, a dedicated media player (with support for MP3, AAC, MP4 and 3GP), Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, FM radio, a 2.0 megapixel camera, secondary video-call camera, SMS and MMS capabilities, WAP 2.0 browser, 45MB of internal memory and microSD card support (up to 2GB).

The retail price of BenQ E55 is 6,990 Taiwanese dollars (around RM 746), for the moment, the E55 is available only across Taiwan.

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Nokia isn't finished with its acquisition spree just yet. Tonight the Finnish company announced a plan to acquire the 52 per cent of Symbian it doesn't already own and make the platform open source. Nokia clearly aims to challenge Android, the open source mobile operating system of Google. Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo says that it wants to create "the most attractive platform for mobile innovation and drive the development of new and compelling web-enabled applications".

The Symbian operating system is currently the leading open platform and it powers Nokia's smartphones, as well as those of a large number of other hardware manufacturers.

All of the major stakeholders in Symbian, including Sony Ericsson, Panasonic, and Siemens, have accepted the offer, representing approximately 91% of the Symbian shares. Nokia doesn't have a definitive answer form Samsung Electronics yet, but expects them to accept the offer as well.

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Nokia isn't just going for the gold; it's going for the diamond. Well, the diamond-cut look that is.

Today Nokia unveiled two Prism handsets, a 7500 and 7900 model, that feature diamond-cut design, sharp angled lines, geometric patterns, and "graphic light-refracting color". Both models feature 2-megapixel cameras and a music player. One model, the 7900, features a very cool 16 million color OLED display.

(This is the Prism 7900 model)

The beefier of the two models, the 7900, also sports a nifty "living wallpaper" feature that changes the screen's background colors of the handset depending on the time and battery life and signal strength. You can also choose from 49 colors for the light that radiates from underneath keys.

The 7900 features dual band 3G technology and quad-band GSM capability for worldwide connectivity.

Under the hood the model 7500 is a standard GSM phone with a skimpy 512MB MicroSD card. The 7900 ships with a 1GB on board memory. The 7500 doesn't feature customizable colors, rather personalize the handset you can choose from interchangeable color accents.

(This is the Prism 7500 model)

Nokia says the 7500 and 7900 Prism will be available by the fall of 2007 for $290 and $550. Specific market availability has not been announced.

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