PerCushion Pillow Phone

"Just when you thought you'd seen everything in the world of mobile phones comes this, the PerCushion Pillow Phone. Basically, it's a pillow (i.e. the thing you use to sleep on) with a Bluetooth device embedded inside it that connects to your mobile phone (i.e. the thing you do not use to get a good night's sleep!).

Not only Bluetooth - the PerCushion also comes with an integratged microphone, loudspeaker, rechargeable lithium ion battery and LEDs that indicate whether the pillow's receiving a call or not (though presumably the loud ringtone screaming into your ear as you sleep might also indicate a call coming in!)"

Crazy and lazy idea.

Source MobileMentalism.com

Nokia Sports Tracker

Nokia Sports Tracker is a GPS based activity tracker that runs on S60 smartphones. Information such as speed, distance and time are automatically stored to your training diary. To be able to use application for real, you need Nokia S60 3.0 phone with Bluetooth GPS device or Nokia S60 3.0 phone with integrated GPS.


The application is compatible with latest Nokia S60 3rd edition phones, such as N71, N73, N75, N76, N80, N81, N91, N92, N93, N93i, N95, E50, E60, E61, E62, E65, E70, E90, 3250, 5500 Sport, 6290, 6110 Navigator.

You can integrate the data with Google Earth.

Mobile Phones used for Outdoor Games

Mobile games are the new way of getting people off the couch, out of the house and out for some fun these days. With technologies like bluetooth, GPS, GRPS, 3G, 4G, cameraphones, smartphones, Symbian, Flash Lite, etc., becoming the norm , game developers are coming up with great game ideas and implementing them.
With GPS and mobile phones paired together street games has become a reality. Check out "Come Out & Play Festival" which will take place in New York City from September 22nd to 24th for a list of mobile games that are available.
The details for the mobile games are Insider, snagu, Crossroads, Spy Text, Sleuth!, The Go Game, Conquer The Quarter, Manhattan Story Mashup.

Use your Nokia as a Mouse

Written in Java and an accompanying Windows driver, utilizing the phones BT(bluetooth) capability and camera, a fellow hacker has come up with a great way to add a new funtionality to the Nokia phone in creating a BT mouse.

All is required is a BT-enabled pc or notebook/laptop and Windows OS. There's also a possibilty of a GPRS connection and an interface for mirroring the PC's screen on the Nokia's display.

The possibilties are endless and I believe this application/project will take off since everyone carries their mobile phone with them and people aren't so keen about notebooks/laptops input devices and this is a perfect match.

New Motorola Handsets Announced

Motorola have announced details of five new products they will be releasing over the next little while. Two of the products are new handsets, which feature Motorola's naming convention of 'very few if any vowels', with the announcement of the MOTOKRZR and MOTORIZR.

Motorola MOTOKRZR
Available in both GSM and CDMA, the MOTOKRZR will be available globally during the second half of 2006, regardless of their network preference. The GSM MOTOKRZR features a high resolution 2.0 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth audio, an updated phone directory and new messaging applications. While both versions offer integrated music players and expandable memory up to 1GB, the CDMA MOTOKRZR beats to a slightly different drum boasting touch-sensitive music controls, advanced EVDO data services* and location-based services capabilities.

Motorola MOTORIZR
Merging an innovative slider design with an impressive feature set which is accessible either opened or closed, the MOTORIZR offers intuitive functionality. This slider optimizes on-the-go imaging with its expansive landscape display, 2.0 megapixel camera and programmed point-and-shoot keys. The built-in music player supports a variety of formats and its video capabilities complete this dynamic package.

Alongside the new handsets are accompanying bluetooth headsets

Lets get stuck into it - J2ME & Symbian

At the berlinfactor you will find some very useful code samples for bluetooth, http, modplayers, w32sockets and socket engines graphics utilities not to mention game utilities. There is also a game demo and a splash screen and much more useful crazy stuff.
All have source code included. They have just added a J2ME section, so check it out.