It's called the kre-8 (the name could use some work, yes), and it's a cellphone designed, as it were, for those who fancy themselves as DJs, music creators, etc.
As baby boomers grope their way through middle age, they are encountering the daily indignities that accompany a downward slide in visual acuity: trying to read a road map in a car at night; cellphones designed for 20-year-old eyes; the minuscule letters on a bottle of aspirin; nutrition information squeezed onto a bag of peanuts.
Got a chance to look at the NeoNode, an odd little device that is essentially a GSM cellphone designed solely for media.
Firefly first took flight in March 2005 with the launch of the "Firefly," a cellphone specifically designed for 8- to 12-year-olds.
Most of the cells are fairly bulky but they showed a small cell using a hydrogen canister the size of a AA battery that they designed for cellphones as well as a powerful 40W cell that can power an emergency light.
Although the patent doesn't mention the iPhone at all, it clearly states that the technology is designed for a cellphone with media capabilities.
Google has also launched a version of Picasa specifically designed for cellphones.
Because this computer uses chips designed for cellphones, it uses far less power than larger computers.
They are also exploring the possibility of using the Android operating system from Google, originally designed for cellphones.
Don't be surprised if a national cellphone boomlet ensues, complete with a resurgence of low-cost plans designed for emergency use only.
In recent months, his video messages and vivid images of violence have been posted on multiple computer servers to avoid downloading delays, with one version designed for viewing on cellphones.
