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Ooma: One Time Fee VOIP Service

There are a multitude of VOIP systems out there. It's hard to make a choice. Ooma was launched last year and is a one-time fee VOIP service that actually has a really good looking handset. Plus there ...

Hanger Skype Phone: Great Design Helps Tech Stick

We have a friend living in London temporarily, but long enough that she got a new London cell and a new London phone number. Both of those things make it a pain (an expensive pain) to call her up in t...

What Features are Must-Haves on Your Phone?

We've got a friend who, after two or three cell phone changes in the past month, still isn't happy with his cell phone. His old phone (which he had for several years, you should know) was working for ...

Icono The Finger Phone: How To Use Your Fingers To Phone

This sounds like something nasty, but actually it's just another phone concept. This time around, it's not a cell phone but a home phone. This phone is designer by Zinc Chan from London in the UK. The...

How to... Fake a Phone Call

Now that you know the rules of when and where to make fake phone calls thanks to our post on 'Communifaking', we thought we'd give you the juice: How to actually pull off a convincing phony conversati...

DIY: How To Turn Your Old Cell Into A VOIP Skype Handset

Who hasn't got an old cell phone lying around? Almost all of us do, since we change cell phones every other year. There are programs by service carriers to recycle phones, but there are other things t...

How To... Hide Your USB Drive in The Wall

If you're a secret double agent for the CIA, or if you're a government conspiracist, or if you're a former Wall Street CEO that needs to hide your bank records, have we got the solution for you! This ...

Steampunk Cell Phone Takes Tech Backwards

We love the creativity and innovation (retro-vation?) that comes from Steampunk modifications to modern technology. Some great ideas come from taking a completely new gadget and making it something th...

Fujitsu Concept Phone Does What You Need It To Do

Another find from CEATEC 2008: The Fujitsu Concept Phone. A brilliant idea, this phone is made up of two pieces, one for a display screen and one touchscreen keyboard, that can be configured in a few ...

ThinkGeek Bluetooth Retro Handset

ThinkGeek's Retro Bluetooth handset is one funny design. Most of those Bluetooth headsets are just plain annoying. This system is for the people who don't like those clip Bluetooth headsets that make ...

USB Multi-Cellular Phone Charger: The One Charger For All Phones

Most cell phone brands have different connectors for charging. That's just plain annoying. Depending on which brand you use, there might even be different chargers for different models. There is nothi...

Designer Tech: Emporio Armani Samsung Night Effect

Emporio Armani, the European fashion house, is not new to technology. A bit ago, we brought you the news that they were teaming up with Korean manufacturer Samsung to make a Plasma HDTV for your home ...

Rotary Phone Turned USB Hub Makes Desks Look Chic

If you're both a techie and a designer at heart, you've probably battled this beast a time or two before: How do you keep all your necessary gadgets at hand, but still keep a "homey" feel? Well if you...

Final Frame: You Think You're Attached to Tech?

If you don't need to have your cell phone built into your neck brace, then you must not be as dedicated to technology as Francesca Lanzavecchia thinks you could be. She is the designer behind a series...

Mio Leap K1: Cell Phone and GPS Hybrid

We know cell phones today can do anything, and that iPhones and Blackberrys already have GPS cabability. But if you want a cell phone that looks like a phone, and a GPS navigator that looks like a GPS...

Tatung VOIP Phone: Skype With Style

Using VOIP has become easier and easier, so much that some people almost exclusively use it. Landlines are slowly becoming a thing of the past, thanks to VOIP technology. It's always been a challenge ...