Garmin Nuvifone - Release Date Still Q3

Garmin has today denied that the Nuvifone will be released as early as June 2008 in some markets. They’ve added that it is however on schedule for a Q3 2008 date, in time for the Christmas season.

Given that we’ve not covered the Nuvifone before, lets take a look at why we think this is going to be a hot device - specially amongst men who cannot and will not learn how to ask for directions.

iPhone Allows 3rd-Party Apps, Kind Of

There have been complaints by many in the business sector about the iPhone being all flash and no use — well, Apple wants to change that. The company announced today that it’s aiming for the iPhone to become a corporate email gadget and a portable video game machine for the busy and bored businessman.

The company has even teamed up with a venture capital firm to offer $100 million for developers who can come up with some nifty iPhone applications. The strategy is also known as, “do our work for us” — a common trend in companies who have realized that paying the general public less money to do their job is much easier than actually doing their job.

Green Cell Battery Could Charge All Phones

As our world slowly fills up with undestructable cell phone batteries, designers Theo Richardson, Charles Brill and Alex Williams of RBW have a simple but brilliant idea to clean up at least some of the pollution that’s turning our planet into a waste heap for the future.

What’s the idea? A safe, ecofriendly cell phone battery and charger that can be used for all models, across all companies.

How, you wonder, has no one thought of it? Probably because we hate nature.

LG’s KF750 Touchscreen Phone Slides and Looks Sexy

It’s not news that LG is releasing a new line of sexy cell phones (yes, they’re all going to try to be ’iPhone killers’ — and no, probably none of them will succeed) called the KF line. While we’ll have to wait for next week’s CeBIT show to really get all the details, we have wrangled some for the KF750 — codenamed, “Libra.”

This is a good first step — as we fully support and celebrate Libras.

Chris Owens’ Glass Phone Slides, Does Little Else

What would you say to a phone that has no real features but looks like a ringing glass angel? We say we’ll take it.

In the style of the slick, name-brand phones like the LD Prada, the Samsung Armani and the Apple SexyDial, designer Chris Owens has made one of the slickest phones around by combining our love for glass, things that slide, and illumination.

Are you sold?

Atlas Kinetic Cell Phone Runs on Kinetic Energy

Apparently, today is Green Cell Phone day for us at Devlib.org. Atlas has created a concept cell phone that doesn’t need a battery to run — instead, it uses kinetic energy (much like some watches use) to keep going and going and going and going…

Now, if only the cell phone turned into a sunflower when thrown into a pot of manure…

New Cellphones Biodegrade, Become Flowers

One of the problems with technology is it just won’t die. Old cell phones, computers and so on lay in our landfills, polluting our planet, acting all smug that you can’t kill them. Well, now British scientists have found a way to make new cellphones not only biodegrade, but also grow a flower while they’re at it.

What’s the best part of the new tech? It makes littering not only acceptable, but a little fun.

Google Phone To Be Seen at Fair?