I have an almost unbroken rule of not answering to phone calls from numbers I don’t recognize or haven’t added them to my phonebook yet. Same policy applies times two every time someone is trying to get in touch with me but blocks their number sending feature. I did miss a few calls that way, which I shouldn’t. but I managed to adjust.

What I wasn’t able to block were the SMS messages. Of course you don’t have to respond to all those messages but then again, it’s human nature to react and text back.

Good thing T-Mobile has decided, after being sued and loosing a case in court over some messages, that their subscribers will have now the opportunity of blocking all unwanted messages and calls from certain people. What people? Your boss? Mother in law? Crazy-b**** ex girlfriend? Regular pranksters? Anyone! The sky is the limit. Way to go T-Mobile!

iTookThisOnMyPhone, Inc (wow that’s long name) is a company providing video and photo sharing solutions for the mobile world. Currently at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) held in Orlando, FL (visit booth #843) iTookThisOnMyPhone, Inc announced the release of Version 2.0 for BlackBerry Pearls and Curves.

RIM customers

owning a Pearl or a Curve version must be happy to hear that. Why? Well they just had a memory huge upgrade. If you are always taking photos with your RIM smartphone and if you are always complaining for not having enough storage space, then you are in luck. Version 2.0 of this application will let you take your photo and save it directly into your free account with iTookThisOnMyPhone, Inc, ready to be shared with your fellow co-workers, family and friends. Same thing goes for videos too.

The all new Opera Mini 4.1 Version is ready to rock your mobile phones. The proof of its immense popularity is the fact that currently over 44 million people are using it. The latest version is 50% faster as compared to the older 4.0.

Enhance your mobile web browsing by Opera Mini 4.1. It lets the users stay in touch with their friends, do online banking and check mails. With the URL completions’ support you can type address quickly.

It also offers the function of saving pages for offline viewing. You can download Opera Mini and enjoy faster browsing.

Handmark, a pioneer in the mobile media has proclaimed the launch of latest applications for BlackBerry smartphones. The latest product portfolio comprises a new ringtone application, Bible translations; Ringtone Junkie and for gamers best picks from Astraware®, the Handmark Game Studio.

“A rapidly growing number of BlackBerry users are turning to Handmark for their mobile information and entertainment needs,” said Cassidy Lackey, VP of Handmark Studios. “Astraware, the Handmark Game Studio, focuses on providing only the best mobile content, and we are pleased to bring these new, quality titles to BlackBerry.”

: Those with a religious bent of mind can now read 16 Bible translations on their smartphones. Thanks to Handmark for this highly appreciable effort of offering accessibility to Bible. This product will be released on May 28. You can download it from www.handmark.com.

lets the users get an access to thousands of popular MP3 ringtones. With the Ringtone Junkie, now you can download, store and customize the ringtones in your Blackberry Address book. This one too will be available from May 28. However besides www.handmark.com, the Ringtone Junkie can also be bought from www.rtjunkie.com by paying one time fees $19.95.

Astraware will also contribute in the latest enhancements. It will bring forward its first games for Blackberry smartphones produced in Q3. The games portfolio includes Idigicon’s Platypus, Astraware Sudoku, Astraware Solitaire, Astraware Casino and Astraware Boardgames. These will be available from 31 Aug at www.astraware.com or www.handmark.com.

3G iPhone anyone? Yes I thought so… After we’ve seen yet another AT&T blooper, with the carrier advertising the new iPhone black these days it appears that another carrier, the Swisscom is said to have released prices and some details about the upcoming 3G toy.

Is this another rumor? According to Swisscom they are going to sell the 3G iPhone in three colors: black, white and silver.

They are cooler than AT&T which has for now, just the black version. Prices you ask? They say 659 Swiss Francs (about $630) for 16GB version and 799 Swiss Francs (about $760). The 16GB will come in black and the 32GB will come in all three colors. According to the same rumor/source.

The support pages are in place. The interactive demonstrations are up. And the full user manual is ready for grabs. All these point to just one thing – an imminent release for the much-awaited Nokia N78, may be just a matter of days or weeks.

The N78 was officially announced in February at MWC ’08 along with another behemoth that is the N96. The N78 is an all-in-one device that combines

music, photography, navigation, and productivity into an attractive sleek and stylish design. In addition to integrated aGPS technology with Nokia Maps and Geotagging support, the N78 also has a 3.2-megapixel camera and a card slot to raise storage up to 8GB via microSD cards. The phone houses a 2.4-inch QVGA display capable of 16 million colors. And of course, how can we forget its list of connectivity options including WiFi, HSDPA, and Bluetooth, all meshed into Symbian OS 3rd Edition FP2.

With an estimated price tag of $550 before taxes, this is one phone that will be worth every penny.

Benq isn’t exactly breaking ground with its cell phones, although I do have a certain spot for their computer peripherals. In the same vein, the e55 is just a phone with a dash of style mixed in a clamshell form factor.

The e55 works on GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz and WCDMA 2100 networks with GPRS and EDGE support. The only highlight, if you can call it that, is inclusion of Bluetooth with support

for the usual array of Bluetooth profiles. All this is crammed into a stylish flip phone with a smooth finish, but mind you, this is just what’s been doing the rounds on the internet and that’s what we will get until the official announcement on complete details on the e55 including its price and release date.

DreamCatcher Software announced its latest software for the Apple iPhone, the iPhone Video Recorder. Capable of recording audio and video into MPEG4 format, you get up to 1 hour of high quality recording in a file of about 60 megabytes. The recording is done at 15 frames per second.

You have the option to play back the video on the iPhone or download it to a computer or even upload to YouTube. The software also lets you pause the video encoding process (usually performed at the end of a recording) and resume when your phone is idle. Recording on the fly slows down the process, resulting in a less-than-acceptable frame rate, so that’s something to keep in mind.

The iPhone Video Recorder is compatible with iPhone firmware versions 1.1.x, 1.2.x and 2.0. A 30-second time limited trial version is available for download from their website.

Yes please! It’s an island! We need someone to bring over some food, water we have, and the 3G unlocked iPhone!

Everyone who’s anyone in the Australian cell phone carrier world is announcing iPhone deals. After Vodafone last week, we have today Optus saying that the iPhone has been secured and it’s going to be available in Australia sometime later this year.

Optus is a subsidiary

of Singaporean SingTel which is apparently behind all this. They are going to deliver the iPhone to Singapore, India and the Philippines and of course, Australia.
I imagine we are talking about the 3G versions right? Let’s see who delivers first… Is it going to be Vodafone or Optus? What about Apple stores?