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Since cellphones are coming with a plethora of games now, we need a thread. So here's a cellphone running the 3d benchmark for the ages:

http://www.pocketpicks.co.uk/latest/ind ... -handsets/

Quake............where ever, whenever.

.....may cause cancer:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6990958.stm

They say it may show signs similar to tobacco after 10 years use, but nobody knows for certain.

Shut that Valley Girl up:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/techn ... ref=slogin

heh heh. Not much use for those out in the country though.

10 reasons why cell phones suck:

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/1 ... -to-h.html

I agree with 'em. When my plan is done, it's pay as you go for me.

Modular cells that can transform, in a manner of speaking:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/0,39029 ... 452,00.htm

Assemble it the way you want for the occasion you want.

In the US, you can simply ask for an unlocking code for your phone:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22342054/

No idea if that works here.

The new Nvidia cellphone platform plays Quake 3:

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/02/1 ... ays-quake/

God damn... I wish I could justify buying a smart phone that played Quake 3....

Yeah, I still remember when you had that cr@ppy P2 300mhz with a Voodoo2 when we played in Homey B's basement. Everybody would be ready to go, but you'd be holding up the bloody game cuz your comp took FOREVER to load the bloody level

Crappy as it was, in its fuglified state it still ran smoother than other people's systems!

And if I recall, the match started without me and I caught up just fine.

Data costs for Hubble and data costs for your cellphone:

http://www.physorg.com/news129793047.html

Guess which is cheaper?

Open source cellphone:

http://mobile.slashdot.org/mobile/08/08 ... 9200.shtml

Apparently, if you talk on your cellphone an inch from your wang it can cause your testes harm:

http://www.dailytech.com/New+Study+Show ... e13011.htm


I'll leave the peanut gallery to fill in the remarks about chatting in that proximity

Reporter breaks "unbreakable" cellphone:

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/01/ ... bile-Phone