Mike Temporale
05-20-2004, 02:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116172,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,116172,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"Just when you thought cell phones had everything, engineers at Sharp and Toshiba have come up with new handsets that can double as portable karaoke machines. The phones will go on sale in Japan this summer and are among the first that can connect to an external display--in this case a television--so users don't have to crowd around the phone's small display. It's this capability and a new service from Vodafone K.K. called V-kara that makes possible the karaoke function. Because it's tied to local telephone service, the function will be available only in Japan."<br /><br />I thought it was cool that a Pocket PC could be connected to a projector, but now it is possible with your mobile phone! I would love to walk into a clients, plug my phone into the projector and start the presentation. And if that was not cool enough on its own, then check out the features this phone will have:<br /><br />"The phone has a 2.4-inch TFT LCD with 320-by-240 pixel (QVGA) resolution and can display 260,000 colors. The digital camera has a 2-megapixel resolution and, for the first time, a 2X optical zoom. The handset also supports Java applets up to 256K in size, a digital music player, barcode reader, and menu that can switch between Japanese and English. It measures 2 by 4 by 1 inch and weighs 4.6 ounces. Talk time is 130 minutes and standby time is 400 hours."<br /><br /> 8O