The kind of cell phone you own may say a lot about your personality. At least that’s what the folks at Nielsen think. They just competed a study that picks out your personality type based on what mobile you own.

Motorola users, for example, were deemed stylish, fun seekers whereas Nokia folks were healthy and middle-aged. What did the rest of the survey say, hit the jump for the full results. Let’s just say I’m glad I don’t own an LG phone.

Nokia Family-minded Middle aged managers Health conscious

Motorola
Fashion conscious
Under 24
Fun seekers

Sony Ericsson
Ambitious young men
Professionals
Success driven

Samsung
Young women
Career focused
Success drivers

LG
Stay at home parents
Moms

Just as the hype surrounding the launch of Vista has started to abate, another key software platform from Microsoft Corp. is on the way. Windows Mobile 6, the successor to the Mobile 5 product widely used on smart phones across the globe, will ship in the second quarter on a host of new devices, including one intriguing design from a computer-maker not known for gadgets that double as phones.

While the Windows Mobile 6 upgrade is not likely to generate buzz like the iPhone coming from Apple Computer Inc. in June, it is far more significant. By the end of 2006, nearly 20 smart phones in the U.S. shipped with Windows Mobile, and that figure could approach 30 by the end of 2007. Worldwide, more than 140 phones ship with Windows Mobile, dwarfing the number of devices that use the Palm OS or Research in Motion’s BlackBerry software. Yet if Windows Mobile 6 delivers what Microsoft says, it should encourage more people–road warriors and multitasking Moms alike–to purchase phones such as the Motorola Q, Samsung BlackJack and T-Mobile Dash. When Mobile 6 launches, expect a host of new phones from Samsung, Motorola, HTC, LG and others, including the first U.S. smart phone from Toshiba.

Verizon Wireless, the No. 2 U.S. cellphone carrier, passed on the chance to be the exclusive distributor of the iPhone almost two years ago, balking at Apple’s rich financial terms and other demands. Apparently Apple’s first choice for exclusive iPhone service was Verizon and not Cingular! The two companies couldn’t agree on a deal that worked for both companies. “We said no.” Said Jim Gerace, a VZW VP. “We have nothing bad to say about the Apple iPhone. We just couldn’t reach a deal that was mutually beneficial.” Talks began as far back as two years ago, but Apple’s demands were steep.

Apple wanted a percentage of monthly service fees, control over distribution that would limit iPhone sales to Apple and Verizon stores, and even some control over service and support for iPhone customers. “They would have been stepping in between us and our customers to the point where we would have almost had to take a back seat … on hardware and service support,” say Gerace.

Whether consumers — who would have presumably had a fair shot at an EV-DO iPhone with Verizon as a service provider — will win in the end is yet to be seen.

Source: Engadget

Weighing in on the debate about whether cell phones have adverse health effects, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that the electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones does not activate the stress response in mouse, hamster or human cells growing in cultures.

It’s good to know that they figured this stuff out now since cellphones have been in use since the 80’s. And they are completely wrong about the stress thing. Cellphones cause me a ton of stress. Let me list the ways:

• People driving and talking on their cellphones seem to forget about everyone else on the road.
• People talking on their walkie-talkies while standing 2ft from you and still act like they have a right to privacy.
• People talking on the phone at dinner or in the movies.

Dropping my cellphone because it is so damn tiny.

Those are just some of the ways that cellphones build up stress and I am surprised that these smart people with all of their studies couldn’t figure that out.

Engadget has a great How-To demonstrating how to get keyless entry into your house from your cellphone. Obviously something like this would only be useful in places where a buzzer is required for entry, but very cool nonetheless. Wish I could program everything through my phone…garage, toilet, shower. That would be cool, but the fact that I lose or break my phones on average 13 times a year that doesn’t bode well for me.