UK researchers are figuring out a way to exploit camera phones as a mouse. According to PCWorld, they have developed a mobile app enabling camera phones to mimic mouse capabilities like scrolling and...
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In the end, safety is more important than any cutting edge technology... According to Telegraph, the public outcry over safety has prompted the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to continue to ban...
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While the rest of the word is very busy developing personalized ringtones, cutting edge smartphones, and exciting mobile advertising tools, Cell-Life is too engaged saving HIV patients in South Africa...
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While medical experts remain vigilant on the adverse effects of mobile phones to the human race, the mobile industry is somewhat busy building the concept of Telemedicine 2.0 - the use of modern...
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For aspiring authors who do not have much time to sit down with their computers and compose the next best-selling novel, you can try using your mobile phone instead. This is what Italian author Robert...
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According to a new study, integrating portable devices into vehicles will eventually evolve from a luxury option to mainstream feature. It even lauds Ford's SYNC, a fully integrated entertainment...
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Startup global VoIP company, JAJAH, has added a "talk n play" element for all PlayStation 3 fanatics. Now, they can simultaneously (trash) talk to other gamers while playing their favorite...
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In the near future, saving the world might entirely and randomly fall in our hands! According to Home News Tribune, the Homeland Security Department is eyeing mobile devices to help detect...
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by tom on April 26, 2007
According to a post on The Register, a UK company called Blue Sky Positioning has announced it has managed to cram a functioning GPS device onto a normal mobile phone SIM card.BlueSky Positioning CEO...
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by tom on April 25, 2007
Although it's a good attempt, and no it's not a mockup image either, the "Anycall Dual Blonde" is a hybrid clone handset that is an odd mix of technologies - and, as Mobile...
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by tom on April 24, 2007
I saw this over at Uberphones, and it looked pretty.The leaked picture you see is actually rumored to be Sony Ericsson's latest GSM handset and has been given the number W999. This slider...
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New rumors are surfacing about a potential Google phone, with new details reported in Taiwan's Digitimes, and passed on by Engadget and others. That country's HTC is supposedly building the...
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by tom on April 18, 2007
I noticed a post over on Uberphones about the Haier Elegance handset. The main reason it caught my eye? I have one, and the picture just to the left there I took with my k800i a few minutes ago.......
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M:Metrics has reported that the penetration rate of cameraphones in US is already 51% or 106 million mobile users, still low compared to European countries like Germany, France, Spain, UK, and Italy....
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GPS navigation device makers TomTom and Garmin both reportedly are in advanced stages of developing mobile handsets with GPS features, according to reports today in DigiTimes Telecom. The two have...
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by leo on April 08, 2007
Given all the hype on mobile technology, Michal Lev-Ram of Business 2.0 Magazine has warned wireless industry players to slow down and keep things simple.But here is the rub: As they race to court...
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Studious readers of this blog will know we have covered QR codes before. Most people with a modicum of awareness of mobile technology will have heard of them. The New York Times, however, has just...
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Yomuiri Shimbun reports today that NTT DoCoMo will cease offering pagers this month after 40 years in the beeper business. Having launched the technology way back in 1968, NTT says there are only just...
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by tom on March 13, 2007
Also coming to us via Uberphones is the Bellperre range of handsets. The major difference with these handsets is the aim of the company to produce them entirely without plastic.These cellphones will...
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by tom on March 13, 2007
I love concept handsets, as it shows that people are thinking about how we use communication devices rather than just continuing development along existing lines. This one comes by way of Uberphones,...
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by tom on March 13, 2007
This comes via Textually, although I've seen mention elsewhere as well. According to a report on C|Net, mobile industry executives are complaining that there are too many operating systems...
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