Archive for October, 2006
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Back in February I wrote of a web server which ran on a Nokia phone. Well, Microsoft engineers have done the same with Windows Mobile 5. Over at Channel 9, littleguru has created, and is demoing a mobile web server serving images and pages direct from his Windows smartphone. The ...
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Google may have relaunched their mobile site at mobile.google.com, but for months my personalized Google homepage has not worked. I was hoping that with this "rebirth" came a fix to my mobile homepage woes; but no. It wasn't too long ago when I could easily browse any of the RSS ...
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Monday, October 30th, 2006
Boost Mobile, the wireless provider with street cred out the hizzy ("Where you at?"), has released a new Motorola i835 handset in two delish flavors designed to appeal to female customers. The purple one sports a discreet floral design that wouldn't look out of place on the hood of a ...
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Friday, October 27th, 2006
If Google isn't going to do it yet, someone else usually will.
You can now search and watch Google Video right from your mobile communicator. That is, if you meet the following requirements:
* Your phone has an XHTML-compliant browser
* You have enough storage ...
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Thursday, October 26th, 2006
Have you ever missed a friend's birthday party? Wished you could just buy them a drink?
You need not visit the bar or club to do so anymore. In fact, buy a whole round if you want and "send" it to them via SMS.
How it works? A generous buyer logs onto ...
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
A UK train operator will soon be offering a whole new kind of e-ticket. U.K. train firm, Chiltern Railways, is set to issue tickets via mobile phone. The "ticket" will be sent to your phone as a scannable barcode. Imagine never having to wait in line to buy your ticket. ...
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
In an exhibition in Orlando, FL, yesterday sponsored by Nuance Communications, Inc., 18-year-old Ben Cook, supposedly the world's fastest texter, was smoked by a voice recognition computer in a contest to see who could produce a complicated 27-word message the quickest.
Cook tapped out the message -- The razor toothed piranhas ...
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
From the fine folks at ThinkGeek comes a novel accessory for those of us who reminisce of the days when a phone handset was something you could really hurt somebody with.
This is the Bluetooth Retro Handset, a proprietary ThinkGeek design. It's a replica of the Western Electric 500-Series model, the ...
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
An American study has found that heavy mobile phone usage amongst men may result in infertility.
The researchers found that men who use mobiles for over four hours a day have 25 percent lower sperm count than men who never used a mobile, and there is a 30 percent drop in ...
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Furthering the moniker of the American dollar, FaithFone Wireless puts a whole new meaning to the phrase, "In God We Trust."
A first for Christian cell phone companies; FaithFone Wireless introduces “Banking on You” ... an FDIC-insured banking account accessible anytime via cell phone or VISA debit card.
Account holders will receive ...
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