Archive for November, 2006
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006
Hon Hai, a Taiwanese manufacturer, has gotten a lot of love from Apple lately, although the latter wishes the former would keep their big stupid mouths shut about it. Last month, a Hon Hai exec oopsie'd and let slip they were going to manufacture a 15-inch MacBook for sale in ...
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
A friend sent me to Geomobiles today. Using triangulation they can pinpoint an approximate location of nearly any cell phone.
Mobile phone tracking technology relies on the use of triangulation - taking the signal strengths registered from your mobile phone at a minimum of three nearby GSM receiver masts. As ...
Posted in Funny, Wacky, & Weird, Mobile Services | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 13th, 2006
Now that I have your attention...
Google CEO, Eric Schmidt has indicated that given the increase of mobile advertising, mobile phones should be free.
Schmidt said Saturday that as mobile phones become more like handheld computers and consumers spend as much as eight to 10 hours a day talking, texting and using ...
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
If my posts this week are any indication, women are going to start strapping their cell phones to their thighs and, as evidenced in the above picture, men will strap it to their wrists.
Introducing the UniCell! That good-natured guy in the pic is Chris Jackson, and he came up with ...
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Thursday, November 9th, 2006
You know those portable cell phone batteries that are really just single AA batteries in a lipstick case with a connector at one end, and how you snorted derisively when the commercial came on, and you said to yourself, "There's no way I'd ever carry that thing," and the very ...
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
Boy, oh boy, is it ever easy to become a Guinness World Record holder! Nowadays you don't even have to break a previous record to get in the book -- just do something totally stupid, something a reasonable mind would never conceive, and you're good as gold, viz:
A company called ...
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Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Anyone who knows ringtones knows the majority of Real Tones for sale are covers performed by people who aren't the original singer or band. This is why the woman you hear warbling on your new Shakira Real Tone sounds more like an ex-roommate than the Latin lovely herself. The folks ...
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Monday, November 6th, 2006
Gents, this won't be the first cell phone accessory to make you roll your eyes, but it might be the first to affect your sex life should you bestow it upon the special lady in your life. Introducing the Cell Phone Garter! The description on the product page would handily ...
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Friday, November 3rd, 2006
When the Xbox 360 launched last year so did a revamped Xbox Live Arcade. Arguably, the most popular title was Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, a cool, outer space shoot-'em-up with a look reminiscent of Atari's old school vector graphics games. It was easy to pick up and play, and, thus, ...
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Gmail now has a Java client for your compatible mobile phone.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based search engine has just released a new Java based Gmail application that runs on most modern phones and mainstream handsets including Motorola RAZR. In addition, the Gmail app also runs on most smart phones including Blackberry ...
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