Archive for February, 2007

If your wireless provider makes you want to kill yourself…

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

At a press conference on Monday, officials from the New York State Bridge Authority announced a new plan to install four to six cell phones on each of its Hudson Valley bridges, each with the U.S. National Suicide Hotline on speed-dial. The plan was put into action as a result ...

Ms.PacMan Turns 25 on iTunes

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

With the iPhone upon us it is only right that we start posting more crap about the iPod and iTunes. Ms. Pac Man dropped on iTunes today. “Appearing on almost every gaming platform, Ms. PAC-MAN has achieved iconic status since debuting 25 years ago and has become one of the top-selling video ...

This gives “Yo, what up, dawg?” a whole new meaning.

Monday, February 26th, 2007

I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later: a cell phone for your pooch. Here's the PetsCell from On4 Communications, a 2-way communication device with GPS your dog wears as a collar. The PetsCell will come in handy if your dog gets lost as you'd be able to speak ...

Moistmob? Cherrysauce? You can’t make this stuff up.

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Porn "actress" Tera Patrick presides over a new WAP site called Moistmob, launched by Spanish adult entertainment conglomerate Cherrysauce. Ms. Patrick will maintain a blog featuring Moistmob news, content updates, promotions, and personal entries in which she'll update fans as to who's been doing what to her, how often, and in ...

CPA Empire and Mobile Sidewalk Team Up On Ringtone Fraud - ShoeMoney™

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Shoemoney has a great video of the Zapster/MobileSidewalk ringtone signup process where they are auto-checking a terms and condition box and in a new twist of uncompliancy: auto-submitting the form when the user finishes entering their phone number. The user never affirmatively checks the Terms and Condition box nor does s/he ...

A slow news day in Sheboygan…

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Stop the presses! 8-year-old girl prank calls 911 using mother's cell phone! A little girl in Plymouth, WI, phoned the 911 dispatcher at the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department more than 100 times last week with her mother's old, unused cell phone. Some of her more imaginative emergencies involved being trapped in ...

20th Century Cool, 21st Century Tech

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

Gordon Gekko would love this -- the '80s Brick Cell Phone. It's an unlocked, GSM-compatible handset sporting as much 21 Century tech as it's missing. The phone doesn't have Bluetooth or USB connectivity, and wireless headsets and car chargers won't work with it, although would you really want it to? ...

One Slick Stick

Monday, February 19th, 2007

Even though it's only a concept for the time being, the visionaries at industrialdesign.ru are onto something with this, the compact analog thumbstick. The stick remains flush with the facade unless you give it a little twist and push, after which it pops out and becomes the best thing to ...

Mmmm…bendy!

Friday, February 16th, 2007

Meet the RIZR Z8, Motorola's new slider that actually bends to bring the mic closer to your mouth. Genius! It will street in April, which is apparently a good thing: "[Motorola is] doing something different and that's what [they] need to do. The market is getting more competitive and being thin ...

This implies there was a Porn Manager.

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

From HandyGames comes wind of a sequel to the "huge success" that was Porn Manager: Porn Manager 2: The Villa. You play Hugo Hafner, a producer of porn movies who's entered retirement. While away your days hanging around your palatial villa surrounded by many lovely ladies. Throw parties, invite the press ...