Archive for the ‘Convergence’ Category
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
It started with the bag phone, went to the brick, then to the flip phone, to the candybar, and now we have the "roll phone."
Telecom Italia and Polymer Vision announce the CELLULAR-BOOK; a cell phone combined with a new low-power, flexible display which has a resolution and readability factor comparable ...
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced yesterday that NYC will upgrade the city's 911 call centers to receive cell phone pictures and videos from New Yorkers with the big brass ones to record a crime they're watching happening. It's an admirable endeavor to be sure, but the technology won't ...
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
I've never envisioned the interstate as the next great frontier of social networking, but the folks at PL8Scan have, and what's more, you won't even have to slow down!
PL8Scan enables a driver to send a text message to another by using their license plate as an "address." What could possibly ...
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
Here's news sure to affect the speed of McDonald's counter service and grocery-bagging at the Piggly Wiggly in the near future: MySpace is developing a cell phone application that puts their party in the palm of your hand.
An analyst named Jordan Rohan at RBC Capital learned of the plan at ...
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
So today it was announced that VerizonWireless video subscribers will have access to pre-selected YouTube content. This is a temporary exclusive which is sure to leave a bad taste in the mouths of any YouTube fan who hopes for the same experience on their phone.
Can you say "censored"?
Also, Rob ...
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Monday, November 20th, 2006
European operators are starting to get it. However US operators still don't want to give up the keys to the "data castle." (They don't want to go to a model where content is free and you only pay for access.) In Europe, T-Mobile has been doing it with Web N ...
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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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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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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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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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