Monday, April 4, 2011

Google Alert - mobile phones

News20 new results for mobile phones
 
Callely fined €60 over mobile use
Irish Times
In evidence, he told the court that he had been talking into a "Parrot" handsfree device but accepted that he had two mobile phones in the car. In relation to the fixed penalty notice, he said he did not keep a "log" of post coming to his house. ...
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Irish Times
Verizon Wireless Bringing Opera Mini App to Select Feature Phones
TMC Net
Opera Mini mobile browser is claimed to offer PC-like web browsing experience on select Verizon Wireless (News - Alert) feature phones. Based on its compression technology, the Opera Mini app will help deliver web pages on these mobile phones more ...
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Facebook reaching out to feature-phone users
CNN
With an enhanced experience for simpler cell phones, I'd expect that Facebook might quickly grow its mobile user base -- and probably also pick up a lot of new website users. That's the point: Facebook's business model hinges on getting as many people ...
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Nintendo: 'no desire' to make a mobile phone
TechRadar UK
"It's not that I'm uninterested. However, I look at the business model, and I see so many additional costs that come into play." Fair play, Nintendo. We'd rather see you cranking out great games consoles than average phones.
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Tablets buying guide: introducing your next portable PC
PC Advisor
But despite getting increasingly smarter, phones are too small to replace PCs completely. We need a device that bridges the gap between computers and mobile phones. That device has arrived. Welcome to the age of the tablet. ...
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Report: Sprint also planning mobile payments service
CNET (blog)
by Erica Ogg Sprint is reportedly setting up a mobile payment network via cell phones, Bloomberg reported today. The carrier's Vice President of Product Platforms Kevin McGinnis told Bloomberg that Sprint phones will eventually have near-field ...
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Afghan Taliban relent over Helmand phone ban
Reuters
He declined to comment further but the shutdown was deeply resented by civilians in Helmand, most of whom rely on mobile phones. The networks are vital to communication in a country where most infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged in more than ...
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So it may come as a surprise to learn that the world's first mobile phone call ...
Daily Mail
On April 3 that year Martin Cooper, who was then 44, took a prototype mobile phone for a walk around New York City. Unsurprisingly, the reaction he received from passers-by was one of complete bewilderment. Mr Cooper, now 82, recalled: 'As I walked ...
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Daily Mail
WebSafety Supports California's "Distracted Driving Awareness Month"
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
IRVING, Texas, April 4, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WebSafety, Inc. (OTCBB:WBSI), the leading provider of mobile phone software solutions that are designed to deter distracted driving, applauds the state of California for declaring April "distracted ...
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Gaming goes mobile
Irish Independent
Vautier's idea, however, is that a PlayStation Certified phone stands on its own merits: "it will open up a new market for casual gaming", he says. In a world where the DVD industry is being eclipsed by video games and mobile phones are everywhere, ...
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Irish Independent
Mobile phone app aids farmers in Kenya
UPI.com
Still, he's connected to the rest of the country and the world through his mobile phone. A message alert comes through. Wang'ombe checks his phone, then makes an announcement: "A sack of carrots is going for KSH 2500 ( $31.25) in Nairobi. ...
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AmEx Debuts Mobile Payment System
WalletPop
The innovation would let people who wanted to pay their babysitter, for instance, or a colleague who grabbed them coffee simply by accessing their mobile phone number or email address. Now, American Express has announced a competing peer-to-peer (P2P) ...
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Woman caught stealing mobile
Times of India
As she had to raise three kids, she began stealing mobile phones from residences in Rander area. She sold them in second hand market and earned money. Following mobile thefts, locals started keeping a watch on the movement of suspects and on Sunday, ...
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Theia introduces mobile phone app versions of lens calculator
SecurityInfoWatch
Theia offers smart phone app versions as well as a free online version. For the mobile app, the picture represents the image resolution you can expect from the camera and lens combination. More information on the lens calculators (online and app ...
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SecurityInfoWatch
Mobile Lifeline
Prairie Business
Our mobile phones are no longer phones – they are powerful, micro-computers that happen to have a phone built into them. In many businesses verticals, the value and importance of a smartphone rivals or surpasses the desktop PC. ...
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T-Mobile G2X Retail Packaging Surfaces
TmoNews
That probably includes the T-Mobile G2, which is a variant of the HTC Desire Z. T-mobile's Marketing dept has never done a good job. FYI I see it being $499 full retail price. If you look at all T-Mobile's phones out now on their website, ...
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Feeds For Mobile Phones With Style
acovi
"RSSmachine compliments the other mobile phone tools we're developing." Azalea Software, Inc. released RSSmachine under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0). You are encouraged to edit, tweak, update, improve, mashup, mix, ...
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Mobile Enterprise: Happy Birthday Osborne 1
CMSWire
By Marisa Peacock (@marisacp51) | Apr 4, 2011 Tweet This week we celebrate the anniversary of the mobile phone. But first, we need to locate our phones. Thirty years ago this month, the mobile phone was born. The technology that eventually gave way to ...
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CMSWire
Gemalto and MasterCard agree new contactless payment arrangement
sQuidcard
It will mean that people who are customers of the credit card company can have details such as their account number and PIN sent wirelessly to SIM cards embedded in their mobile phones. They will then be able to use the devices to make contactless ...
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Reportlinker Adds Motion Sensors for Consumer & Mobile applications
PR Newswire (press release)
The inertial sensor market for consumer electronics is growing very quickly due to the fast adoption of accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers in mobile phones, tablets, game stations and laptops. Indeed 20.3% annual growth is expected: from ...
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