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Industrial designer Peter Huvander has created a stylish and eco-friendly phone charger named the Yo Yo. Huvander, who lives in Sweden, wanted to find a sustainable way to charge his iPhone in preparation for the darkness of the Swedish winter. As solar power was not an option, he needed to create an alternative enegry source [...]
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Mobile phone use has been linked to potential health problems such as headaches and cancer for quite some time now, but new research suggests that people should start worrying about another possible side effect – a reduction of sperm quality.
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Nokia have announced the arrival of their new automated kiosks in Malaysia designed to encourage recycling of used mobile phones.
From a recent global survey of 6500 people, Nokia discovered that only 3% recycled their mobile phones, and 50% were completely unaware that their handsets could even be recycled. Hoping to improve these dire statistics, Nokia [...]
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There has been much hype about Google’s entrance into the mobile industry, and we can all get to see what the fuss is about when the G1 ( also known as the Dream) from HTC is officially unveiled next week. Despite of pessimistic predictions, the first phone to feature theGoogle Android operating system is set [...]
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It seems that Chinese mobile phones are now being used as communications tools by terrorists throughout the world. Handsets made by the Chinese do not come provided with any offical International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number which can be used to idenfity individual phones. This makes it extemely difficult to track any suspected terrorist activity [...]
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It looks as though HTC believe that touchscreen phones are the way of the future judging by the announcement of yet another two touch based handsets to their line up. The Touch 3G and Touch Viva will both use the quick TouchFLO navigation system
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The Telegraph had an article on Monday about research done by Powerwatch suggesting a link between mobile phones and brain cancer. Many scientists agree with this claim; many don’t. There are other studies that also suggest a link; there are others that don’t. What’s a mobile phone user to do? Do we pitch our mobile [...]
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A few hundred thousand people in India have already been reminded about the safety of the condom thanks to www.condomcondom.org. On this site, you can listen to and download a ring tone this sings the word condom in an entertaining Indian melody. This public safety communication has a nice ring to it, excuse the pun. [...]
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Online retailer e2save have created a fantastic 3 minute clip documenting the evolution of the mobile phone. The video whisks you on a nostalgic journey back in time to 1985, beginning with the earliest Motorola and Nokia models and finishes with a exciting glimpse into concept phones of the future .
You’re bound to recognise some [...]
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There’s plenty of hype about iPhone and Google’s new Android Project but there’s also anti-hype about the economy. In a scary financial climate, would you pay a few hundred pounds for one of these hand held computers? Are these brainy computer/phones really worth the extra money charged for them?
Consumers world wide seem to think so. [...]
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Make sure you have a quick look at this cool video from a very smart young man called Josef Průša. The 18 year old posted on his blog a video demonstrating how he was able to control a remote control car using nothing but his iPhone. Josef managed to programme the phone with 5 buttons [...]
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A new type of mobile phone payment system, which has been on trial since October last year, reveals that 89% of trial users would be happy to continue using their handsets to pay for various everyday services.
02, one of the UK’s largest mobile phone network operators, teamed up with Nokia, Transport for London (TfL) and [...]
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Sony Ericsson has been attempting to revive their classic T Series handsets with the introduction of the T700, officially know as Sony Ericsson Remi. Promoted as the successor of the classic T610, the T700 is a lightweight and very compact handset which I predict many people will fall for. The phone is just 78mm thick [...]
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If you’re riding on the bus, waiting for a train, or stuck in traffic and want more than regular text messaging then have no fear, BlackBerry and MySpace are here.
You can now access main features of MySpace like messaging on your BlackBerry smartphone. The came out with a similar option in July and it [...]
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