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City authorities in Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK are introducing intelligent, SIM card equipped car-park ticket machines that can automatically text for help if anyone attempts to break into or damage them. In addition, 150 of these machines can also automatically request a service if they malfunction and, if full, will call for their money boxes to be emptied.
In order to support the new ticketing machines, the city is also establishing a 24-hour control centre in Bristol and a new parking information centre in Eastbourne.
Again, it’s nice to see the mobile technology getting new and somewhat unexpected uses in our everyday’s lives…
[Via: textually.org]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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