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The ever needed (due to both regulation and your own safety) stop texting while driving service tXtBlocker will be offered by Best Buy starting this October. The electronics chain will sell the service to Android and BlackBerry smartphone owners across its retail network, helping keep the roads safer. iPhone support, in case you wonder, is announced for the early 2011.
If you’re not familiar with tXtBlocker, you should know that it basically limits phone functions above 15 mph and disables texting and web browsing. While you’re driving, the app/service will limit phone calls to predefined SafeList contacts and 911. Moreover, it will send an automatic message to incoming texts and calls, letting others know that it is not safe to send a text or return a call because you are driving and you will reply when able.
In addition, there’s an option to setup No-Cell Zones around schools or offices (to manage phone use by location and on a schedule), as well as the ability to view the phone’s location on a map.
Finally, if you hate waiting for the Best Buy launch, you can always sign-up for tXtBlocker from their website.
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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.
