Proving the power of viral video, I was sent a video the other day of an old Jay Leno show – where morse code sending was placed head-to-head against (speed) texting!Now you may have seen this video before, in which case you are not going to find this post very interesting – but, if you…
Orange’s doggie collar packing some serious tech!
Orange, and a company called Retrieva have launched an anti-theft doggie collar – and it’s packing tech – GPS, GSM and radio frequency apparently! There’s also some “pet-inpenetrable” waterproofing (yep, need that in case your dog likes the water), and an alert in case someone tries to remove/damage the collar – I was thinking an…
Follow-up: Which camera phone is in the ‘camera phone’ video?
So I wrote earlier about the hot new track from The Game and Ne-Yo – “Camera Phone” ….. But for 10 IntoMobile Bonus Points, can you name ALL OF the Mobiles that appear in the video (hint: there are at least three devices I spotted…..) Interestingly it doesn’t look like an exercise of product placement…
NetLingo: the “meeting specialist”
NetLingo, apart from being one of my fave online sites, never fails to amuse me – it’s one-a-day tech phrases emails always have a comedy caper in them!This time it’s the turn of the meeting specialist – a he or she that spends more time going to meetings than doing actual work! Actually I would…
Ericsson to build commercial 4G network for TeliaSonera
Ericsson and TeliaSonera today announced the signing of a commercial LTE network. The roll-out of the 4G mobile broadband network will offer the highest data rates ever realized, with the best interactivity and quality. This network will cover Sweden’s capital Stockholm and the contract is Ericsson’s first for commercial deployment of LTE. Your friends on…
Are mega-cash Mobiles going to sell in this economic climate?
Well we’ve seen a monster of an expensive device appear in the last month or so – the Motorola Aura. It’s somewhere between £1300-£1600 in the UK at the moment, and that is one good-size kick in your wallet. But my question is at the moment, is anyone able (apart from Football players) to buy…
Expansys Friday Deals for 16/1/09: time-sensitive!
(Note: this post contains link to offers only valid from 11am-4pm on Friday 16th January) Yep, all those UK readers are in luck if you fancy deal-hunting tomorrow, Friday 16th January! One of my face online tech retailers, Expansys, have some CRACKING deals on! You want a Nokia E63 smartphone for £179.99? Done. You want…
Mobile Music: Ben’s Recommendations this week
OK so perhaps the start of a new thread of posts for me – but there is such a HUGE amount of good music for your mobile out there right now, I figured it would be worth highlighting some tracks that are currently playing on my iPhone, and which I bought through iTunes. Of course,…
The Game & Ne-Yo: Camera Phone!
We often find mobiles product-placed in music videos and mooveez, but this time the song is about one! Check out “The Game” and “Ne-Yo”‘s current track “Camera Phone” ….. an awesome mix of Ne-Yo’s Silky RnB, and The Game’s trademark hard vocal delivery. Produced by JR Rotem, the track is on my playlist this month…
UK: Kodak HD Pocket Camcorder due soonish…
You may remember I posted about the Kodak Zi6 Pocket Camcorder not so very long ago – well now it’s got a little brother, the ZX1. There seem to be some design changes, including: * weather-resistant hardware * new UI * larger screen * looks nicer There isn’t too much else in the way of…