With Apple having kicked off their ringtone making service through iTunes today, many iPhone owners out there will opt to make their own ringtones for free. Choosing to save a buck or two on every ringtone sounds pretty enticing, but it comes with one caveat – you have to do a little renaming of the…
Mobile phone use makes you retarded – but more focused
That’s it. How many mobile phone studies are we going to have to read about? Seriously, our mobile phones are starting to scare the beejeebus out of us. The latest study indicates that prolonged mobile phone use can lead to “slowed brain function,” but will also interestingly lead to “better focused attention.” The study, published…
iTunes Music Store starts to offer ringtone-compatible songs – Ringtone service is now live
Apple has gone live with their iTunes ringtone-making service today. Songs have started to pop up in the iTunes Music Store with that telltale icon indicating that the song is eligible to be converted into a ringtone through iTunes (of course). Again, the iTunes ringtone service will cost you another $1 on top of your…
E! launches “E! News Now” for mobile phones
E! has gone mobile! They’ve launch their “E! News Now” web series for mobile phones! Ok, enough with the exclamatory punctuation! Seriously! The Entertainment Channel debuted their E! News Now web series on August 27 and is publishing at least 12 original, short-form news clips each day. The one to two minute-long news clips will…
iTunes updates to version 7.4.1
iTunes 7.4 has barely been out long enough for people to get used to the idea of iTunes-compatible ringtones for our iPhones. Now we’re already working with iTunes version 7.4.1. So, what’s different? Not much, apparently. Aside from the fact that any previously home-made ringtones that you uploaded using that slick .m4r file-renaming-workaround are now…
eBay goes mobile in the UK
Don’t you just hate it when you have to run out for that hot date and leave your eBay bid on that unlocked mobile phone unattended? Those few hours spent trying to get in good with the opposite sex can really leave your bid open to a last minute snipe-attack. Well, eBay UK feels your…
LG KE970 Shine Gold Edition
We like shiny phones, they’re just so pretty. But, we’re not big fans of phones that sport the “Gold” look, they just don’t look right. Nevertheless, there are probably plenty of people out there that actually like the gaudiness of a shiny, gold-colored handset. For all the gold-lovers out there, LG has come out with…
Cell phones are not dangerous to bees?
Ok, here goes another round of “cell phones are dangerous/not dangerous.” While mobile phones may still be able to affect hearing loss, cancer, and hospital equipment malfunction, it seems that the radiation from mobile phones is not responsible for killing honey bees. The Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) that has killed 50-90% of commercially farmed bee…
Apple considering bid on upcoming 700Mhz frequency spectrum?
Wow, all the big-hitters are getting in the game. What game are we talking about? Well, the game that would have Google and Apple battling it out over the rights to a slice of the radio spectrum that we like to call the 700Mhz spectrum. The upcoming FCC auction has sparked interest from all manner…
The real Beyonce Phone – hilarious mockup
Now that‘s what we call a Beyonce phone. The phone carries the namesake of the curvaceous singer and this mockup pays hilarious homage to those curves. We’re going to refrain from snarky comments about this phone being “Bootylicious,” but look at the backside. That cord looks like a dingle-berry or some sort of mobile-phone backdoor…