It looks like wildlife officials in the Indian state of Gujarat have devised an ingenious way to help control the leopard population. Leopards often wander into villages in search of food (cows, goats, etc.) and sometimes end up attacking people. Until recently, officials would lure the big cats out of the villages with live-bait lures…
$6 million in Vertu Phones stolen from delivery truck
BBC is reporting that a thieving quartet used their Suburu to run a Vertu delivery truck off the road and steal £3m (about $6,000,000) worth of shiny new Vertu mobile phones. The heist went down on the M3, near Farnborough, Hampshire this past Wednesday. Police chased down the Suburu and apprehended two of the theives,…
Apple iPhone release date confirmed – iPhone Launches June 29!!
The Apple iPhone’s launch date has been (finally!) confirmed! Apple’s own web-ad and TV commercial nail down the release date for a June 29 launch! We just wet our collective underpants, a little. After rumor upon rumor about the hottest device launch in recent memory, we can confidently tell you that you have 25 days…
CECT P168 – Another Apple iPhone Clone
With the launch of the real Apple iPhone drawing near, buzz around the hot new device is growing louder and louder. In the hopes of riding the iPhone’s media-wake, Chinese manufacturer CECT has released the P168 iPhone clone. The phone copies the iPhone’s wallpaper, startup images (Mac OS), and even the metal-framed 3.5 inch touchscreen.…
Akustika AKU2103 – World’s First High Definition Digital Microphone
Akustica has introduced their AKU2103 digital microphone for High-Definition audio on mobile devices. The AKU2103 is a digital-output microphone with a guaranteed wideband frequency response. It is the first digital microphone to guarantee compliance with the TIA-920 audio performance requirement for wideband transmission in applications such as Voiceover-Internet Protocol (VoIP) The new microphone is impervious…
O2 to get new GPS Smartphone – Arima ‘Flame’
Digitimes got the scoop on O2’s next GPS smartphone. Apparently, the European GSM carrier hit up Taiwan-based Arima Corporation for 100,000 of some new GPS smartphone. The order comes on the heels of Arima’s recent release of the Arima “Flame.” The super-high end (read: crazy expensive) Flame rocks out with dual-processors, 2GB of built-in memory,…
Rumor: Sony Ericsson phones might be “shaking” things up with S-series phones
A little birdie just told us that some upcoming Sony Ericsson phones could feature a new “shaker” feature. The shaking feature will be coupled to the music player – allowing you to control your tunes with a shake of the phone. Forward shakes skip to the next track, backward shakes will go back to the…
Anycall Mini Skirt – Samsung’s SCH-C220 for Chics
Samsung has released their SCH-C220 Anycall Mini Skirt. No, we’re not making up that slightly chauvinistic moniker, that’s all Smasung’s doing. The Samsung SCH-C220 Anycall is a new slider, available in white, garnet red, and sapphire blue, for mini-skirt-wearing Koreans. Samsung has endowed this SCH-C220 Anycall Mini Skirt, “chic phone,” with Bluetooth, Mp3 Player, 2MP…
China pushes Universal Cell Phone Chargers on Citizens
When you are the most populous nation in the world, trash is a big issue – especially refuse that could be prevented. Apparently, the trashing of old and unused cell phone accessories, like phone chargers, is a big enough problem for the Chinese government to consider enforcing a “Universal Phone Charger” standard. The ruling is…
Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs seeks revenue from Cell Phone Signals
In an unprecedented move by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, the Manitoba tribe is seeking payment for cell phone signals that pass over the Manitoba’s land. This is a complicated matter, to say the least, as it involves Aboriginal, property, and communications law. The Chiefs claim that since the Manitoba tribe claims sovereignty over its…