This is getting ridiculous. I can understand there are some die hard Apple fans out there, but man, this gotta stop somewhere. Just when I thought I’ve seen everything, the iBoard came along. Yap, it’s the iPhone Skateboard, designed for skate folks who really, really, really love their iPhone. The back of the board sports…
Archdiocese of St. Louis to announce new archbishop via SMS
Don’t you love how mobile technology is entering all spheres of our lives? That being said I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the Archdiocese of Saint Louis will use SMS to share news of the naming of a new archbishop, when he is announced. If you’re in the area and/or care to be one…
iSteamPhone – if iPhone was designed by Leonardo da Vinci
iSteamPhone is not a device — it’s an idea, concept, a form of art — designed to show how Leonardo da Vinci would make an iPhone in his days. Not too much is known about the project, except that it’s a work of talented artist Kevin Tong. As a result a poster and a t-shirt…
GeoSIM Global SIM card allows data roaming around the world
Whilst data has been available for sometime on regular SIM cards, it’s relatively new to global, or international SIM cards. No more, thanks to GeoSIM and their GeoSIM Global SIM Card, which is now data enabled! This means that you’ll keep your mobile internet even while you’re travelling, without needing to find a WiFi-enabled place.…
India’s Bharti Airtel to invest $5 billion in mobile services and infrastructure till 2010
Just as we wrote about China’s ambitious plans to invest tons of money in 3G networks, we’ve heard India won’t be on standby as well. As a matter of fact, the country’s leading telecom, Bharti Airtel, plans to invest around $5 billion in mobile services and infrastructure till 2010. According to the telco’s deputy chief…
Nokia to “Come With Music” across Europe in the near future?
Just as we reported Nokia’s “Comes With Music” initiative is heading to Singapore and Australia, we have a new info, suggesting other European countries — except UK which was lucky enough to be the first one to try it out — will get a chance to try out the Finnish giant’s unlimited music downloads scheme,…
China plans to invest more than $58.5 billion on 3G over next 3 years
Three Chinese mobile operators — China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom — plan to invest 400 billion yuan ($58.5 billion) over the next three years to build 3G networks. Of that amount, China Mobile alone will spend 58.8 billion yuan to build about 60,000 TD-SCDMA base stations by the end of this year, when…
iPhone finds use in treating stuttering at Hollins Communications Research Institute
Who says Apple’s iPhone is just for entertainment? Scientists at Hollins Communications Research Institute (HCRI) have completed successful trials using the iPhone as a stuttering therapy tool to “enhance the transfer of new fluency skills from the clinical setting into real-life situations.” From the official release: The iPhone device was programmed at HCRI with a…
Foton R15 apparently neutralizes mobile phone radiation
A Canadian company called CANRUS Ventures has recently introduced a new product in the U.S. and Canada, Foton R15, which attaches to any electronic device and neutralizes their harmful effect on health. As expected, mobile phones because of their frequent use harm us the most, hence the company is pitching the device primarily as a…
“Operation No Kid Hungry” campaign wants your $5 to help end childhood hunger!
Share Our Strength NGO is running a campaign which we want to support. It’s called “Operation No Kid Hungry” and it’s designed to raise funds to help end childhood hunger and encourage Americans to hold food drives. The campaign has already started and it lasts until March 1st. In order to participate, all you have…