Even though mobile penetration in Hungary is currently running at around 108% according to data from TeleGeography as of June 30, 2008 – 20% of the country’s population still do not own a mobile phone. At the moment, three operators are ruling Hungary — T-Mobile, Vodafone and Telenor-owned Pannon — and since price competition between…
Deals: Unlocked phones on Amazon at great prices!
If you’ve been looking to get yourself a new phone without signing any contracts now may be the right time to do so. Amazon is full of such deals, which don’t require any commitment on your side. Simple pay the sticker price and forget about any carrier agreements. Here’s what we’ve found: Motorola L6 Candybar…
Taliban Orders Daytime Shutdown of Mobile Phone Networks
The Taliban have ordered mobile operators in Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul to shut down their networks during the daytime. They are concerned that the networks are being used to track the movements of Taliban fighters. I’m not surprised to hear this news. Earlier in the year they had ordered networks to shut down during…
Canada’s Bell dealers sue the carrier for “abusive, arbitrary” business practices
Canada’s Bell Mobility independent retailers, which represent 80% of Bell stores, are suing the mobile operator alleging “abusive, arbitrary” business practices. According to Doris Ronca, President of Independent Communications Dealer Association of Canada (ICDAC) and owner of two Bell World stores, “Years of Bell’s mismanagement has resulted in losing customer and investor brand loyalty and…
DriveAssist prevents mobile phone chatting while driving
Aegis Mobility’s DriveAssist is a neat software designed to help people drive safer. The idea behind it is quite simple – detect when you’re driving and don’t let the phone be used. If you happen to receive a phone call during the ride, the software informs the caller that you’re driving and presents choices from…
Japanese talked on mobiles for 1.899 billion hours during last year
So far we’ve published several articles dealing with impressive numbers from China. Sure the “world’s fastest growing economy” has more subscribers than whole of Europe, but what about its high-tech island-neighbour? Well, Japanese are known to be quite tech savvy so we were not surprised to learn that they’ve spent 1.899 billion hours talking on…
Block ads in Safari on your jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch
Annoyed by ads on your iPhone/iPod Touch? Well I am and I’m guessing many of our readers also hate to browse through advertising to reach the actual content. For desktop computers there are a number of solutions to remove ads — not that we suggest using them, after all we make our living from advertising.…
Send Sarah Palin an SMS via digital billboard
Clever folks from California’s Democratic Party has rented a digital billboard across from the Sarah Palin rally at LA’s Home Depot Center, to allow people to text questions which will be displayed on the board. Asking the Republican vice-presidential candidate question is easy. Simply text keyword ASK and then question to 69866. One of the…
EU directive could force Apple to change iPhone battery design
The European Union is considering a law that will effectively force handset makers to make phone batteries be easily replaceable. The so called “New Batteries Directive” would require manufacturers to make such devices where batteries are replaced either by sliding off the cover or removing a couple of screws. The idea behind the directive is…
Japanese firm to enter Guinness book of records with the world’s longest ringtone
If this isn’t coming from Japan we would call it plain weird. But we know that people there already read novels and comic books, pay their bills and do much more on their mobile phones. However, we were kinda surprised that a company from the “Land of the rising Sun” is trying to get its…