A chain text message is bombarding Kuwaiti mobile phones, calling on Kuwaiti youths to “boycott coffee shops, malls, shopping complexes, restaurants and even co-ops to fight price inflation on March 6.” Same message lives in email inboxes around the country. The author of the message wrote: “Let us all see the result if we stay…
Charity Living Streets wraps London’s lampposts to protect pedestrians
Just as we’ve posted that 6 million people were hurt while texting and talking in UK last year, we found out London is in the midst of trialing padded lampposts to protect inattentive pedestrians. A pilot scheme has been launched in Brick Lane after it was found to have the highest number of “walking and…
Mitsubishi Electric to terminate mobile handset business
Mitsubishi Electric decided to close its handset business. Now you may haven’t seen a single Mitsubishi-made phone in your life — I’ve seen some of the early GSM models and they sucked big time — but you would surprised to know what kind of high-end phones they’ve been making for the Japanese market. That being…
UK: Last year 6 million people hurt while texting and talking
Suddenly that UK law that could get you 2 years in jail for texting while driving makes sense — and this is not to say we support texting while driving, it’s just this seems kinda too harsh. According to a new study by phone directory service 118118, last year 6 million people in Britain were…
Garmin sued over Nuviphone name
Garmin can only hope their “phone story” will be somewhat similar with Apple’s. So far, they seem on the right track. Not that people are vowed with the Nuviphone as they were with the iPhone, it’s the lawsuit that makes the Nuviphone and iPhone similar. Cisco owns the iPhone name, and now other company has…
No-key Nokia X-SIM unlocks Nokia phones to work on any network; Warranty stays intact
Here’s a neat solution for unlocking a number of Nokia phones which doesn’t require any software-based hacking. Rather, similar to iPhone unlocking solution – TurboSIM, the No-key Nokia X-SIM uses (actually it is) a special SIM card that unlocks the phone to work on any network. The working theory of the X-SIM is that each…
Russian presidential election results to be available through SMS
I’m quite sure Putin-endorsed candidate, Dmitry Medvedev, will win the upcoming presidential elections in Russia, but if you want to follow results — even if it’s just for the stats — you will be able to get them via SMS. In order to do so, all you have to do is send request to number…
EFE launches special news service to offer Spanish election coverage via mobiles
Spain’s international news agency EFE launched a special news service to cover the country’s general elections over mobile phones. Customers of all major mobile operators in the country — including Telefonica’s Movistar, Vodafone and Orange — will be able to get the most important news about the electoral campaign right on their mobile phone, wherever…
Mobile phones coming to Pyongyang, North Korea
People in Pyongyang, North Korea will finally be able to use mobile phones in the country’s capital. According to The Tokyo Shimbun, the ban on the use of mobile phones will be lifted in April in Pyongyang, and we guess/hope other cities will also get the coverage in the near future. Earlier in January, we…
NASA plans to bring mobile phones to the Moon
You’ve probably already heard about NASA plans to build a Moon base at the south pole of the lunar satellite in 2020. They’ll also need to provide astronauts with some communications equipment to allow them to communicate between themselves, as well as to keep in touch with NASA’s HQ and their loved ones on Earth.…