Banned since the contested elections in 2005, SMS has at last been turned back on in Ethiopia in time for their new millennium, on September 14th. During the elections in May 2005, Kinijit used SMS to communicate with its supporters, and following election results being contested, the government closed down parts of the press, blocked…
eTna mobile phone concept plugs into wall-charger, literally
This is definitely an interesting concept, the way concepts were meant to be – an innovative new idea rather than a device packed with the highest-tech out there. The screen of the eTna is small, as is the keypad, and the media keys are huge. But if you look closely, you’ll see a gaping hole…
No surprise here: novelists find a new medium in Japan
When you practically depend on your mobile phone, it doesn’t surprises that you’ll actually start reading novels on it. That’s exactly what young Japanese people are doing nowadays… Apparently amateur writers in the Land of the rising Sun have found a new convenient medium — the so called mobile novel — in which to loose…
Domino’s Pizza expands its mobile ordering system beyond SMS
This isn’t the first time we’re writing about Domino’s Pizza going mobile. Earlier, we wrote about how they’ve enabled pizza ordering by SMS, and now they’re expanding their service with “optimized for mobile” website using which people can order pizza from their mobile phones. At the moment of this writing, nearly 2,500 of Domino’s 5,128…
Text messages from the front
Families of British Merseyside soldiers in Iraq will be sent text messages by the army if the regiment is targeted. The idea is to channel information and to stop the rumors about incidents and possible casualties. If there are casualties then, a casualty notification officer will be asked to go out to the family and…
Playboy launches mobile site – let the celebrations begin
We can’t speak for all mobile fanatics out there, but Playboy’s announcement of their new mobile portal sure gets a thumbs-up from us. If Playboy’s content on your mobile phone sounds interesting, just point your mobile browser to the ad-supported mobile site at Playboy.com. What you’ll see is a mobile-optimized version of the full-fledged website…
Does anyone use AOL anymore?
Seriously. Remember when AOL was “the way” to get on the new-fangled “internet?” Aside from AOL Instant Messenger, we can’t think of anyone in our huge group of friends that still actually uses the AOL web portal. They’ve been losing ground to, well, just about everyone that offers web access. So, what can AOL do…
Food as mobile phone straps
We can’t understand why food is so appealing to manufacturers of mobile phone accessories, but it seems to be par for the course in Asia. These cellphone straps look good enough to eat (which must be why they come with “Do Not Eat” tags), kind of like those sushi (or chocolate) shaped cell phone screen…
Could we have a mobile phone shortage in the near future?
Well, if Matthew Hoffman, an analyst from Cowen Research, is on the money, then yes, the US could be facing a shortage of mobile phones. On the surface, it seems like an unlikely event. We’re seeing handfuls of mobile phones being launched each month, and there seems to be an endless supply of mobile phones.…
Kam Kam Mobile Alert – stuffed animal turned mobile phone accessory
We love mobile phone accessories that subtly notify us of an incoming call – blinking pendants, blinking cups, vibrating wristbands.- it’s the little things that really make us happy. Well, the newest mobile phone accessory to give us a heads-up on incoming calls by wagging its butt-end. The Kam Kam Mobile Alert is basically a…