While we all know we shouldn’t send text messages from our mobile phones while driving, some of us keep doing to. Hack, we’ve even seen the poll results suggesting that 89% of American want to ban SMS behind the wheel, yet 66% of them have done it. On the other side of the pond, UK…
Iceland goes 3G
I wasn’t aware that some country in the Western (or that’s north) Europe doesn’t have a 3G network. Even most of the non-EU countries in Europe have 3G networks… Anyway, Icelandic telecom company Síminn has finally decided to move its subscribers to the age of modern mobile communications with their launch of the country’s first…
Don’t try this at home – natural handsfree concept
Although this handsfree concept is basically free, you’ll still have to experience lots of pain while getting used to it. Not to mention the overall deformation of your ear — then again, it seems worth it for some people. Don’t know about you, bu I’m sticking with Bluetooth headsets… Make sure to check out the…
Cellphone usage rising in Afghanistan
Things are slowly getting back to normal in the country devastated by the war. One indicator is that more and more people are using cellphones. According to USA Today, about 150,000 Afghans subscribe to cellphone service each month, with country’s communications minister even adding there’s “no end in sight” to the growth. Nowadays, around 12%…
Rumor SMS creates panic in India
While I doubt the following practice is 100% legal, apparently you can make tons of money by creating a panic on the stock market with your cell phone. All you have to do is send hundreds if not thousands of text messages with information about a major change in government policy and watch the stocks…
Palm Island in the Carribean bans mobiles on beach
Now, I can understand governments are banning officials to use mobile phones at the cabinet meetings, but banning the mobile phone usage on a beach just doesn’t make much sense. It’s not a spa, people are heading to beach for different reasons – why would someone ban you from using your phone? Privacy of other…
Taliban tapping into soldiers’ cell phones
We hate to admit, but just like with any other piece of technology, mobile phones could be used for evil purposes. Apparently, Taliban have been tapping into soldiers’ cell phones to make prank calls to their families. The wife of a British air force officer got a phone call in the middle of the night…
32 GB SDHC memory card announced; Available in January
You may think this is not related to mobile phones, as in most cases they use microSD cards. However, bare in mind this is another barrier broken, hence we can expect to see the microSD versions to follow pretty soon. Also, some other mobile devices like the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet use SDHC memory cards,…
Counting owls with mobile phones
We all know mobile phones are getting better and smarter today. However, I’m sure not many of us realized they could be used for counting animals. Apparently, researchers at MIT are using mobile phones to keep more accurate counts of owls. The idea is to place mobile phones around the forest and “call owls” from…
Ohio teenager sends SMS text message while walking, gets hit by train – seriously
Um, we’re kind of at a loss for words. Well, not really, but this is one hilarious/unfortunate/ridiculous situation. You see, there’s this teenager in Cincinnati, Ohio that thought it would be a good idea to concentrate more on tapping out an SMS text message than looking for oncoming trains as he walked over some train…