Don’t look down. Don’t lick the frozen flag pole. Don’t, under any circumstances, push that RED button. What is the very first thing you do when someone tells you not to do something? Well, you do it, of course. It’s okay, we do too. That’s why we love this little “Self-Destruct Button” cell phone charm.…
New York: Hey Steve Jobs, make the iPhone more consumer friendly – we’re not liking that $80 battery replacement fee!
Well, someone had to officially say. Following on that retarded poor, misguided guy’s class-action lawsuit over the iPhone’s sealed battery, New York State’s Consumer Protection Board has officially put in their two-cents on the iPhone’s fleecing of America. The organization took issue with the additional costs associated with owning an iPhone, and sent Stevie a…
Surgeons complete emergency appendix surgery by cellphone light
Remember that Ericsson commercial where soccer fans lit up a blacked-out stadium with their green cell phone backlights? Well, we do and this story just brought that memory back. Reuters is reporting that a July 21 blackout caused the lights to go out in Villa Mercedes in San Luis, Argentina. The town’s hospital was performing…
EU considers oppening up 2G spectrum for 3G networks
The European Commission plans to remove limits on how mobile operators can use their networks by scrapping the now outdated 1987 EU directive that restricts access to lower band (900Mhz) of the radio spectrum to traditional mobile communications. The idea behind this is to allow carriers to use their existing 2G networks to run the…
Hilarious accelerator-based Macbook game makes you look crazy – Tilt Scream Pong
This one’s a bit off topic, but if you’ve got a Powerbook, iBook, MacBook or MacBook Pro, then we’re sure you’ll get a kick out of Tilt Scream Pong. The game takes advantage of your Mac’s accelerometers and microphone to control the “Pong” paddle. Tilt your lappie to move the paddle, scream to enlarge it…
Save your mobile phones’s battery while your searching the web – Blackle is the power-saving Google
Forget Qualcomm’s battery-saving tech patents for 3G chipsets, we’ve got a better, home-grown tech to save your mobile phone’s electrical juice. Next time you’re surfing the web and you find the need to hit up Google, try Blackle instead. Yea, we know, Google is the end-all-be-all for internet search, but Google’s all-white background can be…
British teen sentenced to prison in fatal SMS texting while driving case
As if to put the icing on the New York senator’s SMS text-message-ban cake, a UK Judge sentenced 19 year old Brit Rachel Begg to four years of hard time for rear-ending 64 year o ld Maureen Waites and subsequently killing her. The case would normally seem like an extremely unfortunate accident, except the cause…
Best Buy gives Amp’d Mobile the boot
Amp’d Mobile barely announced their looming service termination and Best Buy is already taking their shots at the now-defunct MVNO. Basically kicking them in the ribs as they lay dying on the pavement, Best Buy sent out notifications to employees declaring July 20th the end of Amp’d Mobile’s relationship with Best Buy – and that…
New York senator wants to ban SMS text messaging while driving
Washington State has already banned texting while driving, and we knew it was only a matter of time before the legislation trickled into other states’ lawbooks. Apparently, New York senator Carl, Marcellino is pushing to have SMS text messages banned while driving. The move follows the recent deaths of five kids in texting-while-driving related accidents.…
Amp’d Mobile to shut down on Tuesday
It’s been a long and slow death for Amp’d Mobile. It seems that the inevitable has finally happened – Amp’d will be shutting off service on Tuesday, at midnight. The Amp’d website details the options left to customers still on amp’d dead network. You can port your number, even on prepaid plans, but you only…