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Did you know that the first smartphone was introduced at Comdex twenty years ago this week? The phone to hold that illustrious title as the world’s first smartphone is the Simon Personal Communicator from IBM. Introduced on November 23, 1992 as a prototype, the Simon was the first cellular phone to combine telephone and PDA features…
Portfolio manager Nigel Parsons, who hid an iPhone in work showers to watch women colleagues undressing, faces jail. The 34-year-old finance boss set up the handset in a bathroom at top investment firm Bestinvest in Chesterfield Gardens, Mayfair to record footage of workmates in February this year. He was found out when a colleague spotted…
Every so often, we come across a project on Kickstarter that gets us excited. Today, I was tipped to check out Jorno, a Bluetooth keyboard that folds up so that it fits in your palm for easy portability. For writers, enterprise users, and students, a keyboard is an essential accessory for a tablet or smartphone,…
Every so often, something comes up that makes me extremely happy to live in Minnesota. Today is one of those days. This Saturday, the city of Roseville has invited the Guinness World Record people to witness the city’s attempt to break the world record for the most simultaneous mobile gamers in one location. The city…
Facebook has re-built their iOS App from the ground up. Their developers went back to the drawing board to figure out how to trim of any excess code, features, and anything that might slow down its performance. The Facebook App, while still largely successful, has always been a little bit slow. Page takes too long…
IntoMobile is taking a look at the iFit-1 Portable Rechargeable Smartphone Speaker from Satechi. The iFit-1 is a sleek, portable device that sports 6 hours worth of playback from its lithium rechargeable battery. It’s charged via a mini-usb cable included in the package that can be connected to your laptop, computer, or any USB plug.…
There’s no question we’re all overly dependent on our smartphones. If you use your smartphone on a daily basis (which you probably do) and you say that you aren’t dependent on it, you are just flat out lying to yourself. Well just in case we wanted all the specifics on just how obsessed we are…
Seattle will soon become the third US city to adopt a pay by phone parking system for its city streets. According to a report in the Puget Sound Business Journal, the city is contracting with Canadian company PayByPhone to offer the new mobile payment service for its residents. Instead of fishing for coins to drop…
FixYa is a common online Q&A destination for finding a solution to a problem you might be having with just about any gadget: phones, cameras, computers, cars, appliances, etc. Now it’s wisely launching an HTML5-based mobile web app so if you have a quick issue while you’re out, you can quickly load up FixYa to…
There you are shopping in a mobile phone store. You want a Nokia Lumia 900 and now you are presented with a decision: which color to get. You end up picking one without looking too much into it and happily walk out of the store with your new phone. What you don’t know is that…