You can always count on Virgin Mobile to come up with new and wacky ways of generating hype and attention. This little tidbit is no different. Virgin Mobile has said ‘kiss bad breath goodbye’ with their new service: The Stink-a-lyzer. From Virgin Mobile: Studies show the number of one night stands and successful job interviews…
NetLingo: Webtop
Yep, my fave tech-terms site (NetLingo) is at it again, coming up with a great phrase for the recent disassociation between applications and presentation logic: webtop The name for a desktop that can be accessed from a remote location via a Web browser. Quite pertinent too I thought, what with the advent of applications that…
NetLingo: blended networking
Those of you who read IntoMobile regularly will know I post NetLingo‘s excellent Tech Jargon phrases from time to time – today we have the wonder of blended networking: A form of social networking that combines life both offline and online. The latest trend for social networks on the Internet is becoming more focused on…
FOTA Take on “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”
Now here’s some good marketing. Red Bend, creator of an over-the-air firmware updating solution, have bastardized Paul Simon’s classic “50 Ways to Lose Your Lover” to suit their own nefarious purposes. To be fair, “Nifty Way to Get an Upgrade” is pretty clever. Here’s a sampling from the chorus: Don’t take the phone back, Jack…
Video: BlackBerry Pearl Has ‘Mystical’ Powers!
Time for a little weekend fun. In a post from BlackBerryBlast, a BlackBerry Pearl user posted this very interesting video. It seems as though his/her Pearl is up to some funky tricks. The device in question is a refurbished BlackBerry Pearl… I’ll let the user describe what is going on: “My Pearl is about 2…
What the ‘Bleep’ is This New Device Coming to Canadian Mobile Junkies?
Coming from a manufacturer that wishes to remain anonymous at this point, I’ve received a video that challenges you to guess ‘what the bleep’ a certain mystery device is. Check out the video above and you’ll get the point. The new device will be launched in Canada in the near future, and while I have…
Visor Shields BlackBerry from Sunlight, Prying Eyes, Practicality
For those times when you need to make it painfully obvious that you don’t want the guy beside you on the bus reading your e-mails, or when you’re on some remote Caribbean island trying to pretend to do some work, but that dang glare keeps stopping you, the Mobile Visor is there to cover your…
RIM Builds BlackBerry Site to Help us ‘Vote Earth’ During ‘Earth Hour’
Heard of ‘Earth Hour’? It’s an event that takes place for one hour (8:30 – 9:30 PM) on March 28th 2009. So what is ‘Earth Hour’? Well it all began in Australia in 2007: Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In…
What are strangest names for a phone you’ve heard?
I was wondering down a local road the other day, and came across a dry cleaners – the name stuck in my mind because it was one of those strange ones where you think perhaps it might have been ill-conceived…. So the name was “Stains Dry Cleaners”…..! You can see what they have done there…
Now THIS is a thumb drive
Actually, this particular USB flash-drive might better be called the “ring-finger-drive.” A Finnish man has redefined what it means to carry around a “thumb drive” with you wherever you go. It may not be 100% mobile, but this particular find is too geeky-cool to pass up. The Finn, whose hand is pictured here, lost his…