Just a quick post on a handset that isn’t especially new (i.e. it’s been visible on the interweb for a little while), but has suddenly popped on to the radar of a number of UK phone-vending websites! This beast amongst phones is the JCB Toughphone, which is actually the Sonim XP1 ruggedised phone under another…
Microsoft bids for Yahoo!
Microsoft has put a cash and shares bid on the table for Yahoo!, which values it at…….wait for it……ready…… $44.6bn! With Google being the Gorilla of internet companies right now, clearly Microsoft thinks that acquiring Yahoo! would bolster their position. Apparently the Yahoo! board is currently considering the offering. I wonder if that conversation went…
Cellphone blamed for Ghana man’s death
This isn’t just another exploding cellphone story. We’re used to hearing stories of exploding batteries and mobile phones going up in flames, but this is the first time we’ve heard of a mobile phone electrocuting its user. The Modern Ghana reports that a man was recently killed when his mobile phone sent a jolt of…
5 of Japan’s top 10 selling books started out on Mobile…
… and that’s not all – books sold on Mobile generated 82 million dollars annually! It’s the first stat that amazes me though – it turns the concept of books, and how we consume them on their head (not that reading a book whilst on your head is an enjoyable experience). The whole delivery model…
Video: Why doesn’t T9 offer potty mouth adult words?
Watch, then laugh:
Celebrity autograph wallpapers!!
So here’s the latest thing, from Mobile Fun – celebrity autograph wallpapers! Yes, you can personalise your home screen now with the signature of a famous person! Currently all those famous people are long dead, but Mobile Fun reckon there is mileage here to get (a)live celebrities in on the act. The autographs are copy-protected,…
Off Topic Video: Party animal has no remorse, balls of steel
Party animals are a special breed. They stay up all night and ignore the rules of law, yet they manage to function as a productive member of society regardless of the blood alcohol content measured upon waking up. I thought I was a wild child, then I saw this video. Ladies and gentleman I give…
Brief: Must read article about the American wireless space and the iPhone
Wired posted an epic piece about the development of the iPhone in the context of the things Apple had to do to break the mold of preventing phone manufactures from making a name for themselves in the colonies (America). If you ever wanted to know why Europeans laugh at the states and their mobile phones…
Anyone else experience SMS text messaging delays at midnight?
And by midnight, we mean the approximate time of your particular time-zone’s “New Year” crossover. It seems that, with SMS text messaging volume hitting new highs, the volume of mobile-based messages from texters sending out “New Year” tidings and cheer caused something of a system-overload. We found that text messages failed to send, or took…
Brief: Megapixel Madness
I get a lot of emails asking me if Nokia’s next flagship will have 6, 7 or 8 megapixels and when I tell people that the number is irrelevant they like to call me silly little names. When you get a chance read this article called Megapixel Madness and find out why that is. It…