Archive for the ‘Cellular’ Category
Friday, July 18th, 2008
Unfortunately, cell phone etiquette is not the kind of thing that a student learns in high school—although, with the number of teenagers using portable phones, it might not be a bad idea to hold cell phone etiquette classes in school. Increasingly, store owners, restaurant servers, and ordinary customers are complaining ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
I Just wanted to take the time to recognize the anniversary of the first cell phone call. It was 35 years ago that Martin Cooper made the first cell phone call to his rival Bell Labs.
The phone he used was the big and ugly Motorola DynaTAC. This phone was ...
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
Image from WikipediaDeutsche Telekom / T-Mobile notifies Engadget that they have exclusive rights to the color magenta. Ok, I have heard of companies claiming rights to words and images, but never a color. T-Mobile also uses gray in their logo, so does that mean no one can use that color ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
Creating a wifi hotspot with your 3G/wifi enabled cell phone seems to be a developing trend. TapRoot Systems this week introduced its walkinghotspot application. You probably are aware of a similar application, JoikuSpot, which has been on the seen for a while. Both applications allow you to ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Mob4Hire Launches in Beta
How would you like to test new mobile applications? Sound interesting? Well, A new company called Mob4Hire is using crowd sourcing to help mobile developers test new mobile applications. New projects are listed on the site along with eligible cell phones.
They do not seem to have a ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Source: Wikipedia
In just 15 to 2o years from now, Martin Cooper believes we will have wireless devices embedded in our bodies for diagnosing a curing illnesses. The power for these devices would come from our bodies. It all sounds a bit sci-fi to me, but who had any idea that ...
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