Mayo Clinic InTouch Offers Cell Phone Medical Emergency Tools 2007-02-24 02:34:19 Digital Cyclone, a subsidiary of Global Positioning System product maker Garmin, and the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research has developed a cell phone service that provides subscribers with several tools to help them in a medical emergency.Among its offerings, the new service provides first-aid tips, a symptom checker health-related video news alertsnearby emergency and urgent-care facilities.The service called Mayo Clinic
InTouch cost $2.99 a month on Alltel, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless networks and will starting this month. Read more:Cell Phone
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Open Your Door With The GSM-doorbell 2007-02-24 02:16:38 What will they think of next? A company called Waleli has developed the GSM-doorbell
which allows you to remotely open your door/gate/etc. using your mobile phone.The system is build up of 4 parts:An intercomThe GSM-doorbellAn electronic lockA simcard for the GSM-doorbellRing the doorbell (intercom); the intercom signals the GSM-doorbell. The GSM-doorbell rings the number that is displayed. The occupant answers the call and is able to speak to the visitor. By entering a pincode on their mobile phone the occupant is able to open the door. What will they think of next?
Apple and Cisco Call Truce Over "iPhone" Name 2007-02-23 02:02:06 Suprisingly, today Cisco
and Apple
announced that they have resolved their dispute involving the "iPhone
" trademark. A few weeks before Apple announced the iPhone we found out that the name was already taken by Cisco Systems, however Apple still announced the iPhone. Under the agreement, both companies are free to use the "iPhone" trademark on their products throughout the world. Cisco has always maintained since the start of the dispute that it was not about money, even though it stood to profit generously from any settlement.In a joint statement, both companies stated they are free to use the iPhone trademark on their products throughout the world, and each side will dismiss any pending actions regarding the trademark. Additionally, both companies will explore opportunities for interoperability in the areas of security, and consumer and enterprise communications. Other terms of the agreement are confidential. Read more:Truce
Verizon Launches the Palm Treo 700wx Smartphone 2007-02-22 02:00:06 The Palm Treo 700wx smartphone running Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push TechnologyVerizon
Wireless is now available at Verizon Wirless. The Palm Treo 700wx is perhaps the best all around smartphone we’ve ever seen. The first Treo for Sprint with Microsoft Windows Mobile, the Treo 700wx is a breed apart. With the amazing “Today” screen that delivers current information and one click access to key Treo features, ability to synch your email and calendar over the air, Word, Excel and PowerPoint document editing, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, broadband download speeds and Bluetooth, the Treo 700wx represents the latest in mobile technology.HighlightsFirst Treo For Sprint With Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0Amazing Microsoft “Today” Screen Gives You Immediate Access To Current Info and Key Treo FunctionsBluetooth Wireless Technology Read more:Smartphone
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Nokia & Giambattista Valli Craft the Nokia 7373 Special Edition 2007-02-22 01:50:56 Nokia has joined creative forces with talented fashion designer Giambattista Valli to craft the Nokia 7373 SpecialEdition
. For this one-of-a-kind cooperation between a thriving creator of new designs and the pioneer in mobile fashion accessories, Nokia returns to the style capital of Paris during Fashion Week. Here the efforts to fuse fashion with mobility began in 1999 with the introduction of the Nokia 8210. A true fashion phone, the Nokia 7373 Special Edition
combines the splendor of the L'Amour Collection and the trendsetting talent of Giambattista Valli. The Nokia 7373 Special Edition comes in two contemporary colors, both enticingly paired with signature Giambattista Valli phone accessories. The Nokia 7373 Special Edition Powder Pink marries the faded luxury of grand architecture of the L'Amour Collection with Valli's iconic pearl necklace for a strap and a miniature pink skull. This unique set is Valli's interpretation of the contradictory elements of an in Read more:Craft
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Sharp Develops Widescreen Windows PDA EM-One 2007-02-21 01:37:25 Sharp has developed a widescreen Windows
Mobile-based PDA (personal digital assistant) for a new Japanese cellular carrier (EMobile) that will begin service next month. It measures 140 millimeters by 70 millimeters and is 18.9 millimeters thick and weighs 250 grams including the battery pack.The EM-One is compatible with EMobile Co.'s high-speed 3G (third-generation) data service that will launch on March 31 and offer download speeds of up to 3.6Mbps. Also packed into the device is:802.11b/g Wireless LANBluetoothtuner for Japan's mobile digital television broadcastsfull QWERTY keyboard slides out from behind the display for typing and the device also sports a camera, Read more:Sharp Develops
Cisco vs. Apple Over iPhone Name 2007-02-19 01:11:16 What's been going on with Apple
's new iPhone
, you ask? A lot I tell you. After much rumor and anticipation, Apple finally launched the iPhone. However, a few weeks before Apple announced the iPhone we found out that the name was already taken by Cisco
Systems, however Apple still announced the iPhone. Didn't Apple do their homework to first determine if there was a trademark for the iPhone name? According to recent reports, Apple has 1 more week to respond to Cisco Systems Inc.'s trademark infringement lawsuit that threatens to keep Apple from using the iPhone name. The companies had previously agreed to extend the deadline until Thursday night, however, Cisco Systems said Apple has until Wednesday (2/28/07) to respond to the lawsuit filed last month in San Francisco federal court. Cisco, whose Linksys division began shipping a line of iPhones last spring, has said it would allow Apple to use the trademarked name but
T-Mobile Announces Sidekick designed by NBA Superstar Dwyane Wade 2007-02-13 04:25:19 T-Mobile
today announced the T-Mobile Sidekick
III designed
by NBA
superstar Dwyane
Wade, Miami Heat guard and 2006 NBA Finals MVP. Packed with the same technology as the T-Mobile Sidekick 3, the new D-Wade Edition is the latest in a series of T-Mobile's iconic devices. The handset features a crisp white color of Miami's South Beach, the T-Mobile Sidekick 3 D-Wade Edition is paired with tan and copper accents that emulate high-end automobiles. Wade's signature "3" stands out as the only detail in gold, symbolizing the NBA championship trophy. The device also debuts another Sidekick first, a realistic basketball-textured backing for added grip and comfort.According to Dwyane: “My T-Mobile Sidekick is a part of me. I don’t go anywhere without it because it keeps me in touch with the most important people in my life,” said Wade. Read more:Mobile Announces
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Nokia Introduces the Nokia 6110 Navigator 2007-02-13 04:11:35 At the annual 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia
introduced the new Nokia 6110 Navigator
, a navigation-enabled mobile phone designed for the mass market. The Nokia 6110 Navigator brings together GPS (Global Positioning System) and AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) functionality with always-on mobile connectivity in a feature-rich, compact device. The Nokia 6110 Navigator is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2007 with an estimated retail price of €450 before subsidies or taxes. The Nokia 6110 Navigator features full personal navigation experience with integrated maps, routing and navigation available with the click of the phone's one-touch Navigator key. With the Nokia 6110 Navigator, consumers can quickly and easily view their current location on the map, search for destinations, find specific routes, or locate services such as restaurants, hotels or shops that are nearby. Read more:Nokia Introduces
Nokia Patents Cell Phone With Position, Velocity & Direction Sensors 2007-02-25 19:12:59 Nokia was recently granted a patent for a cell phone using orientation sensors to determine what orientation (held upside, on its side or right side up) a phone is in to automatically change the phone labels (keypads and screen information) (read patent). Additionally, the patent states that the phone will have embedded chips to sense velocity and direction when the phone is being moved. The patented features are similar to the popular controller for Nintendo's best-selling Wii videogame device.What is claimed is:"1. A mobile communication terminal having a user interface comprising: a display for showing information, a keypad including a plurality of hard keys, at least one of the hard keys being formed by at least a partially transparent key body that allows objects under the key to be seen through the top of the key, a pair of polarized films mounted, one over the other, for movement relative to one another under the keypad, labels disposed beneath the polarize Read more:Cell Phone
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Nokia Patents Cell Phone With Game Joy Stick 2007-02-25 18:56:54 Nokia recently filed a patent design that features a cell phone with a removable built-in joystick for cell phone gamers (read patent).The invention claimed is:"1. A handheld device comprising: a main body having processor components operatively connected together for performing predetermined functions; a stylus; a ball defining an orifice configured for receiving said stylus; and a socket defined by said main body for rotatably receiving said ball, socket being configured for generating to said main body electrical signals indicative of movement of said ball in response to movement of said stylus, said processor components including pointing device logic for responding to said signals."No word yet from Nokia when this phone may be available. Read more:Cell Phone
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Japanese To Buy Burgers With Cell Phone Electronic Payment 2007-02-27 02:10:04 Today in Japan McDonald and NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced they have agreed to allow customers to buy a big mac using their cell phones. The companies will jointly promote e-marketing based on DoCoMo Osaifu-Keitai™ e-wallet services. The agreement will form a joint company that will plan and manage e-marketing promotions to McDonald's planned membership club, and introduction of DoCoMo's iD™ platform for mobile-phone credit cards and ToruCa™ information-capture service at McDonald's stores.McDonald's plans to establish the membership club by October 2007 to offer enhanced membership services and to strengthen customer loyalty. Members of a current membership club will be invited to join the new club.Mobile services for iD credit-card payments and ToruCa information capture will be introduced in McDonald's stores throughout Japan beginning in October 2007. Read more:Burgers
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Skype Wants FCC To Open Mobile Networks 2007-02-27 02:02:32 Skype Ltd. is asking the U.S.Federal Communications Commission to open up the country's mobile phone industry for "unlocked" devices and third-party applications. Skype is using the precident set back in 1968 by the FCC when telephone companies were forced to allow other companies to sell products that can be added to telephones (i.e., answering machines, wireless phones, caller I.D.) Read more:Mobile
, Skype
Nokia Announced the Nokia E61i 2007-02-27 01:49:04 Nokia has announced the Nokia E61i which is the third new E-Series handset following the Nokia E65 and Nokia E90 Communicator.Targeted for the business consumer, the Nokia E61i allows the user to set up email using the settings wizard, then get easy access to your email at work or away through an extensive range of connection methods: EDGE, 3G*, GPRS and WLAN. You can check your email on the go. Nokia E61i supports Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email and a variety of third-party email solutions: Nokia Intellisync, Mail for Exchange (delivered via Nokia Download! Application), Visto Mobile, BlackBerry Connect, and Good Mobile Messaging (email clients are dependent on operator variant).A direct competitor of BlackBerry, the E61i allows you to open your email inbox quickly using the dedicated email key, get immediate notification of new emails via the LED indicator light, read emails easily, including attachments, on the large, high-resolution screen and view and edit email attachments Read more:Nokia
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Motorola Announcing the Reincarnated StarTACIII 2007-03-01 03:17:31 Motorola, today gave a modern-day twist to an old classic, announcing the launch of StarTACIII in Seoul. A state-of-the-art handset in its own right, StarTACIII is the modern reincarnation of StarTAC, widely recognized as a revolution in mobile technology and design.In recognition of StarTAC’s classic heritage, Motorola is organizing a range of marketing activities around the launch of StarTACIII themed to reflect the ‘Retro Style’ that was popular during the 1960s.Motorola’s StarTACIII naturally retains many of the original aesthetic features that made StarTAC so classic. The new handset will be instantly recognizable by its chic black coloring, specially-developed scratch-resistant façade, shoulders that curve gracefully around the hinge, a smoothly contoured front, and of course the distinctive StarTAC opening chime. Read more:Motorola
AT&T Introduces the Motorola M900 for Homeland Security 2007-03-01 03:07:36 AT&T Inc. today announced the availability of the Motorola
M900, a powerful and durable mobile voice solution that enables state-of-the-art in-vehicle communications ideal for the needs of homeland security and emergency management professionals.The M900, which is available through AT&T's wireless Government sales organization, is a robust, high-performance unit easily installed into service vehicles used by the military, federal, state and local government and emergency management agencies. The unit's physical design, state-of-the-art technology and specially designed vehicle interfaces are dedicated to delivering dependable, easily accessible communication so that homeland security and emergency management professionals can stay connected when carrying out mission-critical tasks.Motorola's M900 delivers extended network coverage over standard portable cell phones through a 2-watt radio frequency (RF) amplification for enhanced connections in urban and remote locat Read more:Homeland
Verizon Launches MediaFlow Cell Phone TV Service 2007-03-03 21:23:01 Verizon Wireless has launched cell phone TV operated by MediaFlo (owned by Qualcomm). Verizon Wireless owned by Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc, announced the $15 a month fee for the service, which includes eight channels broadcasting full-length TV shows 24 hours per day. Recently Cingular announced they have plans to launch MediaFlo cell phone TV service. Mobile video services has been very slow to take off because of high prices and poor quality compared with cable and satellite tv. However, Verizon's cell phone TV had a picture quality that is comparable with home TV and about twice as clear as Verizon Wireless' existing Vcast video service.Currently, approximately 7 million US customers of the 232 million US mobile subscribe to mobile phone TV service.AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless, has plans to launch MediaFlo to its customers later in the year. The first phone to support MediaFlo is the Samsung U620 and is sold for $199 o Read more:Service
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DOT May Restrict Cell Phone Batteries On Airplanes 2007-03-06 02:48:13 Due to a few recent fires among commercial airplanes, the US government is considering new restrictions on how passengers carry lithium batteries used to power laptop computers and cell phones onboard.The Department of Transportation is expected to propose further restrictions later this year after restricting bars of bulk shipments of some lithium batteries on passenger planes. The government is not planning to ban batteries from carry-on luggage, however, new rules may prohibit them from checked bags.According to Bob Richard, deputy chief of the DOT's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration, "We recognize that the American public wants to be able to carry their batteries and electronic equipment aboard aircraft, but we have to weigh the safety issues.....Any fire aboard an aircraft is unacceptable." Read more:Airplanes
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AT&T & Verizon to Offer DVR Programming By Cell Phone 2007-03-07 01:32:04 AT&T and Verizon
just launched the ability for subscribers to remotely program their DVR programming by cell phone. AT&T Inc. subscribers can accomplish this via AT&T's Homezone, a video-on-demand service that AT&T offers with satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications.Starting next week Verizon Wireless and Vodafone Group Plc also will offer its customers to use their phones to program TiVo Inc. digital video recorders remotely. The idea, promised for months, is to better integrate wired and wireless services to encourage customer loyalty amid increased competition from cable providers, which have added telephony to their Web and television services, Read more:Cell Phone
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Nokia & Indiagames To Offer Games to N-Gage Platform 2007-03-07 01:11:04 Nokia and Indiagames, India's leading mobile game publisher, announced recently that Indiagames will be bringing a selection of their mobile game brands to the N-Gage platform in Asia and the rest of the world. Starting in 2007, Nokia's N-Gage platform will allow consumers around the world to easily find, buy, play and manage premium quality mobile games on upcoming Nokia Nseries multimedia computers and other Nokia S60 devices. N-Gage offers a global games platform that includes community features that allow users to easily interact with friends and share gaming experiences - anytime, from anywhere Nokia is working with the world's leading publishers to deliver a broad portfolio of exciting, high quality games. ww.n-gage.com According to Vishal Gondal, CEO, Indiagames, "Working with Nokia on the N-Gage platform is a great opportunity for us to deliver great content for a global audience….We believe in Nokia's vision of making it easy Read more:Games
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