Mobile
Call it a ’sub-subnotebook.’ New ‘PC’ is small as a cell phone!
Oct 22nd
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — IMOVIO launched today a smaller alternative to a subnotebook — much smaller. The new iKIT is about the size of a PDA from ten years ago, but has a QWERTY keyboard and connects to the Internet at 3G speeds via your cell phone or Wi-Fi.
The $175 Linux-based system has a Webcam built in, as well as a range of applications, including Web browsing, e-mail and IM.
It can connect to the Internet using a standard Wi-Fi connection, or it can use your cell phone’s mobile broadband connection via Bluetooth.
The company is currently pitching it to mobile network More >
Mobile phones really do up brain cancer risk
Oct 17th
It’s official: mobile phones do raise the risk of brain cancer, claim boffins.
According to the experts, the chances of developing a malignant tumour are “significantly increased” for people who use a mobile for ten years.
The shocking finding is the result of the biggest ever study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organisation.
The experts found a type of brain tumour called glioma is more likely in long-term mobile users.
French experts analysed data from 13 countries, including Britain.
Although researchers admit the cause is unknown, but according to them radiation from handsets could be the trigger.
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Doctors warn of rash from mobile phone use
Oct 17th
LONDON (Reuters) – Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people’s ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of Dermatologists said on Thursday.
Citing published studies, the group said a red or itchy rash, known as “mobile phone dermatitis”, affects people who develop an allergic reaction to the nickel surface on mobile phones after spending long periods of time on the devices.
“It is worth doctors bearing this condition in mind if they see a patient with a rash on the cheek or ear that cannot otherwise be More >
Mobile phone towers and health hazards
Oct 16th
Towering hazards
The science has already warned us in strong terms that mobile phone has adverse effect on our health for its emission of electro-magnetic radiation each time we receive a call signal. Just imagine if one single unit of mobile set can cause bad effect on our health in due course of time, then what would be the consequence of bombardment of signal impulses which lead to ceaseless emission of electromagnetic radiation in greater density by transmitting towers near our residences.
Yes, different groups of scientists in US, Germany etc have come up with startling findings that just can deflate More >
iPhone 3G – Technical Specifications
Aug 23rd
The Apple iPhone 3GTM, the phone everyone’s waiting for, is coming on Vodafone on August 22, 2008 With fast wireless technology, Maps with GPS, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App store, iPhone 3G puts even more amazing features in your hands. And just like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one – a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and full web browsing. iPhone 3G. It redefines what a mobile phone can do – again.
The iPhone 3G is available in 8GB and 16GB. And as More >
PHONE CALLS BETTER NOT COME!
Jul 19th
PHONE CALLS BETTER NOT COME!
Suppose you get up early morning with your phone ringing, conveying you the message that you’ve just won a lottery of some lakhs and you need to do the needful to accept the prize money! Well, if it happens, you may jump in joy or you may suspect it as something fake depending on your nature and the nature of the call. The truth is, it doesn’t happen in reality. But on the contrary, we keep on getting some calls, many calls in reality which we wish, better not come our way! They check your nerve More >
Camera UI and photo comparison between four high end Windows Mobile devices
Jul 5th
As readers here know, I have been checking out the HTC Touch Diamond and found the camera to be one of the first on a Windows Mobile device that actually works quite well. My buddy Arne Hess, from the::unwired, just posted a great article that compares the camera software and photo quality between the HTC Touch Diamond, Touch Pro, Samsung Omnia SGH-i900, and Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. I am just impressed that Arne is able to get so much hands-on time with each of these devices.
Check out the comparison to see the camera user interfaces, photos in well-lit outside environment and indoor More >
Nokia e90
Jul 2nd
Nokia E90 Communicator is a cellular phone with combined multimedia and PDA features, and is by far (August 2007) the most well equipped Nokia’s cellular phone. The Nokia E90 Communicator comes loaded a full QWERTY keyboard, GPS navigation system, MP3 player, and 3.2-MegaPixel digital camera with Flash and AutoFocus.
The Nokia E90 Communicator runs on Symbian 9.2 mobile operating system. It supports POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP email technology which allows users to access both personal email accounts and corporate email accounts seamlessly. Besides that, you could open and edit email attachments (documents, spreadsheets, and presentations) right on the Nokia E90 Communicator More >