This interesting article in the New York Times asserts that cell phones are even more important a technology in many third-world and developing countries than they are in many heavily industrialized countries like the United States. Many countries are building cell phone towers in areas that never even had wired networks, spreading telecommunications for the [...]
The federal government of Mexico is requiring all cell phone lines in the country to be registered in a central database with identifications of their users. Most cell phones in Mexico are not operated on contracts with carriers, so the government has no means to identify the user of a particular number. This is proclaimed [...]
The United States Department of Homeland Security is reportedly developing poison gas sniffing capabilities for embedding into cell phones. This of course raises privacy concerns about future mandates requiring cellphones to “phone home” to government intelligence agencies, but the DHS claims that such a capability would be optional. From PCMag:
…all manufacturers would need to do [...]
The recent success of the Avatar in the theaters has proven it: 3D is going big. With technologies in rapid development allowing 3D home theater and 3D television viewing at home, 3-dimensional content is sure to hit big by the end of 2010.
As a homebase for early adopters and 3D enthusiasts, we’ve just launched [...]
Another cell phone fraud alert, this time from the phone number 714-916-3051. If you receive any calls or text messages from this number, I recommend that you disregard and delete them.
Here is the message they sent, likely trying to take advantage of the recent news on changes in federal credit card policy:
If you are $10,000 [...]
If they’re yet showing up on your radar, they soon will be. Portaprojectors (aka pico-projectors, pocket projectors) are pocket-sized video projectors that can be hooked up to a camera, a laptop, or yes, even a cell phone. Imagine their uses: travelling business presentations, portable movie theaters, video games in bed, etc. Some upcoming cell phones [...]
The Motorola Droid is a new Android platform phone released by Verizon, and possible the best Android phone yet. Those who’ve snagged this device can turn any images they like into free Motorola Droid wallpapers using the Hellaphone Wallpaper Maker.
Be sure to submit some of your favorite wallpapers to the Motorola Droid wallpaper gallery.
Acer has come out with a line of classy touchscreen phones called the neoTouch and the beTouch. You can make your own wallpapers for these phone models from any photograph or image using the Hellaphone Wallpaper Maker. We also have galleries of free wallpapers for the Acer neoTouch F1, beTouch E100, beTouch E101, and beTouch [...]
Apparently phishing has escaped the bounds of the web, and is now also targeting people through mobile phones. I received a somewhat suspicious phone call and an unusual text message over the last two days that lead me to believe that scammers are right now trying to steal from Verizon customers, and likely from people [...]
A contest for early members of the n900 community forum has just begun. More details at n900talk.com.
