Mobiles reviews - random

Wordle provides mashup ‘word cloud’ of IntoMobile posts

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:29:11 +0000

Above you can see the ‘word cloud’ generated by a neat little web app called Wordle. Using this app, you can paste a selection of words, or an RSS/URL in to the interface, and generate your very own customisable word cloud - I think this warrants the classification ‘uber-neat’ You can make your very [...]

Ghetto RF shield keeps iPhone and speakers happy

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:35:33 +0000

If you're one of the unlucky few to still be rocking unshielded speakers around your work or living space, then you're probably painfully aware of just how annoying that cell-signal "buzz" can be. The problem is, speakers that aren't shielded from electromagnetic (RF) interference will pick up on the radio frequency perturbations associated with incoming or [...]

Cool BMW concept car - what if handsets were designed like this

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:21:55 +0000

It's a slow news day. You gotta love summer. I came across this video of the BMW GINA concept car. The idea behind this car is that the skin acts more like a malleable cover than a rigid-metallic material that requires all manner of hinges, seams, and joints. You gotta love BMW. Macenstein mentioned that it would [...]

Orange using wind to power Moby-recharging at Glasto

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:24:50 +0000

I thought this might be a story about feeding each of the Glastonbury revellers a can of beans and then collecting the resulting methane, but it appears not….. Orange is apparently going to use a 7 metre wind turbine to power (recharge) mobile phones during Glastonbury this year! Users will be able to connect their device [...]

Shoes that detect WiFi?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:26:46 +0000

"A Step in the Right Direction" is apparently the name of a new prototype shoe that could detect WiFi hot-spots where the users are walking. The shoes have a full tower PC in the platform heel integrated electronics, including a pressure sensor in the sole to start scans, LED indicators in the top, and presumably [...]

Comedy break: Top 10 places to lose your cellphone…

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:14:05 +0000

Actually this story isn't very new at all, but I stumbled across it whilst looking at other info on the ever-wonderful Interweb. Cell phones etc wrote up a list of the top 10 places to lose your cellphone - rather than replicate the entire list here (you can read that by clicking the link at [...]

NEWS: Young adults are being bombarded with useless shit, hungry for indepth news

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:59:22 +0000

While not related to mobile I feel this relates to a small number of IntoMobile readers, you know who you are, you have your homepage set to Google Reader. You know what RSS is and who invented it. You subscribe to anything on the net you find interesting. You complain that it's hard to keep [...]

Random Video: Monday is pretty boring eh? Well show me your genitals!

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:21:19 +0000

Totally safe for work, but I would put headphones on if there are people around you who are easily offended by sexist remarks. Enjoy your Monday folks: ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Video: Most disturbing Nokia commercial to watch on a Monday morningNokia N800 reviewed on DL.TVNokia holding an invite only party at CES?Google will be presenting Android [...]

Chuckle-worthy: 3G is third-generation G-A-N-G-S-T-A

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:08:28 +0000

Who knew the 3G (third-generation) data networks across the globe were involved with gang-life? According to Wikipedia, the 3G network technology is apparently "the third generation of gangster mobile phones standards and technomology, supersoaking 2G." This is what happens when anyone is allowed to edit Wiki articles. We knew 3G data networks were the hotness, but we [...]

Mexican press attache caught stealing pocketful of White House staff BlackBerry handsets

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:06:18 +0000

Alleged handset theft happens all the time, it's the reason we should all keep our precious mobile phones guarded at all times. But, that bit of common sense seems to have been too much for the White House. Apparently, heightened security measures required that White House staff leave their sensitive-data-filled BlackBerries on an unattended table [...]

Orange's Read&Go newspaper reader

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:08:06 +0000

Orange France has announced a new e-book reader - cunningly titled the Read&Go. Whilst devices such as Amazon's Kindle are more book-focused, this little chap is pretty much just for newspapers - Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L'Equipe and Télérama for example. Apparently these get hourly updates, via a mixture of 3G and wifi [...]

Samsung: Most US cellphone users open to Presidential SMS text message vote

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:33:55 +0000

Sure, cellphones are great. If you're reading this, you probably don't need anyone to convince you that all the convergence we're seeing in the mobile phone industry is a good thing. But, does that mean we should use our mobile phones in as many aspects of our lives as possible? Perhaps. According to a recent study [...]

This is what happens when you love your mobile phone too much - cellphone users' wedding cake

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:36:21 +0000

Just what does a cellphone-addicted couple's wedding cake look like? Well, chances are, if they really, really love their mobile phone, the cake will sport a cake-topper (those figurines that adorn the tops of wedding cakes) like this. The cellphone-toting cake toppers are actually satirically funny. What better way to make light of the high-tech times [...]

QR code sighting in Tampere, Finland: Real Estate shopping

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:55:26 +0000

On one of my daily trips to the super market I passed by the usual string of small buildings occupied by obscure little shops with names roughly 20 characters long, never gave them that much thought, until one day I noticed something a little out of the ordinary: QR codes! They've escaped Japan and have come [...]

Cellphone as ear warmer

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:05:43 +0000

In which we discuss how to get yourself out of a traffic citation for driving while using a mobile phone. In many parts of the world, it's now illegal to drive with a cellphone pasted to the side of your face - it's distracting for the driver and just isn't a good look. Even drivers in [...]