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Mobile phones without towers

by on September 2, 2011

A mobile phone communications system that doesn’t need towers is being developed at Adelaide’s Flinders University.

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New app Instagram allows mobile phones to create artistic photographs

by on August 22, 2011

London, Aug 21(ANI): Now, you can also create artistic photographs from your mobile phone which could then be shared with friends on a social network focused on photos – thanks to a new application called Instagram.

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Piercing the fog around mobile phones and cancer

by Admin on June 7, 2011

The debate about mobile phone safety was reignited yet again last week when a panel of the World Heath Organisation declared that it was “possible” the phones could cause cancer.

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Square’s New Mobile Payment Apps Let You Ring Up A Tab

by Admin on May 23, 2011

While the big players in the payments industry haggle over the best way to turn mobile phones into credit cards, Square is doubling down on its payment applications, launching a new feature for its mobile phone app that lets you open a tab with local businesses and an iPad application that lets those businesses take your payments.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Phones Are Real Mobile Amazements

by Admin on May 7, 2011

Gaming suddenly has become the main menu for young people today and it has found in the form of the Sony PSP the perfect weapon to take on the heavy needs for gaming daily. The Sony PSP might be the best portable gaming console available today, but it could not replace the mobile phones totally. It is going to be done by a mobile phone itself in the form of the Xperia Play. This is the new …

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SAfrica’s MTN launches mobile insurance program

by Admin on March 24, 2011

A South African mobile phone giant has joined with an insurance company to launch a program in Ghana that will allow subscribers to pay for life insurance through their mobile phones, a company official said Wednesday.

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Should children use mobile phones?

by Admin on March 7, 2011

A mobile phone has its advantages as well as disadvantages. It is very useful when it comes to contacting someone in an emergency. It is the best communication tool as it will help us contact anyone, such as the police or medical personnel, in an emergency.

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Vietnamese brand names help sell cheap Chinese phones

by Admin on February 25, 2011

Chinese-made mobile phone handsets with Vietnamese brand names have overcome consumer doubts about poor quality and gained a toehold on the lower end of the domestic market – with the past two years witnessing the appearance of affordable mobile phones with such brands as Hanel, Q-Mobile, F-mobile, WellcoM and MobiStar.

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Hotline to test condition of mobile phones

by on February 6, 2011

The Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) introduced a hot line yesterday for mobile phone users to verify the bona fide of a new phone before buying it.

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Mobile phones: a matter of life and death

by Admin on February 3, 2011

The figures are eye-watering: 1.3 billion units shipped globally, creating revenues well in excess of $350bn (£220bn), with some sectors recording 24 per cent growth. Someone forgot to tell the mobile phone industry about the global economic downturn.

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Internet and mobile phone services unplugged in high-tech blackout

by Admin on February 1, 2011

THE mobile phone network was the first to go, shutting about 10am.

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Mobile phones face mounting security risks in 2011

by Admin on December 31, 2010

Expect mobile phone security to become a hot topic in 2011, with vulnerabilities emerging for complex smartphones and simple “feature phones” alike.

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Mobile phones: which network has the fastest 3G?

by Admin on December 22, 2010

A mobile phone application has listed the average 3G data speeds for major networks across the UK.

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Mobile phones: Brain cancer risk you’re not being told about

by on October 7, 2010

Could mobile phones be giving us brain cancer? And has the ­mobile phone industry spent years trying to bury the ­scientific evidence that it does in order to protect its ­$3?trillion, 4.6billion-­customer, global business?

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Mobile phones: a brief history

by Admin on July 24, 2010

It’s still a mobile phone – but today’s products are vastly superior to the originals

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