SMS in free fall.

Please do not: Mobile stuntmen and illegally tapping on the motorbike, send SMS when parachute flight. Because such mobile multitasking in daily life is quite dangerous, alarmed watchdogs respond with counter campaigns: "Do not text and drive!" - A video newsletter.
  The title of the fastest SMS tip, the 16-year-old Ang Chuang Yang of Singapore. He needed 2006 for the full length of 160 characters only 41.52 seconds. The world record in the SMS writing lies with eyes closed while longer at 45 seconds. But even though no breakthroughs more records are expected, are more likely to be more SMS contests held. The events are not about real life fast writing, but particularly impressive stunts telephone. Because these generate attention and have marketing potential.
After mobile phone manufacturer LG for its "SMS Championship" mainly due to high premiums sets victory - the "American Champion" was $ 50,000 last once wealthy - Samsung Mobile now trying tension by extreme sports elements. The South Korean mobile phone manufacturer advertises with the slogan "Extreme Texting" and send paratroopers into the race for this: Ten experienced athlete jumped from 4,000 meters altitude, to the free fall to bet on SMSen. Is it after Samsung, is a new category in the "Guinness Book of Records" is due, namely "Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving".

Whether the marketing bill rises, however, must be doubted, because in the video, the whole action a little bit up. One of the SMS parachutists said after landing aptly, he would have been much more "crazy stuff," is about from one aircraft to another jump, but this task was "properly kniffelig". Enthusiastic pioneers of a new trend sport sound any case euphoric.

Grave with phone number.

What the Stone Age people hand ax was, for us today is the mobile phone. The trend for the phone as a gift grave is therefore ultra modern and traditional alike. Only functioning mobile phones in the coffin is still the exception.
  The New York attorney John Jacobs, is three years ago to pancreatic cancer, but always reachable by phone - even if only on the mailbox of his mobile phone. This was a grave Jacobs gift placed in the coffin, his widow paid on time since the monthly phone bill. Finally, on Jacobs' tomb next to his name, birth and death even his mobile phone number engraved.
The idea for this grave with cell phone number was one of Jacobs' sons, because his father had the habit, when he and other relatives and close friends several times a day by telephone to report. After Jacobs' widow, Marian Seltzer, with the idea that had been the battery from Jacobs' Motorola T720 once fully loaded, and then placed in the coffin.
Gadgets in the grave
Meanwhile maintain Jacobs' relatives commemorating three years since the phone: "Some people talk to God, I speak to my deceased husband," Seltzer told the New York Post "their calls. Except Seltzer, which once a month a message on the mailbox of the deceased leaves, also use their two sons, this type of memory. And now, this kind of memory even when friends of the family accepted, while the mobile phone in the coffin during the funeral for more irritations caused: Back then chose one of Jacobs' sons, the number of the father, then the phone rang in the coffin.
The fact that the family is still a regular phone number of the deceased person chooses, it is probably quite unusual. The fact that people can bury their phones, but less: "It seems like everyone under 40 in the death of their mobile phone to be buried," said Noelle Potvin from about funeral companies Hollywood Forever MSNBC recently.
According deceased often want their favorite gadgets into the grave - from BlackBerry on iPods to Gameboys. Ed Defort, publisher of the magazine "American Funeral Director", says even one case in which a man with his Bluetooth headset on his head was buried.
Trend from the Stone Age
What are the dimensions of the phenomenon of Gagdet-grave goods in the U.S., can not say with certainty. But "the trend has been five or six years to observe," said Frank Perman Funeral entrepreneurs turn MSNBC. Consequently, mobile phone, MP3 player and Co., but rather the future are increasingly adding to the grave, finally, "it is not a major problem, a mobile phone in the coffin to lay."
Expressed a similar view recently, Rolf-Peter Lange, chairman of the German Association of Undertakers (VDB). In Erdbestattungen it was not difficult, the beloved gadget easy to place in the coffin. For Feuerbestattungen there, in contrast, "but strict regulations" on which metal and other materials are not likely to be burned.

Experts reckon with 300 million New Year SMS.

Good business for the mobile service providers: For New Year's Eve expects the industry association Bitkom with 300 million mobile phone short messages. Tipsters send large in the night at 1 January thus about five SMS.
  The new year begins for the mobile network operator gratifying. According to the Bitkom industry federation, the Germans of the year approximately 300 million SMS. A profitable business, customers finally have depending on your plan, or even 20 cents more per message charged. The most active mobile phone users to write New Year's Eve, on average, about five SMS with congratulations for the new year.
The German mobile networks, the 2008 total of 23 billion short messages sent, whether for the onslaught on New Year's Eve prepared, the industry association. Nevertheless, there could be delays in the interval transit come. Because the SMS will not directly from a mobile phone to another.
On the Internet, many network operators and e-mail provider SMS delayed shipment. This allows the greetings before the New Year's Eve party and will be sold shortly before midnight to be set. Here, too, should be the expected delay miteinrechnen shared with Bitkom.
Basically SMS lands after first sending in the message center of the network operator. There will be tested, which mobile service provider the recipient uses. Does the SMS in their own network, send the message center the message to the recipient phone, once it is turned on and the network is registered. If Anders sending them the message to the message center of the target network. From here the message is then sent to the recipient's mobile phone affiliate.

iPhone 3G free for all networks.

The operation lasts only a few seconds, then release the iPhone: With a small activation software will soon be Apple's mobile phone with any SIM cards can be used. The patch is a breakthrough, the sense is questionable.
  The 3G iPhone is unlocked. Around half a year, the developer of the hacker Force iPhone Dev team needed to fill a gap in Apple's blocking devices to find. But now it finally succeeded to the iPhone 3G with a few mouse clicks by his ankles to liberate.
So far, namely, all with an iPhone network lock, the so-called Simlock extradited. This mechanism ensures that only the cell phone with SIM cards can use the system, in which it has purchased. In Germany would be the T-Mobile. Sim cards with other providers, such as O2, Vodafone or E-Plus, the device does not.
So far, anyway. Because the software from the iPhone Dev Team Simlock seeks to remove the mobile networks for all unlock. How this is shown by a member of the development team now in an online conference call, as video on the Web is ready.

In the recording is to see how an iPhone specialist who described themselves as MuscleNerd, the Apple phone unlocked seconds. Nor must he manually typing a command, later, the procedure but a mouse click proceed. Moreover, it stresses the iPhone Dev Team, the crack will only work with the iPhone, on which a certain version of the so-called baseband software works.
Gelackmeiert are therefore all those iPhone users that their mobile phone with the simple program QuickPwn a so-called Jailbreak who have undergone in order to be able to install software which does not make it through Apple's iTunes Music Store there. Just out of the race who is the latest operating system updates has raised. In both cases, denied the just-developed unlock patch his service.
Waiting for the New Year
It is questionable, anyway, who the unlock software is still needed. At the first iPhone nor the motives were understandable. It was from the U.S. but a blocked favorable iPhone bring home via software to unlock the phone and order here, even before the phone is here at all to buy officially existed.
When 3G iPhone however is different. To set the phone to buy, there are basically only two ways: Either you buy it, including mobile phone contract, you will also spot the sign business needs. Or you worried a 3G iPhone as a prepaid cell phone. That is, for example, the German iPhone-exclusive distribution T-Mobile, including prepaid SIM card. Such a contract-free Apple phone is, however, with at least 570 euros Beech - and is still by Netlock to the network of T-Mobile bound.
Interestingly, the unlock patch for the iPhone is only for those minority of mobile phone freaks, which necessarily the Apple device want to have, but it temporarily with T-Mobile verbandeln want. This small town is Silvestertag 2008 probably sehnlicher crave fireworks than any fan. From New Year's Eve because the software is available online. Code Name: yellowsn0w.

Twittert passenger plane immediately after the accident.

He had just survived a plane crash, was a burning Boeing escape: C Mike Wilson took the phone. But not to call his wife. First, he reported the crash to the Web via Twitter.
  It may shock some people as a shock to overcome. Mike Wilson is such a man. Wilson was one of the passengers aboard Continental Airlines flight CO1404, that plane, which on Saturday in Denver when you start of the runway and abkam in flames aufging. The accident occurred around 18:18 local time clock. Only seven minutes later, at 18:25 clock, Wilson began his first Twitter message from the "Holy shit, I was just in a plane crash here!"

Together with 110 other passengers and five crew members, he was just a disaster escape. Particularly impressed him this experience seems not to have. Even a half hour after the accident, in which 38 people were injured, he starts to joke again. "The crash was # 2 for me. Maybe I should henceforth bus," Wilson twittert around 18:58 clock.
Shortly afterwards, Mike Wilson and the remaining intact passengers in the business lounge of the airline market. They arrived - just one hour after it with the Boeing 737, in which he sat, short of a disaster vorbeigeschrammt was, he already begins to nag. They had passengers in the lounge virtually locked up, it would not even free drinks served mäkelt the Twitter fan. "One has to be scared of death, nor his ass straight from a burning wreck rescued, and then you get not yet have a vodka and tonic. Boos," Wilson twittert almost exactly three hours after the crash.
Twitter until the battery gives up
And then suddenly there is silence in the blog Micro man who is still so openly of his experiences reported crash. Debt is not a sudden collapse or the realization that really Pig he has had unhurt from the wreckage come out to be. Guilt was simply the battery of his mobile phones, the sometime simply had abandoned the spirit.
Only when he finally arrived home late is, it reports back. But then, like his charged battery, again with full energy. From then on, shortly before midnight in Denver, he sends a message after the other in his Twitter feed, trying to explain how he witnessed the crash, what he has seen.
And these portrayals could the investigators of the American airline regulator may really help a little bit better understand what the machines happened. Completely unexpectedly, and after a hitherto entirely normal acceleration process was the plane from the runway Bloc, was then "with four-wheel drive further driven."
From the same in the next few fliers
Eventually it will have a strong RUMM, when the entire plane suddenly absackte. Presumably this was the moment when the landing gear was demolished. When the jet finally came to stop, one side had already burned. "I was able to heat even through the window feeling." By an emergency exit, he finally came out of the burning wreckage and rescued itself, like many other passengers in the nearby station of the airport fire brigade.
His few words after the accident expressed intent, but will rather take the bus to drive, Mike Wilson has, incidentally, despite this bad experience has not been implemented. Continental offered the substitute flight in any case grateful Wilson has claimed. This time, but he settled a seat directly on the emergency exit type. Not from fear, as he twittert in his blog, but mainly because he has more space, extend the legs.

Hello? Occurs.

The Twitter baby already shipped from the womb diligently SMS: Each step is registered by sensors and the event via SMS to phone the father reported. And with the MP3 player can stethoscope to the heartbeat of their mothers unborn children listen.
  Parents that their children of primary school age by mobile phone to locate, now belongs to the wireless life. And also that children already in kindergarten age get their own cell phone, it seems today no more special exemption to be. Even with many births phones already play an important role because parents right after the birth of offspring photos to friends and relatives send.
Thus the seemingly effortless mobile in all phases of life established - except for the pregnancy. But here, too, could be mobile and Co. will soon make wide. In relevant gadgets and applications will in any case already worked feverishly. And because there is a huge new market beckons, the commercial offerings are probably only a matter of time.
Baby occurs SMS
The New York Web developer Corey people who see themselves as technologists, is the father of the first Twitter-baby: If it occurs or appreciably in the womb moving Twitter by his mother's account automatically send an SMS to the mobile phone of his father cleverly . With these messages, which actually only the "baby moves mean, is a human offspring almost a typical Twitter user. Because of the Micro-blogging services are also used by adults mainly mini-news-bites from our own everyday widespread.
Man has his Twitter system for the unborn called "Kickbee" recently as part of an exhibition at New York University presented, where the expectant father watching in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) concludes his studies. Kickbee registered the movements of the child with piezo-so-pressure sensors, in a stomach pouch are housed, the expectant mother bear.
Then the data via Bluetooth to the home computer or the cell phone of the mother gefunkt, where it from a simple Java software analyzed. In particularly strong movements or kicks the software sends a message to Twitter, from where they are, for example, to the father's phone is forwarded. But, of course, may very well wish other relatives or friends at the throw of the unborn by e-mail or SMS participate.
MP3 Player Stethoscope
Given the unborn, the SMS sent, it seems the time for pregnancy gadgets really ripe to be. That has probably also the Polish designer Robert Majkut thought, as his MP3 player stethoscope "Beforeme" drafted. The device is initially an MP3 player with recording function which, however, to the microphone instead of a stethoscope is connected. This allows the heartbeat of the child during pregnancy and also tapped to be.
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deLaut its inventor, the MP3 player stethoscope the emotional bond between mother and child before birth optimally promote. After the birth, they shared ideas Majkuts after the heartbeat-listening recordings. Incidentally, Beforeme outwardly be either an embryo or a heart but remember, but this may not exactly Majkut set. Supposedly even has an investor interest in pregnancy MP3 eavesdropper signal, the device could therefore actually in the near future on the market.

Take cell phones danger to pedestrians herds?.

Mobile phone and MP3 player are happy suspected of pedestrian traffic off and then to cause accidents. The suspect follows a scheme that is already a hundred years ago. Pedestrians were then read as a traffic hazard.
  U.S. Senator Carl Kruger was in the past year for a brief moment the world famous - he wanted to use the iPod on all roads of the U.S. state of New York ban. The Reuters news agency said Kruger, 2007, the users of iPods, mobile phones and portable game consoles would be "remotely as in cars and buses run into." That was a "country-wide problem." Here he was, by his concerns so confident that he even as a bill in the U.S. Senate revenue.
Now was the campaign of Senator alone therefore agreed Obskurität because the prohibition to explicitly refer to Apple's iPod and not on the MP3 player manufacturers. But beyond this detail was the idea of a gadget-ban road to increase doomed to failure.
Because even if the cause was relatively current, is the scheme very well. The cliché of the reach pedestrian, the seemingly blind on the road running, is exactly as old as the motorized traffic.
Well-known scheme
The story of the unwitting passers explains science historian Peter Norton detail in his book "Fighting Traffic." "SMS is writing something new, something known to, namely the road, encounters, and initially no one knows how the two things together in harmony can bring," said Norton now to Cellular News. "
It makes loud Norton in principle no difference whether the distraction of a text message on your mobile phone or music from your iPod runs out. One hundred years ago was in any case books the same role as a pedestrian hazard attributed as the iPod last year by Senator Kruger.
This attribution can be loud Norton clearly based on newspaper reports and cartoons show. Whether pedestrians actually read a significant number of accidents caused, on the other hand, remains in the dark, because there is no meaningful data.
Bad timing
At once agreed, perceived or real problem, according to Norton follows as a first response to the call for a ban. The reading of books on the street to prohibit, however, was Mission impossible. And even where such local laws were adopted. The existing bans could be enforced anywhere, and simple and moving, because the read passers lacked awareness of the injustice.
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deUm this injustice to generate awareness, was in the U.S. even with great effort of the term "Jaywalker" established. For this there is no direct correlation Germans, mutatis mutandis Jaywalker called a "careless pedestrians."
As the previously unknown word 1924 entrance into the dictionaries took place, was the idea of Leseverbot for pedestrians, however, already been forgotten. Nevertheless, the establishment of the concept of awareness on the problem and thus also to defuse the situation have contributed to it, says author Norton. Write to SMS-end pedestrian he therefore proposes the term "Textlemminge" before.
Senator Carl Kruger for this proposal comes too late, his legislative initiative has failed miserably.

Home cornices.

"Once home," breathed 1982 with smoky voice full of longing-all of our favorite alien ET, "calling". Today he might have cheaper: A British company offers free SMS into space, from British Telecom using satellite technology impressive sent.
  Actually, the bizarre service as a romantic alternative to the postcard thought. Meanwhile, however, the universe of SMS also discovered alien believers.
One could SentForever.com the company as a first intergalactic communications providers designate. After all, the British offer a kind of SMS service that allows any Internet user free short messages can be sent into space.
It is in the nature of things that really only SentForever.com sending the text messages is guaranteed. Whether this also as desired when aliens arrive, faith remains a matter of the sender. And the question of what device you the answer could receive SMS, is certainly totally unsettled.
But these details can people affected by the existence of alien life really convinced, not prevent, remove messages: Everything you need is a working e-mail address to sign in SentForever.com. As a registered user, you have to Alien SMS then only have to type in Web forms. The extraterrestrial greetings from there on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall led, which has the largest satellite facility in the world is located. Here, then British Telecom for the professional dispatch of messages in the depths of the universe.
Employment for Technology Museum
The satellite park in Cornwall is Goonhilly Earth Station and consists from 61 antennas, which is also the first built in bowl shape. This was in 1962 in operation and has an impressive concrete shell with a diameter of 25 meters. The proud satellites has its best days, however long behind him. Since powerful fiber-optic networks span the world, remain the satellite communications is always less tasks.
What is the dwindling importance of satellite technology has experienced is the example of the Goonhilly Earth Station particularly clear. At year end, the commercial operation and the final investment to a gigantic museum re-engineering. Goonhilly already attracts lures with exhibitions and attractions such as the "fastest Internet cafe in the world" every year around 80,000 visitors. To the future to attract even more curious should dispatch of Alien SMS exactly the right time come.
The ship itself
As the transit-SMS the Alien technically accurate manner, seems under his no relevant role to play. In any event, hold British Telecom and SentForever.com to release technical details. According to the intergalactic SMS provider but you can assume that the radio signals really long and deeply penetrate into space. Human-scale, the cosmic SMS even infinitely long road, even if the signal intensity ever further declines. But practical considerations play in the service anyway no central role, it is about symbolism and imagination.
SentForever.com was obviously of two marketing experts to create a "meaningful" alternative to Grußpostkarte offer: While postcards are often perceived to be only fleetingly, the messages into space gefunkten still "underway" when the sender and recipient are long dead - That for months, the meandering greeting card from Mallorca then really light years. That the latter never learns how the message now reads, plays, given the alleged importance of profit does not matter.
The business of start-ups which follows the usual Internet Scheme: The free transit of messages to be potential customers on the premium-priced service to your attention. This is officially designed shipping confirmations, which calculated by postal mail to the sender and recipient of the intergalactic SMS sent.
Whether there actually are people who have to pay 9.95 British pounds, was then asked. It is clear that alien believers SentForever.com have discovered for themselves, and of course hope this is not due to an "eternal service".
The chances for a successful reception on the Alienware mobile phone is now even by the alignment of the bowls broadcast live on particularly friendly planets like Gliese 581C targeted increases. The belongs to the immediate cosmic neighborhood, which makes appealing thing twice: In the ideal case would be within the next 42 years with an answer is expected.

UMTS for North Korea.

North Korea has a mobile network of third-generation into operation. Who under what conditions the fast data transmission may use, remains unclear. Without special permission for North Koreans threatening phone possession even the death penalty.
  The most reliable source for information on the UMTS launch in North Korea is currently the company, which has built the network and also for the operation is responsible. These are the totally unknown here Orascom Telecom of Egypt.
The company is part of a holding, inter alia, also operates in construction, and one of the leading telecommunication companies in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Orascom operates GSM networks in numerous countries and is a further expansion endeavors, resulting in a large number of frequently changing investments reflected.
What is clear is the issue of mobile phone in North Korea really only that the activity is forbidden. Special permission will only senior representatives of the regime. Without may even possess a mobile phone with the death penalty sanctioned. There are even reports that caught the public mobile phone owners were shot to deter imitators. In the border area with China, where Chinese networks offer reception, the thriving mobile telephony, however, anyway.
Orascom has joined forces with North Korea and obviously the only state postal and telecommunications companies the joint venture Cheo Technology JV Co. was founded in which Orascom 75 percent of the shares. Cheo beginning of the year received a UMTS license for all of North Korea. Orascom said, in 2010 a total of 400 million U.S. dollars in the project to want to invest. How much of the infrastructure, operation or royalties represent, in turn, remains unclear.
Ruin as mobile phone mast
In May, just a few months after licensing, Orascom said then that the first parts of the infrastructure already installed and tested successfully were. In July the company announced, the ruins of the hotel as Ryugyong mast cell phone use. The highest house Pyongyang is located in the body shop since 1992 and will probably never be finished. Earlier this week, the UMTS network finally put into operation as planned, it will be next to Pyongyang and all other major cities cover.
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deVöllig is unclear who the fast data transmission rates to exploit what may. In announcing the deal North Korea had not yet declared Orascom, to include the operation of the broadcasting network with 100,000 users expected.
As far as it was, gave the company, however, to detail all the issues covered again. According to Radio Free Asia to mobile phones cost 700 U.S. dollars, bringing the audience is extremely limited anyway.
A special absurdity arises also from the prehistory of the UMTS network: The first and so far the only mobile network in the country was operating in 2002, but was already one and a half years later, again off. As a cause for the back is always the fear of the regime before called espionage. If this is true, is to reboot into the mobile era completely baffling. For a fast UMTS data is much better at spying than the disconnected GSM network, the only phone calls and text messages allowed.

Transparent chips for Sci-Fi phones.

South Korean researchers have completely transparent memory chips developed. This will in a few years' design visions a reality, such as monitors or cell phones, which apparently only consist of glass panes. Chic designs, there is already.
  Only U.S. researchers presented an extremely robust and bendable screen now surprised scientists from South Korea with transparent memory chips. The transparent modules with the unwieldy name could TRRAM according to the developer "a milestone in the development of transparent devices of the future" be.

It seems as if the international community join forces to the realization of sci-fi gadgets work, such as Nokia has introduced in February. That was shown design concept for the mobile phone of the future called Morph "(see pictures below route), was skeptical added. Dirt surface, extremely malleable, largely transparent - how should this go because?

The transparent TRRAM chips were at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) developed. Their promising findings, the South Korean inventors now in the science journal Applied Physics Letters "was published. The completely transparent TRRAM is a development of the semi RRAM, whose practice already in numerous corporate laboratories will be tested.
And RRAM and TRRAM have more transparency in addition to the amazing properties. The new chips retain stored information is also without power, while they should also be inexpensive to manufacture.
If the TRRAM chips actually make the leap from the laboratory into the production create would be conceivable, for example, monitors, which apparently only one pane of glass there - until as if by magic, a picture emerges. But also for concepts such as "LucidTouch" will improve the chances of implementation: This is a joint development study of Microsoft and Mitsubishi for a pocket computer, the only one semi-display, which operated from the back (see video below). Advantage: The finger does not always cover the screen, as the current models in the case.

In addition to the industrial projects for future electronics but they are also particularly bold Vison of free designers, for which the feasibility of their designs not a big role. Thus, the U.S. junior designer Michael According to a circular mobile phone concept called "Hamburg" designed to simply from a ring of brushed steel consists of a touchscreen disc semi surrounds.
In cooperation with ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deEs also designs, where not only the display, but all other offal are kept transparent - which besides the TRRAM chips but further breakthroughs would be necessary .
So impressive about the impact of the draft Funamizu Japanese Mac, where the frame at a minimum has been reduced. Left with only glass, which folded up or can be pushed, and where necessary, depending on the user interfaces or contents are displayed. This solves the design, however, almost to himself.

Barbie, Nova and nano make mobile.

A mobile phone in the Barbie design? An iPhone nano? A Zune player as a mobile software? A new Palm OS? Everything is possible to look into the pots of rumors cooks. Matthias Kremp has checked what the end of the year on their menus stands.
  Actually, we expect new mobile phone models in February. Then, namely, when in Barcelona Mobile World Congress taking place, the most important mobile phone trade fair of the year. But this year everything is different. Rumors surround him and announcements are hardly more new phones from Nokia and Co. Instead, orakelt what niche manufacturers will present new mobile phones - and when.
Is certain now that Palm finally lift the veil of new smartphones and - more importantly - its new mobile operating system will show. The invitation specifies at least one close to the company a few days ago to many press representatives sent. It says: "Come to CES to all the Palm novelties to see you on the waiting searched."
And you do not have waited much of Palm. For years, the company is situated in the descent. That once the Palm Pilot PDA as the first truly digital calendars and address lists bearable, was nothing more to long felt. Last floppte the Foleo, a kind of mini-notebook, the phones with his keyboard and his screen Surfmaschinen should complement - but never came on the market. The last respectable success of the company was the low cost Centro smartphone. More than two million copies, the company could sell them.
The product, with the Palm itself in early January at the CES dares to be the cart now herumreißen. As potentially "major announcement since the Palm Pilot," estimates the company close observer Palms plans.
Palms fate hours
To see what it will give technology journalists is hardly controversial: Nova should it be. Nova, that is the code name for Palms new mobile operating system. That is what the programmers of the company with many years of work completely rewritten. The basis for Linux. What longtime Palm fans will be pleased: Nova is compatible to his old Palm OS. Software written for that purpose, should therefore on the new Palm Mobile also run - and Palm programs, there are tens of thousands.

Moreover, as the rumors oracles chefs, will a new Palm smartphone with Nova on board show that it is technically with the iPhone and similar phones can be. Whether it really can, but will probably only on 8 January, when the veil Palm airs.
This revelation is for the enterprise is vital, as is, for example, Wired safe. "If this event is disappointed they will have a hard time in the future, once again the attention," it is said there. And that is certainly not exaggerated. Finally, Palm it with heavyweights such as Apple's iPhone, Nokia's new touch-screen phones, BlackBerrys and diverse the coming Android phones record.

Parking ticket via SMS.

As if parking is not already stressful enough. First you need to find a free parking lot, then laboriously parking, only to eventually find that you are not suitable for the small park has vending machines. Lighter and cashless parks who pay fees by mobile phone.
  After parking it happening: The pay-as well as the automatic matching coins to be found - and perhaps with uncomfortable winter weather, snow or rain. Or you discovered after returning behind the windscreen, a call because the park has over time.
But it is also different. Telecommunications makes it possible to use the parking ticket to pay via mobile phone - and one minute of arc. "In more than 25 German cities is now cashless parking is possible," Michael Sandrock describes the state of things. He is chairman of the TelematicsPRO in Berlin. This association had launched a large-scale legal and substantive conceptions of the new mobile phone usage develops.
"In the coming year," said Sandrock believes, "will probably further 20 to 25 municipalities to participate in the system." Everywhere where the parking area with an additional symbol - such as a mobile phone - is expelled, the motorist by Motorola, Nokia & Co. Parkobolus his pay. Either is appropriate instructions at the beginning of the parking zone signs to the park or on the number of machines. Among mobile-parken.de find prospective a provider overview, a list of cities that already participate, and fare information.
A unified system is still missing
And so does the whole thing: First you have to get on the Internet at an operator of the cashless system register. Currently there are eight vendors, who in different cities may settle municipal parking. One drawback: The system works not yet nation. This means in practice that a motorist with several operators must register when, in different cities is - depending on with whom the respective municipality has concluded the contract. But there is also working on solutions. Sun wants the "Integrated traffic Region Frankfurt Rhine-Main" from 2009, a platform set up a selection of seven certified operators, but only a central point for buying and logout offers.
If you have logged in using the web, the mobile phone number, number plates, and the bank notified by mail or comes as a pdf file an orange sticker. Which is behind the windshield and has stuck from the vehicle. Park is a gap found, the driver gives his system the number of the supplier park by vending machines. With some providers, an SMS. Before he ausparkt notify the driver again.
The parking time can not extend mobile phone
The settlement is at the minute. Park per transaction providers require between two and 26 cents. The park bill will be sent monthly. The employees of the organization offices may be parking cars registered electronically retrieve and control.
Warning: It is also true for cashless parking is always the designated maximum parking duration.
In Mildura was already in April 2006, the mobile-wallet tentatively introduced. Meanwhile, the 55,000-inhabitant community over the system. "We currently have more than 1,500 users," depicts city spokesman Andreas Guenther acceptance among motorists: "The offer was well received."
Meanwhile feels Sandrock further potential for cell phone use and after thinking about paying a nationwide public transport or the reimbursement of parking charges by the retail trade.

Bending displays for mobile phones with touchscreen.

Smartphones and mini-computers need bigger screens. In Asia, is therefore eager to flexible displays researched, you can collapse or Curl. Initial successes have already on the Web to see.
  After the iPhone hype may soon point the summit has exceeded, have recently re smartphones with extendable keyboard economy. The device class in itself is anything but new, but new techniques and designs give the concept of the mini-computer in your pocket always new momentum. Last brought both Sony Ericsson as the new Nokia models with folding keyboard and touch screen. But while Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 advanced options, unfortunately, only half-heartedly uses draws with the Nokia N97 the full potential of technology.

The N97 has a sideways herausgleitende keyboard and a touchscreen with tactile feedback. Nokia praises the device as the "world's most advanced mobile computer" - the difference between smartphones and Netebooks increasingly blurred. This is made possible by the continuing miniaturization and technological innovations such as the N97 screen. But also new design concepts are needed to ensure the potential advantage of technological progress.
Nokia needs a few more years
Current smartphone displays are becoming larger. After the front of current devices as well as coverage from the screen is taken, is a further extension only with new material properties conceivable. They are flexible or foldable displays currently very popular, initially in the course designers, with no regard for the need to take technically feasible.

What with flexible displays would be possible, for example, shows the "Ultra Mobile PC" the designer Felix Schmidberger, who actually only a borderless display that looks like a laptop can be folded up. From Nokia's design was recently wrought the bracelet phone concept "Morph", which according to a whim turn, bend and squeeze can. Before Morph becomes a reality, according to Nokia, however, still several years of successful research is needed.
Koreans before preschen
Against this background muten the promise of the Taiwan Research Institute ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) to quite boldly: Your flexible display based on the e-paper principle and should be in sizes up to five inches already in series production. To the industry of the possibilities of their invention to convince the researchers to design agency pilotfish instructed to design a concept. The result is a phone with sliding and folding mechanism - and truly impressive display.
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deAls next to the ITRI-inventors flexible touch screen make it so definitively as science fiction works. Utopian are the research goals, however, does not. For example, the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems until October "OLEDs with touch function" to have developed.
OLED displays (Organic Light Emitting Diode) can basically very thin and pliable also be manufactured. Perhaps the Taiwanese researchers therefore actually redeem its promises - if the South Korean group Samsung them zuvorgekommen is not already. A video gives you faith, which has been a few days on YouTube will take place, namely Samsung has been working on the prototype of a folding OLED displays.

Trousers in step with the keyboard.

The smart T-shirt and jeans the keyboard will probably for the foreseeable future, remain just concepts. There are the promises of "wearable computing" used by mobile phones. Witnesses clothes today are smarter mobile footprints in the jeans.
  Under the slogan "wearable computing" haunts for decades by the promise of the technology-affine World, clothing and digital technology to a unit to merge. In reality disappoint the supposedly intelligent textiles but then regularly. The MP3 player button on the trousers or the cell phone pocket on the sleeve makes Jack a long time not just clever clothes.
At least in theory a refreshing approach to the topic of this year came from designer Erik De Nijs, of a pair of jeans with an integrated keyboard designed. Based on the Baggy-fashion young hip-hop fans De Nijs uses the abundant substance of the wide jeans, a full-size keyboard on the thighs and over the step to place. According to the designer, the input of the user via Bluetooth from the pants to gefunkt laptop, thereby no longer underway on the knees must be balanced.
Curse of prototypes
The prototype of the function of De Nijs trouser looks even halfway workable from, portable keyboard, the jeans thanks also to be rubber buttons. The biggest hook on the concept, however, is that it is just a concept, which probably never go into serial production will be. Apart from the fact that one wonders what the hardcore geek should do if the keyboard-pants look into the laundry needs.
This should enable the keyboard jeans similar Fernumarmungs rendered as the T-shirt. The "Hug Shirt" should be made by integrated pressure sensors and actuators exchanging hugs over arbitrary distances allow the tax data should be transmitted via mobile phone. Promising announcements came on the technical assistance Cuddle never beyond.
From the title to the much more modest functionality, the electronic drum kit shirt "so. This T-shirt still offers a complete electronic drums and loudspeakers, so everything for the mobile Jam Session: All seven graduated parts of the drum to make their own sounds and can play separately. The need for washing electronic parts, unfortunately, still be removed. Nevertheless, the drums stings the keyboard-shirt and jeans hug the T-shirt loose, and although simple and poignant, because it already for 21 euro can acquire.
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deDie crux of the "intelligent textiles" is well under its pretty easy to resolve. Because in reality, most promises, with the "wearable computing" are connected, already used with mobile phones, which are now often extremely shrunken computer. From this perspective, the clothes are not more "intelligent", because we have the appropriate functions in the pocket around with us.
The problems in the implementation of smart clothes would therefore dissolve well pleased. What remains is one symbolism, such as those found on Flickr, where in the pool "mobile_imprint_on_jeans" collected photos from jeans to be caused by many years, using steady impressions mobile got. In addition, the designer but still worry about, such as cell phones with the clothes could play together. Sun is seen Francesca Lanzavecchias draft for a mobile ruff really progressive. The "ProAestetics Neck Brace" that allows the direct phone calls without high-tech accessories.

Beware of the four-shot phone.

You're harmless, but they have a lot to offer: mobile phones, which can serve as a weapon. Only recently, the Italian police such a camouflaged gun safe. Indeed, there are many such Tarnwaffen - with Pefferspray times, sometimes as shocking.
  So something had at least the policemen on the spot never seen: A few days ago, the Italian police in a raid in Camorra-environment inter alia, a cell phone disguised as a firearm safely. To use the phone supposed to shoot, the lower half of the device to the side and a deduction of four buttons on the keyboard. The four .22 caliber cartridges are governed by a disguised as an antenna run shot down.
The firearms phones bear the inscription fantasy "Nokitel." Telephoning with them, you can not, however. The British "Daily Mail" reported under the heading "Dial M for Murder" about the discovery, described the killers as a mobile phone once. They are such as a phone disguised weapons are not so new.
Presumably the British settled by the statement of an Italian police spokesman, who spoke mutatis mutandis, for the first time a mobile firearm had been confiscated. He was apparently not aware that the "Time" magazine four years ago already shot on mobile phones had been reported. Under the title "Press M for Murder."
Video Screening
In the article "Time" is also used by cartridges of .22 caliber reported, suggesting that it was a very similar phone weapon could have acted. Assuming the archive still a little further back, you feel for this presumption is indeed a confirmation: Already in 2001 warned against the Bundeskriminalamt firearms of the same caliber, as "Nokitel" phones are camouflaged.
For more information promotes a search on YouTube revealed. There you'll find without even a second demonstration video Ballerr the phones mark "Nokitel." But although the pseudo-phones has been seven years in the sights of BKA and FBI are, it seems that the origin of the deadly Tarnwaffen remains unclear. Only the BKA conjecture from 2001, that it was weapons of self-brand which is expected given the repeated findings baugleicher style probably no longer be tenable.
Fiese phones
The Nokitel-Baller men are not the only mobile weapons. For example, a Korean company develops pepper spray, which is a red folding phone disguises. To use it, you must subtract the antenna and then a button on the fake keyboard. In contrast to this rather arcane device are disguised as a cell phone almost shocking commercial products, which in many variants are produced. Under martial names such as "Stun Master 800,000 Volts" or "Pretender 950,000 will be available online for 50 to 100 U.S. dollars offered.
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deGlücklicherweise is not just any fake phone a weapon. Nervous contemporaries can, for example, on a wide range of mobile flat men fall back. The enjoyment of the contents of such equipment should at least less painful than its clumsy handling of an electric shock. And to sip from the mobile phone can be a cigarette from the iPod pouch contagious: The classic Apple MP3 player has a perfect format to seven cigarettes to be stowed.

This car keys kapert the phone.

Parents will love him, hate teenagers: the Bluetooth car keys Key2SafeDriving. It aims to help young motorists driving to a safer help by blocking their cell phone - and the parents via mobile network drivers informed of the misconduct.
  "The key to safe driving is to avoid distraction." So simple it looks Zhou Xuesong assistant professor from the University of Utah. And just as easily sees its solution. Together with colleagues, he has developed a car key, the driver of the mobile phone via Bluetooth wireless can disable.

Zhous argument: Driver, the phone in the car were four times more often in accidents than road, their entire attention to the traffic dedicate. As in the United States also one in ten youngsters at the helm phone or write text messages, here was the danger is greatest.
And precisely because Zhou wants to start. Parents of young motorists should be Key2SafeDriving, so "the key to safe driving," designated high-tech key enable mobile mobile phone calls using an electronic lock advance.
An automated response from the car
And this bar works like this: Once the keys in the car stuck, a Bluetooth module activates the control of the phone over. The user is significantly capers of his mobile phone through a large stop sign on the mobile display signals. At the same time, SMS and call blocking feature. Only the American emergency number 911 can still be elected. Optionally, there is the possibility of tax software on the PC unlock additional numbers, such as the parents.
Now that the key to violence over the telephone has taken over, it is also clear to the outside done. To calls and messages that are received during the trip, the device is equipped with an automatic response. The aim roughly read: "I am leaving just the car. I will sign when I make to my destination bin." Prima, because one feels the same but better.
Mamas data collector
Nor are the bold logbook functions, which the developers vorschweben. So they want to, for example, a monthly statistics on the personal use of the phone in the car driver whose car insurance send. The so their customers could discounts when they use the Key2SafeDriving, no tax on telephone calls and so - at least statistically speaking - safe driving.
But while the researchers want to not leave. Such functions in the cell phone, provided they could imagine, much more driving to collect. For example, about areas in which you are, how often it slows sharply, and whether you limits to keep pace.
Just off
But no later than when their parents during their dinner talks about the fact that they now once again much too fast and were also on the freeway braked too hectic had expected many teens fun at the car - and especially to modern technology - pass.
May be a trend towards low-cost Spartan-equipped mobile phone trigger. Because mobile phones without blutooth function of the security key has no access. Even easier, however, if the young people themselves briefly with the manual of their mobile phone deal would be. Namely, they would then find that you simply Bluetooth cell phone on and off the Key2SafeDriving in this way can aushebeln.
Whether their parents probably know?

Nokia promises over the iPhone.

Touchscreen, GPS, rich multimedia features and up to 48 gigabytes of memory: With the N97 blows mobile market leader Nokia on the attack on the iPhone, BlackBerry and Co. The chances of success are good - when mobile phone companies by selling the subsidy of 650 euros press.
  Not just false modesty. Before Nokia president Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo presented the new mobile phone, for the hundreds of journalists and industry representatives for Nokia World were flown to Barcelona, quickly clarified that he was still on the status of his company enjoys. Four billion people, so Kallasvuo, will be the beginning of 2009 have a mobile phone. A billion of them, will continue its talks with Nokia phones handle. A second billion will soon complement to - also because of the new N97 multimedia phones.

And it has in itself - in every conceivable respect. Above all, but it has a touchscreen. The there are already at Nokia, the model 5800 XpressMusic, but there is still a comparatively unaufregende variant on the theme screen operation has been built. A screen as of now presented the Nokia N97 has not yet given.
Because the Nokia touch screen lets the user feel it when they established a virtual button press. Unlike it when Research in Motion BlackBerry Storm done, you must change but not the whole display down. Instead, a new technique that the screen exactly where you have a keystroke executes vibrates slightly. Tactile feedback call the specialists. Reports on how well this really works, are pending.
Push e-mail for all
That you are not already in Nokia exclusively on the touch-screen technique may be, shows a detail that hervorkommt if the screen of the N97 upwards wegschiebt. Then comes to a complete mini-keyboard appears. That should reassure large Tipper, not long e-mails on the screen want.
Above all, however, push for the new Nokia keyboard does not simply indicate the device, but moves while the screen in a slightly raised position. Thus, the display in an angle of 35 degrees to the keyboard postponed. The phone is similar to a mini-notebook.
And writing, which makes Kallasvuo in his long preface to the actual presentation clear, is a lot at N97. With the device, namely Nokia introduces several enhancements to its online services called Ovi (door) an. The most important: Nokia messaging. Under the umbrella of this offer Nokia wants to e-mail and messaging services together. Some e-mail offers, including Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, Gmail and AOL Mail, will be available via push new messages would therefore automatically to the phone are sent. So does Nokia not only Apple's MobileMe on the iPhone, but especially the e-mail offers of BlackBerrys strong competition.
Whether Nokia's push service is free, was at the presentation in Barcelona is not clear - the corresponding services from Apple or RIM cost extra.
Social Sites
First and foremost is the amalgamation of e-mail and messaging, but to ensure that you always in touch with friends and colleagues remain. So you also do not forget to leave themselves on the big screen called widgets, small mini-programs place. The show will be, for example when a new e-mail arrived. Moreover, there are widgets, RSS feeds, so you do not miss the latest news.

The Special: The widgets can be anywhere on the screen together. So should you around the clock, his diary, RSS feeds and e-mails constantly in mind can. And even if the screen is too full or you simply want to have his quiet, wipe it unnecessary widgets via pointer from the screen. Just as quickly should the little helpers back to fetch.
Flash in widescreen format
In combination with the integrated GPS receiver Nokia will also introduce a feature that the company as a "social locations" or Social Locations (Sun-Lo) refers. Photos and movies that one begins with the N97, with location information. Moreover, the current whereabouts of the phone for selected friends of the equipment owner, for example, in Nokia's software maps available on Nokia Maps. Fortunately can adjust who gets this information.
Nokia N97 - Technical Data

Symbian OS S60, 5th Edition

32 GB of RAM (expandable to 48 GB)

Expansion slot microSDCard

Screen resolution 640 x 360

8.9 inches diagonal

5 Megapixel Digital Camera

PC Connection Micro USB 2.0

Weight 150 grams

Dimensions 117 x 55 x 16 mm

Wireless connections EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0

Standby time 400 hours (16.6 days)

Talktime of up to 400 minutes (6.7 hours)

1.5 days of music playback

4.5 hours of video playback

Extras: Touchscreen, GPS, Aufschiebtastatur, N-Gage games, widgets

Price *: ca.650 euro

All data are based on manufacturer specifications, * Without mobile phone contract

Incidentally, the new Nokia course, as Web surfboard suck, as reflected by the screen 16:9 format in particular is supported. The best fit for the widescreen format that YouTube has recently offered. Above all, but should deal with the device, including Flash videos, as it, inter alia, on blogs ONLINE be used.
But videos will be with the N97 can also record themselves in widescreen format and DVD-quality, as Nokia. Above all, however, the company on the integrated 5-megapixel camera out of a lens by Carl Zeiss Tessar chairs. An LED flash will help to ensure that even in darkness to shoot usable images.
Already a permanent burner?
That an MP3 player is installed, aligns itself with a device from Nokia's N-series by itself N-phones are multimedia phones. Including the N97, besides the music in the MP3 and AAC and WMA formats can play. With replenishment should one after Nokia will of course provide Nokia Music Store. Really is amazing but the music playing time, the company promises.
One and a half days to deal with the N97 incessantly listen to music before the battery service acknowledged. This applies only if the phone during part of the unit is off.
But otherwise promises Nokia, the N97 will be a long-running. More than two weeks it is in standby mode persevere, almost seven hours talk time offer. These are super values, provided they are in practice will be achieved.
Memory tired
Super is the memory of the touchscreen Nokia. With 32 gigabytes, which is already incorporated in the purchase, it offers twice as much space for music and movies as Apple's iPhone 3G. Should also not yet sufficient, it is the memory via microSD card expand. In combination with a 16-gigabyte card would be the casual total capacity of 48 gigabytes.
MOBILE BREITBANDFORMATEUMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System - is often referred to as mobile standard for third generation (3G), because it significantly higher data rates than its predecessor GSM allows. German UMTS networks usually a bandwidth of 384 Kbps for data from Mobilfunkmast to the terminal. Regular DSL connections today offer übrlicherweise 1024 kbit / s. (more blogs in KNOW) HSDPAHigh Speed Downlink Packet Access - is based on UMTS on, but achieved significantly higher data transfer rates for the transfer of Mobilfunkmast to the terminal. The practically achievable data rate is currently at 1.4 Mb / s. Through technological improvements, it gradually to 5.1 Mbps rise. (more blogs in KNOW) GPRSGeneral packet radio service - this standard data when broadcasters cut into individual packets, sends them gestückelt and puts it back together with the recipient. By bundling multiple transmission channels is theoretically a transfer rate of up to 171.2 kbit /!
s possible. In practical operation, it is usually 55.6 Kbps - modems were so slow in the days before DSL. (more blogs in KNOW) EdgeEnhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution - technology to increase the transmission rate of data in GSM mobile networks. Through more efficient modulation techniques will be the sum of up to 384 Kbps to achieve - that is UMTS speed. Edge has been introduced in 75 countries. (more blogs in KNOW) WiMaxDie WiMax technology includes several standards for data on different radio frequencies. Some WiMax standards need a visual connection between the transmitter and receiver, other signals can also penetrate walls. When testing WiMax is already data transfer rates of more than 100 Mbps have achieved. Hermann Lipfert, an expert on wireless networks at the Munich Institute for Broadcasting Technology (IRT) estimates that in a regular WiMax wireless cell Tranferraten of 50 Mbps are realistic - under ideal conditions and application of all currently available!
technical tricks. This range would need to be as UMTS all use!
rs share
in the respective radio cell are online. (more blogs in KNOW) DVB-TDer DVB-T standard regulates the distribution of digital television signals via radio. The DVB standard is also designed to Internet content to be transferred - in the frequency of a single analog television channel (about 7 MHz) match but just 13 megabits per second into it. If a single broadcast station ie 20 users hanging around the same time, a file download attempt, it is already closely - the data for each user would be less than one Mbit / s, ie lower than the cheapest DSL connections that are currently on offer are. "The biggest danger for this technology is, by the presence overtaken," said Sven Hansen of the computer magazine c't. " I transfer the content over DVB, which also goes in only one direction - just like watching TV. The back channel will be produced by other means, such as through a conventional telephone line. Mouse clicks in the browser received this method over the phone line to the p!
rovider, which would then requested pages of the DVB broadcasting station back to the recipient gefunkt. This is cumbersome - and slow. (more blogs in KNOW) LTELong Term Evolution is the name that a number of mobile phone companies an additional standard of the fourth generation mobile telephony has been given. LTE is essentially a development of UMTS - but requires completely new hardware, including new broadcasting stations. LTE competes with the WiMax standard to the market leader in mobile Internet of the future - between the two standards will possibly a new format war erupt. LTE is recognized by experts over WiMax, however, about two years behind in terms of technological development. (More at blogs KNOW)
The combination is expected to eventually be the N97 to an audience will make. A bold touch with a real keyboard, good camera, large memory, faster network connections and abundant multimedia functionality should find many friends.
Only the price for the Nokia einfordert, could deter: 550 Euro net, so around 650 euros after taxes, the N97 without a contract cost when it comes sometime in the first half of 2009 comes into the shops.
But that price is hardly someone must pay. At least this is Nokia manager Anssi Vanjoki in prospect. He said the end of the presentation show for the N97 that he hoped that mobile operators would be interested in the potential pain avoid such a issue with would.
Sure, the new Nokia mobile phone will be subsidized with contracts offered. It was also his predecessor, the N95, the box-office hit, could sell 15 million times. The N97 could also create loosely - if it holds, what the manufacturer promises.

Ringtones for managers.

A U.S. start-up company wants precisely Klingeltonverächtern call signals for mobile phones to sell. The new mesh: beeps with professional standards. Which should be especially discreet, little upset - just cheap, they are not, however.
  The business phone ring tones is been a long time in descent, even teenagers are turning to increasingly overpriced download the tune from scraps. Constant seems only the image of ringing lousy and the download providers to be. Beyond the youthful stupidity new target for the fee to download ring tones to excite and therefore seems Mission impossible.
The start-up with the zeitgeist name iRingPro tried it anyway, and despite less, but precisely because of the disastrous reputation, the ring tones have. Under the company motto "The Innovators Of Luxury Mobile Rings" will be here Ringtones are sold to people who really pesky find ringtones. iRingPro provides anti-ringing, so to speak before the task as their phone signal discreetly and stylishly it should.
iZen
To precisely Klingeltonverächtern the purchase of ring tones to make tasty, the iRingPro sounds especially one that is subtle. This concerns the sounds themselves, but also the interval in which they signify a call. The time from the first to the second ring is so determined that the call actually before the first repetition can accept or wegdrücken. Last sold iRingPro no different tones, but an entire set to package price of 9.95 U.S. dollars.
For this, even in comparison to the usual practices in the ringtone business juicy price, you get 21 signals. These are, inter alia, as "professional iPhone ringtones" advertised, while the sagacious name "Zen Collection" probably every Jamba Association already in the approach should be avoided. Will therefore iphone ringtones-lee actually grown up yet? After all, Apple as a "door openers" notorious, the previously closed markets for subsequent companies opens. And what in the music download fee and the mobile Internet use has worked, but now could also work for ringtones?
iFlop
Given the well-designed site, it is not surprising that behind iRingPro a proven marketing expert hides: Joel Hladecek has the mid-nineties temporarily fairly well-known agency Red Sky Interactive and co then almost a decade as chief creative acts. His tone is running the project, however, despite this wealth of experience to slow. Testifies the thin iRingPro feedback on the site, but also the unsuccessful attempt with an encouragement to generate competition.
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deDie of iRingPro initiated reduction of the "world's best free ring tone" was thematically in the blog world is interested above all to reject incomprehension. At second glance also reveals the company's name as a questionable choice. Product names preceded by an "i" when companies are enjoying popularity is unbroken. Whether the i-mesh with consumers as well arrives, which may be doubtful. Sure seems only that the flood of iProdukte primarily benefit Apple, because everyone imitators especially on the iMac and iPod manufacturer recalls. The riders have made it difficult on the other hand, in the shadow of the "i" an independent profile to develop. Also aggravating that "iRing" even for a design concept and a software is used. The establishment of "professional ring tones" should in any case not work.

Put your electricity but themselves

A mobile phone, the battery has not, and never at the outlet, and runs forever? This vision could become reality. Researchers and chip manufacturers are working on technologies that energy from APPLIES their immediate surroundings - sometimes it even extends to dance.
  Chatter helps. In last few years may already have a long telephone conversation to the mobile phone fit for a few hours call willingness to make. That is at least the vision of Professor Tahir Cagin from Texas A & M University from. The chemist and his colleagues have found a way it could be possible one day, electricity from language to win.

The nanotechnology specialist at Cagin has discovered a material that is the energy of the sound waves emitted when speaking particularly effective to convert it into electricity. In the unspecified substance if it was a piezoelectric material, the university. That such materials are suitable for power generation, has long been known.
It exerts pressure on a piezo-electric element, this produces electricity. Applications for such substances, there are zuhauf. For example, with acoustic guitars, violins and other stringed instruments piezo pickups used to the sound of the instrument to decline to an amplifier and transmit them. The vibrations of the instrument are supported by the corresponding change in Piezos tensions converted.
Effectively only in the border area
Cagin discovery, however, will mean that by piezo-effect enough electricity can be generated in order to operate electrical appliances. Initially, however, the researchers aiming in particular miniaturized device, called nano-machines, an. Because in the current version works only if the energy particularly effective when its piezoelectric elements exactly 21 nanometers thin. For comparison: A human hair has a diameter of 100,000 nanometers.
Once Cagin piezo elements only a few nanometers thick or thin are manufactured, their effectiveness can be dramatically after. When the desired thickness of only 21 nanometers, but the energy yield is not very high. Nevertheless, given that Cagin and Texas A & M University optimistic, hoping the material through further research so far finally to be able to improve that sound waves from it alone can generate sufficient energy to just mobile phones, for example, with electricity supply.
Current TV channels
Researchers at the chip manufacturer Intel put in their efforts anyway equal to such devices that do not want to do with nanotechnology. Henceforth, it said it is the technology leader of the group, Justin Rattner, a few days ago, we wanted cell phones, notebooks and other mobile devices with virtually infinite equip battery life by allowing them equipped with chips, the energy from their environment.
Unlike Cagin wants you to Intel but not limited to piezo effects, but different energy sources to tap. Rattner cited as examples of body heat and kinetic energy of the user. But even well-known methods, such as solar cells, which simultaneously serve as a display, be conceivable. Similarly, remember, electromagnetic waves, such as TV stations generate exploit.
Install and forget
The top should make sensors that are independent of power outlets and batteries can operate. As a possible application called Rattner acceleration sensors, which is firmly in the wall built by the end of mobile stations broadcast electromagnetic waves with electricity. Thus, these sensors will be able to continuously move data over the airwaves of the building to a recorder to send. In an earthquake-prone area like California may even be useful.
Already completed is a self-serviced implant, which measured about bodily functions collects and wirelessly transmitted. Rattner described such devices as "install-and-forget systems," because you can not wait, and a patient is not equipped so that after a certain time to replace the batteries must be cut.
Fun Save Power
However, it is also in Intel still take a while to become familiar with the now pursued approaches can generate enough electricity to enable devices such as a smartphone with a reliable electricity supply. On popular among users can be in such techniques but certainly count. That showed a Forsa study. According support of 97 percent of Germans the expansion of renewable energies. Themselves with eco-friendly electricity serviced mobile phones would be an almost secure success.
The man admittedly already can exploit its environment in order to free green produce, show examples from Europe. It was in the Netherlands until recently a station cafe with a revolving door, which by their rotations electricity generated. In London, we even went so far as to the dance floor in a nightclub with a ground on which to the piezo principle follows: Once the audience begins to dance, the movements are used to generate electricity, without harmful emissions.
Good mood is good for climate.

Google's new mobile phone from Australia.

Growth for Android: Well, there is a second mobile phone, the mobile operating system from Google is based - the Agora Kogan. The development comes from Australia, is produced in China. And so comes the new smartphone especially at the price.
  In the basic version costs the Agora Kogan 299 Australian dollars, which converted just 150 euros are. So a bargain, considering that this gets a proper smartphone, with touch screen, MP3 players and Internet functions.
Visually reminiscent of the Agora amazingly BlackBerry smart phones like the Curve. It has a relatively large color screen and a full mini-keypad. A five-way mini-joystick in the middle of the keypad used for cursor control, just as it is the trackball on the BlackBerry does. This is not new, but good model which.
Otherwise, the Agora little surprising, but much more meaningful: The display has a resolution of 320 times 240 Points, data connections are via UMTS, HSDPA or EDGE established. The 384 megabytes of internal memory can be using microSD cards up a Bluetooth module allows connections with headsets, computers and other accessories. Norway Australian dollar surcharge, there is also a aufgebohrte Pro version. The addition will have a 2-megapixel camera, a GPS receiver and a wireless module on board.

Otherwise, functions and capabilities of the device largely by the operating software provided, agree on many points with what the T-Mobile G1 can.
The production of the device is not, however, when Kogan provider in Australia itself Instead, the company lets the device with a contract manufacturer in China finished. This saves costs of course, the gadget blog ShinyShiny but argwöhnt you, you should prefer not worry about lead paint in the Agora make.
For German mobile phone users who no longer want to wait until T-Mobile also here in the G1 brings to the market, it may nevertheless be a nice alternative. Including shipping demands Kogan converted EUR 176 for the standard version and 227 euros for the Pro model. A little patience, but potential buyers must also bring here. Orders are being accepted to be delivered the equipment but only from 29 January. As a Christmas gift is the Android mobile phone from Down Under ie.
MOBILE BREITBANDFORMATEUMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System - is often referred to as mobile standard for third generation (3G), because it significantly higher data rates than its predecessor GSM allows. German UMTS networks usually a bandwidth of 384 Kbps for data from Mobilfunkmast to the terminal. Regular DSL connections today offer übrlicherweise 1024 kbit / s. (more blogs in KNOW) HSDPAHigh Speed Downlink Packet Access - is based on UMTS on, but achieved significantly higher data transfer rates for the transfer of Mobilfunkmast the terminal. The practically achievable data rate is currently at 1.4 Mb / s. Through technological improvements, it gradually to 5.1 Mbps rise. (more blogs in KNOW) GPRSGeneral packet radio service - this standard data when broadcasters cut into individual packets, sends them gestückelt and puts it back together with the recipient. By bundling multiple transmission channels is theoretically a transfer rate of up to 171.2 kbit / s !
possible. In practical operation, it is usually 55.6 Kbps - modems were so slow in the days before DSL. (more blogs in KNOW) EdgeEnhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution - technology to increase the transmission rate of data in GSM mobile networks. Through more efficient modulation techniques will be the sum of up to 384 Kbps to achieve - that is UMTS speed. Edge has been introduced in 75 countries. (more blogs in KNOW) WiMaxDie WiMax technology includes several standards for data on different radio frequencies. Some WiMax standards need a visual connection between the transmitter and receiver, other signals can also penetrate walls. When testing WiMax is already data transfer rates of more than 100 Mbps have achieved. Hermann Lipfert, an expert on wireless networks at the Munich Institute for Broadcasting Technology (IRT) estimates that in a regular WiMax wireless cell Tranferraten of 50 Mbps are realistic - under ideal conditions and application of all currently available te!
chnical tricks. This range would need to be as UMTS all users !
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the respective radio cell are online. (more blogs in KNOW) DVB-TDer DVB-T standard regulates the distribution of digital television signals via radio. The DVB standard is also designed to Internet content to be transferred - in the frequency of a single analog television channel (about 7 MHz) match but just 13 megabits per second into it. If a single broadcast station ie 20 users hanging around the same time, a file download attempt, it is already closely - the data for each user would be less than one Mbit / s, ie lower than the cheapest DSL connections that are currently on offer are. "The biggest danger for this technology is, by the presence overtaken," said Sven Hansen of the computer magazine c't. " I transfer the content over DVB, which also goes in only one direction - just like watching TV. The back channel will be produced by other means, such as through a conventional telephone line. Mouse clicks in the browser received this method over the phone line to the prov!
ider, which would then requested pages of the DVB broadcasting station back to the recipient gefunkt. This is cumbersome - and slow. (more blogs in KNOW) LTELong Term Evolution is the name that a number of mobile phone companies an additional standard of the fourth generation mobile telephony has been given. LTE is essentially a development of UMTS - but requires completely new hardware, including new broadcasting stations. LTE competes with the WiMax standard to the market leader in mobile Internet of the future - between the two standards will possibly a new format war erupt. LTE is recognized by experts over WiMax, however, about two years behind in terms of technological development. (More at blogs KNOW)

Linux on the iPhone.

The development has been months, now is ready for a first version: Linux runs on the iPhone. About sense and nonsense of the company is vigorously debated among fans. But the project could also iPhone other alternative systems to pave the way.
  The iPhone community is not sure: Is now the good, bad or just a completely useless gimmick? Hackers have managed to Apple's multimedia mobile phones to manipulate the iPhone so that it instead of Apple's operating system, a Linux variant runs - with some restrictions.
Moreover, the nature of such restrictions, clarifies a demonstration video, a programmer with the network name "planetbeing online in May. It will be shown how to use the alternative operating system on the iPhone starts. The procedure, so much is clear, there is nothing for keyboard and mouse objectors fans. Because, as explained, is on the phone itself is not installed Linux. So far, it is the programmer only managed a modified so-called bootloader installed, as the gateway for their system serves.

About Ladesoftware can after switching the device to select whether the normal iPhone OS or Linux just to be started. Decide you opt for the latter, it starts at the craftsmanship. On the video is to clearly hear the projectionist commands into the computer, the Apple phone is connected to entry. As the voice says, must be the core operating system Linux and other parts at each start via USB to your phone will be dubbed. But it is even more to the victory over the closed system of the iPhone - and possible in this way to reach future hacker pranks.
Only a rough sketch
Even if the tinkering succeeds, the result is expected for hardcore iPhone users hardly refresh his first. Everything a Linux iPhone currently can be typed using the keyboard commands from the PC to receive. Neither does the touch screen can still surf the Web or retrieve e-mails. Not even the phone is compatible with the hacked device.
But the promise is not the hackers. For them, the software in its current version is not more than a rough sketch, which shows that an iPhone-Linux is possible.
The reactions of users ranging from total excitement to perfect incomprehension. On the Mac IntoMobile blog about a reader asks, "why people spend their time wasting so what." Another holds the hack even for "the senseless thing I have ever seen."
The Blog of the developers themselves outweighs the other hand, enthusiasm, which deals with comments like "this is totally fantastic" or "this is great news" express. Even programmers Zibri, known by an unlock software, which he developed for the iPhone, praises the project.
Way for Android?
Few dare to them but what they really hack the Linux expected. For example, a user is described as honeyanson and Linux-on-the-iPhone Forum outright for a "soft-unlock" asks, that is, software that the iPhone 3G for all mobile operators unlock. So far no one has yet managed.
Such an Unlock but is unlikely the goal of its developers. Where the journey of the Linux hacks should go on the other hand, says Simon Kjellberg in the same forum. He was already eager to which Linux versions will run on the iPhone will, he says. With the statement "Android is obviously a big name, he clearly what many are hoping the iPhone-trailer.
Indeed, would the Google mobile operating system Android on the iPhone work, it would be a fantastic playground for all technology-freaks - and a fine opportunity to Android and the iPhone OS directly compare.
Above all, the iPhone would be no Linux-way street. Because, as at the end of the demonstration videos will be shown, you can look for a restart of the phones back into the familiar iPhone OS return. For example, because you would like phoning times.

German surf for 2.5 billion euros in the mobile Web.

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly intense as mobile Surfplattformen used. Fast networks and multimedia phones comfortable lead to extensive Surftouren. At least as popular but it is a phone function, even in the lame networks works best.
  Golden times for mobile service providers: Until the end of the year in Germany are 16 million mobile phones via UMTS to be connected to the Internet. Sun predicts that the industry association Bitkom. This would mean the end of 2008, more than twice as many mobile phone users on the fast mobile data networks can go online than in the previous year. By a total of 60 percent, said the Bitkom, have the number of UMTS terminals in this year.

For the mobile service providers should see this message for a sigh of relief care. Finally, the provider in 2000 around 50 billion euros for the UMTS licenses in the state pays. The construction of the networks has devoured more billions. The interest of users so far, however, remained far behind expectations.
But now it seems that the long-missing killer application but apparently found to be - the Web. There is nothing else than the normal World Wide Web is what the user now seems increasingly use their mobile phones.
That, however, only since mobile phones are no longer only on the portal pages of the respective network can access stripped down or "mobile" versions of well-known websites control. Much more can be with devices like the iPhone 3G, the HTC Touch HD, Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 or the new BlackBerry storm quite normal web pages wonderfully mobile access. In addition to the high data transfer speed of UMTS are especially large and high-resolution screens, fast processors, as well as current devices, which even complex Web pages can quickly calculate.
MOBILE BREITBANDFORMATEUMTSUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System - is often referred to as mobile standard for third generation (3G), because it significantly higher data rates than its predecessor GSM allows. German UMTS networks usually a bandwidth of 384 Kbps for data from Mobilfunkmast the terminal. Regular DSL connections today offer übrlicherweise 1024 kbit / s. (more blogs in KNOW) HSDPAHigh Speed Downlink Packet Access - is based on UMTS on, but achieved significantly higher data transfer rates for the transfer of Mobilfunkmast to the terminal. The practically achievable data rate is currently at 1.4 Mb / s. Through technological improvements, it gradually to 5.1 Mbps rise. (more blogs in KNOW) GPRSGeneral packet radio service - this standard data when broadcasters cut into individual packets, sends them gestückelt and puts it back together with the recipient. By bundling multiple transmission channels is theoretically a transfer rate of up to 171.2 kbit / s !
possible. In practical operation, it is usually 55.6 Kbps - modems were so slow in the days before DSL. (more blogs in KNOW) EdgeEnhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution - technology to increase the transmission rate of data in GSM mobile networks. Through more efficient modulation techniques will be the sum of up to 384 Kbps to achieve - that is UMTS speed. Edge has been introduced in 75 countries. (more blogs in KNOW) WiMaxDie WiMax technology includes several standards for data on different radio frequencies. Some WiMax standards need a visual connection between the transmitter and receiver, other signals can also penetrate walls. When testing WiMax is already data transfer rates of more than 100 Mbps have achieved. Hermann Lipfert, an expert on wireless networks at the Munich Institute for Broadcasting Technology (IRT) estimates that in a regular WiMax wireless cell Tranferraten of 50 Mbps are realistic - under ideal conditions and application of all currently available te!
chnical tricks. This range would need to be as UMTS all users !
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the respective radio cell are online. (more blogs in KNOW) DVB-TDer DVB-T standard regulates the distribution of digital television signals via radio. The DVB standard is also designed to Internet content to be transferred - in the frequency of a single analog television channel (about 7 MHz) match but just 13 megabits per second into it. If a single broadcast station ie 20 users hanging around the same time, a file download attempt, it is already closely - the data for each user would be less than one Mbit / s, ie lower than the cheapest DSL connections that are currently on offer are. "The biggest danger for this technology is, by the presence overtaken," said Sven Hansen of the computer magazine c't. " I transfer the content over DVB, which also goes in only one direction - just like watching TV. The back channel will be produced by other means, such as through a conventional telephone line. Mouse clicks in the browser received this method over the phone line to the prov!
ider, which would then requested pages of the DVB broadcasting station back to the recipient gefunkt. This is cumbersome - and slow. (more blogs in KNOW) LTELong Term Evolution is the name that a number of mobile phone companies an additional standard of the fourth generation mobile telephony has been given. LTE is essentially a development of UMTS - but requires completely new hardware, including new broadcasting stations. LTE competes with the WiMax standard to the market leader in mobile Internet of the future - between the two standards will possibly a new format war erupt. LTE is recognized by experts over WiMax, however, about two years behind in terms of technological development. (More at blogs KNOW)
For the supplier is the rising popularity of UMTS but also that they can skim fat profits. At 5.1 billion euros Bitkom estimates of the revenue from mobile data services in 2008. Compared with the previous year would increase by 7.1 per cent. However, it is important to note that this revenue does not completely through web and e-mail queries can be generated.
Half of the turnover comes from the continued fees for SMS messages and, probably to a small part, multimedia messages (MMS).
More important than the look into the vast World Wide Web are mobile phone users is still short, sometimes major, sometimes not so important, but almost always personal text messages. And they were in the old GSM networks as quickly and comfortably as via UMTS.

Eco-Stars for mobile phone chargers.

Unused to the AC power outlet suspended for two thirds of electricity through mobile responsible. The big manufacturers are therefore in future power supplies with stars indicate that the standby consumption assessed.
  The five leading mobile phone manufacturers want to standby power consumption of future uniformly labeled. They have Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung and Sony Ericsson on a five-star system agreed in consultation with EU and U.S. authorities was designed. Accordingly, signaling five stars on the charger, that it is a particularly efficient model with a maximum of 0.03 watts consumption in standby mode is.
On the other side of the scale, ranking the "zero stars", especially those with energy-hungry power supplies should be marked in the standby more than 0.5 watts claim. With the action to the mobile phone manufacturers begin an awareness of energy wastage caused by standby power supplies in creating. Because they consume electricity even if they only plug into the socket, but no phone is charging. And actually, this is also very easy to understand, because the power supplies to heat up as soon as they can be connected.
High bills
Power supplies that many users permanently stuck in a wall outlet, is probably primarily a matter of convenience - otherwise you would have the charger before each use only one search and find. Moreover, the tangled cables rather quickly when the power supplies to a power outlet is not "fixed" are. These are obviously minor and the same appears for the consumption of the devices in standby to apply. But according to Nokia are unexploited in the hanging wall outlet for power supplies lush two-thirds of electricity consumption, the total mobile phone production.
And as so often in environmental issues here for the effect of mass: If all mobile phone users on a four-or five-star equipment would switch, could be the performance of "two medium-size power plants" be saved, expects Nokia with The reference to more than three billion mobile phone connectors. Against this background seems to be the new star system, the manufacturer makes sense, it also further producers such as HTC, Apple or Research in Motion is open.
Eco paradoxical
Praiseworthy the introduction of the star system for mobile power supplies may be, it is not out of hand that, while it is a step back. Actually have the goal of energy saving efforts so that unused Chargers general disconnect from the mains - the resulting zero consumption would be smooth six-star deserves. Seen is the assessment of the standby consumption actually counter-productive because power supplies with a good score even conscious and in good conscience remain unused in the outlet should be allowed.
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de bug.deDer black-Peter goes in this case, however, not only the industry but for the most part, to consumers.
The star system is therefore only a pragmatic compromise that will reduce the consumption until a really neat solution to the stand-waste is available. The ideal combination of comfort and energy efficiency would be a power supply with zero consumption in standby mode. In the laboratories of the mobile phone manufacturer will also closely worked. A prototype of such a "zero waste Chargers" from Nokia's research brings the absurdity of the theme nicely to the point: The device has an on-off switch, of course, in green.

These ringtones only teens can hear.

Manufacturers of FantaManager effervescent wasted phone software, which for adults will produce inaudible tones. However, some high-frequency sounds so uncomfortable, so that other companies selling Teenagers herumlungernde.
  The drinks trademark Fanta into a current campaign on mobile software. The aim of the youthful audience for free download. For the advertising campaign has Organgenbrause-Cola offshoot of the group can produce two applications: firstly, the game "virtual tennis", which linked via Bluetooth phones as rackets on a virtual space to act. These are the movements of players on the three-dimensional pixel Court transferred the result will be on the phone screens.
Besides "Virtual Tennis" is the "stealth sound system initially unspectacular. The advertising agency Ogilvy application promises teenagers developed a secret communication system. It is based on sound snippets of sirens, howling wolf or spoken phrases such as "cool" or "let's get out of here".
The samples, however, are at a reduced frequency, usually the only young ears can exercise - with age can be heard after the fact, a process already in the 20-year-olds use.
With Fantas "Stealth Sound System" is the story of teenage high frequency sound is updated, two years ago in Britain, was built. 2006 designed inventors Howard Stapleton of a device that shades from 16 to 19 kilohertz and produced "Mosquito" was baptized. Stapleton wanted to but not the secret understanding among young people. His concern was much more teenagers hanging around in front of his shop to hold.
And as the Mosquito box this task done fairly reliable, Stapleton could compound security company in the UK alone, several thousand pieces to sell. But renitente angry youths and adults are naturally global phenomena, which is why the Mosquito 2007, also in other countries successfully marketed could be. In the United States and Germany met with the high-frequency lobe, however, not only at enthusiastic buyers, but also to harsh criticism because of the technical regulation of social conflicts partially principle is rejected, but mainly because of hearing impairments can not be excluded.

Fanta is not the first company to high-frequency sounds are not alone against the youthful audience to use. Initially marketed inventor Howard Stapleton himself successfully Mosquito ringtone. And last year Sony Pictures took a similar, high-frequency sound as a promotional tool for the movie "The Messenger". The corresponding slogan turned the negative effect of young ears into positives: "There are things that only children see and hear."
IN COOPERATION WITH ... de BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deAber also the use of the Mosquito box against herumlungernde youths could be permanent as Boomerang prove. Even adult Hörgänge are not immune psychoacoustic attacks. Mosquito-adolescent victims could, for example, the pocket-friendly price of 29.99 U.S. dollars the Klangstinkbombe "Sonic Nausea" buy. The nasty little device is secretly in the premises of the "enemy" places where the sounds produced produce nausea and dizziness, and Young and old alike.