Robot starts by burglars catchall.

Especially in Japan, robots are often used as guard dogs already in use by mobile phone networks even in private households. A model of the robot can forge Tmsuk burglars even via the net to prevent escape.

 

Robot as a guard employed, it is now a common approach, even if the robot on patrol, no real mass phenomenon. Nevertheless, there is even for home use have numerous offers, but of course, the robot-crazy Japan is a leader. A typical sheet metal comrade for the house, for example, is monitoring the "Roborior" in the bot-forge
Tmsuk, which is marketed by Sanyo in Japan, and converted it cost around 2,300 euros.

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Roborior The key feature is the fast connection to the mobile network of the third generation, because on this one, the robot can be controlled, the other forward position by the video image including clay to his owners. In the promotional video, the Roborior practice then, that the working mother home from work from the command performs a check ride in the living room shows that the son of primary school age to close to the television screen squats, but in a reminder of the mother, whose voice from Roborior the speaker sounds, this error promptly corrected. That is even educational!

Catchall

Ultimately, however, also operate the robots for commercial use as a guard dog is not unlike the schnuckelig Roborior. Devices like the "Guardrobo" beat alarm events when they register their software does not recognize as a matter of routine. The response to the outbreak of a fire or the appearance of a burglar, however, still some people left.

The latest creation from the house, however Tmsuk breaks from the schedule of the robot as passive observers. The martial as a famous Russian tank T-34 "designated machine runs not only by mobile phone networks patrol. T-34 is much more direct confrontation with a burglar.

If an unwanted intruder off, T-34 transmits the first video image via cell phone to the network operations center. From there, can turn the shooting down of a fishing nets are triggered, with the burglar at least for a short time to escape should be prevented. Rumor has it that the T-34 in two years for about 7,000 euros to the Japanese market, but also a version for household work. Whether burglars then come onto the market that are so readily as to catch plenty of immovable Lord in the demo video (see below) is still not entirely clear.

Robot laws

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Given the fact that the shot to the net via mobile phone from one person is triggered, could be the T-34 or just the "robot law" sufficient to do so. This in 1942 by writer Isaac Asimov and has of course no legal relevance, but among scientists as largely accepted guideline.

Asimovs first law for sheet metal comrades reads: "A robot must not be a human being (knowingly) violate." Complicated is the case of the T-34 but only by the second law: "A robot must be to him by a man given to obey commands - unless such an order would conflict with a rule." Accordingly, should the T-34 the command to launch the network, if this as a "violation" would measure.

Obama has his BlackBerry back.

Barack Obama is now talking again, as he likes: The U.S. president has his BlackBerry back, he was sworn in after his first for security reasons had to submit. A Kodierschutz should be safe from hackers do.

 

A glance at the display, the device firmly in both hands: That was Barack Obama on Thursday to see it from his office in the White House came - the U.S. president has his BlackBerry back. Photographer documented the moment repeatedly.

After his swearing in as president Obama was the mobile and e-mail device for safety reasons has been removed. At Obama's request worked out of a super-secret safe Kodierschutz for the instrument of the president from making it impossible for hackers to crack Obama's communications.

The U.S. secret service, was among other things, warned against the possibility, the most powerful man in the world when the phone calls to locate or communications.

Obama insisted, however, to keep the device. He needed it as a window into the world beyond its strict security checks by government dominated daily life.

Mobile operators want more money.

There are the big time operators agree: The fee for the forwarding of calls from other networks are too low, should urgently be increased - which is ultimately the customer would have to pay. Only one vendor from Shear, called the tariffs continue to reduce.

 

Dusseldorf - This is something different: instead of one as last time in practice to reduce prices, to three of the four German mobile operators will have more money. That they want to but not directly from consumers are taking, but each invoice. These are the so-called termination fees, payments, which the companies themselves for abfordern that it calls from their networks in their own forward.

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T-Mobile, Vodafone and O2 agree here: the forwarding charges should be increased. Only on the level of increase is one disagreed. While the two major operators for a moderate increase in termination fees vote, calls on O2 almost entirely immodest a doubling of fees. The walk, as it reported the news agency Reuters, on Wednesday from the published applications of the companies to the Federal Network Agency showed.

Only the mobile operator E-Plus suggests a different course, denied the claims of its competitors. Instead of a fee increase to exist, the company proposing the exact opposite of that requires a gradual reduction of existing tariffs.

At the end, customers pay

These are the termination rates for all operators is an important source of income. Every time one of its customers with a call from a network of the competition receives, they can be competitors that a specified amount chalk. How much is set but not the network itself, but the Federal Network Agency. Finally, do not end up paying the fees these companies themselves. Rather, the amount flowing into the calculation of the current mobile tariffs On. This is also the reason why network internal calls can be offered cheaper than calls to foreign networks.

2007 were the mobile operators with an application for fee increase failed. Instead, the charges on 1 December 2007 to around ten percent. Currently have T-Mobile and Vodafone for calls from other networks 7.92 cents per minute. E-Plus and O2 will receive 8.8 cents. E-Plus now wants a gradual reduction to 8.4, 7.6 and 6.8 cents by 2012 to reach. T-Mobile, however, calls for 8.39 cents and 8.23 cents Vodafone wants to enforce. O2 initially float 16.43 cents, which later on 14.98 until March 2012 and finally to 14.43 cents per minute will be reduced.

Matthias Kurth chief authorities on the other hand, had already said in the past year, he constructed with a further reduction of fees. From such a measure he expected further fall in retail prices. Moreover, the use of wireless networks increase, because more and more customers on a fixed line and also renounced the mobile Internet access important. To climb the network and the investment of providers were distributed to more minutes - fee increase unnecessary.

Apple gets iPhone patent.

Is that still a coincidence? Hardly threatening Apple COO Tim Cook imitators with complaints, Apple gets a patent on the user interface of the iPhone. Two years had taken the application, the release of Apple's exactly the right time.

 

The number
7479949 smartphone manufacturers should remember. Under this point is that Apple's patent for the user interface of the iPhone in the U.S. Patent Office registered. Almost two years, the officials used to Apple's patent application for review, but now it's official: The rights to the typical way to the cult-mobile phone with finger gestures controls are at Apple.

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This message should be at the Apple headquarters in Cupertino already eagerly waiting for. Finally, Steve Jobs had representatives at the chief post, Tim Cook, only a few days ago made it clear that Apple is not to put up
when other manufacturers, the principles of the iPhone interface their own. Without directly to a specific company address, he said it would be such attempts with all means available to combat them.

Observers suspect Cook had with his threat to Palm frameworks, which just announced Smartphone Palm Pre in some detail the iPhone is very similar. With the assignment of the patent, Apple has now basically the funds in hand to combat Palm approach. However, the company would have to clear evidence of how well Apple's patents actually violated.

538 page long document

The on January 20, 2009 dated patent itself is entitled "touchscreen device, method and graphical user interface, user input in order to determine heuristically. As the inventor will be Steve Jobs and Apple's 25 other employees mentioned.

A total of 538 pages, the document include the more than 60 illustrations is garnished. Important should be above all what is already in the brief summary of the patent stands. It says, Apple has the patent on "contacts from one or more fingers with the touch screen to detect and precisely from these contacts with the help of heuristic methods to determine whether the user, for example, move the screen, it scrolls or other command wants to run.

Now remains to be seen to what extent the newly acquired Apple patent applies and whether the companies interested in the use of multi-touch finger referred Steuerungstechnik against payment of royalties will allow. It affects not only mobile phone company, but also a number of manufacturers of other devices such as MP3 players, which is still held back so that multi-touch technology into their devices installed.

Apple could sue Palm.

The resurrection should perhaps be moved. Pre Palms Smartphone is in details of the iPhone so similar that a dispute with observers fear Apple. While the iPod company with the saber rasselt, there is Palm confidently.

 

The enthusiasm was great: When the mobile phone manufacturer Palm strauchelnde its new touch-screen phone, the Palm Pre, at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas presented the press and audience were thrilled. Not quite so enthusiastic, however, appears in Apple's headquarters in Cupertino to have been. The elegant user interface of the mobile neophyte remembers very partial to the iPhone, Apple could potentially infringe patents.

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The potential problem: Palms mobile browser. The fact has some features that are currently only available when the iPhone and installed the Apple Safari browser has seen. Among other things you can safari with two fingers to operate. By around the thumb and index finger on a picture sets and move apart, are parts of websites infinitely enlarge or - conversely applied - shrink.

Multi-touch is this technique, in which a touch-screen finger movements of several show commands and can implement. As these functions in January 2007 for the first time in front of an audience and showed plenty of applause for harvested, said Apple CEO Steve Jobs the new development as almost magical. Possible imitators he startled by saying 'Oh man, and as we have patented, "from.

No multi-touch with Google Mobile ... or is it?

The award was its impact. And of course the knowledge of many companies handlebars that even with Apple's legendary legal fun is not. So far no manufacturer has dared to Apple's multi-touch gesture control to copy. Even Google and the Open Handset Consortium, the Android operating system for phones like the T-Mobile G1 develop, have been cautious so far held back.

The touch-sensitive screen of the G1 is basically in a position, multi-finger gestures as the iPhone to understand. This at least demonstrated the Android developer Luke Hutchison. He has written a software with which images and Web pages on the G1 well with two-finger gestures to zoom in and out like the iPhone. To use the software yourself is still some work needed, which only experienced users Hutchison recommends.

Jobs representatives threatens imitators

Much easier is expected to touch on the other hand, multi Palms with new hope, the Palm Pre be. Its Web browser dominates the two-finger technique as well as Apple's Safari sovereign. But what observers at first glance like, for Palm could now become a problem. Because in the context of a financial press conference, the currently reigning Apple chief Tim Cook, the Steve Jobs during his time out represents clear that they were too brazen Abkupferungsversuche will not put up.

"We like competition, because competition makes us better, so long as he does not exploit our intellectual property," said Cook, adding that Apple would "pursue all of the tries." Fairly clear that he has an eye on Palm, even though he repeatedly pointed out that his statement does not refer to a specific company to want to seek. Even though Cook must also hold back. Because the patents, of which Jobs at the launch of the iPhone said, are registered by the U.S. Patent Office, but apparently not yet been stamped. Until then, will the iPhone manufacturers still need to slow down.

Trump card Rubinstein

Palm sees possible actions against Apple apparently abandoned. So there is at least Palm CEO Ed Colligan talks to blogs ONLINE confident that it can hardly be a dispute between Palm and Apple come. Finally, he gave an argument that Palm itself had hundreds of patents for smartphone technology. In the case of an action by Apple, because Colligan seems to be sure, one can loose with a whole momentum of counter-counter claims.

Still, it is not the extent and the taps still exploring the site. This is for Apple's image would not be encouraged, Palm right now, because it again with the company seems to go up to sue, should Apple chief schnurz be entirely bunk. One possibility, without expensive lawyers to some admittedly, there are.

Jon Rubinstein, the Palm for the development of the Pre is responsible, has for years, even in Apple's chief floor sat. His participation in the iPod earned him the nickname "The Podfather" one. As such, he could still a wire to Apple's current leaders - and the emerging dispute can be simple, without causing collateral damage in the Palace of Justice comes.

Japan plans mobile phone ban in schools.

In an emergency, just ban: Because more and more students via SMS positions after suffering young girls into prostitution online offering to mobile phones in Japan's schools will be banned. Critics questioned the success of this measure.

 

Tokyo - First they extorted their victims. Again and again sent the four high-school her 18-year-old classmates SMS debts, converted hundreds of euros back. Then presented a nude photo of her peers to the Internet, including names and mobile mail address of the victim. Then the Japanese got more SMS from other students who made fun of him. At the end saw the 18-year-old no way out and jumped from the school roof in the death. The case of over one year ago in the city of Kobe cared for horror, is not the only one in Japan, where mobile phones for bullying among pupils were abused.

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Immer wieder sorgen in der Mobilfunkhochburg Japan Fälle für Schlagzeilen, bei denen Handys jugendlichen Tätern wie auch ihren Opfern als Kommunikationsplattform dienen - und der Gesellschaft als einer der Gründe für die Missstände. The ranges of harassment of students and teachers, prostitution of schoolgirls on relevant contact pages on the Internet to instructions for suicide. Now the government wants to act in short and mobile phones from public schools in the country ban.

The Education Ministry in Tokyo intends According to media reports, by the end of January, the school authorities across the country to the fact that mobile phones generally from primary and secondary schools have to disappear. However, critics doubt that the problems simply by a government can eradicate available. "Even though I am sure that a child with a cell phone, I can it not simply take away by force. Then I would be accused of, I would use physical punishment," says a teacher from Osaka in the newspaper "Asahi Shimbun" the dilemma.

Japan, Europe is two years ahead

According to a survey by the Education Committee of the prefecture of Tokyo under 11,000 children in public schools have 33.2 percent of ten year olds own mobile phone. The 15-year-olds are already 73.3 per cent and the 16-year-olds 95.4 percent. Another study by the Osaka Prefecture showed that among the 13-year-olds every six more than three hours a day, the phone is used. Among the 16-year-olds does any third party. Every sixth among the 16 - year-olds were also involved, more than 50 a day to send SMS. Another result of the study that the children at home, the shorter learn, the longer they are with the mobile phone company, there can hardly be surprising.

In Japan, which according to experts in the mobile technology Europe two to three years in advance, and where 'keitai' (mobile phones) with Internet access from society are not ignored, are no longer phones only for voice calls or SMS. With cell phones can buses, trains and even taxis to pay for free television look to book their holidays, manga comics and read all the novels. Among the mobile offerings include but porn, Internet sites on which Selbstmörder to arrange group suicides and "deai-SAITO" - sites on which adults often Sexkontakte with students arrive.

Encouragement and doubt

One in ten primary school students is, according to a survey with such content ever come into contact. Although the law was recently tightened and Internet operators are obliged to records of children under 18 years to remove the offer to prostitution, as well as adults who are looking for such children. How effective it is, is not yet clear. According to the national police authority were made within one month after the amendment of a law more than 1,600 Internet pages to contact security authorities.

When the young governor of Osaka, Toru Hashimoto, for this debate recently, mobile phones from the schools to ban, which caused a stir. So far, the schools themselves, as they deal with the problem. Many had previously prohibitions, but without much success. Japan's Communications Minister Kunio Hatoyama finds Hashimoto's proposal as "people who are strongly influenced by e-mail on mobile phones are dependent, would lose their conversation skills. There is no doubt that mobile phones have an aspect of the loss of humanity which could lead," he said .

But not everyone has a cell phone ban in schools. Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, the Kyodo news agency that that the parents should leave. Others believe mobile phones to be useful, because schools and parents to locate their children and so could verify whether they were safe. Others, like Professor Shigeki Ito from the University of Komazawa any doubt that a ban in schools brings something big. Finally, the children used their phones after lessons continue anyway.

The Internet revolution comes as SMS.

Strategy Change: The mobile phone manufacturer Nokia turns increasingly become a provider of online services. The driver of the online revolution is neither GPS navigation or music download or mobile game, but an SMS information service for Indian farmers.

 

Nokia is still the undisputed market leader among mobile phone manufacturers. But the Finnish company has already paved the way for the next era asked. Because the market for mobile phones is considered to be largely exhausted. As the profit margins in the telephone-production rapidly shrinking, in future
especially strong sales services for sure. The realignment of the group follows the motto "content instead of hardware." The lush profits from the mobile phone boom are now in navigation services, mobile gaming and music download offerings invested.

Nokia 1200: Not with high-end phones, but with online offerings for emerging Nokia wants to revolutionize the mobile network

The new service called Nokia N-Gage (games), Nokia Maps (navigation) or "Comes with Music" (music downloads). This comes as a connecting element of the platform "Ovi", under which the Finns various mobile Internet services. Precisely this "Ovi" (Finnish for "door") is all the online services will one day become a "complete experience" link. So far, the development, however, is not just dramatically, owing primarily to the strong inertia of users likely to be attributed. The fact accept new mobile applications much too slowly - at least from the perspective of providers.

Life Tools

Now, the principle outlined in development worldwide, but not everywhere on the globe in the same form. Because mobile entertainment services, or finding a safe target restaurants are of course only in rich countries demand. In developing and emerging economies booming mobile telephony on the other hand, primarily because it opens up new job opportunities or the everyday life a little less entbehrungsreich makes: For millions of poor people in Africa and Asia is also the first mobile phone bank account, the first respectable address and the first uncensored Information Channel.

Therefore, the calculated data service imaginable unspectacular "
Life Tools "to Nokia's main service. And it just because he is on simple SMS text messages based. Thus it is not at an advanced mobile infrastructure of the third generation. SMS come much more even with poor reception and congested networks still relatively smoothly ans Objective. To be the "life tools" soon India's farmers and students quick access to time-critical information to offer.

The SMS Web

The "Life Tools" should be in the first half of 2009 to gradually be introduced throughout India, said Nokia in November 2008. Thereafter, the mobile Web also Simpel in selected countries in Asia, Africa and South America come. Users will be given to paid subscribers of information are. The fees are deducted from the credit. Even if it is only micro amounts, should be selected by the user masses solid business models are possible.

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Just simple and unspectacular as the transmission of information via SMS, the display on the phone display: The "Life Tools" come in the form of graphically simple tables therefore. Their presentation is also on the monochrome screen of an
Nokia 1200 is possible. This model, designed specifically for the Indian market has been developed, but also is available here, provides only basic phone functions. The only extravagance equipment consists of a flashlight.

This will be the 1200 and his successor, 1202 without a contract for $ 25 offered. So the mobile online revolution 2009 probably in the form of weather and Adult Education courses, therefore, as the tables on a black-green-screen display - and not as colorful 3-D graphics on the screen sündteurer high-end mobile phones.

The iPhone as a joke.

Apple's download platform App Store is on track to become the model market for mobile software. That must be Apple but also with 14 new phenomenon as Furzkissen simulations one day employ.

 

The Mystic Game Development Company sells its products not directly to consumers. And this could be related to the software, the Dutch program, will not start. With its programs, the company that games developers tools available that allow, for example, animated characters in video games can. The small iPhone software "iBoobs" is primarily as a vivid demonstration of the latest features of the Mystic program "emotion" to understand the bad effects now dominating soft objects.

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Web page of iFart: High-tech Furzkissen for download

Apple joined the breast loose software, however, little approval, "iBoobs" may not in any event on the App Store system. With YouTube, there are always videos of the application, but usually they are within a short period of time for users under 18 years locked - in prepubertal light of the stupidity of the program covered, but politically correct.

Why various programs access to the platform for iPhone application is denied, said Apple traditionally not. The formulaic rejection individual titles provoked accusations of censorship, of course, but the iBoobs example vividly illustrates why Apple in this purchase is: No checks at the entrance of the App Store would probably quickly flooded tracks the image of the hype phones permanent damage would be more likely.

Furzkissen

When asked what programs in the App Store be tolerated, however, Apple is in a hard dilemma. The protection of the iPhone image stands contrary to the goal, the App Store as a central marketplace for mobile applications market. Censorship allegations are obviously counter-productive, because only a largely open platform is on a permanent basis for all suppliers attractive. These conflicting interests to get a hat, Apple must continually between control and laissez-faire and forth herlavieren.

Symbol of this development is not the chest iBoobs bad software, but a virtual Furzkissen calculated.

The first known application of this type joke is called "Pull My Finger" and offers 16-Pups noises with the match-inappropriate illustrations and vibration.

In the fall of Apple refused Blödel software initially to enter the App Store. The formulaic justification was "lack of utility" and drew a small wave of outrage after it. Finally, some of the most successful App Store offers the same stubborn or pointless as the iPhone Furzkissen: In the virtual aquarium "Koi Pond" simply fish swim around the "iBeer" is just as Partygag using, and the only function of the program " I Am Rich "was the purchase process - with which one could prove that they were $ 1000 for a red blob on the screen can afford.

iWeia

Basically, Apple is expected with the success of its App Store highly satisfied. The platform was in any case at the beginning of December - just five months after the start - proudly reported, 10,000 programs have to offer. The group also said, already 300 million downloads have to be settled. How many of them were charged, however, betrayed Apple just as the turnover reached. That the group with 30 percent, which he sold software at each mitschneidet, well deserved, but on the hand.

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Apparently, given that Apple's successes eased a little access policy, which among other things, "Pull My Finger" finally in the App Store was allowed. The Furzkissen software but not for long remained alone. Because, as to Apple's initial reservations to illustrate spilled in December, a veritable flood of fart programs on the App Store. They were alone on 17 December - a peak of Furzwelle - no fewer than 14 new joke programs are counted, most of which are for 79 cents offered.

The greatest trick the counterfeiters is now is a catchy name for the umpteenth infusion of Furzkissenidee to find. Fart Button, Mr. Poot! IToot, iFart, iFartz, FartBox, Who Farted? Fart keyboard in any case are already occupied, as well as all possible variations in spelling. Whether this wave Furzkissen iPhone image is a lasting influence, remains to be seen.

Meizu China wants to be Apple.

High-quality products and sophisticated design: These are the goals of Meizu. In order to achieve them, the Chinese company a prominent role model chosen. Meizus MP3 players and smartphones striking out to Apple products - but are direct copies avoided.

 

The news that a Chinese company called
Meizu one in Shenzhen
Flagship store has opened, it was involuntarily to the famous rice sack umgefallenen think. Why shop for MP3 players and mobile phones in the southern Chinese city Twelve million even beyond China's remarkable, the gadget blog "
Engadget "in an awkward photo montage to the point: It shows
Apple's flagship store in New York, whose striking glass cube, a popular photo provenance. Instead of the apple mounted engadget graphic however Meizus "m" logo in the oversized glass construction.

Meizu's website: Why just copy the products, when the whole company can emulate?

Meizus flagship store in reality looks quite spectacular, the interior is in comparison to the interior of the unterkühlten Apple stores quite shabby. But the products that are offered for sale here, have a lot to offer. This applies to all Meizu products that they at first sight abundantly at the Apple gadgets remember.

Meizus parade horse named "
M8 "roughly similar to the iPhone in a very special way. The Chinese smartphone with multi-touch display model that mimics the gesture rather than in specific details of how a direct comparison of the device shows. Meizu But is not any Piratenbude from the Pearl River Delta, the rapid Hong Kong dollar with the umpteenth iPhone clone himself. Meizu is probably much longer the trial, not the product, but the manufacturers to copy.

Design and error

The relevant technology blogs was for the first time in 2006 Meizu attention to the company as their "
Mini Player "on the market. The also" M6 "called multimedia player accomplished the feat without the distinctive scroll wheel on an iPod now the fourth generation to remember. 2007 was followed by" Music Card "or" M3 "China's answer to the iPod Nano. The devices were of course much cheaper than their Apple counterparts, but also a critical test in the United States praised the sound processing, the value appearance and intuitive operation.

If the clever Chinese competition so far Apple has not yet noticed should be done with probably no later than January 2007. Because the smartphone M8, the Meizu just three weeks after Apple's official presentation of the iPhone announced that resembled the model not only externally. Also, the technical specifications and the interface design seemed very much of Apple's throw "inspired." Although declared Meizu CEO Jack Wong short time later that the basic design is already four days before the iPhone unveiling showed. But outside China, he could probably convince anyone.

Unverklagt

Astonishing but true is the fact that Apple Meizu never been sued or comply - at least not officially. Although it was a
Raid on the CeBit technology trade show about a year ago initially Meizus state was due to Apple's initiative has been emptied. Later it turned out, however, that it is little unspectacular royalty payments for MP3 codecs went. The only action for copyright infringement against Meizu actually came from U.S. designer Philip Warner. One of its graphics as a screensaver is emblazoned on a M8 display, without the rights that previously had been clarified.

After numerous delays, the M8 since December last year, actually in China and have been consistently earned respectable reviews. And this despite the fact behind the iPhone from the "inspired" user interface Microsoft's operating system is Windows CE 6.0. The M8 is not only in functionality and performance with the model to measure the meticulous disassembly of the phone by a hobbyist blog had a consistently solid finish to light.

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In direct comparison, the device can of course still not against the iPhone, so the tenor of the previous tests. Nevertheless, Meizu is now a serious competitor Apple respected. Finally, the company was first established in 2003. The M8 is more than finger exercise of a newcomer declared with regard to quality. And in China, the device should already be considered a success,
because the iPhone there has not yet officially sold since Apple and China Mobile did not have the conditions to be agreed. Therefore, the M8 during the first year in India and later also in the U.S. on the market.

The battle for the cloud begins.

Mobilization for Microsoft: In a few weeks, the group of new online services for mobile phone users to publish, report U.S. specialist. This is reminiscent of Apple's MobileMe to services from Google, Nokia and others. The battle for the data cloud has begun.

 

Hamburg - Not more of the personal computer, the PC, but the Internet will in future focus. This new strategy was Microsoft manager Ray Ozzie at the end of October 2008 announced
as he introduced Windows Azure, Microsoft's Windows operating system for
Cloud Computing. According to rumors, the company will soon take the first applications to imagine that the Azure technology use. And thus a blow to millions of mobile phone users to potential users of Microsoft's cloud data to make.

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The charm of the cloud: The terminal is just a window on an up-to-date data. If the computer enters a date, sees him later when we look in the phone calendar, a contact who enters mobile, it can later retrieve at the computer - only online, of course. The same is true for address books, e-mails stored online photos, documents and so on.

Microsoft ranks now, if the rumor is true, in a range of suppliers from different industries, all want the same thing: access to the official data provide cloud. These include, for example, the search engine Google, the hardware manufacturer Apple with MobileMe and the mobile phone producer Nokia with its Ovi service. Also, the Vodafone mobile plan information from blogs online, according to increased use of such mobile data services in the cloak of their own mark set. The calculations for all competitors: Who is performing its data, will the online archivist can trust - there would have strong brands offer an advantage.

Microsoft's official announcement, this crowd of competitors join it for the Mobile World Congress, the main mobile phone trade show of the year, reports
Neowin. The Congress is held in mid February in Barcelona. According to the report, is Microsoft's technology allows mobile phone users, their data via the Web with online data stored deductible stocks offset data on the network and to exchange with each other.

A total of three bids were in development at Microsoft, which is currently under the code name skybox, Skyline and Skymarket would be tested, they say. The most interest is likely to be user-oriented private skybox to rise.

Skybox: Microsoft MobileMe clone?

The skybox will be its users, among other things allow online backups of your mobile phone or data stored on the same play back. Moreover, it is planned by skybox mobile data online to manage and skybox with other users to exchange. Contact data, e-mails and appointments will be via skybox virtually in real time with the online data stored stocks can match.

Skyline is opposed to small and midsize companies. With this online software to mobile phone companies to their employees for the cooperation with Microsoft's e-mail, contact and schedule management software can configure Exchange.

The third puzzle piece of the new Cloud Computing strategy will ultimately Microsoft online software store Skymarket in February in operation. In this online shop owners to Microsoft's mobile phones with Windows Mobile software in the future with additional software can provide.

Good abgekupfert?

To create new ideas is that none of the three planned online offerings. So Apple was about a good half a year with the online service MobileMe at the start, the concept as a blueprint for skybox looks. MobileMe combines the data stationary computer with a Web portal and the iPhone.
Apple had some difficulties, however, the initially promised real-time synchronization of data is actually implemented. Apple's offer single user costs 79 euros per year.

Similar is the linking of Google's Internet services with mobile phones based on Google's Android operating system. First experiences with the
on Monday in Hamburg presented T-Mobile G1 example showed that the cell phone only use it when you compare it with a Google account is linked. Instead of the PC, the device is on Google's online calendar and address book with data - here, however, free of charge.

Many Google applications such as calendars, e-mail, news alerts and others can now also integrate other smartphones - a Android phone you need is not necessarily just an Internet connection.

A key difference between Google and MobileMe is rumored to the skybox but then show: While MobileMe iPhone works only with Google and its full potential is currently before the G1 reserves will be Microsoft's skybox also be used with mobile phones, on which there is no Windows Mobile is installed .

Much software for Windows Mobile Phones

However, both Apple and Google already online shop for mobile software in operation. With Google cavort there in the third month after the introduction of Google's mobile phones in the United States is already around 700 applications. Apple App Store recently announced the availability of iPhone programs now include 15,000 shares. Microsoft to offer Windows Mobile software is expected to lie somewhere in between. Finally, there are now thousands of additional programs for Windows-based mobile phones. Only one has yet painstakingly from various sources are looking for.

About possible prices for Microsoft's new online services for mobile, there is as yet not even vague speculation. From free to very expensive everything is still possible. It is, however, that at least Skyline, the service for business users, will be charged. As is also sure that Microsoft's mobile data cloud in the range of Windows Live services will be classified.

Gerüchtelt addition, the company will be in Barcelona, the new version 6.5 of its mobile operating system, Windows Mobile show. Quite possible that the developers of this software to ensure that the operating system and online services like closely linked, as Apple and Google have already Provided the. How would Windows phones to unlock the current trends and could again become more attractive - what they urgently need.

The iPhone better.

That is the competition for Apple's mobile phone: the T-Mobile G1 is now available in Germany - and it is great. ONLINE blogs, the Google mobile phone pre-test and found that most can be as good as the iPhone. And some simply better.

 

One is at first sight clear: The T-Mobile G1 is unlike other cell phones. Above all, it is unlike the iPhone, it is against the touch screen-based and Internet-centered phone compete. A little bit makes it feel as if the engineers at HTC, that Taiwanese mobile phone manufacturer, the G1 for T-Mobile produced from a number of successful role models and inspiration for the best features of various mobile phones thrown together.

As of 2 February will be the phone in Germany to get his. T-Mobile G1 offers together with a two-year contract. The device itself costs a euro - in the context of the mobile phone contract will depend on the rate from 44.95 to 119.95 euros monthly fee is due. Who for his contract to spend less, you need at least 60 euros to pay for Google's mobile phone to get.

The inspiration from other phones start at the touch of a large part of the front of the G1 occupies. Its qualities, there is little to grumble. He is bright and high contrast, provides crisp colors dar. Especially when compared to other touch screen phones, the screen is both left and right variable width virtually extended. So you have a triple screen available to program icons, and similar off. From one screen to another can be reached by simply the current screen with your finger to the side stupst. A great idea, which is also the
Palm Pre find - and one of Apple's iPhone already knows.

In addition to the touchscreen, the G1 has a full keyboard. Over a stable-looking mechanism, push the display up to the keypad freed, and the screen rotates 90 degrees then. Though the keypad is quite small and flat, it can be surprisingly well with them tap texts. Who's with the on-screen keyboard of the iPhone is not clear, there is salvation.

Who dares not Google, which has lost

The third element, the developer of the G1 nor a trackball gifts. The work is similar to its counterpart in BlackBerrys. With the finger you can use it to navigate, and a pressure on the ball activates the currently selected element. The processing is no cause for complaints. The materials are high quality, the display is completely into the housing plan, and the sliding mechanism by which the screen is moved up, worked almost silently.

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To connect to a PC is the USB port is not planned. And that is exactly what the G1 from any other current mobile phone features. Instead, as usual, from the hard drive of a computer picks are contacts and calendar data from Google's applications of the user on the Internet.

In plain English: Every user must G1 Google customer to access the functions of his mobile phone to use. Before the device ever put into operation, it must be him Google account or enter data on a new Google account.

Who's Internet Group do not dare, has lost. Unlike using Google to get its data on the phone Requirements.

How annoying: Always and everywhere online

Who will make clear, is lucky if its data from Google already managed. Then the setting up of mobile phones in a matter of minutes. All others must first find a solution to appointments and contact data from its computer system to Google's Internet applications such as Calendar or contact Administration. Usually this is no big problem. With Microsoft Outlook, Apple's iCal, and Yahoo Calendar, for example, you can easily compare the records.

This type of online synchronization, of course, has advantages. All the devices that store their data with Google's servers synchronize, are always on the same standard

However, this is also one of the major drawbacks of the G1: It's true all the time and without requiring any user with Google's servers. This means that you almost inevitably have a flat rate data for the G1 cell phone needs. Otherwise it may be expensive. Especially abroad, where expensive roaming tariffs due. After all, is the automatic synchronization turned off - and are in the U.S. reports were that the phone sometimes still with the network.

MOBILE BROADBAND FORMATS

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - is often referred to as standard for third generation (3G) that it takes much higher data rates than its predecessor allowing GSM. German UMTS networks typically create a bandwidth of 384 kbit / s for data from Mobilfunkmast to the terminal. Regular DSL connections today offer übrlicherweise 1024 Kbit / s. (more on blogs KNOW)

HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access - is based on UMTS to achieve but significantly higher transmission rates in 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 Mbit / s rise. (more on blogs KNOW)

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service - this standard decomposed data at stations in individual packages, it transmits gestückelt and puts them back together at the receiver. 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 kbit / s - so slow modems were in the days before DSL. (more on blogs KNOW)

Edge

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution - technology to increase the rate of data transmission in GSM mobile networks. Through more efficient modulation techniques will be the sum of up to 384 kbit / s can be achieved - is the UMTS speed. Edge has been introduced in 75 countries. (more on blogs KNOW)

WiMax

The 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. Tests WiMax will have data transfer rates of more than 100 Mbit / s have achieved. Hermann Lipfert, an expert in 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 users share in the respective cell line. (more on blogs KNOW)

DVB-T

The DVB-T standard regulates the distribution of digital television signals via radio. The DVB standard is also designed to Internet content to transfer - in the frequency range of a single analogue television channel (around 7 MHz) match but just 13 megabits per second into it. If a single radio station that is 20 users hanging around the same time, a file download attempt, it is already close - 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 risk for this technology is, by the presence overtaken," said Sven Hansen from the computer magazine c't. Applying 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 on the browser went with this method over the phone line to the provider, the requested pages would then by the DVB broadcasting stat!
ion back to the receiver gefunkt. This is cumbersome - and slow. (more on blogs KNOW)

LTE

Long Term Evolution is the name that a number of mobile phone companies an additional standard of the fourth generation mobile phone has been given. LTE is basically an evolution of UMTS - but requires completely new hardware, including new broadcasting stations. LTE competes with the WiMax standard to the market leadership in the mobile Internet of the future - between the two standards may be a new format war. LTE has been estimated by experts to WiMax, however, about two years behind in terms of technological development. (More at blogs KNOW)

Is clear: As long as you're in the range of its G1 provider resides in Germany, so the network of T-Mobile, is the close link of the Internet G1 a great thing. E-mails sent to the mobile phone connected with the Gmail account are sent via land Push Mail seconds on the screen. The BlackBerry is feeling.

E-mail accounts from other providers in the traditional way can be requested. The interaction with some of the test based on the accounts, however, not worked smoothly, there have been repeated connection errors.

Always accessible, never on the apparatus.

Cubans may now have mobile phones: the wireless state monopolist sells a Nokia 2006 as a model for beginners telephone. However, one can hardly afford the call charges - which is why the phones as pagers are used.

 

The mobile phone boom is due to delay in Cuba also arrived. Only since April 2008, all Cubans have a mobile phone and use what previously a privilege of foreigners and senior government employees had. But the regime under Fidel's brother Raúl Castro wants the transition to mobile era obviously slow one - the price of phones, contracts and royalties were to start a utopian high.

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Jubel poster: "50 years of struggles and victories" celebrates a billboard in Havana at the end of 2008, just before the 50-year anniversary of revolution

The first hurdle is for the average citizen is that the Mobilfunkmonopolist ETECSA - on the way, Telecom Italia, with 27 percent stake - its services under the brand name Cubacel only "convertible peso" offers. The second currency is only against hard dollars.

With an average income of $ 17 converted the cheapest cellphone cost $ 65 initially, to grant a number of proposed $ 120 to Beech, and calling cards were starting from eleven dollars. Thus, the cost at about an annual income, but the crowd was at the start of the new mobile freedom huge.

Cell Phones from Miami

But while the vast majority of Cubans at the beginning of the general permission is not mobile in a dream to own cellphone might think, this objective is now for wide circles within reach.

It is, however, the phone still has a purchase, for the long and arduous one must save. A major relief that the Cubans in this context, the United States due to their restrictive embargo policy eased somewhat during the summer. Since then, U.S. citizens may be friends and relatives give phones, which used mobile phones uncounted mail their way onto the island took place.

The reaction of the mobile phone monopoly Cubacel on the strong demand for reasonably affordable phones seems like a farce. The cheapest model in Cubacel offer now costs $ 65 instead of 58. But you get a Nokia 1112, is a device by 2006, for which it already has two successors. Ironically, the Cubans from a cell phone yesterday to a totally overpriced market price, you can probably only be described as cynical. Especially if the successor models without binding contract in India for $ 20 offered.

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A great relief is the fact that Cubacel the price for the network after a half year from 120 to 65 U.S. dollars has decreased. With the second-hand phones from the U.S. and the activation fee, which "only" three months of salaries, increasing the number of mobile phone users currently allegedly rapidly. This impression in any event, the constant rush of reports in the Cubacel operations and the beginning of the course, the mobile is also slowly getting in Cuba. Users Official figures, however, there is not.

But that is more and more Cubans create a working cellphone zuzulegen, does not mean that they also make phone calls. The call charges incurred are converted with 65 U.S. cents per minute for calls within the mobile network just too expensive. From phone calls to landline are even more costly. Not to mention the theory, at any time possible talks abroad, for which $ 2.7 to the U.S. and costs $ 5.85 to Europe.

According to a report by the Washington Post of Cuba phones are really only used to achieve, so much like pager: Man registered who will provide a reach, then look for a fixed line service, which offers at a fraction of the cost of phone calls can.

A mobile call, however, is almost frowned upon, so that eventually would cost the caller ruinous expect. Most cellphone users treat themselves to a maximum and a message for converted 17 U.S. cents.

The Finns finished finger phone.

Finally, Nokia's first touchscreen phone there. With the development of the Finns have plenty of time left and bring the 5800 XpressMusic until two years after Apple's iPhone on the market. ONLINE blogs tests whether the wait has been worthwhile.

 

This Nokia is different. That I notice not only from our own experience, while I use the touch-screen debut of most Finns, which I also noticed from the reactions of my fellow human beings. "What did you do there?" Is a question that I often hear, while the Nokia and I have come closer. "Show times" is the most immediately following request. The fact that they are a product of Nokia before you, that's hardly anyone.

This is not surprising. Hardly a Nokia phone has been so little after that which like the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The reason for the identity weakness lies in the almost complete absence of key reasons. Only three small buttons Chen are under the appropriate screen, subtle red, green and white lights. They are used to make phone calls or to start to finish and the main menu.

The overwhelming balance of the front, the display. But unlike many other touch-screen phones, the screen is not from a rimless glass plate covered. Instead, it inserted a plastic rim, which is easy with a fingernail can raise. It is not a little elegant, it is also meant that at the edges of my test device to collect dust and dirt.

Hand operation

The clever arrangement of real and virtual keys, however, allows me, the Nokia fine with just one hand to operate. The main controls are a real side switches available. For example, the power on which I also between different profiles (Loud, Quiet, vibration, etc.) to switch the trigger of the 3.2-megapixel camera, the volume control and, above all, a switch, the keyguard or triggers. That's fine.

Not quite so convincing, however, is to operate via touchscreen gelungen. Well, all icons are large enough that I easily can catch by pointer. Schade, however, is that, for example, in the main menu has so many icons have been brought under that you must scroll down to the last to come up empty. And the scrolling itself is not so loose from the hand such as the iPhone. Where the Apple phone is enough to gently across the screen to emphasize when one is 5800 XpressMusic rather kept the scroll bar on the right edge of the picture to use. This in turn also works hand very well - if it is right.

The pick of destiny

True, it will be tricky, but when I try from a long list of contacts of an entry begins with 'B' picking. When I with about 350 entries filled Mailing list to get the case of entries in the middle of the list is still fine. At the two ends of the list, but it will be difficult to navigate by clue. Even at minimum flows rushing me the records too fast across the screen. Because the contact to be sought to get to me is a matter of luck.

But happiness can to help. With the housing into the desired stylus, for example. However, is made of plastic and so thin that you should fear him with a careless movement simply cancel. Besser's work with the included mini-pick. It is stable and can be sent via mobile phone hand strap to be bound. Whether the colored appendage as fashionable or as a disturbing feeling, is another question.

Asymmetric division

No question, however, is that sometimes the touch screen is fairly slow response. During the tests I had always symbols tap several times again to produce the desired reaction. In the contact list you have no choice anyway. There must be listed first selected, and then again angetippt be to activate it.

True ulkig it will be but if you try to send letters to input a name heranzutasten. Then a virtual keypad on the screen, the Nokia branch, because the entire alphabet apparently not in sufficient size to fit the display. Original: The division is asymmetric. The first part of the keyboard includes the letters A to P, the second only Q to Z.

Pretty close

Friendly here comes the acceleration sensor of the 5800 XpressMusic to help. The ensures that the screen rotates into landscape mode when I use the mobile phone side Schwenke. Thus in the panorama mode forced, then adjusts the entire alphabet on the screen. However, even here in the usual QWERTY layout, but simply listed alphabetically. When writing e-mails and text messages I get on the other hand, presents a keyboard on which the letters in the standard typewriter layout sorted.

This keyboard has, however, battered by the narrowness of the display to fight. For one, the letters are relatively small fields advised. It prepares me to start trouble. With time, however, usually because I can quickly tap it. Longer texts, however, I may not enter. And keyboard controls only allow space for a small text window. Just three lines of text, each with about 30 characters I get to see.

Too hot wash

As a music player, however, makes the Nokia really fun. The sound through headphones is not bad, could tolerate a little more mids. With good in-ear headphones like the Shure SE420 sound of music from the 5800 XpressMusic really tired. And even as a movie player, it provides a neat idea. For videos, the screen is barely big enough. Memory problems are not to be feared. The Nokia is comfortable with external microSD memory cards fill. There is now with capacities of up to 16 GB and they are replaceable in seconds. Included is an 8-GB card.

MOBILE BROADBAND FORMATS

UMTS

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - is often referred to as standard for third generation (3G) that it takes much higher data rates than its predecessor allowing GSM. German UMTS networks typically create a bandwidth of 384 kbit / s for data from Mobilfunkmast to the terminal. Regular DSL connections today offer übrlicherweise 1024 Kbit / s. (more on blogs KNOW)

HSDPA

High Speed Downlink Packet Access - is based on UMTS to achieve but significantly higher transmission rates in 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 Mbit / s rise. (more on blogs KNOW)

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service - this standard decomposed data at stations in individual packages, it transmits gestückelt and puts them back together at the receiver. 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 kbit / s - so slow modems were in the days before DSL. (more on blogs KNOW)

Edge

Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution - technology to increase the rate of data transmission in GSM mobile networks. Through more efficient modulation techniques will be the sum of up to 384 kbit / s can be achieved - is the UMTS speed. Edge has been introduced in 75 countries. (more on blogs KNOW)

WiMax

The 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. Tests WiMax will have data transfer rates of more than 100 Mbit / s have achieved. Hermann Lipfert, an expert in 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 users share in the respective cell line. (more on blogs KNOW)

DVB-T

The DVB-T standard regulates the distribution of digital television signals via radio. The DVB standard is also designed to Internet content to transfer - in the frequency range of a single analogue television channel (around 7 MHz) match but just 13 megabits per second into it. If a single radio station that is 20 users hanging around the same time, a file download attempt, it is already close - 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 risk for this technology is, by the presence overtaken," said Sven Hansen from the computer magazine c't. Applying 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 on the browser went with this method over the phone line to the provider, the requested pages would then by the DVB broadcasting stat!
ion back to the receiver gefunkt. This is cumbersome - and slow. (more on blogs KNOW)

LTE

Long Term Evolution is the name that a number of mobile phone companies an additional standard of the fourth generation mobile phone has been given. LTE is basically an evolution of UMTS - but requires completely new hardware, including new broadcasting stations. LTE competes with the WiMax standard to the market leadership in the mobile Internet of the future - between the two standards may be a new format war. LTE has been estimated by experts to WiMax, however, about two years behind in terms of technological development. (More at blogs KNOW)

True annoying are the built-in speakers, which are really good - at least for their size. Nokia's advertising message, the small Plärren would "brilliant stereo surround-sound hi-fi quality" generate, however, is badly exaggerated. Still, teens should sound completely sufficient to bring the device such as a too hot washed ghetto blaster to use - and their environment with their music tastes missionize.

No iPhone Killer

This should then also defined the target audience: young people, a trendy mobile search, which is cooler than standard phones, short video snippets on the show and the current favorite songs in the ears or the neighborhood can thunder. Moreover, there has been a few games schnuckelige on board, suitable for web surfing via HSDPA, and thanks to the GPS receiver, it shows me the right way to go home.

As a touch-screen mobile phone, but it makes a reasonably good figure. Compared to the iPhone or just in Las Vegas presented Palm Pre is the operation by Fingerzeig simply too slow, too little fluid and organic. But Nokia has yet another iron in the fire. Even in the near future, the Finns with the N97 another variation on the theme screen operation demands. But this is an even fettere equipment as the 5800 XpressMusic, with an additional Aufschiebetastatur delivered. And perhaps Nokia's engineers have so far even the touch-screen interface a little revision.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - Specifications

Operating System
Symbian S60, 5th Edition

RAM
81 MB plus 8 GB memory card

Expansion slot
microSDCard

Screen Resolution
640 x 360

Screen Size
8.1 inches

Digital Camera
3.2 megapixel

PC Connection
Micro-USB 2.0

Weight
109 grams

Bulk
111 x 52 x 16 mm

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

Standby time
up to 406 hours

Talktime
up to 8.8 hours

Music playback
up to 35 hours

Specialties:
Touchscreen, GPS

Price *:
395 euros

All data are based on manufacturer specifications, * Excluding mobile phone contract

Obama wants to keep BlackBerry.

Vorsprung durch Technik: Despite massive security concerns Barack Obama wants his beloved BlackBerry mobile after moving into the White House would not be. The politicians thus protector and lawyers before the new problems.

 

Washington - In an interview with CNN television Obama said that he and his multimedia mobile phone to contact the U.S. citizen wants to keep. The BlackBerry is an important part of a comprehensive strategy to the "bubble" around the president and the White House to escape.

"If I do something stupid, can someone from Chicago an e-mail and say: 'What are you doing?'" Said Obama.

He was anyway always assume that the contents of his e-mails could land on CNN, said Obama. That's why he is still thinking about it once before on "Send" button.

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The security adviser to the incoming president had warned that hackers small pocket computers could crack. There are also legal concerns: One after the Watergate scandal imported law stipulates that the entire official correspondence of a U.S. president must be saved.

Obama had already been campaigning heavily on modern information technology. He will be sworn in on Tuesday.

Misunderstandings in Pink.

Laptops in pink and a lot of Hello Kitty kitsch with strange colors computer manufacturers want to give hip. It is pink arg antiquated technology - and comes from customers, according to polls is rarely good.

 

Laptops, mobile phones and digital gadgets were not so long ago fully covered in Unfarben held somewhere between indifferent schmuddeligem beige and gray. Now exaggerate some manufacturers with technology colors according to the principle of trial and error.

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Dell advertising: laptops in pink to bore the image of the computer manufacturer refurbish

This is a particularly tough trend for the color pink as a dominant element: "
Dell Thinks Pink! "It was in a particularly clear case of designer high spirits in a release of the computer manufacturer's laptops in pink, the color change after unfortunately still the same boring as before impact.

An experience with the Garmin navigation devices previously had to make, which is now exclusively in conservative colors. There are
Power supplies for the Nintendo DS Lite Pink on the shelf, or joke as the "Keyboard for Blondes" whose sight really is hard to endure.

Rosa shooting vest

Again and again, the effect is confused by the pink coloring of gadgets with marti physical appearance, such as the shooting vest for body-feedback Shooter games
3rd Space FPS Vest.

A common denominator has the urge to pink toy technology probably not if you once you disregard that the stereotype of girls as a pink color is tried. However, from a variety of motives. For the Breast Cancer Campaign 'Pink Ribbon' were some hard drives, laptops, MP3 players and much more dyed pink to raise awareness of a problem around the globe, the only adult women.

At the same time, Asian no-name producers a strong preference for Hello Kitty kitsch, one assumes, without any irony, that four-year-old girl he likes. The digital toys adults appear with this decal from the cure, but innocent children world perfectly in harmony, like pink cell phone and iPod imitation show, which is now obvious in the toy departments. The toy bear titles such as "iPop Lip Compact" and include cheap Schminksets for children.

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For women, technology comes in pink badly, so the result of a survey in 2007 on behalf of
Saatchi and Saatchi advertising agency in Britain has been carried out.

Indeed, while only nine percent of women surveyed sure that gadgets "female" designs are felt by a majority pink Internet radios and mobile phones with decorative beads patronizing treatment.

Currently the situation in the pink gadget world in any case quite confused: Under the heading "Beware of the pink plague"
geißelte the technology blog Gizmodiva at the beginning of the toy trend in Pink because he children in traditional gender roles urge. Gizmodiva writes almost every day excited about the new Hello Kitty-Tand - but now it was simply "too much of a good thing."

Bomb damages propaganda SMS, flying jammers.

In the Palestinian territories will be fixed and mobile network of the listed company Paltel operated. The company generates 20 percent of Palestinian GDP, and must equally with Israel and Hamas to arrange.
  It seems to be the characteristics of modern, asymmetrical warfare is that in the middle of the chaos the private sector is booming telecommunications. Thus the Telkos in countries like Afghanistan or Iraq, of course, an exception, because the economies of countries in many parts of lying fallow. But the demand for telephone lines, Internet and mobile phones especially in crisis areas seems inexhaustible, as it usually only for the services of private security companies in the case.
Where does the demand for means of communication stems, it is precisely in the Gaza Strip clearly understand: The more dangerous the situation becomes, the smaller is the radius of the population. Phones are often the only benign way of ensuring contacts outside your own four walls or the residential district to maintain. And when absolutely necessary Because the cellular network for the careful routing irreplaceable, at least to avoid the biggest risks.
Palestinian telecoms
In the Palestinian territories, the Paltel Group a de facto monopoly as fixed-line, internet and mobile service providers. The company consists of a fixed division with 400.000 customers, the Jawwal mobile with 1.1 million customers, the Internet provider Hadara and some IT and content companies. The Palestinian networks have now had its own country code (+970), but the landline is technically and organizationally still largely a part of the Israeli infrastructure.
Also unusual: the manageable dimensions of the Palestinian territories and their arrangement, the nominal Gebietsmonopolist Jawwal competition almost everywhere. Thus, the four Israeli mobile even in large parts of Gaza a good reception. Altogether, according to information from the newspaper "Haaretz" about 700,000 Palestinians, the Israeli mobile phone networks.
But even beyond these geographic peculiarities Paltel is anything but a normal company: The charges are in Israeli shekels, that corporate profits in Jordanian dinars, and investments in dollars. Paltel is also a limited company, whose papers to 100 percent on the stock exchanges in Nablus (West Bank) and Dubai are traded. The shares will be made following companies reported widely in the widely held. But even if this is true, it is clear that Paltel under control in the West Bank, Fatah's ruling stands. In everyday life, the company must, however, with the Israeli interests in the Gaza Strip and the bargain with Hamas arrange.
The strict import controls Paltel Israel also restricts the development of an independent infrastructure strong. "We must accept, for example, that Israel is the import of whole agencies simply do not approve. We have the technology be installed in London," Paltel CEO said Abdel Malik Jaber recently of "Haaretz". With the diversion of the affected are of course additional talks at the end of the Jawwal customers bear. But after Paltel forcibly experience in the extraterritorial remote mediation talks could gather, this is now a service by a specially formed subsidiary marketed.
Market heavyweight
In the economy of the autonomous areas is probably the most important Paltel company that just under one fifth of national product generated. Paltel shares even 50 percent of the stock market value in Nablus from. The Palestinian Telekom employs slightly more than a decade after its founding 4,000 employees, a further 10,000 will be employed through subcontractors.
In Gaza, the endeavor Paltel technician since the beginning of the recent Israeli military action, to step up the operation, despite all odds to maintain. However, it was now a major hub, including mobile phone mast by Israeli bombing severely damaged, as Paltel is currently on his website. One (for Paltel) unusually sharp blame towards Israel follows a thoroughly civilian phrase: "Our staff will do everything so that we soon affected services can offer."
IN COOPERATION WITH ... De-BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deDas coexistence of civil and warlike statements characterized by its fairly accurately the confusing situation in the Palestinian network: Israeli army dispatched after a report by the British "Guardian" mass SMS to bombings against civilians in their neighborhood to warn. A spokesman of the Palestinian People's Resistance Committees, such a text message to the newspaper, however, as hostile propaganda, disinformation, many people needlessly from their homes have driven. The response of Hamas on the SMS-battleground is in short messages to Israeli mobile phone users, in which retaliatory strikes in the form of continued rocket fire is threatened.
Beyond the psychological warfare and propaganda, the mobile networks in the Gaza Strip but also very tangible military capabilities, especially the Israeli army to make. By phone gezündete booby traps are in the asymmetric war is one of the greatest dangers for regular armies dar. The military jargon IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) said explosives can be difficult even armored vehicles to be fatal. Against treacherous bombs put the Israelis initially jammers on specialty vehicles. But the so-called jammers can now also operate from unmanned drones.

From Dick Tracys telephone clock is but one more thing.

The shrinking trend for everything electronic in recent years, almost to a halt. After this pause, but now once again laid emphasis on miniaturization. Even wristwatch phones will get a second chance.
  Folklore of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, traditionally the gadget Year opened, one is that even before the fair, the rumor mill heftig seething. This year will be among other things, a mobile phone from LG Electronics as a potential star of the traded product review: The model with the unwieldy name GD910 comes in wristwatch format, but the functionality of smartphones with normal dimensions do not stand by and watch.
Although the Korean manufacturer GD910 has not yet been officially presented, but the basic data, and especially photos of the wrist-phones can seep through. Accordingly, the gadget has a small 1.43 inch color touch screen, MP3 player, digital camera and voice recognition functions. But really, the score GD910 especially through support of fast data services (HSDPA) for transmission speeds up to 7.2 Mbit / s. This should, inter alia, video telephony will be possible at the wrist.
Totgesagte idea
According to the relevant, usually well-informed technology blogs will LGs high-tech watch is still in the first half in Europe and Asia on the market. It is worth noting that one of the established, large mobile phone manufacturer to the concept of the wristwatch-phone turned. Because the idea of the mobile phone on your wrist is, of course, is anything but new - just think of the comic strip detective Dick Tracy. But they still wanted to enforce partout not, primarily because the format for the viable operation of the mobile phone functions simply too small.
Despite the fundamental problem often have in recent years, smaller producers like Phenom but also countless no-name manufacturers always adopted the format, but with moderate success. Last year, for example, the Australian company SMS Technology M500, with its model, the smallest real bracelet phone, generate some attention, but this was quickly lost. And so for mobile phones were even in the wrist last nerd circles as a half-baked gimmick.
Shrink break
IN COOPERATION WITH ... De-BugMagazin for electronic Lebensaspektewww.de-bug.deLGs hope, with the model GD910 the concept totgesagte again to resuscitate, however, is not entirely out of the air of plucked. On the one hand is the industry once again reinforces the miniaturization, after the issue seemed really exhausted. Smaller than the model N910, which NEC introduced in 2004, the phones that can no longer be. And Winz-folding phone with dimensions of about 5 times 6 centimeters rather than impractical already felt small.
But the miniaturization race has probably only one break, in any case if it goes for manufacturers. Particularly compact designs currently appear in any case it is to be in greater demand, such as rumors of an "iPhone nano" show. But Sony Ericsson also continues with its new Walkman phone "Xmini" back on the offensive dimensions shrink. It has been the fundamental problem of the operation in the smallest room of course, nothing changed.
ON TO ONLINEDas blogs end of the watch: From mobile swallowed (26.02.2007) high in pocket format: When Wroammmm call (08.12.2008) camera phone: liquid lenses for Knips phones (13.10.2008)-Macworld rumors: guesswork to Giant iPod (05.01.2009) technology trends for 2009: a giant iPod, touch-Netbooks and a snow leopard (31.12.2008) Nevertheless, the chances of miniature cell phones today, something better. First, allow numerous technological advances such as touchscreens Winzformate today without sacrificing the functionality. But above all, to rise with new or now mature interface concepts again the chances of a proper handling of micro devices. Thus, the success of LGs wristwatch phone decisively depend on how practical the speech actually is and how to enter the dwarf touchscreen has been solved.