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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Palm Pre: similar to the iPhone?

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.