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The rise and rise of SMS

If you like gadgets you need my RSS feed. It keeps you up-to-date on all the gizmos you love!January 26, 2007 Mobile communications means many things to different people, though when the first commercial SMS message was sent on December 3, 1992, its future was not seen as significant in comparison to the [...]

Hover Scooter is One Damn Expensive Toy

Amazon.com Widgets As you can tell by his tie, this man is running away from his wife. Why? Because he spent US$17,000 on his latest toy instead of buying her a new car.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine

ESA to Recycle Satellites for In-Vehicle TV

A mobile antenna on vehicles will keep up with the radio signals, even in tunnels and in bad weather. This can happen because the European system does the U.S. system better by eliminating a ground repeater station in favor of caching at the car.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine

RuBee: an Advanced Alternative to RFID

RuBee networks would use low-cost radio tags that could be read up to 50 feet away and below 450 kHz. The most important feature of RuBee is that RuBee chips could be read, tracked, and inventoried in the harshest of conditions.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine

Judge Hands Out Fines to Ringers

A judge in Montana has gotten fed up with mobile phones ringing in his courtroom and announced that he will immediately issue a $5 fine to anyone whose mobile goes off during one of his trials.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine

New Dodge roadster to square off against Pontiac Solstice

We won’t need to wait long before they reveal the new concept either, as the current plan is to unveil the yet-unnamed roadster at the Geneva Auto Show in March.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine

Ten hottest girls on the PSP

Yes, because it’s oh so mature to lust after those pixelated hotties.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine

Samsung i600 heading to UK in February

The Samsung i600 smartphone, better known as the BlackJack in some circles, attacks the exact same segment of the market as the super skinny Motorola Q, and now the Sammy handset is heading across the Atlantic.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine

Palm OS is dead. Long live Garnet OS!

In an effort to differentiate its brand from the hardware maker, Access (formerly PalmSource) has decided to rename the current operating system (Palm OS) to Garnet OS. In this way, they can more freely sell the platform to other handset makers
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine

MySpace to participate in Amber Alert, kids safe once again?

MySpace is listening, and will soon “begin showing users when Amber Alert has been called in their zip code.”
Originally Syndicated via RSS from Mobile Magazine