News Clips
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| Associated Press: Japenese cellphone can unlock car, start it A new Japanese mobile phone will automatically unlock the doors of its owners' cars and let drivers start their engines without using an ignition key. The phone, built by Sharp, uses technology previously developed by Nissan Motor called "Intelligent Key" that allows drivers to enter and start their car without removing their keys from their pockets or bags. Read the Story |
09/24/08 |
| New York Times: With Google phone, HTC comes out of the shadows When executives from Google and T-Mobile converge on a stage in New York Tuesday to unveil the first mobile phone powered by Google's software, the event will be a coming-out party of sorts for another, far more obscure, but no less ambitious company - HTC. Read the Story |
09/23/08 |
| Financial Times: Android is set to take on smartphone market When Apple launched the iPhone 14 months ago it shook up the market for so-called smartphone handsets. The technology company highlighted the true potential of what has become know as the wireless internet - accessing internet-based services and content using a mobile phone rather than a personal computer. Read the Story |
09/23/08 |
| Associated Press: Real estate search dials into mobile phones Even as home sales remain in a prolonged skid, there's something of a Gold Rush to develop software and Web sites designed to turn mobile phones into divining rods for real estate listings and neighborhood information. The rollout has intensified with the rise in Web-capable phones, particularly Apple's iPhone. Read the Story |
09/22/08 |
| New York Times: Users are tossing their landlines overboard Still have a landline? You're showing your age. The young, hip, cool people have cellphones only, and that is bad news for traditional phone providers. In a survey of Internet users, JupiterResearch found that 12 percent do not subscribe to fixed voice service, and nearly two-thirds of them are ages 18 to 34. Read the Story |
09/22/08 |
| Los Angeles Times: More than 20 million phones have cut the cord on landline phones People of a certain generation remember when a wire connected the headset to your phone, the phone to the wall, and the wall to the world. The big advance in the 1990s was - amazingly - freeing the handset from the wire, allowing you to roam more than a few feet while talking. Read the Story |
09/18/08 |
| Wall Street Journal: New smart phone will showcase Google’s Brand The first mobile device powered by Google Inc.'s "Android" mobile phone software is expected to sell for $199 and will showcase the Google brand, people familiar with the matter say, a departure from the standard practice of listing only the manufacturer and wireless carrier on handsets. Read the Story |
09/18/08 |
| Associated Press: Yellowstone releases plan for cell phone towers, encourages ‘courteous use’ of phones Yellowstone National Park has released a draft plan to guide the development of wireless communication within its 3,500 square miles, attempting to balance competing demands for cell phone service and preserving the park's tranquility. The environmental assessment proposes a limited increase in cell phone coverage in the park. It also addresses Internet service, park radio systems and stations that monitor natural resources such as stream flows. Read the Story |
09/17/08 |
| Reuters News: Analysis: Google phone won’t be an immediate game changer Anyone expecting the soon-to-be launched Google phone to change the market like Apple's iPhone has over the past year will likely be disappointed - for now. Industry insiders who have worked on Google Inc's Android mobile operating system say it will struggle in the near term to match the consumer enthusiasm generated by Apple Inc when its iPhone redefined the touch-screen phone market and greatly improved mobile Web surfing. Read the Story |
09/15/08 |
| New York Times: Capturing the moment (and more) via cellphone video Still keeping in touch with friends by texting? How old-fashioned. Some early adopters of technology are using their mobile phones to send not typed words or photographs, but live video broadcasts. They're streaming scenes from their daily lives - like trips to the mall, weddings, a new puppy's antics or even a breaking news story that they happen upon. Read the Story |
09/15/08 |