Posted by Charlie on 22 February 2012
Some business organisations try to fight against technical innovations, fearing that they endanger a current business model. Others do their best to embrace change. It now seems that BSkyB has chosen the latter course, implementing a TV plan that is sure to be of great benefit to mobile phone users in the UK.
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Posted by Kay on 15 February 2012
Mobile phone users are accustomed to their handsets being manufactured from a variety of synthetic materials, including different forms of hard plastic. These are hardly sustainable materials in an ecological sense since they require petrochemicals for their fabrication. Now, however, the world's first sustainable mobile smart phone is scheduled to hit the market.
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Posted by Charlie on 15 February 2012
Osama Bedier, who heads up the Google Wallet project, has announced that the system is suspending the use of pre-paid cards. This move comes as a blow to mobile phone users whose handsets operate on the Android platform, since there are currently only two ways for Google Wallet to load credit onto such devices. One is with the pre-paid card and the other is with a special Mastercard available only from Citibank.
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Posted by Charlie on 15 February 2012
Vodafone UK has entered into a partnership with Cubic, a telecommunications firm operating in Ireland. Although the main thrust of the deal is structured so as to improve Cubic's outreach into the market for mobile phone and data services, the partnership will also be of benefit to Cubic customers living in the UK.
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Posted by Kay on 14 February 2012
Mobile phone technology is coming in handy these days for everything from communicating with your dentist to purchasing a new DVD, but now it seems that the same type of technology may also assist farmers to maintain the health of their dairy herds. The Technology Strategy Board has established a project scheduled to last for three years that involves placing smart collars onto cows. The collar will monitor the animals’ movements and health markers, and send information out using mobile phone technologies similar to 3G.
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Posted by Kay on 14 February 2012
Mobile phones have become a way of life for millions of us, who carry them about on a virtually continuous basis and pull them out at a moment's notice to stay in touch with friends and colleagues or to complete ordinary tasks, such as adding up a series of prices. The very ubiquity of mobile phones, however, may now pose a significant challenge to police forces in the country as a new danger to the public and to law enforcement emerges: stun guns disguised to look like mobile handsets.
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Posted by Kellie on 14 February 2012
January is a bumper month for mobile phone recycling each year, with many of us turning in their old phones to recycling companies on account of receiving new phones as Christmas presents. Interestingly, according to figures from one key recycling outfit, the total value of recycled phones during January 2012 was nearly one-third higher than the same value a year earlier.
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Posted by Kay on 13 February 2012
There is an old saying that nothing is certain except for death and taxes, but by now it should be clear that the adage is incomplete. It is also certain that new mobile phones will be emerging all the time. This week is a case in point. Vodafone has announced that it will be adding two new mobile handsets to the already extensive list of brands and models that work on its UK network.
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Posted by Kellie on 13 February 2012
Nearly half of all Vodafone's UK customers are on contract with the mobile phone giant, while an almost equal number use the Vodafone mobile network on a pay-as-you-go basis. The services and pricing offered by this mobile phone network remain popular and competitive, as evidenced by the fact that during the final quarter of 2011 Vodafone saw little decrease in its proportion of market share.
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Posted by Kay on 13 February 2012
The mobile revolution has had an unintended consequence in the public arena – the fact that it is now so much easier than ever before to snap a photo or even take a live action video. This unintended consequence can have highly positive results, as was the case this week on the London Waterloo to Guildford line. A woman from East Moseley had been on the train and had inadvertently left her bag behind when she left the carriage. Inside the bag was her mobile phone, which began to ring.
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