'Excessive' operator costs mean small charities lose up to 20% of what people give via their mobiles.
Mobile-phone companies have been criticised for charging fees to process charitable donations made via text message, an increasingly popular way of giving. Many people who give money using their mobile phones are unaware that some of the cash may end up going to the operators, with smaller charities complaining they can lose as much as 20% of a donation via text message.

French startup Wysips has an awesome idea to bring solar energy to mobile phones. Instead of putting a large and ugly solar panel on the back of the device, they want to integrate it into a phone display in such a way that user wouldn’t even know there’s a solar panel on their phone.
The trick is in using a superthin, flexible and transparent film that is applied onto the mobile phone’s screen and which doesn’t interfere with the phone’s functionality, even allowing for touch-based controls.

What did we ever do before mobile phones and the industry movements behind it all?! Every time you blink there is either another new device or a new merger. One can only guess at how the duopoly of the AT&T acquisition will affect consumers, particularly those who consistently rack up the most in mobile expenditures each and every month: African-Americans. And since the ratings and statistical giant Nielsen also seems to think that our demographic is the key to the smartphone wars as well, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at one of the latest smartphones, Samsung’s Nexus S.

Astudy has found that men who routinely wear their cellphone on their belt on the right side have reduced bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD) in the right hip,according to the study by Fernando Sravi of National University of Cuyo,Argentina.
His research on how electromagnetic radiation from cellular phones may adversely affect bone strength appears in the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.
Sravi writes,”The different patterns of right-left asymmetry in bone mineral found in mobile phone users and nonusers are consistent with a effect of electromagnetic waves not previously described.”Sravi measured BMC and BMD at the left and right hip in two groups of healthy men: 24 men who did not use phones and 24 men who carried their cellphone in a belt pouch,on the right side,for at least one year.

12 March, 2011 - SAN FRANCISCO — Google has remotely purged Android smartphones of applications tainted with a malicious code that could take control of the handsets and steal information.
Mobile phone security firm LookOut said the purpose of the "DroidDream" code was to "download additional applications and install them silently as system applications on the device.
"DroidDream could be considered a powerful zombie agent that can install any applications silently and execute code with root privileges at will," it said.

With very few exceptions, killing people is bad for business.
Driving is good for business, since it gets your employees where they need to go. And mobile phone use is good for business, since it keeps them productive wherever they are. But driving while using mobile phones is bad for business, insofar as it leads to killing people, which it sometimes does. Twenty percent of crashes resulting in injury in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving; 18% of the fatalities in such crashes involved a phone.

Are you tired of all the lies you companion tells you? Do you suspect that your employee is accomplishing anything mistaken with your online business? Would you desire to know who your children are talking to? If your response to people concerns is WITHOUT A DOUBT, then you certainly will need the help of a spy cell phone. What is it? Tips on how to spy on phone telephone works? Spying on cell phones is just not new nonetheless it was earlier than constrained to men and women who have dollars and used for secret operations. Now, spying on mobile telephone just expense several bucks and can simply downloaded on the internet.

Mar 11, 2011 – Mobile phone accessories consumers usually wants to find out something new and unique coming in mobile market. Now a days mobile phone accessories are available new and unique in the mobile market. Mobile phone accessories are found to be in demand now as some brands came into competition. The most common mobile phone accessories that are used commonly are batteries, travel chargers, Bluetooth headsets, cases and pouches, LCD screen protectors, USB data cables and more.

A professor at Osaka University came up with a creepy human-shaped phone that tickles you when it rings. The phone looks like a cross between Casper the friendly ghost and the freaky mutant things in Silent Hill. You talk into the phone’s stomach and it speaks back to you, playing the voice of the person on the other line through its face.
It also moves and is supposed to mimic the head and face gestures of the person on the other line as they’re talking. The team behind Elfoid claims they made it look

A new survey from casual gaming company PopCap shows that an incredibly high percentage of adults in the UK and U.S. is into mobile gaming.
This stat may be due in part to the uptick in smartphone adoption. According to a separate Nielsen survey, 31% of U.S. mobile users now own smartphones, and a Pew survey shows nearly half of cellphone users download and use mobile apps, too.
In PopCap's research, more than half (52%) of 2,425 respondents said they had played a game on a mobile device, whether their own device or someone else's, at some time in the past. The percentage for UK respondents was significantly higher (73%) than the rate for U.S. respondents (44%).

If you have ever wanted to feel closer to the people on the other end of the line then researchers from Japan must have been thinking about you when they developed the world's first ever human mobile phone. It's not only shaped and made to look like a human being, but it also has a skin-like outer layer that feels like, well, human skin.
The Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) issued a press release describing the gadget as a "revolutionary telecom medium." The press release also stated that the skin-like layer that covers the entire unit will make the mobile phone feel like the skin of the person that the user is talking to. In my opinion, this is kind of avante-garde in a strangely weird yet awesome way.

This week, timed with the Game Developers Conference taking place in San Francisco, PopCap Games, announced the results of a new survey which found large increases in overall usage and frequency of mobile game playing among U.S. and U.K. adults. Conducted by Information Solutions Group, the survey also found that among mobile phone gamers, the mobile phone is now the primary gaming device of choice, leapfrogging video game consoles and personal computers in less than two years.
The survey was fairly extensive. Other findings include:

5 Mac, 2011 - We can't say we weren't warned. Last August, Japan's Eager Co. Ltd. announced that it was planning to begin sales of the Telenoid R1 telepresence robot in October. The toddler-sized ghostly-looking robot is intended to be a physical stand-in for a remote user during internet communications, mirroring that person's movements via real-time face tracking software on their computer – their voice also comes out of the device. Well, Telenoid now has a little sibling. The Elfoid P1, as it's called, was unveiled at a press conference yesterday in Japan, and is intended to serve as a combination mobile phone and mini telepresence robot.

5 March, 2011 - TORONTO — Virus experts are warning that the next big security threat is on mobile phones and that the attacks have begun in earnest.
For months, security researchers have been tracking how hackers were trying to take their exploits to a new platform and infect smartphones with malware that could remotely control the devices.
Earlier this week, Symantec released a report about the spread of an infected app called "Steamy Windows" on Google's Android platform. The simple but popular app makes it look like your screen is covered with steam, which can be cleared off with finger swipes.

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MOBILE, Alabama - The Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau has partnered with Alabama Coast Magazine to provide the first local smart phone app for the iPhone and Android designed for visitors in our city.
The app features events and live music schedules, dining, shopping and hotel information and also the ability to upload pictures from your phone.
You can download the free app today by visiting iTunes or the Android Market on your mobile phone and searching for 'Mobile Bay.'

Imagine the frustration in Yuma, Ariz., last year when garage door remote controls just plain stopped working.
The receivers on the openers were overwhelmed when a nearby Marine Corps air station moved its radio traffic to a new spectrum — a wavelength close to the one used by civilians to heft open those doors.
Luckily, a $2 jury rig to most openers fixed the problem. But in a conflict between military necessity and consumer convenience, there was never much doubt which side would have to tinker with its gear.

Frustrated that you couldn't edit a Spanish term paper on your mobile phone? Worry no more. Google Documents now supports editing in 45 languages on your mobile phone, Google announced in a blog post.
The company has been consistently adding features to its word processing program. In January, Google streamlined the service, revamping the way files are organized to make it easier to display and preview documents. Google Docs also recently added the ability to play video, and it's been rumored, but not confirmed that a music player would also be incorporated.

SAN DIEGO — Wearing a lime green vest, dotted with patches and gold award buttons, it was clear that 10-year-old Angela Rosser of troop 1177 is proud to be a Girl Scout.
"It’s really fun right now," said Rosser, as she picked up a mobile phone.
Rosser is a member of Girl Scouts San Diego. Because of that, she's part of a two-week pilot program to test a mobile credit card device called “mophie marketplace.”

TOKYO — Japanese mobile phones are a gadget lover’s dream. They double as credit cards. They can display digital TV broadcasts. Some are even fitted with solar cells.
And yet, for all their innovations, Japanese-made handsets have had little impact overseas. They account for just a sliver of a global mobile phone market dominated by the likes of Apple, Research In Motion and Samsung.
But now the Japanese phone industry hopes to go global — by adopting Google’s red-hot Android mobile operating system.

Mobile Phone Spyware - Are you worried about the safety of those you care about? Would you like to know if your spouse or partner is cheating on you? Now it is very simple to remotely monitor those things by spying on any mobile phone from any where in the world. This advanced technology is better and less costly all those other spyware products sold. Here is the reason, with this software application you can now listen to live mobile phone calls, read emails, see incoming and out going text messages, view photos, analyze the web browsing history and yes see the exact location of the mobile phone. All of this is done from a remote location using one simple spyware application, all you need is an Internet connection. The cost is just a one time fee of $49 only to gain instant access to all of the spyware features. The software download can be purchased directly from the website here:- http://www.bit.ly/track-phone

I have wanted to like Android for quite some time. I really did. I kept trying device after device hoping that the next device would be “the one”. Sadly, that never seemed to happen. Even with those devices that I initially liked I found myself growing tired of both the device and the operating system within a relatively short period of time. As a result, the Android handsets I purchased ended up on eBay within a relatively short period, and those that I had received as loaner review units went back without any remorse on my part. Yes, I wanted to like Android, but none of the smartphones I tried were able to win me over.

Remember last month, when Facebook announced it was granting access to users’ mobile phone numbers and home addresses to third-party developers (upon users granting permission)? Soon after, the company suspended the feature as privacy concerns quickly escalated.
Facebook said it had received useful feedback that they could make people more clearly aware of when they are granting access to contact data. The company said it was temporarily disabling the feature.
Now, in a letter to Congress (pdf), Facebook (via CNET’s Declan McCullagh), Facebook is talking about bringing the feature back. In the letter, Marne Levine, VP, Global Public Policy says Facebook is "assessing potential additions to the permissions screen that would appear when an application requests a user’s contact information, to determine whether those additions would provide clearer notice to users regarding the information the application is requesting."

Poor etiquette by mobile users is rampant and getting worse every day as use of smartphones and other wireless devices continues to mushroom, according to an Ipsos survey of U.S. adults.
The survey found that 75% of the 2,000 adults surveyed believe mobile manners have worsened since 2009. And more than 90% said they have witnessed first-hand poor mobile behavior -- activities ranging from texting while driving or walking to talking on a mobile phone in a public restroom.
Some 19% of the repondents admitted having poor mobile habits themselves, but continued such activities because others were doing the same thing.

Microsoft's recent deal with Nokia will put Windows Phone 7 on millions of Nokia mobile phones around the world. Microsoft in turn will shower billions of dollars on Nokia in marketing, engineering and other costs. The companies hope that together, they can make inroads into the mobile market that has increasingly become dominated by Apple's iPhone and Google's Android.
Some people have argued that combining the forces of two companies that have been failing in the mobile market will add up to little more than failure times two. But the deal may well save Microsoft from a slow-growth future. The partnership is one of the most important that Microsoft has made in recent years -- so important, in fact, that the billions of dollars it's spending may well save the company and ensure that its technology remains relevant, and its products stay viable, well into the fast-changing mobile future.

BARCELONA, Spain - Cell phones usually are used to communicate with people far away. This year, they'll get the ability to do the opposite: communicate with things that are close enough to touch.
It may not sound immediately useful, but phones will get some surprising capabilities with the addition of chips for so-called Near Field Communications, a wireless technology with a range intentionally limited to just a few inches.
The phones will be able to talk to payment terminals designed for "smart cards," replacing credit and debit cards. They could be used as mass transit passes. You could tap two phones together to exchange contact information.