Written by A new study has shown that American teenagers send more than 100 text messages every day, overtaking voice calls, social networking and face to face conversations as the most common type of communication.
Monthly archives for April, 2010
Free films for HTC Desire customer on T-Mobile
T-Mobile are offering their HTC Desire customers two free movies and launching a new movies-on-demand service for the Android phone that will be powered by Saffron Digital.
New Apple iPhone 4G “found in a bar”
A fourth generation iPhone, which is not being released until June 2010, has reportedly been found on the floor of a San Jose bar inside of an iPhone 3G case”.
Orange to launch its own mobile phone
With the advent of companies like Google producing their own mobile phones it was only so long before the providers themselves started turning out their own models, and the latest news is that Orange will be releasing their own handset.
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New research says there are 68 million unused mobile phones in Britain
A new study has shown that there are a whopping 68 million unused mobile phones here in the UK, a total of around £1.7 billion’s worth of mobile technology.
Microsoft unveils two new social networking phones
Microsoft has unveiled their two new phones from their ‘Project Pink’ line which have been names as Kin One and Kin Two and are aimed at the social networking generation.
Multitask with Apple’s new iPhone 4.0
Apple has confirmed rumours that the iPhone OS 4.0 will feature much anticipated multitasking capabilities and is due for release this summer.
Google Buzz For Mobile Phones
Lots of have heard in the news over the last week or so how much Google Buzz is going to change the face of social networking. Taking the lead from the likes of Facebook and Twitter, Google have launched their own social networking site. They assure us that this is going to be a massive rival to the features and functions already on offer by the current popular social networking websites.
Integrated with your Google Mail accounts they have already started to roll this out to its current GMail users with invitations to get Buzz added to your account when you log in.
It basically blends your current G Mail contact list and emails with the standard features from social networking, allowing you to share photos, status updates and more.
What they have also done is made this available via their mobile phone application Google Maps 4 (available in the Android Market)
You can access the Buzz feature in two ways. Either within Google Maps, or just by directing your mobile phone web browser to the buzz.google.com site.
This allows you to post information for places, not just your current GPS location, as well as read Buzz posts by other people and make reply comments.
So, For example, you can post a Buzz about a local restaurant and then when your friends have replied you can view in GMail, the Buzz site, or in Google Maps.
It seems to be a real way to blend your mobile phone, your email and your social networking needs to make everything accessible from one place.
Orange reveals gender differences in mobile usage
Mobile network Orange has revealed a number of different trends that show how men and women use their mobiles rather differently.
Sharp releases details of 3D ready mobile phone screens
Electronics manufacturer Sharp has revealed that 3D ready mobile phones could be on sale before the end of 2010 and went on to showcase its own series of 3D mini screens.
