The use of mobiles on planes flying in European airspace has been given approval by UK regulator Ofcom.It has issued plans that will allow airlines to offer mobile services on UK-registered aircraft. The decision means that mobiles could be used once a plane has reached an altitude of 3,000m or more. But airlines keen to offer […]
Soon mobile phones would replace the physical airline ticket. Passengers would just be required to flash their mobile phone and gain access to the terminal building and speedily finish boarding procedures thereafter. For the airports, it would mean efficient boarding and handling more number of passengers.Siemens Airport Systems Laboratory in Bangalore is working out a […]
Worldwide sales of mobile phones surpassed 1.15 billion units in 2007, according to market research firm Gartner. The company also said that three new companies entered the top ten in sales for the first time including Apple with its iPhone.
Apple was joined in the top ten by ZTE and Research in Motion with its popular […]
This is one made-to-order device that everyone will love to have: the cellphone. If you are a music lover, why not have a phone which can hold more songs rather than heavy graphics.
Alternatively, if you want a better camera on a handset, why settle for just a 2-megapixel one? Soon, you will be able to […]
Mobile phone use does not raise the risk of brain tumours, a Japanese study suggests. The research is the first to look at the effects of hand set radiation levels on different parts of the brain.
Tokyo Women’s Medical University found no increased risk of the three main types of brain cancer among regular mobile phone […]
A Mount Everest mobile phone base has had a successful test run, meaning climbers will stay in range of calls and text messages on top of the world’s highest peak, Chinese media reported Wednesday.The station at 6,500 metres (21,450 feet) was also built to help communications for the bearers of the Olympic torch, which Beijing […]
Ofcom the regulatory body of Telecommunication in UK will be considering allowing Mobile Telephone calls in British Planes.The move is being considered by telecoms and air safety agencies throughout the European Union after the Electronic Communications Committee, a European agency, recently gave the go-ahead in principle. Ofcom is the first telecom regulator to support the […]
Industry-wide collaboration supports next-generation removable flash memory card and embedded memory solution at JEDEC
Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Sony Ericsson, Spansion Inc., STMicroelectronics, and Texas Instruments announced today that they support the creation of a far-ranging industry specification for removable memory cards and embedded memory solutions being standardized by the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association (JEDEC), a […]
Rumor has it that Microsoft may soon start developing a device billed to be a potential Apple iPhone killer.
The software major has reportedly stated sans confirmation that a mobile phone based on it’s Zune digital media player ‘is not an unreasonable move’.
The phone will likely be called the ‘Zune Phone’ and will be a competitor […]
A MOBILE phone with a built-in credit card will be tested in Melbourne next year in an Australian-first.
Telstra, NAB and Visa are developing the trial, which will let customers pay for goods and services with a wave of their mobile phone.
About 250 Telstra and NAB customers will be supplied with a mobile phone embedded with […]