fight roaming charges with fring
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that global roaming is costing Australia travellers away from home… the earth! (See story here). “The financial advisory service KPMG also found retail margins were...
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love me, love my phone network
Sydney’s commuter newspaper “MX” featured a report from The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association’s ‘Mobile Lifestyle Index’. The report gives a fascinating insight into the marketing, and...
View Articlecop 2.0
Dick Tracy used his wristwatch phone to fight crime. Well comic book characters shouldn’t have to carry the whole burden of fighting crime. Cameraphone users are now being enlisted into the fight. At...
View Articlemotion to energy
The Gigaom blog reports that a Boise company M2E Power will start selling a mobile phone charger “…that can convert six hours of everyday movement…into one hour of talk time..” (Source) The new...
View ArticleiPhone deal?
ITWIRE reports what might just be the world’s cheapest iPhone plan. See here. And another great thing about the iPhone. It runs fring. Click here to view the embedded video.
View Articlefring to the rescue
Twitter has recently delivered some bad news. They are reducing their SMS messenger service for Twitter users outside of the USA. You can read the bad news here. But there is good news too. fring’s...
View Articlehere come the androids!
The first “google phone” is on the market. At least on the US market. HTC’s G-1. Have a look… Click here to view the embedded video. And have a look at other phone geeks having a look… Click here to...
View Articlelocal councils get the message
As mobile phones become nearly ubiquitous, new applications are emerging all the time. Here’s an example, at least one Sydney local government district, now provides information on road works, garbage...
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where it all began
The first wireless phone calls were made by Alexander Graham Bell in June 1880 here. Washington DC plaque honouring Bell and the first wireless phone call Bell considered his “photophone“, a light...
View Article‘cellphone crazy planet’
The Australian technology newsletter “ITWire” reports that “61 percent of global population now using mobile phones“. The International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure has...
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