Dan Woolley, was caught under a pile of rubble when the Haiti earthquake hit. With the use of a first-aid app in his iPhone, he managed to create a tourniquet for his injured leg and bandage for his head. The instruction on the first-aid app also warned him against falling asleep after head trauma, so
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An iPhone saved a person’s life
Nokia N900 owners are now the envy of the mobile world having been given the privilege of being the first group of people to use the official finalized version of Firefox Mobile. Firefox Mobile will run on the Maemo 5 platform and incorporates many features seen in the desktop version of Firefox including the Awesome Bar, add-ons, tabbed browsing, location-aware browsing, and safe browsing which provides you with an instant web ID and allows you to your easily customize your security settings. Mozilla also introduced Weave Sync, a feature which allows you to sync your tabs, history, bookmarks, and passwords between your desktop and mobile device. Anyone rocking a N900 want to share your first impressions with us
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Full version of Firefox Mobile finally released for Maemo 5
Amazon.com proclaimed that it will enter into an agreement with Macmillan to sell electronic versions of its books even at prices it considers too high. The retailer had pulled Macmillan books Saturday, including e-books for Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, in a disparity over the publisher’s new pricing model for e-books. Amazon wants to tamp down prices
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Amazon.com to sell Macmillan e-books
The next evolution of the Sonim tough phone has now been launched SIM Free, the new Sonim Spirit is also known by its model number as the XP2.10 and is the latest model from the durable phone manufacturer. The Sonim XP2.10 is now available unlocked to all networks, you simply remove the back panel and insert
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Sonim XP2.10 Spirit Released SIM Free
Apple’s new creation, the iPad, may be a novelty to many consumers, but hospitals are already starting to abandon paper-and-pen clipboards for hand-held digital tablets. In Sacramento, Kaiser Permanente is in the midst of experimenting with one brand of computerized tablets – with the hope of freeing nurses and doctors from old-school tools and allowing them more time at a patient’s bedside
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iPad, anyone? Hospitals looking at the mobile device
Found under: Virgin Mobile , Canada , HSPA+ , Virgin Mobile Canada is getting ready to offer you some very good news. Thanks to its collaboration with Bell Virgin Mobile is now ready to offer you nationwide HSPA connectivity
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Virgin Mobile Launches HSPA+ 3G Network in Canada
Expected to be launched soon in the US, as AT&T’s first Android phone, the Motorola Backflip is already available in China – where Moto also has Android devices like the XT800 and MT710 . The Backflip appears as Motorola ME600 on Moto China’s website , and it costs 4,298 Chinese yuan unlocked (an 8GB memory card and a car charger are included in this price) – that’s about $629, so AT&T will probably (hopefully) sell the phone for $200 or less on contract. The features of Motorola Backflip ME600 include a 320 x 480 pixels touchscreen display, HSDPA, Wi-Fi (and WAPI ), GPS, full QWERTY keyboard, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP autofocus camera, and Android with MotoBlur. (live photos via 163 ) Back to AT&T, the second largest US mobile carrier should launch the Motorola Backflip in March – and it looks like it has already ordered about 400,000 units of it . The phone is surely interesting, although the weird form factor might scare some customers off.
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Motorola Backflip (ME600) available now – but only in China
Found under: Google , Nexus One , Android , Data , , The Nexus One hasnt been the phone Google expected it to be. Sure in terms of specs and features its one of the best Android phones launched so far but that doesnt mean that its the most reliable phone out there. After the 3G issues weve seen earlier this year it looks like data outages have been reported again this week. And this time it looks like the problem is nationwide and the affected phones are left without any data whatsoever.
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Google Nexus One Data Outage Problems Reported Again
Found under: AT&T , SMS , MMS , Data , Plans , , If you plan to buy a new feature phone from ATT which basically means either a Quick Messaging phone or a Touch phone you will have to get a mandatory messaging plan along with your handset purchase. In case you happen to own one of these phones then you wont have to worry about the whole thing as the new requirement is in place for new purchases only.Heres a list of phones currently available from ATT that will require such a new messaging plan Pantech Reveal Pantech Impact M Read More Read more in mobile format
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AT&T to Require Messaging Plans for Feature Phones
As we all know, the awards season is here and the second most important thing people want to know besides who won, is what the celebs are getting for swag. The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards show takes place tonight and we got a few details on some of the items popping up in Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon, and probably Kanye West’s gift bag (if he doesn’t act like a fool again.) This time the Grammy’s have gone techie and are offering a plethora of loot that are gadgety in one way or another. i360 music infused headwear will be included which is appropriate considering the Grammy’s are all about music. At the special Neil Young Grammy reception yesterday, celebrities were gifted with a Seagate FreeAgent Go for Mac with a a specially designed MusiCares skin
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52nd Annual Grammy Gift Bag Goes Hi-Tech
Found under: Game Boy , Games , Palm Pre , Smartphones , Emulator , , In case you own a Palm Pre and youd like to play Game Boy games on it then all you have to do is install VisualBoyAdvance on your webOS smartphone right now. In fact some Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games might also work right now on your Pre handset.Game Boy and Game Boy Color games work perfectly but Game Boy Advance games like Mario Kart Short Circuit can only offer about 60 of the normal speed with the sound enabled and 90 of the normal speed if you decide to ditch the s Read More Read more in mobile format
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Game Boy Games Available Now for Palm Pre Smartphones
A Paint Touch for $0.99 is a simple drawing application that is practical. It is a PC application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. If you just need to draw something quickly or play tic-tac-toe with your child when you don’t have access to pencil or paper – this is a great app to have. You can change the background and brush colors, change the size of the brush, erase what you have done, publish your work on Facebook or send them by email. Doodle Buddy is a free app that allows you to paint with all the colors of the rainbow
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Top Productivity Apps for the iPhone
I know it’s nowhere near Halloween, but I just found these and I just couldn’t wait 10 months to share it. Pretty clever idea and would look good at most parties and events throughout the year ) Magazine cover costume creates a fantasy photo-op at parties or other fun occasions. Make your face the focus of celebrity scandal in the “National Enquirer” or the head of a buff body builder in “Muscle & Fitness”
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Magazine Cover Costume
Found under: Firefox , Mobile , Maemo , Nokia , Android , Windows Mobile , , Finally the day has come when Mozilla Firefox became available to a mobile platform. The platform in question is Nokias Maemo which means that N900 owners can now browse the Internet using Firefox Mobile 1.0.The mobile version is going to offer you a browsing experience similar to the desktop version so in case you own the N900 you can go ahead and try it out immediately. Firefox Mobile 1.0 for mobile will come with the Awesome Bar which will help you get faster to your favorite Read More Read more in mobile format
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Firefox Mobile 1.0 Available for Maemo
If you’re serious about your music and are looking for a portable DAC that will keep your digital audio sounding crystal clear even when you’re out and about, the USB-powered DACport might be just the ticket. Does the mere thought of listening to MP3s makes your ears hurt?
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DACport USB Amp and Digital to Analog Converter for Audiophiles On the Run
Dissatisfied wireless customers got their due last week. After years of complaints about early-termination fees, the Federal Communications Commission finally showed signs of a serious inquiry into the charges. And the shortcomings of AT&T Wireless’ network, familiar to disgruntled iPhone users, drew wide attention for an ironic reason: Apple’s decision to stick with AT&T when it launches its eagerly awaited iPad mobile computer this spring. But today’s column isn’t about dissatisfied wireless customers. It’s about the vast majority of the nation’s 276 million wireless subscribers who are at least modestly happy with a technology that has changed so many aspects of their day-to-day lives
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Consumer 10.0: Web service can help cut monthly cell phone bills
For the many that surely missed it, on Wednesday Apple quietly announced a new member of the iPhone OS family, the iPad. And, while it runs existing iPhone applications just fine in a pixel-for-pixel or 2x-scaled mode, the device with its 9.7-inch screen has much more to offer in the way of screen real estate (over 5x the pixel count of the iPhone) and both CPU and GPU power. The iPad proposition gives iPhone developers much to ponder in the way of just how best to support it
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Ancient Frog on iPad – Developer Thoughts
If you are not eccentric about flaunting with the hi-fi of a smartphone, yet need to get a mobile phone with medium features, an appealing design and an affordable price tag, then Samsung S5350 Shark Mobile Phone is for you! It has come up with a ‘well-done’ classic, candy bar design and a metallic back
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Samsung S5350 Shark Mobile Phone
SkyCaddie announced a new Golf GPS, the SkyCaddie SGX, with a pretty cool new feature that allows you to embed a wireless chip in the butt end of your club so that Sky Caddie knows when you remove a club from your bag – giving it total awareness well ahead of your deathbed (required reference to CaddyShack). With the SkyCaddie GPS tracking, awareness of what club you are playing, the SkyCaddie will be able to help profile each club to give you stats on how well you hit each club, allowing you to again choose the right club for the job. Sure you might know how far you are to the front of the green with a Golf GPS, but you might be lying to yourself about how far you can hit that 7-iron. This automated featue allows you to play the round, undistracted, getting a better dataset, and therefore offering you better results. The SmartClub capability is expected to roll out later this year
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SkyCsddie SGX with Club Tracking – SmartClub
Palm devices have been among the first mobile devices to receive a Gameboy emulator – as good things tend to come back, it’s now time for a GameBoy emulator for webOS. User sonicnkt86 has shared the following video via YouTube: According to him, speed is more than ok: The Palm Pre port of the GB/GBA Emulator for the Palm Pre running Mario Kart Super Curcuit for the Gameboy Advance
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Palm Pre gets Gameboy emulator
This is the deepest indoor pool in the world. The Nemo 33 was constructed back in 2004 and if you’re from Belgium, you’ve probably enjoyed 30 degrees Celsius of spa water (it’s non-chlorinated!) all year round. At over 33 meters deep (that’s about a little bit more than a hundred feet) the pool caters to the public who want to get away from the winter cold and to divers and would-be divers who are taking their certification courses. At over a hundred feet deep, you can actually take your open water and advanced open water courses here as the pool will suffice for a deep dive
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Geek Pool: Belgium’s Nemo 33