Someone tell me that there was a push nationwide for people to include an ‘SMS Signature’ automatically on each of their text messages. For some unknown reason, in the last week, suddenly, everyone has a freaking signature on their text messages.
Now most people do sensible things - like put their name. ‘Pete’ was [...]

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While Schwarzenegger admits it’s dangerous to drive while holding and talking on a cellular phone, he somehow found a legitimate reason to exclude Emergency-Service Providers from the law taking effect July 1, 2008 (yes, in two years) and delay implementation among Nextel (push-to-talk) commercial drivers until 2011.

So, could someone explain to me why a $15-$20 headset isn’t just as good for them too? There are push to talk headsets, as shown above (Photo Credit: Nextel) that allow commercial drivers to use the same type of headset as everyone else. And Emergency Service vehicle operators should only be allowed only to use in them in the event of failure of all other communications devices, and they should have headsets anyway. But isn’t there something even more threatening to the masses?

Texting while driving. It’s becoming a more and more common event, which of course started with Blackberry users, and it continues today, evolving more and more acceptable. Stop it!

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Cellular Privacy. We all are concerned about it, but what does it really mean, and what can it really be used for. Oh sure, your girlfriend could potentially kill you for having detailed billing and your phone bill laying around. I can hear the shrieks now, but let’s talk about serious data that violates your privacy. Call records, of course are one, but there are others that are much more disturbing.

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Seems that RIM is in a bit of a snafu. After paying through the nose to be able to keep doing that BlackBerry thing, they are poised to launch in China. Now, in 2001 they did their diligence, filed their trademarks in China, etc. Not that they have been USED in China, they have been, well, unused.

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Format war looms for new wireless standard - Breaking - Technology
The UWB Forum - led by Motorola spinoff Freescale Semiconductor - and the WiMedia Alliance - supported by Samsung Electronics and chip-makers Intel and Texas Instruments - had been trying to unite on a single standard since forming a task group with the Institute of [...]

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Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and three British universities found no link between regular, long-term use of mobile phones and glioma.

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Irish initiative

A new multi-million euro Irish institute is aiming to help develop new wireless technologies, including the next generation of mobile phones.…

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TV on the move

Royal Philips Electronics today introduced a DVB-H chipset that enables mobile handhelds to receive digital TV broadcasting over the air.…

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Proposed deal ‘unacceptable’

NTP has described a revised settlement offer made by legal rival Research in Motion (RIM) as “unacceptable” and told the world the two companies are not talking to each other.…

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Latest and greatest?

Review The W900 is billed as the latest and greatest in the 3G Walkman phone series. Spotted at the launch in October in black and in white, the latest news is that only the white version will be released in the UK. And for the first three months, the W900 will only be available in the UK on the Vodafone network.…

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