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Use ShifD to Send Content Between Desktop & Mobile Devices
Michael Young and Nick Bilton, two members of The New York Times Company’s Research and Development Lab have created a free mobile application that provides users the capability to seamlessly shift content back and forth between their desktop computers and mobile devices called "ShifD".
You can use the service from any Web browser by logging into http://shifd.com. Your information is then added through various methods and is saved to the user’s ShifD page and automatically updated and accessible on all devices. ShifD will work on any Web enabled phone around the world. SMS is U.S. only for now and will launch in Canada in the coming months.
Everything on your ShifD page falls into three categories: notes, places and links. Within these categories, users can use single tags. If you have a book, you can create a “book” tag, or you can make labels for articles, news, to-do’s, or favorite restaurants. | 
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Verizon to Release Wireless Specs for "Any Device, Any App" Program
Verizon Wireless today said its upcoming Open Development Device Conference will feature the release and publication of Version 1.0 of the technical specifications for new wireless devices that will work on its “Any Device, Any App” network-only service option.
The conference, scheduled for March 19 in New York City, will focus on how traditional device and consumer electronics companies and entrepreneurs new to the wireless ecosystem can bring new wireless devices to the marketplace under Verizon Wireless’ Open Development initiative. The conference will establish shared goals of streamlining the certification and delivery of exciting new devices while preserving the company’s optimal network performance.
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Get Paid from People Calling You
Want to GET PAID when people call you? Brring is a service that accomplishes this by playing a 10 second ad before the call is forwarded to you. (This service reminds me of a service that no longer exists where you first listened to ads before getting free minutes to make a call. The more ads you listened to, the more free minutes you received. Brring I guess has put a different spin on things.)
Brring lets you personalize different ads to different friends. Brring also allows you to customize the ringback tone your friends hear after the ad plays while they wait for you to answer. When you register with Brring, you get a new Brring number. You also keep your existing number but you tell your friends to call on the new Brring number so you can get paid. The calls will forward to the phone you already have.
You become an advertising medium just like a billboard or TV station or a web page. Advertisers pay you because you can reach your audience best. | 
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Nokia & Univ. of Cambridge Launch Nanotechnology Concept Device (Morph)
Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center (NRC) and the University of Cambridge (UK), was launched today alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Morph features in both the exhibition catalog and on MoMA's official website.
Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, commented: "Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile devices; the Morph concept shows what might be possible".
Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Head of the NRC Cambridge UK laboratory, Nokia, commented: "We hope that this combination of art and science will showcase the potential of nanoscience to a wider audience. | 
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New International Cell Phone Service w/o Roaming Charges
Listen up international travelers who require cell phone service while overseas. Long Distance Post (LDP) has launched a prepaid international cell phone service that allows users to use their cell phones overseas without incurring roaming charges.
LDP is a distributor of prepaid mobile phones and is offering international travelers a prepaid Subscriber Identity Module card, called OneSIMCard, which can be inserted in a phone and used overseas to make phone calls. LDP claims OneSIMCard works in over 140 countries and provides up to 85% lower rates than other SIM cards.
OneSIMCard is compatible with tri-band or quad-band phones that use GSM, GPRS, and 3G cellular technologies. OneSIMCard comes with subscriber information, security features, storage and costs $40 which includes a $10 initial airtime balance. Cell phones sold by Long Distance Post with OneSIMCard already included start at $99.95. | 
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Google May Use Balloons as Cell Phone Towers
According to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, Google is considering using balloons for wireless communications using Space Data Corporation current technologies.
Space Data Corp. currently launches 10 balloons a day across the Southern United States to provide telecommunications services to oil companies and truckers. The balloons fly 20 miles into the stratosphere covering thousands of square miles below. Each balloon carries a payload of electronics, about the size of a shoebox that acts like a mini cell phone tower.
The inexpensive balloons, about $50 each, are good for only 24 hours before they burst in the thin air of the upper atmosphere. The electronic gear is encased in a small Styrofoam box that drifts gently back to earth on tiny parachutes. | 
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New Mobile Social Network Offered by Zannel
Want to network with your friends via your cell phone? Consider using Zannel! Zannel is the mobile industry’s first Instant Media Messaging service, allowing people to instantly update their friends and start real time conversations by sending video, picture and text updates from their mobile phones. Zannel is completely free! However, when using Zannel on your cell phone, its recommend that you have an unlimited data plan, as standard text message rates and data charges could apply.
Zannel supports most video and web enabled handsets in the U.S. Even if we don't officially support your specific phone, most features on the site should still work, though you may experience a few glitches here and there.
Visit http://www.zannel.com for more information. | 
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Alltel Expands Access to GPS Outside Home Network
Alltel Wireless customers now have access to GPS applications outside of their home network area with the availability of LBS (location based services) Nationwide Roaming.
Alltel Wireless customers with GPS-capable handsets will benefit from this industry-leading feature, as they now have the ability to use any of Alltel’s navigation and location based applications nationwide. In addition to the existing network, Alltel LBS applications will now function in more than 45 major metro areas that were previously inoperable before of this network enhancement. Standard roaming charges apply, making it easy to access the services needed, wherever and whenever needed.
Alltel currently offers an impressive suite of GPS applications including TeleNav GPS Navigator and Alltel Navigation, providing vital navigation tools directly on customer handsets. In addition, Alltel’s WHERE application helps direct customers to desired points of interest including gas stations, shops, restaurants, hotels, parks, golf courses, ATMs, hospitals and schools.
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T-Mobile Testing Home Telephone Service
T-Mobile USA has revealed that it's testing a new Internet telephony service in Dallas and Seattle that will offer home landline telephone service.
The service will allow subscribers to connect any regular home telephone to a T-Mobile router that will send calls over the Internet; which is very similar to the service that Vonage currently offers. There will be no need to change phone numbers because existing phone numbers can be transferred.
The router required will also provide Internet access and will costs $50 after rebates. The service will cost a very low $10 per month plus taxes and fees for unlimited domestic local and long distance calls. However, that catch is that customers must also sign up for a T-Mobile wireless service costing at least $39.99 a month.
It was rumored that T-Mobile had been working on this service because last summer it filed plans for the IP wireless router with the Federal Communications Commission. | 
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U.S. Cellular Also Announces Unlimited Calling Plan
U.S. Cellular followed suit and also announced a $99 unlimited national calling plan for new and existing customers to offer convenience and service to both consumer and business customers. The new national plan allows customers to make unlimited voice calls. Recently, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T announced their unlimited calling plans.
In addition to the unlimited national calling plan, U.S. Cellular offers a $14.95 unlimited texting plan and a $9.95 unlimited easyedgeTM data package to provide customers with a variety of services to satisfy their individual needs. The company also offers a wide variety of plans that include unlimited free incoming calls and texts.
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GSM Encryption Cracked for Cell Phone Eavesdropping
David Hulton and Steve Muller demonstrated in a presentation yesterday at the Black Hat Security Conference in Washington, D.C., a new technique for cracking the encryption used to prevent eavesdropping on GSM cellular signals. In the U.S. GSM cellular radio frequency coding are used by AT&T, Cingular and T-Mobile.
Hulton and Muller claims their technique allows an eavesdropper to record a cell phone conversation on GSM networks from miles away and decode it in about half an hour with about $1,000 in computer storage and processing equipment.
Hulton and Muller, director of applications for the high-performance computing company Pico, and researcher for mobile security firm CellCrypt, respectively, plan to make their decryption method free and public. However, in March they will start selling a faster version that can crack GSM encryption in just 30 seconds, charging between $200,000 and $500,000 for the premium version. | 
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Google Releases Search for S60 Powered Handsets
Google has released Google search for S60 powered cell phones. The new application places a shortcut to a Google search box on the idle screen which is also accessible via the usual application launcher. This feature is only available on devices with either a Ctrl or pencil/edit key.
By entering a search query and hitting the search button the Internet opens up and takes you to the results page for that Google search in pretty much one step. To download the new application visit mobile.google.com and find the Search Download link.
Last Tuesday Nokia and Google announced that Google's search engine will be integrated with the Nokia Search application. The integration will begin in select markets with the Nokia N96, Nokia N78, Nokia 6210 Navigator and Nokia 6220 classic.
Google search will be extended to additional Nokia handset models in the future. Ultimately, Nokia will make Google search available to its customers in over 100 countries around the world, serving mobile owners speaking more than 40 languages.
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Owning an International Cell Phone is Cheaper than Renting
If you travel internationally and require a cell phone it's actually cheaper to own an international cell phone than to rent one! You can own an international cell phone for $49 from Mobal with no monthly or annual fees. The Mobal service is available in 150 countries and you can use the same number every time and where ever you travel.
If you already own a GSM phone that you can use overseas, then you can use the Mobal World SIM in your cell phone to turn it into a Mobal World Phone. However, your GSM phone must be unlocked and have the right frequency for the country you’re visiting.
Mobal is actually one of the world’s longest running cell phone providers and was founded in 1985 (Cingular was only founded in 2001, Verizon in 2000 and T-Mobile in 1995) The Mobal World Phone has been endorsed by major travel and media experts like TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC, and The Travel.
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Use Your Phone as a Lie Detector with the LiarCard
Do you have a girlfriend, boyfriend, spouse, or employeee that you suspect lies to you? Wish you could give them a lie detector test? Well now you can with your landline or cell phone using the LiarCard.
The LiarCard is a voice analysis technology for personal use that can give an indication if someone is being truthful. You use the LiarCard by dialing a toll-free number from any phone and input the PIN provided upon signup. You then enter the destination number and wait for the call to be connected. During your conversation, the voice of the person of whom you called is analyzed in real-time, during which a heartbeat pulse is played in the background which only you will hear. A buzz is also played when the called party is suspected of not telling the truth or is in an extreme state of mind. | 
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Sprint to Offer Better Wireless Unlimited Calling Plan
If you are shopping around for an unlimited wireless calling plan recently announcements by Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T, you may want to hold off for what Sprint is offering.
Sprint Nextel Corp, the number 3 U.S. mobile service provider, is expected to offer flat-rate calling plans at up to a 40% discount to its rivals. This may cause Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T to further cut their prices. Analysts believe Sprint is considering an unlimited calling plan for as low as $60 a month in a bid to stop customer defections.
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc on Tuesday unveiled $99.99 per month plans for unlimited calls. T-Mobile went further by including text messaging in that price.
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AT&T & T-Mobile Follows Verizon with Unlimited Calling Plans
Today T-Mobile and A&T followed Verizon's lead by also announcing their new unlimited wireless calling plans. T-Mobile USA, Inc., announced that it will offer consumers a plan that includes unlimited nationwide wireless calling and unlimited nationwide messaging for $99.99 per month. This offer will be available beginning Thursday, Feb. 21, and will be a great value for new and existing T-Mobile customers.
With this new plan, domestic roaming and long distance charges are included. Unlimited messaging includes text messages (SMS), picture messages (MMS) and instant messages (IM).
AT&T Inc. announced its new unlimited voice plans will be available to new and existing wireless subscribers for $99.99 a month for unlimited U.S. calling on all devices with no domestic roaming or long distance charges. | 
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Philips Xenium 9@9j to use AAA Battery for Backup Power
Every cell phone should have this feature; the ability to use a regular AAA battery if your cell runs out of power. Well there is one future cell phone (codenamed the Xenium NRG) that is expected to have this feature. The futue Philips Xenium 9@9j is the first handset that has "BackuPower" battery technology which provides a slot for an AAA battery when its standard Li-ion battery goes dead. The AAA batter will give the user three additional hours of talk time.
With the Philips Xenium 9@9j if you use a rechargeable battery, it will be recharged whenever you recharge the phone’s main battery. Additionally, if you fit a single use battery, the phone will ask you if you want to use that power once the main battery is dead. If you’re using a rechargeable it will use it automatically.
The tradeoff of having a backup battery is the added bulk and more limited design options. The 9@9j is expected to be commercialized next April. | 
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AT&T Announces the Palm Centro
AT&T Inc. and Palm Inc. today announced the availability of the Palm Centro from AT&T. Centro is designed for the expanding base of customers who want a better way to manage their busy lives. The device is available for just $99.99.
Centro offers customers more choices to stay in touch with friends, family and co-workers by using voice, text messaging, instant messaging, e-mail or the Web. Featuring a color touch-screen and full QWERTY keyboard, Centro is the first Palm OS product to launch with AT&T services, such as XM Radio Mobile, Push to Talk and MusicID.
Centro is the smallest and lightest Palm product to date and works with the nation's largest digital voice and data network. Initially, the Palm Centro from AT&T is available in new "glacier white" with green keypad accents, and, in approximately one month, AT&T will debut a second color -- "obsidian black." |  |
Verizon Wireless Launches the Samsung SCH-u550
Verizon Wireless and Samsung today announced the availability of the SCH-u550 from Samsung. This fashionable clamshell sports a trend-setting brown finish and lets customers download and listen to music, check out short video clips and take pictures and videos while on-the-go. In addition to a sleek, stylish design, the SCH-u550 features a 1.3 megapixel camera with Night Shot to enhance the camera’s capabilities in dark environments and digital zoom, a camcorder, and Bluetooth wireless capabilities for headsets, hands-free, serial port, certain dial-up networking profiles, and object push for vCard to further enhance customers’ wireless experience. Verizon Wireless customers can also access V CAST Video, Verizon Wireless’ multimedia service with news, sports and entertainment video clips, 3D games, and more; and V CAST Music, which offers access to over 2.7 million full-length songs from well-known and independent artists that can be purchased and downloaded over-the-air, directly to the SCH-u550. | 
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