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Free Courses Via Cell Phone - Softbank Classes from Cyber University
Japan is leading the world in new uses for cell phones, clearly indicated by the latest trend in taking college classes via mobile. Softbank offers classes from Cyber University. The class costs students nothing more than regular phone rates -- there is no tuition. This is no diploma mill, they currently offer 100 classes through the more "traditional" online class structure.
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Westminster Council in London has launched a new service where, should you be caught in dire need of a loo, you can simply text the TOILET 80097 which instantly sends a text back informing you of the location of the nearest public toilet.
Personally I think it's a bit naff, and smacks of a PR camp…
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Text for Nearest Toilet - SatLav Public Loo Locator
This is awesome! Google Maps for Mobile can now display your location on and via your cell phone. Google uses cell phone towers to ping your mobile phone. A blue dot appears on the map, marking your location if you have GPS on your phone. If you don't have GPS, a blue circle appears on the map, repr…
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Google Maps for Mobile - Cell Phone Knows Where You Are (GALLERY)
Selfridges & Co in London will are offering a luxury mobile phone service which comes with a 24 carat gold and diamond encrusted Apple iPhone, costing up to £20,000 for the touch-screen mobiles with 420 brilliant cut diamonds. There will also be offering exclusive iPhone holders from luxury fashion…
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£20,000 iPhone - Diamond Apple Mobile
If you are one of those people that are incapable of turning off your cell phone, and don’t always want to answer it either, here is a polite alternative. The Black Hole phone bag has a special pocket that blocks signal reception so you can’t receive any calls. It also has another pocket that al…
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Cell Phone Privacy Pouch - Black Hole Blocks Signal Reception (GALLERY)
Almost one in five Europeans have cut off their landlines, relying entirely on cell phones and mobile device to make their calls. A recent Eurostat study included all 27 EU countries except Bulgaria and Romania.
"The study showed that the number of households relying only on a mobile telephone tend…
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Europe Ditches Landlines - Almost 1 in 5 Rely on Mobiles
I've often wondered what the price of mobile e-mail is - or, should be - outside of PDA-Land. Today, one can easily access one's e-mail through various data package programs by way of provider's plans, but they're ridiculously expensive to the point of being insulting. So, how does the average man h…
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Cheap Mobile Email - Meemo is Only $5/Month
There as been all sorts of fuss lately from players such as Microsoft, Google and Apple about bringing the web to a mobile environment by using speech, the oldest form of communication. However, this is exactly why I think SpinVox should be mentioned as they have been doing this for over four years.…
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Turn Voice Mail Into Text - SpinVox Transcribes Your Words (VIDEO)
Are you hopelessly addicted to celebrity gossip, checking out all the latest dirt each time you hit the web, picking up every rag mag that catches your eye at the grocery store? If you have an iPhone, StarMash can deliver the goods to your Apple device as it happens.
As fun as it is to know that…
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Celeb Gossip For iPhone - StarMash For Hollywood Dirt On The Go (GALLERY)
Here is a miniature version of Nokia's 5200 mobile phone. It doesn't work - it's a toy but, it is a great accessory to any Zoolander costume. As you can tell, it even slides like so many of today's real cellphones. Yippee! It really slides! Now, it's cute and functional.
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Tiny Toy Phones - Mini Nokia 5200 Actually Slides Open
Were you already paranoid someone was listening in your cell phone calls? Well, if you own an iPhone, your paranoia of being watched is about to get magnified. The SlashGear crew says Apple has been spying on iPhone users via weather and stocks applications, tracking where users are and what they're…
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Apple Stalks iPhone Users - Weather & Stocks Apps As Spy Tools
"2 lrg chz pizzas plz," could be the next message you type into your cell phone the next time you get the munchies. Papa John's and Domino's have decided to begin accepting pizza orders via text message. Now you can order anytime, from anywhere, to help better fulfill your greasy cravings.
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Pizza Via SMS - Papa John's, Domino's Accept Text Orders
How do you make sure your ears are trendier than everyone elses? Get a customized Jabra Bluetooth Headset, of course! These days, standing out and looking fashionable all boils down to personalization, and that includes gadgets like these.
The Jabra BT160 headset comes with 33 cover designs, but e…
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Custom Headsets - Your Face on a Jabra Headset (GALLERY)
Google has announcing the Android Developer Challenge, the $10 million in prize money is for developers that create applications that advance Google’s new Android mobile operating system. Google leads the Open Handset Alliance, a group of 30 technology companies that have come together to basicall…
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$10M in Google Prizes - Google Pushes Mobile Platform
Based on your location, time of day, and your past behavior, Magitti will present you with a list of suggestions, including concerts, movies, shops, bookstores, and restaurants. As time goes on Magitti “learns” more about you and refine its suggestions accordingly. Magitti will be introduced int…
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