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Sri Lanka blocks SMS on Independence day, blast hits power unit (AFP)

2008-02-05 00:00:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...AFP) - A bomb destroyed a power transformer outside Sri lanka's tightly-guarded capital Monday as the government prepared to stage national celebrations marking Independence Day, police said. There were no casualties from the blast at the electricity transformer on the outskirts of Colombo, a police official said by telephone. He said another...
 
 
 
 
 
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Leopard getting an update very soon?

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2008-04-22 21:33:19 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear
...AFP Server Fix to VoiceOver and static text Issues fixed in previous seeds Network Preference no longer crashes when enabling System Mode Fix to MCX Client Fixed key type issue with checkoldprefs Kernel panic issue with cluster write and File Systems fixed Fixed System Profile problem with Network pref pane FileSync issue with common external...
 
 
 
 
 
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Sony Ericsson says reviewing ties with NTT DoCoMo

2008-03-11 00:32:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...AFP Sony Ericsson said Monday that it was reviewing its business ties with NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile telephone operator, which is struggling amid an industry price war But the company, a joint venture between Japan's Sony Corp and Sweden's LM Ericsson, declined to confirm reports it will stop making handsets for DoCoMo It is true that...
 
 
 
 
 
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Loans by text message send young Swedes spiralling into debt

2008-03-13 12:30:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...AFP) Fire off a simple text message, wait 15 minutes and presto, 300 euros land in your account; the simplicity of obtaining SMS loans in Sweden is increasingly luring youths into debt The first (SMS) loan was given in the middle of March 2006," said Janne Aakerlund, a spokesman for Sweden's debt recovery agency Kronofogden, adding that the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Cuba lifts restrictions on cellphone use

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2008-03-28 13:06:00 by Donald Melanson in Engadget
...AFP reports, there have of course been cellphones in the country for some time, but they have mainly been reserved for foreigners, government staff, or those who were able to obtain them through third parties. Under the new regulations, however, Cubans will be able to get cellphone service from state telecom ETECSA, but only in the form of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Cuba lifts restrictions on cellphone use

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2008-03-28 18:06:00 by Donald Melanson in
...AFP reports, there have of course been cellphones in the country for some time, but they have mainly been reserved for foreigners, government staff, or those who were able to obtain them through third parties. Under the new regulations, however, Cubans will be able to get cellphone service from state telecom ETECSA, but only in the form of...
 
 
 
 
 
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Grow your mobile in a pot? Maybe someday, say Nokia researchers

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2008-08-02 12:19:56 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
...AFP He would not disclose the industry secrets Nokia was working on but said the starting point for researchers was that anything was possible We are playing with possibilities. Maybe some time in the future mobile phones will grow in a pot like plants or maybe you could print a new phone," he joked Built-in antennae are one of the...
 
 
 
 
 
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China hungers for gadgets

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2008-09-09 12:00:37 by Rob Beschizza in Boing Boing Gadgets
...AFP reports that the Chinese are sick of being last in the gadget-availability game, and go to great lengths to import high-tech items from the U.S. It's a curious situation, given that they make much of it in the first place. Plans to introduce the [iPhone] are conspicuously more advanced in West Africa than in China, the world's largest...
 
 
 
 
 
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Sony Twirl N' Take camera

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2007-12-26 16:37:07 by Kanchana in Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women
...AFP Posted by kanchana Category: devices | cameras | eco Tags: batteries Email this | Comments (0