Posts Tagged ‘three-different’

Filed under: Cell Phones The BBC World Service Trust , the charity arm of the international broadcast company, is preparing to launch a service in Bangladesh that will offer lessons in English via cell phone . Called Janala , the service, slated to go live Thursday, started accepting subscriptions this weekend, and the BBC was surprised by the rush of customers. Sara Chamberlain, the ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Celebrities , iPhone In case you haven't noticed, the two major cell phone service providers have spent the past few weeks trying to prove their mettle in a 3G network -wagging contest. It started with Verizon's "There's a Map For That" commercial , which debuted in October and was a direct dig at the iPhone (which just so happens ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Cell phones -- and for that matter, app-enabled smartphones -- have typically been aimed at the middle class, containing software designed to help balance meeting agendas, check a flight's status, and the like. But what about the potential for cell phone apps to help a notoriously under-served section of the population? Well, there's an app for that. The ' Transborder ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Google After getting off to a slow start, Android phones have gone gangbusters. As of last July, there was only one Android-powered device available in the U.S., but that number has since exploded. Now, there are eight Android phones available stateside, with more expected to debut in the coming months. So things must be looking pretty great for the ... Full story

Filed under: Handsets , Nokia One look at the N97 will tell you that Nokia intends to take this whole touch thing pretty seriously, and considering that we're talking about the largest handset maker in the world here, it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that they've got new touch models in the pipe; the volume and style of those new models, though, ... Full story

Last year David Friedman from Ironic Sans conceptualized a Bulbdial clock that works like a sundial, only with LEDs. The guys at Evil Mad Scientist have gone a step further and made the clock a reality . The only real difference between Friedman's concept and Evil's working device is that they simplified the mechanics by mounting a ring of lights at three different heights ... Full story