Get iPhone availability updates every 15 minutes July 30, 2008
Can’t find an iPhone 3G? Well, TopMuffin has created a site that checks Apple’s store inventory every 15 minutes. According to the site, Apple updates the inventory throughout the day. TopMuffin’s site parses the feed (feed link) and shows iPhone 3G availability by Apple Store.
TopMuffin doesn’t just post availability info, they also do some statistics to find the percent available. When we checked the page, Apple had 45% availability for 8GB black iPhones, 53% availability for 16GB black iPhones, and 41% availability for 16GB white iPhones.
This site does not list availability for AT&T stores, and only …
Email This PostBoom times ahead for mobile web July 28, 2008
The world of mobile internet devices is set to explode in the next four years says chip maker Intel.
Research carried out for the company suggests portable net-enabled devices will grow to 1.2 billion by 2012 as the need to be connected increases.
Intel’s predictions were unveiled as it launched a series of chips designed for portable web-browsing gadgets.
“The demand is there and the need is there and our technology can meet those needs,” said Intel’s Gadi Singer.
Big future
Alongside an explosion in mobile web-using devices, Intel estimated that 100 million households will also be watching IPTV by 2011.
“The fact that people …
Email This PostNow, SMS to power justice July 21, 2008
CHANDIGARH: Hail SMS, the latest and the fastest way to dissemnate information. Companies are increasingly using this facility to the hilt for providing data in accordance with the wishes of the clients or customers. The Punjab and Haryana high court does not want to be found lagging on this aspect and has ventured into the arena of SMS.
In a first-of-its-kind in the country that will bring cheers to scores of jaded litigants and lawyers of the region, the high court is all poised to harness the power of SMS to disseminate info regarding case status.
Its computerization committee, headed by justice …
Email This Post‘UFO’ Controlled Remotely by SMS July 16, 2008
New York artist Peter Coffin teamed with London interactive architect Dominic Harris to launch a “UFO” of their own design earlier this month. The airborne mystery pod produced shock and awe among citizens of a small town last week when it hovered, lights aglow, in Gdansk, Poland.
Dubbed Peter Coffin’s UFO Project, the 23-foot aluminum sauce can be remotely controlled by text messaging.
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Email This PostTelerobotic Shopper Lets You Hit the Malls Using a Cellphone July 14, 2008
Robot developer tmsuk has unveiled a remote-control robot that promises a new way to shop from the comfort of home. A prototype of the telerobotic shopper — a modified TMSUK-4 humanoid robot that incorporates a variety of cellphone communications technology — was demonstrated on July 10 at the Izutsuya department store in the city of Kitakyushu, Japan.
In the demonstration, an unwell grandmother unable to go shopping with her granddaughter sent the robot in her place. Using an NTT DoCoMo video-capable cellphone, the grandmother was able to control the robot and enjoy the shopping experience through the robot’s camera eyes. …
Email This PostWhy SMS is not used more for fundraising July 11, 2008
Fundraising by text message has long been considered a missed opportunity for charities, because mobile phone usage is so ubiquitous nowadays. Latest figures from the Mobile Data Association shows that Brits send more than one billion texts every week, with volumes growing by 40 per cent year-on-year. Professional Fundraising reports.
But there are several problems preventing UK charities from making greater use of SMS to raise money, not least of which is the fact that the mobile phone companies and the Treasury take a large chunk of each donation. VAT and operator commission can amount to 55p ($1) on …
Email This Post“Unprotected Text”. Text Message as Theater July 9, 2008
Soemthing I missed dating back to last March and just found by chance on About Theater while searching for something else.”Text message was part of a theatrical performance. By sending text messages to 143text@gmail.com and Unprotected Text analzyed your text messages and then performed them on YouTube for everyone to enjoy.
Many text messages should have make it into their live performances all over NYC in April.”
“Unprotected Text is an Episodic Textual Adventure and sociological study exploring the integration of social interfaces with our daily lives. A research period will culminate in a series of performative public interventions, …
Email This PostAgencies Adapt to Lack of Mobile Marketing Talent July 7, 2008
When Minneapolis and New York-based interactive agency Space150 decided to establish a mobile division, practice head John Grudnowski found the recruiting process more difficult than he’d expected.Mobile was already a part of Space150’s offerings, but the agency wanted to augment its in-house capabilities with a new hire or two. Specifically, it hoped to hire at least one person with client-side experience.
“We originally thought we wanted to hire a mobile planner, someone with consumer insight that had a mobile background,” said Grudnowski. In the end Space150 settled for someone who had worked as a director of marketing on the vendor side.
Space150’s …
Email This PostMobile phone a ‘life-saver’ July 2, 2008
Most of us would dial triple 0 for help in a life and death situation. Now our mobiles can also issue life-saving CPR instructions thanks to a new animated download launched by the Red Cross on Sunday.
The technology, jointly developed Tasmanian company Multi-Ed Medical and mobile networking giant Ericsson, is an animated program with an audio voiceover that gives a detailed overview of steps required for CPR.
Available through any Australian mobile phone service, the animation will can be viewed on any handset capable of displaying 176 x 144 pixel video content in the 3GPP file format.
Although the Red Cross warns …
