Nokia announced a battery recall this week for all their BL-5C batteries manufactured between Dec 2005 and November 2006. These batteries are used in all sorts of phones and you can check if yours is affected by visiting their site. Apparently they have been short-circuiting whilst on charge and some have melted risking fire.
One of [...]

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Google has refused to deny mounting speculation that it is working to produce its own brand mobile phone. Reports suggest that the web giant is developing a series of”GPhones”, centred on its mobile services, such as search, e-mail and maps.
In a statement, Google said it was working with [...]

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OpenMoko is the World’s First Integrated Open Source Mobile. I came across this project at the begining of the year and have been following it’s development since.
OpenMoko is a GNU / Linux based open software development platform. Developers have full access to OpenMoko source and they can tailor their implementations to underlying hardware platforms.
The [...]

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Google has this online tool http://google.com/gwt/n that
automatically strips any given website down to a minimum (text and a few images- if you want them). So if you are browsing from a mobile phone or a connection where you pay per megabyte – it is much cheaper. Also if you are someone who goes to internet [...]

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Google has been stirring up a storm on the other side of the atlantic, Due to the TV stations going digital it has freed up the 700mhz band for mobile phone operators to use (does this mean we will need phones capable of handling 5 bands?). There will be bidding and google has said it [...]

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I am always on the lookout for applications that are actually useful for mobile phones. There are a lot of mobile apps out there but few that are actually something that the average person would use. Now a free mapping tool – now that is a winner!!
Last night I downloaded google maps (which is now [...]

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