Month: November 2004

Mobile Weapons

Mobile Weapons

Apparently, the latest weapon employed by football hooligans is – mobile phones. Police searches allow people to keep mobile phones, while confiscating other lethal stuff like knives, guns, bike chains and stuff. Then they can …
Is Video Conferencing Poised to Take Off?

Is Video Conferencing Poised to Take Off?

The New York Times has an article today that’s a re-hash of the video-conferencing-is-finally-happening genre. We’re talking video over the broadband-enabled net, not mobile. And over broadband the quality is pretty good actually. Having said …
Smell O’Fone

Smell O’Fone

We’ve noted that hanging decorations off your mobile is big in Japan, much as western kids hang a multitude of key rings form their school bags. But it seems a new generation of these ornaments …
Wear Your Mobile

Wear Your Mobile

How to carry your mobile is always a challenge for the man about town – or about country, for that matter. Do you carry it (not convenient), put it in your briefcase (not accessible) or …