Breaking News - Firefly with Freshtel's Low Cost Offnet Fixed and Cell Phone Termination Launched This Week has the World in a Buzz

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Cell Phone Calls Via Fixed-line
Networks, Via Bluetooth

Cell Phone Calls Via Fixed-line
Networks, Via Bluetooth 03/19/2005 03:02 AM
PhysOrg.com Mar 19 2005 12:33AM GMT

The New York Times > Breaking News,
World News & Multimedia

The New York Times > Breaking News,
World News & Multimedia 07/30/2004 01:21 AM
JULY SURPRISE PREPARATIONS .. New York Times is ready .. ready

nytimesfaux.com/Front040729.html
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Specification Launched for Cell
Phone/WLAN Handoff (NewsFactor)

Specification Launched for Cell
Phone/WLAN Handoff (NewsFactor) 09/08/2004 02:27 PM
NewsFactor - A group of 14 wireless operators, handset manufacturers and infrastructure vendors have published a proposed specification that the companies claim will enable mobile devices to seamlessly transition between cellular and wireless data networks.

Telestial Announces Launch of GLOBAL
RIIING - New Low Cost International Cell
Phone Service

Telestial Announces Launch of GLOBAL
RIIING - New Low Cost International Cell
Phone Service 03/17/2005 04:12 AM
Today Telestial announced the official launch of its new Global Riiing cell phone service. Global Riiing offers travelers incredibly low airtime rates (as low as 52¢ per minute), unlimited free incoming calls throughout most of Europe, and the convenience of having a single cell phone number that works in over 100 countries around the world. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

Official Firefly Movie Web Site Launched

Official Firefly Movie Web Site Launched 06/24/2004 06:21 PM

Vodafone Gets First Sony Ericsson:
F500i; BREAKING NEWS: This Phone Takes
Pictures

Vodafone Gets First Sony Ericsson:
F500i; BREAKING NEWS: This Phone Takes
Pictures 06/24/2004 11:13 AM

Pocket-Lint brings to our attention the F500i camera phone, the first Sony Ericsson phone on the Vodafone UK network. What it does, you see, is take VGA-quality digital photographs and then, while this might be shocking to those unprepared, also allows you to make a telephone call over the airwaves using a tiny, integrated "cellular" radio. Yes, folks, it's a camera, but also a phone! Oh. You've ... seen ... ah.

Well, it has a tiny 3D chip and games! Did you know that? Ah ha! As I thought.
Read - Press Release [Vodafone]
Read [Pocket-LintUK]

Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from
Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish
World

Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from
Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish
World 12/26/2004 04:42 PM

Vodafone Gets First Exclusive Sony
Ericsson: F500i; BREAKING NEWS: This
Phone Takes Pictures

Vodafone Gets First Exclusive Sony
Ericsson: F500i; BREAKING NEWS: This
Phone Takes Pictures 06/24/2004 01:06 PM

Pocket-Lint brings to our attention the F500i camera phone, the first exclusive Sony Ericsson phone on the Vodafone UK network. What it does, you see, is take VGA-quality digital photographs and then, while this might be shocking to those unprepared, also allows you to make a telephone call over the airwaves using a tiny, integrated "cellular" radio. Yes, folks, it's a camera, but also a phone! Oh. You've ... seen ... ah.

Well, it has a tiny 3D chip and games! Did you know that? Ah ha! As I thought.
Read - Press Release [Vodafone]
Read [Pocket-LintUK]

Cell Phone Doubles as a Camcorder (PC
World)

Cell Phone Doubles as a Camcorder (PC
World) 04/04/2005 08:41 AM
PC World - Handset can record video, play MP3s, and still make phone calls.

Dial 4-1-1 for Cell Phone Numbers? (PC
World)

Dial 4-1-1 for Cell Phone Numbers? (PC
World) 09/22/2004 06:44 AM
PC World - A proposal for a wireless phone directory raises concerns in Congress.

Cell Phone Switchers Gain Options (PC
World)

Cell Phone Switchers Gain Options (PC
World) 05/14/2004 06:14 PM
PC World - Rural companies will soon be required to allow number portability.

Mobile & Wireless World: Combo Wi-FI
cell phone due out by fall

Mobile & Wireless World: Combo Wi-FI
cell phone due out by fall 05/28/2004 04:55 PM
Avaya, Proxim and Motorola have teamed up and plan to introduce a dual-mode Wi-FI and cellular phone this year that will require the use of an 802.11a WLAN.

American Youth Lead the World in Cell
Phone Spending

American Youth Lead the World in Cell
Phone Spending 04/02/2005 05:25 AM
New research 'mobileYouth 2005' examines the youth of today and their relationship with the cell phone. [PRWEB Apr 2, 2005]

Other News: Cell Phone Virus

Other News: Cell Phone Virus 06/15/2004 10:11 AM
It has to happen: we've got the first cell phone virus, operating over Bluetooth.

Other News: Cell Phone Trojan

Other News: Cell Phone Trojan 08/13/2004 10:48 AM
Symbian warns of a malicious cell phone program.

Other News: Cell Phone Spam

Other News: Cell Phone Spam 02/17/2004 11:51 AM
Cell phone spam (via text messaging) is apparently a big problem out side the U.S.

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April 03/29/2005 04:34 AM
To Better Accommodate the Needs of Today’s Identity Theft Conscious Cell Phone Users, Pride Communication Services (PCS), a Subsidiary Franchise of KaseIT and the Largest Reseller of KRUSELL Leather Cases, Announced Today that it Would Begin Selling the Horizontic Plus Cell Phone Case, KRUSELL’s Newest Offering, In its Online Store in April. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

BBC NEWS | Africa | Latrine deaths over
Kenyan cell phone

BBC NEWS | Africa | Latrine deaths over
Kenyan cell phone 03/15/2003 07:13 AM
This is the strangest story I have ever seen .. Latrine deaths over Kenyan cell phone .. three guys perished

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Photo: Firefly phone calls on kids

Photo: Firefly phone calls on kids 04/14/2005 09:37 AM
The Firefly phone is small and simple--with just five keys to make and accept all calls.

Firefly Phone Reviewed (Verdict: You
Know, For Kids)

Firefly Phone Reviewed (Verdict: You
Know, For Kids) 06/22/2005 01:58 AM

The Firefly, which is available through Cingular, is a mini-cell phone for the 8-12 set. It has dedicated Mom and Dad button (What if Dad wears mumus or kilts and Mom wears pants? What if it's two mommies or two daddies? Wow. The unexpected gender politics of key caps.) and has a 911 button for emergencies. General usage is uber-simple—press and call. The review found some quirkiness with the initial set-up, but one can only assume that once the Mother-Unit and Father-Unit numbers are programmed in, all the Child-Unit has to do is press a button.

The phone uses prepaid cards to charge usage and supports 850 and 1900Mhz GSM and offers about 6 hours of talk time. It's quite small and rounded, making it a perfect "I-lost-it-in-the-river" item for the youngster in your life.

Review of the Firefly mobile phone for kids [MobileBurn]

Update: Sascha Segan wants you to know he reviewed this phone in March.
Firefly Phone Review [PCMag]

Firefly Handheld Manages Multimedia on
PC, TV (PC World)

Firefly Handheld Manages Multimedia on
PC, TV (PC World) 06/25/2004 08:57 AM
PC World - SnapStream's Spotlight software now supports premium TV services.

Firefly Phone Mini-Review (Verdict:
Great For Kids)

Firefly Phone Mini-Review (Verdict:
Great For Kids) 04/01/2005 09:28 AM

Mobileburn talks about their brief hands-on experience with the Firefly kids cell phone in this piece. We first saw the Firefly last month and noted then that it lacks a standard numeric keypad, instead limiting the user to a "Mom" key, a "Dad" key, and a phonebook which can store up to 20 preset numbers. The phone was "a breeze to use, and certainly was entertaining to look at," according to the guys at Mobileburn and may potentially have some appeal in the senior market. Swappable faceplates and a prepaid system make the idea of handing a cell phone to your preteen a bit more palatable. The Firefly is available now for $200 which includes 1200 nationwide (GSM) minutes for the year.

Test-drivi ng the kids' Firefly phone [MobileBurn]
Catalog Page (Available now.) [SunCom]

Week ahead: Apple's Paris buzz

Week ahead: Apple's Paris buzz 08/29/2004 08:38 AM
Apple Computer aficionados are all aflutter over the prospect of a new G5 iMac making its debut at Apple Expo in Paris.

Week in review: Code breaking

Week in review: Code breaking 05/21/2004 11:20 AM

Low-Cost Windows Launched in Brazil (AP)

Low-Cost Windows Launched in Brazil (AP) 04/13/2005 10:41 PM
AP - Microsoft Corp. launched a scaled-back version of its Windows operating system in Brazil on Wednesday, hoping to get more people using computers in Latin America's largest country while cutting down on rampant software piracy.

Buzz on 3D real-world-ish interfaces

Buzz on 3D real-world-ish interfaces 12/12/2003 04:20 PM
Buzz Andersen posts on the problems with interfaces that mimic the real-world too closely.

Breaking technology news, local news,
and business information from inside the
tech economy at Siliconvalley.com

Breaking technology news, local news,
and business information from inside the
tech economy at Siliconvalley.com 12/09/2003 06:11 AM
Breaking technology news, local news, and bus...Breaking technology news, local news, and bus .. The front page from The Mercury News .. SiliconValley.com, .. Silicon Valley .. SiliconValley .. Dan Gillmor .. HOME

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Current online news interfaces are no
good for breaking news

Current online news interfaces are no
good for breaking news 03/20/2003 08:32 AM
As the war begins, Nick Denton points out that the Reuters online coverage is much better than the Soft-Warnography being...

New York Daily News - Breaking News -
N.J. governor out of job, and closet

New York Daily News - Breaking News -
N.J. governor out of job, and closet 08/13/2004 12:27 PM
Political bombshell: NJ's governor James McGreevey admits he's gay and resigns .. “My truth is that I am a gay American,” he said .. Holy

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New York Daily News - Breaking News -
Bush on terror war: 'I don't think you
can win it'

New York Daily News - Breaking News -
Bush on terror war: 'I don't think you
can win it' 08/30/2004 05:15 PM
Bush on terror war: 'I don't think you can win it' .. New York Daily News .. says

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Motorola centre gets buzz out of phone
designs

Motorola centre gets buzz out of phone
designs 07/23/2004 09:20 PM
Straits Times Jul 24 2004 1:34AM GMT

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls 08/16/2004 05:48 PM
Iowa phone company plans to block cell phone call in a dispute with wireless carriers. The Iowa Utilities Board has prevented the plan for now.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets. 07/26/2004 02:22 AM
New laws that mandate the use of cell phone headsets have recently passed in several states. In response, FreeHeadset.org has developed a program to provide wireless phone users with a free cell phone headset. [PRWEB Jul 26, 2004]

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls 04/11/2005 08:07 PM
user survey reported

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Operators launch global fixed-mobile
phone alliance

Operators launch global fixed-mobile
phone alliance 07/15/2004 01:55 PM
DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY - Six big telephone companies from around the world have joined forces to promote combined fixed-line and mobile services to consumers and businesses.

Online Muppet Studios, Muppets.com,
Launched This Week

Online Muppet Studios, Muppets.com,
Launched This Week 12/17/2004 06:36 PM
It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights, it's time to check out Kermit on the Muppets' new web site. The all-new Muppets.com went live November 17, offering fans the latest news, behind-the-scenes updates, interactive games and activities in one Muppettsational web site.

Track News Buzz By Name

Track News Buzz By Name 09/07/2004 09:50 PM
If you like sites like Yahoo Buzz which tell you about the most popular people and topics in searches, you'll like NewsbyName. It scans news for names and ranks name...

Kelley Blue Book's Redesigned Site
Launched This Week

Kelley Blue Book's Redesigned Site
Launched This Week 05/31/2004 07:05 PM
The company reports vehicle prices and values via products and services including the famous Blue Book Official Guide(TM), software and Internet site, kbb.com. Kbb.com has been rated the No. 1 automotive information site by Nielsen//NetRatings as well as No. 1 and first visited automotive site by J.D. Power and Associates five years running. No other medium reaches more in-market car buyers than kbb.com; one in every four American car buyers complete their research on kbb.com.
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