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July 03, 2008
9:00
Google Talk for the iPhone
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Google has just released in the US a new version of Google Talk designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod Touch browsers. In addition to sending your friends Gmail messages from your iPhone, you can now chat with them while you're on the move.

[Google Mobile Blog via Techmeme]
8:55
The iPhone Timeline
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Spotted on Coolest Gadgets, an iPhone timeline.

"Did you know the first public signs of the iPhone were way back in 1999, when Apple registered iPhone.org. Silver from iPhoneGold has put together a great timeline showing the history of the legendary iPhone, including domain registrations, trademarks. the famous 3% stock drop all the way up to the new iPhone 3G."
5:06
Mobile in Forest Exhibition
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Japan's major cellular player AU KDDI recently launched an art meets innovation show in Harajuku called the Mobile Forest Exhibition. The exhibit showcases works by various artists offering their innovative ideas for new ways to look at cell phones.

[via DVICE]
4:35
iPhone 3G UK launch date
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Uberphones reports that O2 will officially launch the iPhone 3G in the UK at 7am July 11th.
July 02, 2008
11:01
Mobile Tricks - What Can You Do WIth Your Phone?
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YouTube Blog reports on a new channel called called Mobile Tricks posted by Google Mobile

They want to know what you can do with your cell phone, and start you watching the video embedded above of with a guy who's a bit obsessed with them. He's fabulous!

They're asking for all kinds of tricks, from the useful to the completely ridiculous, and they can be with or without Google Mobile products.
9:37
AT&T says original iPhones can be inactivated and used as WiFi iPods
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Original iPhone owners who prefer not to give away their old iPhones after upgrading to an iPhone 3G can instead keep their devices and use them as WiFi-enabled iPods, AT&T has confirmed.

[via Apple Insider]
9:22
"Unprotected Text". Text Message as Theater
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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, reclaiming the isolation that is a by-product of advanced virtual communication practices. Unprotected Text is a response to how text messaging affects our relationships and the way we communicate with each other. This project will provide a new way to interact with texts by unplugging the isolation of cell phone use, connecting audiences to temporal data, and by contributing to the reclamation and celebration of real-time community."

Watch Unprotected Text on YouTube.
9:12
Why SMS is not used more for fundraising
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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 a £1.50 gift ($3), making the cost of offering this service to donors prohibitively high, especially for small charities.

... Last December, the debate was temporarily revived when Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten lodged an early day motion calling on the Chancellor to abolish VAT on text message donations, but after attracting 57 signatures, this too appears to have stalled."

Click here for examples of fundraising by SMS.
8:45
Mobile Phone Sales Set Korean Record
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Sales of mobile phones in the domestic market were the largest in history in the first half of this year, reports Digital Chosunilbo.

"13.41 million handsets were sold in the first half, up 28.9 percent from the first half of last year, when 10.4 million were sold.

This means an average of more than 2 million cell phones were sold every month. The number is the largest in history, and if the trend continues throughout the latter half of this year, total sales for the year 2008 are expected to pass well beyond 20 million."

Image from osmoothie.
3:11
Peter Rojas and Ryan Block Partner up in Technology start-up
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According to TechCrunch, Engadgets editor-in-chief Ryan Block will be leaving parent company AOL shortly, sources say, to launch a new startup.

"Partnering with him on the new company will be Peter Rojas, Engadgets former editor-in-chief.

Block became Engadgets chief editor in June 2007. He took the spot after founding editor in chief Rojas left the blog full time to launch RCRD LBL, an online record label that distributes free music.

The new startup will be a content site around technology, TechCrunch, but wont be a blog. It may be a forum/social network based site to create lots of user generated content."
Something to look forward to.

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