The iPhone, brought to you by Apple, is home to many different applications all of which complete a task everyone needs to achieve at some point in the day. With all of the applications available out there, who is making all of the profit out of them? Is it Apple?

Lance Stewart – a creator of the Tube Exits application you can purchase for your iPhone. Have it? Want to know the history behind it? Well it all started on the train, while he was waiting to get off and out of the platform, he found himself waiting to exit. He says that he, “got off the train and suddenly found myself behind a huge crowd of people blocking my way to the exit. I was just an average Joe in the rat race getting frustrated by being stuck behind the crowds.”

After this, he had a brainwave. He wondered if there was such a way that he could find out in advance, which carriage to board on departure so that once he arrived at his destination he could get to the platform exit first, therefore meaning that he wasn’t left lagging behind all of the tourists.

Stewart admitted that he hadn’t the slightest idea what to do when it came to the early stages of developing an application, and also adds that he didn’t even own an iPhone at the time. He also confessed that at first, he thought that finding all of the exits and carriages locations would have been easy. All it entailed was a simple train journey, a few notes followed by a little research …continue reading →

Recent developments in world of mobile technology have lead to a detachable device that is said to be able to diagnose certain diseases, such as tuberculosis (TB). Experts have said that this will hopefully lead to the introduction of ‘portable clinics’ in the foreseeable future. All of this is available, too… on a mobile phone.

Not so long ago, mobile phones were only capable of sending text messages and calling, with maybe a detachable or changeable dongle here or there. However, today’s technology has enabled scientists and developers to create ‘The CellScope’.

Experts are hopeful that such a gadget will prove highly useful in developing parts of the world. Although medical care is limited in these places, the possession and coverage of mobile phones is still reasonably high. Seeing as CellScope is the first of its nature, there is definitely a gap in the global market for such a product.

So how does this work? Well, the technology behind CellScope is pretty basic. All that is required is a mobile phone, complete with camera, and the ‘snap-on’ attachment. The science behind it, however, is a little more complex …continue reading →

If going to concerts, gigs or the theatre is your thing, then get searching through your drawers and looking in those cupboards, because Ticketmaster has recently launched a new scheme which enables you to trade in your old phones in exchange for discounts off tickets.

In the past few years, recycling and becoming environmentally friendly has become widely practiced by many around the globe. It has become almost fashionable to be green in today’s world.

You must have heard about how you can exchange your old mobile phones for cash - however, something that may be new to you is the new opportunity that Ticketmaster are offering their customers. This deal doesn’t only apply to mobile phones, as Ticketmaster have stated that they would accept used iPods too, in a move that is unlike other mobile-phone recycling companies.

With these old, used and no longer needed pieces of machinery simply laying around, gathering dust and taking up much-needed room around the house, it can be an exciting opportunity to be able to get something out of the gadgets that you have dormant.

Not only will your phone be recycled and therefore reused, but £1 of the money made from the sale, will be donated to charity …continue reading →

A Japan-based company has recently disclosed the findings of fresh research ideas to put WiFi connectivity into mobile phones and are currently carrying out further research to ensure the idea can be used in a more practical manner.

With the current restrictions on modern technologies in place, the users of mobile phones have had to access the Internet via 3G or GPRS connectivity. This can’t always be classified as reliable either, and signal strength isn’t always of a high enough standard to receive the chosen pages in a short amount of time. However, the Japanese company KDDI have discovered a new way to use the ordinary 3G phones’ access to strong WiFi areas at work, home and out and about in public too.

Another plus, it is sometimes free of charge if you are out in some restaurants or bars. This can mean more credit for you to text and to call your friends, not to mention the elimination of unwanted charges at the end of the month if you are signed to a contract phone deal.

Normally, to acquire such a service your mobile must be a smartphone, meaning that it has the capability to receive these WiFi signals. Quite a large sector of the consumer market is left with a restricted access to the Internet currently because of this.

It is now believed Internet connections can be obtained through microSD cards. These are rapidly becoming a more and more appealing as it increases internal memory. This significant development in the future of mobile phones could well mean that people have the ability to purchase a memory card that not only holds their videos, photos and music – but allows them to upload it to the Internet seamlessly, too …continue reading →

Whether you’re concerned about energy waste, tired of high power bills, or simply sick of your phone constantly going dead, an environmentally friendly mobile charger can work wonders for helping Mother Nature and keeping you connected.

The magical thing about chargers such as these is that they put you in control when it comes to powering up your phone and saving energy. Here are a few examples of products that do just that:

 
The Green Mobile Charger

This is a perfect charger if saving energy is your main priority. Not only does its innovative design allow you to keep your phone safely charged while saving energy, but you don’t have to do a thing …continue reading →