Entries Categorized as 'Mobile Devices'

Mobile phones to exceed 1 billion sales figure in 2009

Date July 22, 2005

If this doesn’t convince you that librarie sought to be considering services that utilize mobile phones, I don’t think anything will.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobiles head for sales milestone
One billion mobile phones will be sold in 2009, according to analysts.
Research firm Gartner said that the world’s appetite for mobile phones had exceeded even […]

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Pay By Cell Phone

Date July 18, 2005

On CTV’s Canada AM this morning there was a report that Calgrary Transit would soon be launching a service where bus and LRT (light rail transit) users will soon be able to pay for their ride by sending a text message from their cell phone. A user would buy credits (presumably online) and each […]

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Get Digital: The secret lives of MP3 players - Sunday Times - Times Online

Date July 5, 2005

I came across a good article (or a “sweet” article - i just caught a clip from Napoleon Dynamite:) that explains some of the many possible uses for the new generation of portable media storage devices. One example, which is most timely for myself, is the portable IM client…
Get Digital: The secret lives of MP3 […]

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CAS Database Information for Handhelds

Date May 24, 2005

Nice. Chemical Abstracts Services (CAS) dips their toes into the world of cell phones and handhelds…
Vienna, Austria April 20, 2005 - In an industry first, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) demonstrated the delivery of chemical information, including structures, via live interaction using BlackBerry® and other handheld devices at the CAS European conference in Vienna this […]

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FoxiPod

Date May 13, 2005

Doh! A handy Greasemonkey script for those running Mac OSX or Tiger.

FoxiPod
FoxiPod uses Greasemonkey with Firefox to make downloading MP3s and music files and adding them to iTunes a single-click process.

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From iPods to cell phones on campus

Date May 12, 2005

An interesting article on changes to Duke’s iPod program — not necessarily the scaling back that has been reported by some sources.
” Duke says that while it has restructured its iPod program, it could give away more of the devices next year than it handed out this year. In addition, the school will consider providing […]

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