Japanese mobile operator KDDI/AU gently stretches, jogs and cycles its way further into the service space with its Smart Sports service – use your mobile …
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Mobile phone’s positioning as a remote other sends the signal ‘I’m with someone, I’m not alone’.
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A Japanese phone user (in the shadows, center) conducts a call facing the wall – the body language of making a phone call.
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Is it possible to make an upcycled mobile phone entirely from recycled materials? One that consumers will want to buy? How about at a price …
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Research from Microsoft Research India’s Jonathan Donner that explores the practice of beeping – making intentional missed calls. The paper draws on field research from …
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A sign-of-the-times moment from the Caravan Cafe – an upscale organic restaurant in the Tashkent suburbs: a lady walks in alone and sits at the …
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Mobile phone with lens accessory, spotted on Urumqi’s Zhongshan Dong Lu. Yes, a little detour in western China. And yes, its a tad cold. With exception …
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Whilst taking breakfast in a roadside hut encounter a situation strangely reminiscent of this – where a local kid takes my phone, switches on Bluetooth …
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The perception of the anticipated reception strength based on the design of the antenna. The same for any communication device where signal strength is an issue.
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