Consumer Electronics

ITU wants new mobile phone directory code for emergencies

The ITU wants to use numbers to identify emergency contacts in a mobile phone directory, so for example ambulance personnel know who to call when they find a mobile phone on an injured person who can't communicate.  read more »

Apple warns new products looming

Apple executives last night warned that the company's profit margins would be impacted by a top-secret product transition it has plan for around September.  read more »

Walkman phones won't save Sony Ericsson, says analyst

In the aftermath of a second quarter that saw sales fall compared to last year, Sony Ericsson on Tuesday announced three new Walkman phones.  read more »

Apple: iPhone coming to 20 more countries Aug. 22

Even as it struggles to meet demand in existing markets, Apple plans to introduce the iPhone 3G to new countries next month. The company said that the latest iPhone would go on sale in 20 additional countries by August 22.  read more »

Survey shows low PC penetration in Sierra Leone

While 26.4 percent of Sierra Leoneans own mobile phones, results of the Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire released last week show that just 1.1 percent of the country's population own personal computers.  read more »

AMD takes on Intel with its own low-power chip

Advanced Micro Devices is developing a low-power processor for mobile devices and sub-notebooks, the company confirmed Friday, quashing months of speculation that it had abandoned the project.  read more »

Anthropology's technology-driven renaissance

Anthropology is an age-old, at times complex discipline, and like many others, it suffers from its fair share of in-fighting and disagreement. It’s also a discipline shrouded in mystery. Few people seem to know what anthropology really is or what anthropologists really do, and a general unwillingness to ask simply fuels the mystery further. Few people ever question, for example, what a discipline better known for poking around with dinosaur bones is doing playing with mobile phones or other high-tech gadgets. In today’s high-tech world, anthropologists are as visible as anyone. In some projects, they’re all that’s visible.  read more »

Africell aims to make phones affordable to all consumers

In a bid to make mobile phones more accessible to Gambians, Africell launched the "Phone for every Gambian" promotion Saturday with a press conference at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Banjul.  read more »

Industry heavyweights line-up behind Sony's TransferJet

The possibility of a gadget world without wires took a big step forward Thursday when 14 of the biggest names in consumer electronics said they would work with Sony on its short-range, high-speed "TransferJet" wireless data system.  read more »

A tech tourist's guide to Beijing

Welcome to Beijing!  read more »

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