Google has announced it’s own phone “Nexus One”. Following are the key features of the phone:
Matt Cole( Newsbeat reporter ) Explained about Cellphones Fraud in BBC Newsbeat -
There has been a rise in the number of cell phone accounts being cloned or taken over by criminals.According to the UK fraud prevention service Cifas, the practice is one of the growth areas of identity theft.
It has seen a 74% rise to 633 cases in the first half of the year, compared with the same period in 2008.
After obtaining personal details by theft or deception, the fraudsters can add additional handsets to accounts and use them to run up large bills.
Cifas members include banking, insurance and telecommunication firms.
Richard Hurley from the service said: “In the first six months of 2008 we had 364 proven cases of accounts being taken over, and 899 by the year’s end.
“In the first six months of this year we’ve confirmed 633 cases.
“It is an area where the increasing sophistication of technology makes mobile phones a status symbol and therefore a boom area for fraud.”
He said its latest figures may represent a fraction of the problem’s true scale as Cifas members only file cases of confirmed fraud, not suspected cases.
Cellphone Phone fraud increases in many mobile operators
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Asteroids –This is a great Windows Mobile version of an equally great classic. If you don’t mind using 200KB of your mobile phone’s memory, this is a must-have.
BeMario – A simple clone of the 8-bit Super Mario game, BeMario offers even the iconic jump and coin-snatching sounds.
BombSquad – This is a cool game which clones an equally cool Windows game, Minesweeper.
Break My Bricks – This game was developed specifically for the HTC Touch Pro, but it works on other Pocket PCs. The game feature various options for sound, vibration and ball speeds and has increasing levels of difficulty.
Buggles - This is the classic plastic bubble game ported to the Windows Mobile phones. It features an authentic ‘pop’ and realistic graphics.
Butterfly – Match sets of three or more bubbles to rescue butterflies in this fun puzzle game.
Crazy Matrix – Try to get as many lights glowing as you can in this addictive puzzle game.
Dope Wars – Buy and sell dope in this strategy classic.
EdgeWay Turbo 21 – If you’re fond of playing cards, you’ll like this game. Exercise your mind to make as many blackjacks as possible. Just a little warning: this game can be pretty addictive.
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The rumor mill has been put into high gear this morning by a discover of some code in the latest iPhone OS 3.0 beta release indicating that voice recognition may be a part of the new operating system.
Even though the newest beta developer code for for Apple’s iPhone 3.0 operating system has been out for about a week, people are still finding new things in it. There appears to be hooks in the new API for both voice recognition and voice synthesis, in the form of an OS component named Jabbler, already in the new operating system, according to a PC World story.
This new OS component will apparently be used to build an enhanced Springboard application, which is the software in the iPhone which controls the home screen and launches applications. This part of the OS will also be the basis of the new Spotlight search feature. It is possible that we have already seen part of the new Apple voice functionality built into the latest iPod shuffle, which is able to read items like playlists, song selections, and other text items in a synthesized voice.
Apparently this rumor started this morning when sources close to the iPhone OS 3.0 project told ars technica about the existence of the voice recognition part of the package. It seems surprising that it had not been noticed before, since the current beta developers code has been out for a week and has been pretty thoroughly investigated. Apple has not confirmed this rumor.