Shout About Mobiles

The battery is the lifeforce of a mobile phone. So as you can guess without a battery the phone has no use at all. Mobile phone manufactures work extremely hard to minimize the power they use by making the phones more efficient, but obviously different types of battery help too.

So what are they different types of mobile phone batteries?

The three basic rechargeable batteries can be seen below.

Nickel Cadmium
This is the rechargeable battery that most familiar.

• The chemicals in Nickel Cadmium are not environmentally friendly.
• If you do not fully discharge before recharging it, after a few times, the battery starts acting as if it is discharged at this point.

Nickel Metal
Nickel Metal Hydride batteries claim to be superior to Nickel Cadmium because they don’t contain cadmium. They also are less prone to the memory effect problem. The only problem is they don’t last as long as the Cadmium counterparts, so they wear out pretty quickly and become useless after a short space of time.

Lithium Ion
This is the latest and best for mobile phones. This battery gives excellent life for its size and weight and does not suffer any memory effects. So you can charge up as and when needed. They are expensive to produce so pump up the cost of mobile phones.

By using mobile phones we could very well be contributing to a time wasting epidemic. According to one American Professor, time wasting is so big that it should now be classed as an actual illness.

The social and economic implications are enormous and people are actually putting their jobs at risk with the lack of productivity. Many people think that the reason for this time wasting is down to the rise in technology in people’s lives.

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The UK population is against the use of mobile phones on planes more than any other country a recent report has revealed.

There were 86% of British people believed that phones should be banned compared with 78% of people over the world. This report comes at a time when there is a high chance that we may be hearing the unbearable conversations of others in flight.

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It looks like the Blackberry Bold and Apple iPhone 3G will be up against each other this weekend as the new RIM handset goes on sale in stores.

RIM who make the Blackberry are really making a big push to appeal to a wider range of people, rather than business users. The new device has all of the usual Blackberry traits, from the qwerty keyboard for email use to the ability to open and edit documents. It is also one of the best devices RIM has ever produced.

In truth the Blackberry has had to put in one hell of an effort following Apples entry into the market. The iPhone has really set the bar on expectations from the public. Read more…

The mobile phone industry is looking into a cinema style system for mobile phone content. It is used really to stop children accessing material that may be unsuitable for them.

There are more and more children using mobile phones to get on the internet and access content. This has raised concerns about what it is they can actually view. Alarmingly there are more half of 9 year olds with a mobile phone and 95% of 15 year olds have a mobile phone.

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The first incarnation of the 3 Skypephone was a useful but extremely basic handset. It was one of the best and easiest ways to Skype on a mobile phone. With the tariffs from 3 it was somewhat a minor hit. However the phone was largely overshadowed by something a little more powerful, the Apple iPhone.

With this in mind the new 3 Skypephone S2 has been released and is set to improve on the display, camera and even its download capabilities. The aim is making it a more viable option for followers of the iPhone and other Smartphone’s.

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Jasper Carrot has revealed why he is giving his support to a community who want a mobile phone mast removed. The residents of Kingswinford in Dudley have claimed 14 people have died of cancer within one mile of the mast.

Four people who lived just yards from the mast have died leading Ofcom to confirm that the mast had the highest level of radiation of any checked this year.

The resident’s claims over 20 residents have developed tumors in the last 7 years but they all survived and despite the Ofcom classification it is still technically within the UK safety guidelines.

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Samsung have officially unveiled their new version of their i900 Omnia pocket pc. The rear, which is similar to the iPhone is a step toward pleasing the Windows Mobile fanboys.

The new white backdoes away with the awful wavy pattern that was very much like the N-series that was released earlier in the year. It will feature the same softly brushed back as the black version, only this time in a white colour.

Here are some of the key features of the phone below, taken from the Samsung site

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Well it has finally happened; there has been a solution to unlocking the iPhone 3G. Any-Network.com has a solution that is so popular it has seen an increase of 600% in orders over the weekend. As a result they have had to employ extra staff in order to cope with the demand.

The device from Any-Network is the only way to unlock the iPhone 3G to use on any network. There are other companies who reckon they can do this via software, but it is only jailbreaking it and not unlocking it.

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British Airways is now letting passenger’s book flights using the iPhone. BA claims it is the first airline in the uk to offer this service on the iPhone 3G.

Its passengers will be able to book flights, access real time arrival and departure information and view the BA timetable. BA say that the iPhone is revolutionising mobile communications and that they are always looking for ways to improve the service their customers enjoy by the use of innovative technology and the iPhone is a fantastic way to do this.

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