Why Should You Upgrade To A Blackberry 7 Smartphone?
May 18, 2012Why Should You Upgrade To A Blackberry 7 Smartphone?
RIM have given the main reasons why you should upgrade to Blackberry 7.
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Texting to Keep Kids Safe From the Flu
April 26, 2012Texting to Keep Kids Safe From the Flu
Doctors are sending texts to parents, notifying them of the dangers of the flu and where to get vaccinations, highlighting how mobile technology is keeping people healthy.Researchers, which followed over 9,000 lower-income children, said parents who got the texts in the 2010-11 flu season were more likely to have their children vaccinated than children whose parents weren’t texted. Sending messages is more effective than phone calls or reminder letters, the researchers found, because texts are sent to a specific person, and then stored on their phone.The difference in vaccination rates was rather small, but scientists say the reminders can target large numbers of patients at a low-cost. With increasing cell phones use, text messages are more likely to reach their target than typical “robocall” alerts.”You can reach so many families and patients at one time in an automated, efficient fashion and you tailor it to what the families need,” said Melissa Stockwell, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Columbia University.Stockwell’s team enrolled children at community-based clinics in New York before the start of flu season in 2010, sending about half of their parents personalized texts, based on information in their children’s medical records. The first three messages educated parents about vaccine safety and the seriousness of flu in children, while the last two reminded them about weekly vaccine clinics.At the end of the study, about 44 percent of children in the texting group got their shots, compared to 40 percent of non-texted parents who didn’t.The results, though close, add up to an extra 2.5 million children and teens nationwide, researchers said, which may stem the spread from children to adults, who are most vulnerable of flu-related deaths. The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention believes everyone over the age of six months should be vaccinated, but the shot is especially important for children.As mobile technology becomes more commonplace, health agencies will increasing use texts and instant messages to give people important health updates. Mobile health care initiatives are expected to double by 2014, as an increasing array of apps and services help medical professionals manage diseases and monitor safety.The U.S. government is also touting programs that aid adults and teens quit smoking by signing up for a program to receive texts as part of the SmokeFree.gov website. For example, smokers who feel a relapse coming on can text “craving” and get instant replies encouraging them to kick the habit.QuitNowTXT and SmokeFreeTXT join popular private apps like Text2Quit, Txt2stop and Nicot, but backed by the government, meaning the anti-smoking messages will have further reach and increased funding.The flu vaccine texting program was only a study, but if the government — through the CDC — takes it over, it may expand to a national program, rather than just a localized one, meaning it may lead to saving the lives of people of all ages and further CDC’s goal of universal flu vaccinations.Texting to Keep Kids Safe From the Flu originally appeared at Mobiledia on Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:59 am.
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Samsung Galaxy Mini 2
April 17, 2012Samsung Galaxy Mini 2
It’s not really mini and it faces tough competition from other Samsung smartphones, but the Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 is quite attractive and will hopefully be cheap to buy.
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Leaked video reveals Nokia Lumia 610 NFC
April 11, 2012Leaked video reveals Nokia Lumia 610 NFC
A leaked video from Nokia talks about the Nokia Lumia 610 NFC – that's right, the lowest spec'd Lumia phone might be the first Windows Phone handset to feature NFC. Last year Nokia did say that it plans to integrate NFC in all of its future handsets, but we expected it to start with one of the higher end models. Anyway, the Lumia 610 NFC seems to be identical to the regular Lumia 610, which…
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Orange Santa Clara
April 4, 2012Orange Santa Clara
What will be possibly the first Intel-based Android smartphone to market, the Orange Santa Clara looks like a very capable thing to have in your pocket.
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Review Roundup: This week’s hottest reviews on TechRadar
March 11, 2012Review Roundup: This week’s hottest reviews on TechRadar
This week’s hottest reviews on TechRadarThe beginning of March traditionally marks the start of new products season in the world of tech.It’s the time when all the exciting kit that was announced at IFA at the end of last year and at CES in January starts making its way onto the shelves and into our testing labs.We probably won’t have to tell you that Apple’s new iPad is one of these products. It was only announced on Tuesday but it’ll go on sale at the end of next week.You can also expect graphics cards, TVs, Blu-ray players, tablets, phones, cameras… You get the idea. It’s the start of the reviews season! Let’s go!Hands on: New iPad reviewWe’re still calling it the iPad 3, how about you? Whatever you end up knowing it as, be it iPad 3 or new iPad, you’ve not heard the last of it. Not by a long shot. That’s because it’s the most impressive iPad ever, and it’s going to sell more units than an Irish pub on St Paddy’s Day.The stand-out feature is that retina display, which offers up a resolution of 2048 x 1536 at 264 pixels per inch. It’s also got more powerful graphics to drive that higher resolution which should lead to some very pretty games and apps. On the downside it’s also slightly thicker and marginally heavier than the iPad 2, which can now be had for as little as 329.AMD Radeon HD 7870 reviewThe AMD Radeon HD 7870 arrives alongside the Radeon HD 7850 to complete the line-up of AMD’s next-gen graphics cards. The 7870 is a step down from the 7970 and a step up from the 7770, theoretically putting it firmly in the performance/price sweet spot.The fact AMD has included the full Graphics Core Next feature set is something to be applauded. It may not have the straight performance edge over the previous generation, but it’s got a lot more extras to back it up. We can’t ignore the awesome overclocking potential in the Pitcairn chip either. There’s no guarantee all AMD Radeon HD 7870s will be able to clock this high, but there is at least precedence.Samsung UE55ES8000 reviewThe UE55ES8000 is Samsung’s most uncompromising TV yet. From the moment you first behold its almost sci-fi design and bold, dynamic pictures, you’ll be entranced. Crucial to this performance is the introduction of a dual-core processor to the Samsung UE55ES8000, since this makes the smart TV services more comprehensive and slick to navigate and delivers palpable benefits to picture quality.Admittedly you’ll need to calm these pictures for normal domestic viewing, but once that’s done pictures still look hugely impressive. And your admiration only grows as you explore the TV’s revolutionary interfaces and the depth of its online and multimedia functionality. There are still things Samsung can improve, but as the first true next generation TV of 2012, the Samsung UE55ES8000 throws down a terrifyingly big gauntlet for the following pack to pick up.AMD Radeon HD 7850 reviewThe fact AMD has filled out these lower-caste cards with all the same features as their higher-end brethren is refreshing, as is the fact that we’ll get all the HD 7850 goodness in such small footprints as 7.8-inches. Again, it’s the same Graphics Core Next story the overclocking headroom is immense. The OC path is the only way to get the most out of these cards. Sadly that’s also part of the problem. At stock speeds both the HD 7870 and this AMD HD 7850 are rather uninspiring, and it takes ramping up clockspeeds yourself to get the real performance out of them. That’s a bit of a shame as most people probably wont take the risk with their new hardware. These pint-sized cards pack some impressive punch for sub-200 GPUs, but only if you take the risk overclocking them.Hands on: ZTE N910 reviewSorry N910 – it’s not us, it’s you. You feel cheap and insubstantial to hold, you’re chunky and you don’t even work properly. We’re prepared to give you a second chance, but if these annoyances continue in our full ZTE N910 review, then we’re sorry but it’s over.CamerasHands on: Canon 5D Mark III reviewHands on: Sigma 30mm f/2.8 EX DN lens reviewGamepadsSteelSeries Simraceway SRW-S1 Steering Wheel reviewHeadsetsSteelSeries Diablo III Headset reviewKeyboardsHP Slim Keyboard reviewMiceHP 2.4GHz Wireless Laser Mobile Mouse reviewMobile phonesNokia Asha 201 reviewHands on: HTC Sensation XE Ice Cream Sandwich reviewSony Xperia S reviewScannersDoxie Go reviewSpeakersKrator Neso N4-20U05 reviewWebcamsHP Webcam HD 5210 review
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Check if Your Devices Are Compatible With Windows 8
March 5, 2012Check if Your Devices Are Compatible With Windows 8
Before you consider installing a version of Windows 8, you should make sure that all of your third party devices work fine with the operating system. Third party devices include video cards, mp3 players, smartphones, displays or networking equipment. You might end up with a system that is incompatible with some of the devices that [...]
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Autocorrected text leads to lockdown of two US schools
March 3, 2012Autocorrected text leads to lockdown of two US schools
A text message that mistakenly included the word “gunman” thanks to autocorrect led to the lockdown of two US schools yesterday.The two schools in West Hall, Georgia were locked down by police for almost two hours yesterday while the “threat” was investigated.Autocorrections in text messages can often be hilarious, but on this occasion it turned a simple message into something much more sinister.The text message in question read “gunman be at west hall today”, when the intended message should have read “gunna be at west hall today.”The writer of the message must have misspelled the already questionable “gunna” in our own tests an iPhone 4 on iOS 5.0 only came up with “gunman” as a replacement for “gumma”.Catalogue of errorsIn an further exhibition of sloppy texting, the writer of the message even sent it to the wrong number.The message was in fact sent by a student, but reported to police by a member of the West Hall community.Sgt. Stephen Wilbanks of the Hall County Sheriff’s Office commented: “it was a combination of odd circumstances. We want to emphasize that the recipient did the right thing in reporting the message.”A lesson for all you hurried texters out there check before you send, eh?
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Nokia Asha 302
March 1, 2012Nokia Asha 302
A low cost messaging phone, the Nokia Asha 302 packs in some seriously useful features, including support for Microsoft Exchange email systems.
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You’re It! Play Smartphone Laser Tag With Zappr
February 4, 2012You’re It! Play Smartphone Laser Tag With Zappr
Smartphones users can move beyond the touchscreen with new gaming accessories like the Xappr Gun, which brings laser tag to the mobile generation.
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