The Aston Martin... Phone?

Aston Martin makes some of the most drool-worthy cars on the planet, so any phone 
that's going to carry the Aston Martin logo had better look pretty sleek.

This transparent phone concept from Mobiado should do the trick, with a wow factor
that will get tongues wagging even if you aren't standing next to the car itself.

Far from being just a cool phone with a fancy logo slapped onto it, the CPT002 can
control many of the car's functions. Just having it in your pocket operates the keyless
entry system, and once you're moving the phone can do things like automatically upload
pictures from onboard cameras in the car to your social networks, so your friends can
see where you're traveling, It will even use its accelerometer to measure your movement
in an accident, then adjust the airbag deployment speed and seat belt tensioner to fit the situation.

While it is a concept, this isn't just some pie-in-the-sky phone that will never exist in the
real world. Aston Martin is working with Mobiado to create something real for their customers.

(via BornRich)

> Link to this page:
http://tony.so/AstonMartinPhone

Apple's Revolutionary New Macbook "No"

I couldn't stop laughing watching this!

"Everything is only a few hundred clicks away with the
one simple button concept."  <-- Hilarious!

Apple, as much as I love my iPhone... it really would
be nice to have all of those 4 more "complicated" buttons
that my Android phone has! 

1. A menu button. 
2. A search button
3. A back button
4. A dedicated camera button

I have over 100 apps... I think I can handle more than one button.

> Link to this page:
http://j.mp/MacbookNO

Mobile Phone Subscriptions To Hit 5 Billion

On a planet with around 6.8 billion people, we're likely to see 5 billion cell phone subscriptions this year.

Reaching 4.6 billion at the end of 2009, the number of cell phone subscriptions across the globe will hit 5 billion sometime in 2010, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The explosion in cell phone use has been driven not only by developed countries, but by developing nations hungry for services like mobile banking and health care.

"Even during an economic crisis, we have seen no drop in the demand for communications services," said ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Toure at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, "and I am confident that we will continue to see a rapid uptake in mobile cellular services in particular in 2010, with many more people using their phones to access the Internet."

Along with the surge in cell phones, demand for mobile access to the Internet has skyrocketed. The ITU expects the number of mobile broadband subscriptions to surpass 1 billion around the world this year, a leap from 600 million at the end of 2009. The organization predicts that within the next five years, more people will hop onto the Web from laptops and mobile gadgets than from desktop computers.

People in developing countries are increasingly using their cell phones for mobile banking, even those who have no bank accounts. But it's in the area of health care that cell phones have made a difference in developing regions, believes the ITU.

"Even the simplest, low-end mobile phone can do so much to improve health care in the developing world," said Toure. "Good examples include sending reminder messages to patients' phones when they have a medical appointment, or need a prenatal check-up. Or using SMS messages to deliver instructions on when and how to take complex medication such as anti-retrovirals or vaccines. It's such a simple thing to do, and yet it saves millions of dollars--and can help improve and even save the lives of millions of people."

(via reviews.cnet.com)

This article is over a year old... I just came across it and found it fascinating.

Currently there are 2 Billion people world wide who have access to the internet,
and 5 Billion people who have mobile phones!  As the internet become more and
more mobile... business and communication will also continue to change.

> Stats from:
http://j.mp/Mobile-Internet-Users 

> Link to this page:
http://j.mp/5Billion-Mobile 

Facebook Employees Use Mac

via youtube.com

Anyone else notice and find it funny that Facebook posts an announcement of a new feature with a screen capture by a Facebook employee using a Mac?  When they are partially owned by Microsoft?

And by partially owned, I'm talking about when Microsoft bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240 Million!  You'd think $240 Million might be able to buy a little brand loyalty... guess not.
http://bit.ly/Microsoft-Facebook 

> Link to this page:
http://bit.ly/Facebook-Mac 

PS: Or does my noticing that and finding it funny prove the level of my tech nerdiness?