Swiss Planning Unmanned Marketing Drones
In the hard-edged world of international marketing, you do not want to put your boys at risk when trying to beam your message to millions via Bluetooth. Swisscom, a Swiss telecomm (hence the name), is working on remote controlled planes that will fly over concerts, malls, and battlefields, beaming down advertising messages to the surging…
Take an HIV Test, Get Games
Just to confirm, I have nothing against HIV testing. It’s important. But Werd Interactive is trying to drum up publicity for HIV testing by… wait for it… giving away two mobile games. Yeah. Why not take all the money—$50 by our count, considering that it probably cost them a bit to get the press release…
Celltick: Push for Phones
Celltick is launching LiveScreen, a screen-saver for cellies that pushes news, weather, and other updates via your phone’s idle screen. That it also displays ads and other dosh is purely incidental and should stop you from downloading it. Looks like they’re focusing on Symbian phones right now, but look for this company to tank in…
Cellphones Excite Brain
This is really weird. When 15 male volunteers used a GSM cellphone for 45 minutes, “the cells in the motor cortex adjacent to the cell phone showed excitability during phone use but returned to normal within an hour.” What does this mean to you and me? Who knows! Even the fancy scientists in Fatebenefratelli hospital…
Johnny Cellphone Holders
Some days I feel that it would be best just to gouge out my eyes with a rusty spoon. Case in point: The Johnny Cellphone holder. These things are made of plastic and look like little schlongs. Why would you buy this? Because you’re depraved. They’re only $5, but so is a bottle of Mad…
Paris Hilton’s Crystal-Studded Sidekick 3
As the saying goes, the rich get richer, and T-Mobile is more than happy to accommodate America’s best and brightest with the launch of their highly anticipated Sidekick 3. Paris Hilton, the very talented, earned-everything-she’s-ever-received-in-her-life socialite even has a special, Swarovski Crystal-encrusted verion of T-Mobile’s wunderphone. Hilton’s Sidekick 3 has a bunch of different stones…