Musings of a Software Engineer

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Posts Tagged ‘Mobile Phones’

Ringtones in iTunes

After abit of hunting around the internet I found a really good post that explained how to create ringtones with music that already exists within iTunes.  Since it would normally cost to buy a ringtone from Apple its a nice idea to be able to take music that you already have and create a ringtone [...]

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3G Coverage Maps

After purchasing the iPhone I have been abit disappointed by the lack of 3G receiption that I’ve been getting when being out and about with it.  Well as if by some devine wind I was reading the register today and they had an article about ofcom publishing maps of 3G covered and I have to [...]

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Geo-Fences

It’s the first time I’ve heard about a geo-fence (just found it on wikipedia) sounds like a great idea that you could track someone into an unauthorised area by tracking there mobile phones. See the Register article about it here.  Just one small thing unless I’ve missed something what happens if the mobile phone [...]

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GPS Mum

Its amazing how modern technology has come along. I was listening to a podcast of the News Quiz when they mentioned a gap year student mum had GPS’d her child while they were travelling.  I’m not sure whether this is the best cause of action with your child but I can understand that it [...]

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Phones in Schools?

I was reading the latest copy of BBC Focus Magazine (which is a really good read for all things technology). One of the opinion articles was taking about phones in school.
I think it was Bill Thompson that was writing it and his opinion columns are very good. So he was saying that instead [...]

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