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While Apple’s recent announcement of the iPhone has dominated the mobile market headlines lately, there is more significant news: one billion mobile phones were shipped in 2006. Anyone wondering about advertising’s future, simply has to put two and two together.
Over the next several months, AT&T is killing off its Cingular Wireless brand (NYT story here), eventually transforming it to simply “Wireless by AT&T.” Come on? Who on the executive team is highly compensated for making decisions like this? If anything it seems like it should be the other way around: Cingular replacing AT&T.
If you’re tired of grimacing as you watch the gas pump ticker go turbo while you’re fueling up your car, there’s hope. You could be whistling instead while you fill up your tank and top off your mobile playlist. This is all thanks to an Internet-ready WiFi capable gas pump, complete with downloadable tunes. Say it ain’t so!
Ready to surf the internet from your car? A wireless, “connected car” is closer than you think. As reported in the New York Times, Avis Rent A Car System and Autonet will soon offer business travelers a “rolling WiFi” hotspot that delivers to its cars high-speed Internet connections for only $10.95/day.
Sometimes cool stuff happens in the real world too, like these incredibly geeky, rechargable batteries. When I first saw the USB Cell months ago, I was immediately upset though. You could only order them if you lived in the UK. This morning, I got email letting me know I can now purchase them in the United States. The USB Cell is ingenious. One end flips open and exposes the USB plug, you plug it into an available USB port and, before you know it, you have a fully charged battery.