Ten Reasons You Should Use Bluetooth by Christopher W Smith
If you are one of the many people who wonder exactly what Bluetooth technology is, you're about to get a brief rundown. 1) Bluetooth provides the ability for items that often need to be hard wired to be completely wireless. It allows you to use your laptop, cell phones, and hand held computer... If you switch from a Motorola phone to a Samsung phone (provided they are both Bluetooth capable) you will not have to be a new set of accessories in order for them to work with your phone. ... This means that you can drive more safely while talking on your cell phone.

Bluetooth Can Be Cracked! by Walter Vandenhoute
Nothing is completely safe today. Adobe has recently released a patch for a security hole in different graphical software, so why should Bluetooth be safe? ... and Bluetooth isn't safe off course! ;) Two researchers of the Tel Aviv University School of Electrical Engineering Systems say they... After you've established a connection with an other cell phone, the attacker can easily make calls with your phone. ... If there is a Bluetooth connection with a PC, the hacker can even transfer data between his Bluetooth device / cell phone and the hacked computer.

Putting it All Together: The search for a Pocket PC Phone by Michael A. Keenan
When I decided that I needed to replace my terribly out of date mobile phone – an old Nextel i1000plus - my thoughts eventually wandered toward a pda phone. For those that know me this probably seemed like a no brainer. I have a long history of pda dependence going back years to a Palm 3X. ... Cingular’s best price on a PocketPC phone wasn’t much better. ... After all, I’m married now and I’m really not worried about public opinion or impressing anyone with my sleek, stylish, sexy new cell phone.

Social Concerns of Embracing New Technologies Too Quickly by Lance Winslow
Everyday in the news papers, TV and Internet we see new electronic gadgets and here of scientific discovery using the latest and greatest machines and gadgets. Many are concerned about this as millions spend hours in front of video games, television, talking on cell phones or haphazardly... Although I am not a video game player; too busy living in the real world a warp speed, I can say that I had the very first cell phones and repeater phones in my business and they helped me immensely, in fact at the time, we did not even have fax machines and it was difficult to send information.

Feature Overload-Why are Consumer Electronics So Complicated? by Reid Neubert
It seems like everything is so complicated these days, especially anything electronic … which is more and more products everyday. Why are they so complex? "Hey, our cell phone takes pictures, sharpens knives, mows the lawn, pays your bills, steers your car, and cooks dinner, all by voice... In the case of products like cell phones, sales have slowed down because most people who wanted one have one. ... They keep looking for that latest cool feature that people will be willing to buy a new phone to get.

The Wireless that Wi-Fi Promised by Jacob Loeb
I was thrilled when Apple announced its Airport Wi-Fi hardware. Like many others, I envisioned walking down the street with my iBook constantly connected to the Internet. We all soon found out how difficult that was, at least without buying a cup of coffee. ... And again it’s a cell phone company bringing this new service to our lives. ... Much like early cell phone phones, EVDO is not thought of as a consumer product. ... Your Internet connection is going through the cell phone network that’s already in most places you are traveling.

PDA Memory Cards - 7 Tips On Using Them To Improve Your Bridge Media Experience by Ron Heller
PDA Memory Cards are a very popular means of immediately enlarging the memory capacity of a PDA. Most of the PDA Memory Cards that are in use today are of the SD memory card format, and their capacity ranges form 16MB to 1GB. The 2,4 and 8 GB cards are now in development, and are expected to... Here's another example: You have an important phone call on your cell phone. ... Your cell phone supports SD memory cards so it's able to record the call. ... You can later save the phone call audio file on to your PDA memory for future use.

Electronics Expands Your Workplace - and Then Some by Aldene Fredenburg
We're in the midst of a revolution - but many people don't realize the full implications of it. While telecommuting has been in existence since at least the nineties, the phenomenal development of laptops, PDAs, cell phones with digital cameras and instant messaging capability, and other devices... Get out of bed in Paris, work for an hour or so over croissants and coffee at a sidewalk café, check out the Louvre, put in another two or three hours on a park bench, check out a local bistro for lunch, and so on.

About Batteries by Matthew Archer
Batteries are all over the place -- in our cars, our PCs, laptops, portable MP3 players and cell phones. A battery is essentially a can full of chemicals that produce electrons. Chemical reactions that produce electrons are called electrochemical reactions. ... To accurately report the state of charge, the pack electronics has to keep a record of the current in and out of the cell, as well as a model of its behaviour. ... And at higher current levels, batteries can produce a lot of heat, which wastes some of their power.

Save Money With Hi-Tech Bundled Services by Titus Hoskins
Forget about the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, or even the Computer Age; we are now living in the Age of the Bundle! We are entering the Age of hi-tech bundled services that cater to all our modern communication needs. We are gradually seeing all our services like high-speed Internet, Phone,... Whether it is a full featured cell phone that also offers Internet/Fax/TV/Gaming/Radio or a small portable laptop/hand-held. ... As our world goes wireless, the use of cell phones and notebook computers are increasing every day.