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Using a new social networking platform called MIMIEO, graduate students at Northwestern University will poll thousands of fans during the 2008 Super Bowl ads. After each quarter of the game broadcast on Fox on February 3rd, the student's website will compile feedback from fans on how much they liked the ads, and whether the commercials will influence future purchasing decisions.
The new technology will allow users to submit feedback from multiple sources simultaneously to include: Facebook (using the PickMe application), the Apple iPhone, Internet enabled mobile devices, as well as the website http://www.votesuperbowlads.com .
Facebook users will connect to the polling service using the PickMe application launched earlier in 2008. All other users will submit feedback using the video enabled website http://www.votesuperbowlads.com .
Participants will be asked to rate how well they liked each ad (from happy to upset), as well as how likely they are to purchase the advertisers products or services in the future.
Following the game, a panel of Northwestern University graduate students will analyze the results, as well as publish a detailed report on the winners and losers of the game.
ABOUT MIMIEO:
MIMIEO is a social networking platform created by several Northwestern graduate students in the Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) program. The technology will provide open and real-time access to consumer polls. Using an integrated suite of applications, MIMIEO can poll consumers simultaneously via social networking websites, mobile phones, multi-media websites, and other Internet enabled sources. Other future events include The Oscars on February 24th, and polling of the presidential candidate rankings.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
To schedule an interview, or obtain additional details about the Super Bowl rankings, please contact Glenn Allison. Graduate students to include: Bryan Tabiadon and Rohit Bhat will also be available preceding the Super Bowl for comment, as well as throughout the evening on Super Bowl Sunday February 3rd, 2008, and throughout the day on Monday February 4th, 2008. Interviews can be conducted via the phone, e-mail, or an in person visit. Media updates will also be placed on http://www.mimieo.com following the game.
SOURCE MIMIEO
http://www.mimieo.com
AT&T's wireless data networks in the Southeast and Midwest U.S. are down, causing BlackBerry and iPhone users to be without data services.
The EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) and UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) services in those regions began having problems around 6:30 a.m. EST this morning, said Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman. Voice calling has not been affected, but people trying to use wireless data services might have "difficulty," he said.
Several users of a BlackBerry newsgroup have reported being unable to receive data to their handsets. A systems administrator in Kansasreportsthat BlackBerry devices there are displaying a message that says "data connection refused."
The problem had been fixed by about 4 p.m. ET, Siegel said. AT&T is still trying to identify the exact cause of the outage.
The iPhone runs on the EDGE network, so users of the phones, as well as any other mobile device that receives data from either of the networks, will have problems using data services.
In early 2007, Research In Motion implemented a software upgrade that caused its systems to crash, resulting in a BlackBerry service outage that started in the evening and lasted through the night. This time, the problem appears to be with AT&T's network and not with RIM's infrastructure.
by Eric Zeman Cell I think this one threw everyone for a loop. Garmin and cell phones? Who knew. Here is the skinny. The nuvifone resembles the iPhone in that it is a large slab of hardware with a generously sized touch screen on the front. Rather than being just another nuvi-branded GPS product, it packs a high-speed cell phone under the hood, too. Word is that it is a quad-band GSM phone (meaning it can roam in the U.S. and Europe) and will come with HSDPA 3.5G wireless data capabilities. If 3.5G isn't fast enough for you, it also has Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth for headsets and other accessories. Of course, GPS and LBS are the heart of this device, and it has GPS services to spare. The home screen has three buttons for Call, Search, and View Map. It has preloaded maps of North America, Eastern, and Western Europe. It also has built-in safety and convenience features. The "Where am I?" feature lets users touch the screen at any time to display the exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations, and gas stations. It also helps drivers find their car in an unfamiliar spot or crowded parking lot by automatically marking the position in which the nuvifone was last removed from the vehicle mount. (It doesn't help you find your keys, however. That's still your responsibility.) If you want Google, it's got Google. It has a Web browser and users can access Google's search capabilities, including Local Search. Local Search automatically correlates search results to the users location. So if you type in "Burger King," it will show you the closest ones. It also has quick access to Google's Panaramio picture-sharing Web site. Lastly, it has some entertainment features. That means MP3 playback and the ability to shoot video and still pictures. The press release doesn't mention how many megapixels the camera has, but it does automatically geotag pictures with the exact coordinates. The user may then save the image so they can navigate back to the location, or e-mail the image to a recipient who can navigate directly to the location. Neat-o. Of course, no carriers have agreed to carry this phone, and no pricing information was made available. Garmin did say, however, that the nuvifone will be in stores sometime in the third quarter.
Purchasing ringtones for your iPhone through iTunes is now possible. However, many people are not seeing it as an option.
First of all, be sure that you have updated to the latest iTunes software. In OS X you can update from the iTunes menu and then Check for Updates. In XP/Vista you will find the update option from the Help menu.
Next, you will need to enable the Ringtone view. From the View menu, select View Options.
From the dialog box, select the Ringtone option and click the OK button.
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You will asked if you want your music library searched for potential ringtones. Select the Check Songs button.
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They are talking about this issue at the Mobile Adult Content Congress, now being held in Miami Beach.
“It will be impossible to stop the adult business exploitation of mobile entertainment,” said Gregory Piccionelli, a lawyer specializing in adult entertainment at law firm Piccionelli & Sarno.
Filing from the event, Reuters’ reporter Sinead Carew notes that Piccionelli predicted that as some European cell subscribers are, already, U.S. consumers may soon be offered free porn on mobile phones alongside paid services like live video or “adult dates,” a term Sinead (whatever happened to Sinead O’Connor anyway/) defines as “prearranged sex with strangers.”
My, my. The things you learn about in this gig.
Specifically, Carew (whatever happened to Rod Carew, anyway?) notes that Piccionelli said the iPhone is ideal for viewing porn due to its graphics and Web browser that mimics computer browsers. Most phones have stripped-down browsers.
Of course for this to work, AT&T Mobility would have to be content neutral, with parental safeguards against kids sneaking off, grabbing their parent’s iPhone and then, well, you know.
To give you iPhone a curfew, tap the Clock icon on the home screen:
n the Clock screen, tap the lower right Timer icon (if it's not already selected). The resulting Timer screen will show the Price-is-Right tumblers to set the countdown time in hours and minutes:
Also visible on this screen are the "When Timer Ends" and "Start" buttons. Tap the "When Timer Ends" button and at the top of this list of sounds is a special option, Sleep iPod.
Tap the Sleep iPod option and then tap Set. Review your settings and tap Start on the Timer screen.
I looked and looked through iTunes to figure out how to transfer pictures from my iPhone. I was looking in the wrong place.
XP will treat the iPhone like a digital camera device. Therefore, any computer program that will sync to and from digital cameras to a windows box can be used to move the pics over.
If you do not have a program that transfers pictures from digital cameras, you can use window's Scanner and Camera Wizard...
1. Click Start
2. Click All Programs
3. Select Accessories
4. Select Scanner and Camera Wizard
5. Select the iPhone out of your potential devices.
6. If you want to be able to manually copy pictures over in an explorer-like interface, click the advanced users only link. If you want to copy pictures over in a little wizard-like interface, click Next.
Using either the explorer or wizard interfaces will allow you to delete pictures as well. Using this method is obviously a lot quicker than deleting the pictures manually on the iPhone itself.
He cracked open an answering machine, remote control, vacuum cleaner and more computers. He scavenged for more products to tinker with on trash night in his neighborhood.
Now the 17-year-old from Glen Rock, N.J., has reached the big leagues of hacking. He says he has "unlocked" the iPhone, finding a way to get around the device's restrictions and allow it to be used not only on AT&T's cell phone network but also on T-Mobile's network and overseas.
"I'm talking to you on it right now," Hotz said during an interview with The Chronicle on Friday as he traveled from an appearance on CNBC to an interview with Fox.
The feat comes two months after the highly publicized debut of the iPhone. Combining a digital media player, a camera, the Internet and a cell phone in one gadget, the iPhone represents Apple Inc.'s first foray into the mobile phone business. One of the most anticipated gadgets of the year, it's expected to transform the industry much as the iPod and iTunes helped change the digital media market. The Cupertino technology company said it plans to sell 1 million iPhones by the end of September.
Until now, however, the iPhone has come with a catch. Because of a revenue-sharing agreement between Apple and AT&T, the iPhone operates only on AT&T's network and requires a two-year subscription.
Hackers have spent the better part of the summer tackling that challenge. Hotz said it took him nearly 500 hours - about eight hours a day - to figure out how to make calls on his iPhone through T-Mobile. "It wasn't to be rich," Hotz said. "I wanted to use it with T-Mobile."
Holz published step-by-step directions on his blog at iphonejtag.blogspot.com. Another group, known as iPhoneSimFree.com, said on its site that it also had found a way to get around Apple's locks and connect to T-Mobile. It offered proof to Engadget, a popular technology blog, which published a video demonstration, and said it plans to sell the software. In general, scores of hackers have been working on a way to make the iPhone compatible with other services since the phone debuted.
AT&T and Apple officials declined to comment. But it's highly doubtful Apple will let the hacking continue.
"Hackers are going to have to stay one step ahead," said Raven Zachary, an analyst with the 451 Group research firm and the co-founder of the iPhone Developers Camp, which brought software developers together last month to brainstorm programs for the iPhone. "Each time Apple hardens the operating system to minimize unlocking, it's going to get more difficult for the hacker community to find a workaround to unlock the iPhone."
Since Apple and AT&T began selling the iPhone on June 29, hard-core fans have made Herculean attempts to the bend the iPhone to their will.
For security reasons, Apple allows developers to design programs for the iPhone only through the Web and not directly to the phone. That hasn't stopped programmers from trying. One group, for instance, created a way to video conference on the iPhone, said Damien Stolarz, co-author of the forthcoming book "iPhone Hacks."
Hotz, who is driving with his parents to the Rochester Institute of Technology today to start his college career, had planned to spend the summer replacing the clutch on his green Mitsubishi and building a hot air balloon with his friends.
The car remains in pieces in the backyard. And though he bought some fabric, he abandoned the hot air balloon project to focus on the iPhone. Staying up by drinking vast amounts of Red Bull, Mountain Dew and other drinks, he purposely destroyed one iPhone to figure out how the pieces operated. Keeping one iPhone, he is selling another unlocked iPhone on eBay.
His parents occasionally worried he was spending so much time on the iPhone.
"We're proud of him. He worked all summer on it, so we're glad it was fruitful," said Hotz's father, also named George Hotz and a high school technology coordinator. "There are worse things teenage kids could be doing."
"We have received thousands of e-mails from Amazon customers around the world asking us when we will make Amazon MP3 available outside of the U.S. They can't wait to choose from the biggest selection of high-quality, low-priced DRM-free MP3 music downloads which play on virtually any music device they own today or will own in the future," said Bill Carr, Amazon.com Vice President of Digital Music. "We are excited to tell those customers today that Amazon MP3 is going international this year."
