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I have been stuck with a suddenly-dead mobile phone or iPod more times than I care to remember, and I'm sure there's plenty of others who've made the same mistake, thinking there's enough juice in their 'pod for a trip from Amersham to Holborn and back. Oh, the pleasant experience of being forced to listen to parents admonishing their pollywaffle-smeared kids on the tube.
We've discovered the joys of Mobchargers before, those handy disposable single-use chargers for most mobiles under the sun, but as mentioned, they're single-use, plus only give you an extra four hours of stand-by time. Just not good enough unfortunately, when your tube line suffers from inevitable delays.
Proporta's Mobile Survival Kit is the perfect, well, survival kit. Not only does it come with every mobile attachment available, it also includes an iPod adapter too. I've spent the past week carting it around in my handbag, deliberately letting the juice drain from my gadgets, and charged them up whilst on the go in London. Read below for my findings...
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Parents are increasingly concerned about their children's use of mobile phones.
Research published today suggests that over four in five British parents (81%) are worried about their children being contacted by strangers, of having their mobile phone stolen, or being a victim of cyber-bullying. That's despite 71% saying that the phone would be vital in the case of an emergency.
Conversely, 58% of children would hate to have their mobile phone taken way.
The research leads nicely to OmegoMobile, the mobile phone for kids which has been designed to address the concerns of parents.
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Leading book publisher HarperCollins has announced a dedicated web site to allow mobile phone users to browse excerpts of more than a dozen new book releases.
Despite the title looking like a vain attempt to cash in on the iPhone craze, the opening line of the press release actually states that "The publishing world is hooking up to the iPhone". Really.
Though any mobile browser could theoretically access the site, it does seem as if the service has been specifically designed to match the look and feel of the iPhone. Users can view up to 10 pages of any book's first two chapters, and are able to shrink or enlarge the print size.
The Oyster travelcard system has been a big success in London (i.e. it's not been a colossal cock-up like most public service technology projects), and now Barclays is extending the idea to paying for stuff other than tube journeys.
As if TVs weren't expensive enough already. The new LG home theatre system is plastered with 24 carat gold, and is the most needless, pointless and overpriced innovation in home cinema since Blu-ray and HD-DVD came along.
The ludicrously OTT 71" set, which uses PDP technology to display its HD pictures...
The Zen Design Group is to launch a range of children's toys which feature LEDs powered by a hand crank that the child operates to provide power to the rechargeable batteries.
SEE Toys (Safety, Ecology, and Economy) include Dynafly, a laughing bug which moves its arms and head and whose eyes and tail light up with LEDs when the crank is turned.
"I wasn't trying to be trendy," said company president, Sun Yu. "I looked at my product line one day and thought about how nice it would be to not have to replace and purchase batteries. The product I wanted to make just fit into the times."
I know what dorm rooms are, I've seen the college episodes of Dawson's Creek. They're like British university hall of residence rooms, except cleaner and with more Gap sweatshirts in.
We have no idea of the factual correctness of 
