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Turn Your Phone Into A Subway Card
Oct 5th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
If you've ever visited one of the more technologically advanced Asian metropolises like Tokyo or Hong Kong, you're probably already familiar with the easy-to-use technology called RFID. It works like this - instead of paying cash for a bus or subway fare, you hold up a simple plastic card (or a chip embedded in your cellphone) to the ticket gate, and voila! You've paid and gotten on your way ...
Mobile Phone Use While Flying: Not All That Popular Says Survey
May 30th, 2012 at 4:00PM: Just when those who would like to use their mobile phone in the air get a break, a new survey says most travelers would prefer that they keep it turned off.
Not long ago, Virgin Atlantic announced it would allow mobile phone calls during flights on its London to New York route. Calls made will cost £1 a minute and a text will be 20 pence, much more than on the ground but worth it to those ...Gadling Gear Review: Mobius Solar iPhone Battery/Charger
Feb 1st, 2012 at 9:00AM:
I kind of hate how much I love my iPhone. It's not right and yes, I'm addicted to it and shut up, don't you have something else to give me a hard time about? Like my social media addiction, which also, you could leave me alone about because it's a critical part of how I make a living, so back off already.
Plus, it was super cool when, thanks to the wonders of my phone, a roaming data plan, and ...Aquarium crocodile swallows cell phone
Jan 22nd, 2011 at 1:00PM: A visitor to an aquarium in the Ukraine was trying to take a picture of a crocodile with her cell phone when she dropped it right into the creature's mouth, the BBC reports.
Last month at an aquarium in Dnipropetrovsk, Rimma Golovko reached her hand towards Gena the crocodile in order to get a good shot as it opened its mouth. She fumbled and the phone fell right into the Gena's gullet. The ...Ask Gadling: What do you do when your guidebook is wrong?
Sep 27th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Ever bought a guidebook and discovered when you arrived it was useless? Full of outdated maps and ho-hum restaurant picks, your guidebook is better suited for Grandma's group tour than a grand night on the town.
Rest easy, mindful traveler. Rather than being something to worry about, discovering your guidebook is awful should actually be cause to celebrate. In fact, you might as well chuck that ...Wiki catalogues pay-as-you-go SIM cards by country
Sep 22nd, 2010 at 2:00PM: Our good friend and technomad Paul Oppenheim stopped by this week with a dispatch from Germany and some more info on his current holy quest: to find an international phone plan that supports data and that doesn't cost more than the mortgage on his condo in San Francisco.
Those familiar with data plans and roaming charges outside of the US might be familiar with the sad details: taking one's ...Going back to basics on the road - when high tech becomes high burden
Jun 29th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
In the past two decades, the high tech arsenal of the frequent traveler has gone through some major upgrades. What started with the brick phone, has evolved into a package of smartphone-digital-camera-socialmedia-netbook -3G equipment. On any given day, even the most amateur of travelers may be carrying over $1000 in high-tech gear. During one of my recent trips, I came to the realization that ...How to pick the perfect travel smartphone
Jun 18th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
Picking the right smartphone for travel can be a major hassle - with so many choices of mobile operators, different phones, different network technologies and different budgets, finding the right one is like finding a needle in a hay stack. Worst of all - with mobile contracts, picking the wrong phone could mean you are stuck with a dud for two years.
...Google Goggles helps you explore the world with your phone
May 7th, 2010 at 3:30PM: Ever needed a quick translation of a foreign menu? Wanted to identify an unknown landmark? A new app called Google Goggles offers mobile users highly useful way to decipher the world around us using the camera on your mobile phone. This new service for Android users makes it remarkably simple to find quick translations of foreign languages, identify landmarks or even pick a bottle of wine, all ...SkyMall Monday: Wrist Cell Phone Carrier
Feb 1st, 2010 at 1:00PM: The older we get, the more forgetful we become. How many times have you misplaced your car keys? How often do you walk into a room and have no idea why you did so? If you had a nickle for every time you put your infant daughter on the roof of your car while you unlocked the door and then drove away with her still stashed up there, how rich would you be?
We all forget things from time to time. ...Turn your phone off when told to - or risk being kicked off your flight
Jan 28th, 2010 at 5:30PM: Anyone that has flown knows that the cabin crew will make a big deal about having all passengers turn electronic devices off as soon as the cabin doors are closed. Of course, there are always a couple of people that need a little extra reminding. Then there are of course those passengers that need to make a call that is apparently so important, they'll ignore all requests to turn their phone off. ...Plane dismantled in search of mobile phone
Oct 21st, 2009 at 6:30PM: We all know we're not supposed to turn on our mobile phones until our plane has reached the terminal. We´re told this again and again, and really folks, it´s for our own safety. Of course, some people think they're special and do whatever the hell they want, like an unnamed but certainly unpopular and embarrassed passenger on a Jet2 flight to Newcastle. When the flight stopped in ...Mexican authorities to allow mobile phone calls on commerical flights
Jul 24th, 2009 at 10:30AM: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/world_news/Mexican_Authorities_to_Allow_Mobile_Phone_Calls_on_Flight'; Good news! The Mexican FCC just canceled directive NOM-019SCT3-2001! Sure, I'll forgive you if you have no idea what this means (I didn't either at first). The directive was a 2001 piece of law banning the use of mobile phones on commercial planes. This means passengers will be legally permitted ...Augmented reality: a traveler's dream?
Jul 21st, 2009 at 9:00AM: Gadling has previously investigated how mobile devices are changing the way we travel, whether it's helping us navigate public transit, letting you make cheap phone calls abroad or showing us location-based maps of nearby restaurants, hotels and businesses. Now, an emerging mobile phone technology called augmented reality looks ready to bring this mobile experience to the "next level." digg_url ...
Stweet mashes up Twitter with Google Street View
May 14th, 2009 at 10:00AM: It seems like we can't get enough of Twitter lately. In fact, as the service continues to add new users, the number of applications that help you use it for travel only seems to grow. Recently we learned a quirky new tool called Stweet that links up the street level views found on Google Maps with the power of Twitter. Although applications like Twittervision already show you a real time map of ...Gadling Review: Traveldodo mobile city guides
Feb 24th, 2009 at 12:30PM: We like to play around with mobile phones here at Gadling. They're becoming one of the more invaluable tools for the on-the-go traveler, both domestically and abroad. Recently we were introduced to a website called Traveldodo, an online travel review site that offers an extensive selection of free mobile travel guides for cities across Europe. Free mobile guides you say? We decided to take ...Ryanair introduces in-air mobile phone calls on select routes
Feb 19th, 2009 at 5:30PM: Last year, Ryanair optimistically announced that they were just "weeks" away from launching their in-air mobile phone and data service. It took a little longer than planned, but the first 20 planes are now equipped with the gear needed to let passengers annoy their fellow passengers with their mindnumming phone conversations. The 20 planes are all on routes to and from Dublin, and the service ...A guidebook to New York Hip-Hop (Remixed)
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Feb 6th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Though New York has given birth to any number of musical movements, it's only the last 30 years that have given rise to Hip-Hop, arguably one of the more defining cultural movements of the late 20th and early 21st Century. Though Hip-Hop is alive and well in New York City, it's not necessarily something that's easy to pinpoint on a map for out-of-town visitors, especially not like the Empire State ...Rentobile lets you rent the hottest mobile phones
Jan 7th, 2009 at 3:30PM: When it comes to mobile phones, there really are only 2 kinds of users - those that buy a phone and use it until the tape holding it together finally gives up, and those that consider their phone to be part of their fashion ensemble, requiring a new phone every 2 months. Sadly I have to admit that I'm one of the latter - I'll swap my phone out for a new one in anything from 2 weeks to 2 months, ...The Gadling Top 10 Top 10 lineup of 2008
Dec 22nd, 2008 at 2:30PM: Can you believe that the year is almost over? When I saw the first Christmas items pop up at my local Costco back in September, the Holiday season seemed so far away. But now, with less than 2 weeks left in the year, it is time to slowly start looking back at some of the best Gadling had to offer in 2008. So, please let me present (in chronological order), the top 10 of top 10's posted here in ...
