Phones to offer X-ray vision

LOST in a big city? It is a familiar experience. So imagine if you could use X-ray vision to see what was on the other side of the building in front of you.

Rural agencies catalogue failings in fighting last summer's fires

IN THEIR first detailed admission of fault, Victoria's two rural fire agencies yesterday released a joint report cataloguing their failures during last summer's fires, including the Black Saturday blazes that killed 173.

New Optus BlackBerry Plans

Two Optus Blackberry plans offer unlimited email from $9.99.

Gadgets

Amid all the hype and hoopla you could be forgiven for believing that the iPhone is the only touchscreen mobile phone in town. That's certainly not the case. Apple has undeniably popularised the touch panel as an alternative to the keyboard and also radically reinvented the mobile phone's interface. However, there are other ways to enjoy finger-friendly 3G goodness without buying into the Apple cult and without accepting the iPhone's numerous flaws. For example, each of the models here has a ...

Bluetooth Isn't Just All Talk And No Show

What do a wristwatch, mobile phone and home stereo have in common? Believe it or not, they can all talk to each other and their common language is Bluetooth. This versatile short-range wireless technology has been used in everything from connecting GPS receivers with PDAs to making the PlayStation 3 controller cable-free.

The Iphone Challengers

Amid all the hype and hoopla you could be forgiven for believing that the iPhone is the only touchscreen mobile phone in town. That's certainly not the case. Apple has undeniably popularised the touch panel as an alternative to the keyboard and also radically reinvented the mobile phone's interface. However, there are other ways to enjoy finger-friendly 3G goodness without buying into the Apple cult and without accepting the iPhone's numerous flaws. For example, each of the models on the right ...

Dial For Almost Anything

The list of what a mobile phone can do keeps growing and includes some surprises. By Brad Howarth.

Watt Next? More Power To Your Elbow

POWER walking is set to take on a new meaning, with the development of a knee brace that could make charging a mobile phone as easy as strolling around the block.

Mobile Shop Owner Shot Dead

The proprietor of a mobile phone shop was shot dead inside his store on one of Sydney's busiest streets yesterday, just 70m from the local police station.

Hands-on For Handsets At Rmit

SOMEWHERE in the School of Industrial Design at RMIT in Melbourne there may be a student struck with an idea that could revolutionise the way the world communicates in the next two or three decades. At least that is the hope of Ericsson, the big Swedish mobile phone maker, which recently sent two

Car Tracking On Its Way

FROM January motoring clubs around Australia will know where your car is 24 hours a day seven days a week. The RACV and other motoring organisations will introduce technology dubbed the Intelligent Tracking System, which uses a satellite global positioning system and a mobile phone to enable you