I’m sure you have figured this out by now, but that device to the left is not a phone, but an ultrasound. Considering the last time I saw an ultrasound, it had a whole room devoted to it, but this one is the size of a Blackberry.
GE is the pioneer of this new mobile device called the Vscan. It is designed for doctors who are making house calls. Instead of bringing the patient to the hospital or doctor’s office, the device can come to the mother. I’ll bet that they have to use that really cold creamy stuff that is the bane of pregnant mothers everywhere.
GE has just unveiled this device at the Web 2,0 summit, and they estimate that its cost will be about $250,000. That is not enough for every expectant father to own one of these, but at least low enough so a hospital could have at least one handy.
Personally, I like the idea of every expectant father owning an ultrasound device. I heard Tom Cruise purchased a Sonogram machine when he was about to have baby Suri, and I think every new dad should watch with expectation the birth of their children. Perhaps the technology will improve and the ultrasound will be an iPhone app in a few years.
03/1/2010
— Filed under: Mobile
Tags: GE, ultrasound scanner
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Oh snap! According to Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg, Google offered his company first dibs on building the Nexus One. In its infinite wisdom, Sony Ericsson refused, and the Nexus One build duties went to HTC.
02/26/2010
— Filed under: Mobile
Tags: Google, Sony Ericsson
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Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the launch of MILESTONE™ in Spain to become the first Android 2,1 phone in this market. MILESTONE will be available for all the Spanish consumers from mid-march.
02/24/2010
— Filed under: Mobile
Tags: 1, Android 2, Motorola MILESTONE
Skype may launch a version of its mobile Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and instant messaging service as early as next week, according to a report from Om Malik of GigaOM. If true, the application could prove popular with cost-conscious iPhone users who’d like to save a few bucks by routing calls over AT&T’s data network. Currently, iPhone users must use third-party services like Fring to access Skype.
03/27/2009
— Filed under: Gadgets, Internet, Mobile
Tags: iPhone, Skype
Mozilla yesterday put out its first beta release of Fennec, the mobile version of its Firefox browser. I took a quick look at Firefox’s little sibling, and I have to say Fennec is a very impressive and easy to use browser that maximizes your small screen space.
03/24/2009
— Filed under: Internet, Mobile, Software
Tags: Browser, Firefox, Mobile Firefox, Mozilla
Imagine playing what looks like an Xbox 360 game — on a $100 cell phone. That, according to Remi Pedersen, graphics product manager at ARM, is exactly what could be possible as soon as winter 2009 with its new higher-end Mali-200 and Mali-400 processors.
03/23/2009
— Filed under: Games, Hardware, Mobile
Tags: ARM, GPU, Mali
