The number of UK motorists who admit to answering mobile phone calls and sending text messages while on the road has tripled in a year,according to the 2010 RAC Report on Motoring. The number of drivers taking calls on their mobile phone was up from 8% in 2009 to 28% this year, while text messaging usage was up from 11% to 31%.
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Could this be the must-have gift for mobile phone users this Christmas?
Wireless technology company BeeWi has launched a Mini Cooper 'radio controlled' car that works using Bluetooth via an Android or Symbian smartphone. The Mini Cooper can be controlled from the phone's touchscreen or by tilting and moving a handset that has a built-in accelerometer.
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Orange is exhibiting current and future motoring-related mobile phone technology at the 2010 Paris Motor Show from tomorrow. It's displaying the Speed’R concept car, which has been designed in partnership with the ESPERA Sbarro School of Design.
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The EU says it's invested 10 million Euro in the three-year webinos project, which aims to deliver a platform for web applications across mobile, PC, home media (TV) and in-car devices.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Persuading mobile phone users not to hold their phone when they’re driving should be a simple task. It’s dangerous, it’s against the law and the penalties include a fine plus points on your licence.
But even then, there’s often an excuse about convenience and usability. Some people don’t like wearing headsets, some don’t like wires and some simply forget to charge the batteries.
That’s why a new hands-free Bluetooth loudspeaker from French company BeeWi caught my eye.
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