MetaFilter posts tagged with phones

"Samurai spirit-a!"

mrducts — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:45:13 -0800

Quentin Tarantino is the latest American celebrity to be featured in a TV commercial for SoftBank Mobile Corp, a Japanese telecommunications and media company. Tarantino stars as “Uncle Tara-chan” in the bizarre and very popular “White family” commercial series. The Whites consist of the "Mom", the daughter “Me” (a Softbank shop saleswoman played by popular singer/actress Aya Ueto), the "Older Brother" (played by African American actor Dante Carter), and the father, Otosan, who happens to be a white Hokkaido-ken dog named Kaikun.

Your own personal cell phone antenna

tkolar — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:03:56 -0800

31% of households get most or all of their calls on their cell phones. Unfortunately coverage remains problem, particularly indoors. Some rather interesting folk remedies have been suggested, but the preferred solution appears to be your own personal cellular antenna. Trials have been going on for a while now. And with a crystal clear 3G signal in your house, you may just want to skip setting up your own wireless network entirely.

Ladies in Waiting...

hadjiboy — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:10:33 -0800

Before the advent of Cellular phones and the internet, cities around the world were entwined with a series of webs hanging precariously overhead. Their function: to relay messages from one part of town to the next. And the pioneers who were put in charge of this arduous task--the Switchboard Operators. The first choice for this new source of employment was a disappointing failure, not surprisingly, but then a new breed of worker emerged on the scene. These hardworking individuals were the epitome of good behaviour and gritty determination. Patient and understanding, they were always expected to fulfill their tasks, no matter what the cost. And, to their credit--they are still remembered today for the unique place they held in some peoples hearts.

Phone Porn

chuckdarwin — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:56:15 -0800

The Nokia Morph concept phone is currently featured in The Museum of Modern Art “Design and The Elastic Mind” exhibition (warning: flash interface). This 'self-cleaning' shape-shifting mobile follows Nokia's other recent phone concept, the environmentally-friendly Remade, unveiled at Mobile World Congress earlier this month.

International payphone pictures and phone numbers.

Effigy2000 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:17:46 -0800

Photos of payphones from around the world. More international payphone photos. Stylized payphones from Brazil. Seen enough photos? Then perhaps you'd like to start calling some of them? Also; yet more photos and phone numbers still, plus news and stories! Although it had featured previously on Metafilter.

Make all your phones ring at once

Pater Aletheias — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:53:25 -0800

GrandCentral: Have a cell phone, a work phone and a business phone? This free service gives you one number that will ring all of them at once. Reviews: Slate, NYT, CNET

Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?

stbalbach — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:08:47 -0800

Are mobile phones wiping out our bees? Electromagnetic waves from cell phones and other sources may be the cause behind the mysterious bee colony collapses in the US and Europe, a serious problem for food crops.

Can you hear me now?

CunningLinguist — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:49:54 -0800

Retrobrick sells those old giant clunky cell phones we still called "car phones." To anyone old enough to remember them, it's a little scary to think they are desirable antiques now. Too bad they aren't as sweet as these photoshop fantasies. For a little history, Martin Cooper's account of making the first cell phone call, 33 years ago, on the streets of NYC (to his rival at Bell Labs.)

CCTV Nightvision phone

priorpark17 — Thu, 04 May 2006 02:28:28 -0800

A nightvision camera you phone up This seems to be a wireless CCTV camera that you phone up with your mobile and watch what is going on. It says it works in the dark. Now what would anybody use that for? As you dial it I guess it has it's own sim. "Pupillo", err horrid name.

Flashy Friday

Mr Bluesky — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:28:40 -0800

Badgers and Bananas. A Flashy Friday contribution mon amis. So we got the Badgers, here's the Cussing CeleBriteez (Yes re-post and NSFW) and finally Fingertips! Do I really need to explain the connection..come on!

iTunes Phone Rokr

benkolb — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:55:49 -0800

Apple iTunes to launch a phone. Made by Motorola nd will be available via Cingular. It will be called, 'Rokr'. Just goes to show how much Motorola dislikes 'E' s. (Razr & Rokr)

hello?

ShawnString — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 05:59:01 -0800

I dont know whether to be upset or envious? Dont know about the kid market but i could totally see this for "older" (read my mom) consumers.

Mobile Porn Ban?

analogue — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:44:33 -0800

Will mobile phone porn be banned before reaching the mainstream? Startup Companies as well as established veterans alike have been itching to make a buck from the mobile market. Will they ever get the chance? Not in Israel.

Things to do when bored

XQUZYPHYR — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:30:37 -0800

Jenny, from every block. The results of dialing 867-5309 for every area code in America. Now, no one else ever has to, "just to see."

SkypeOut!

will — Sun, 04 Jul 2004 14:24:34 -0800

Last week popular peer-to-peer telephony company Skype launched SkypeOut, allowing you to call regular telephone numbers from your computer or PDA. The price list is sweet, and the global rate for selected countries looks good too. There's no press relase, news announcement or description page yet, but Heiko Hebig confirms that it's working with an early short review.
(Via Loic Le Meur Blog, Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda.)
Related on MeFi: Skype Launches.

Sky Ear

schoolgirl report — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 07:20:11 -0800

Sky Ear will be a one-night event in which a glowing "cloud" of mobile phones and helium balloons is released into the air so that people can dial into the cloud and listen to the sounds of the sky. The cloud will be made of one thousand large helium balloons each responding to the electromagnetic environment (created by distant storms, mobile phones, police and ambulance radios, television broadcasts, etc.) with coloured blue, red and yellow lights.

The Old Telephone Company

hama7 — Fri, 12 Mar 2004 13:41:19 -0800

The Old Telephone Company, Essex, England

Background noise for your cellphone

Stoatfarm — Thu, 04 Mar 2004 09:53:26 -0800

SounderCover Are you the type who likes to call in sick to work... from the beach? This might just be for you. Seems like phonecams aren't the only cellphone app that raises some issues. (via cacheop)

Not your fathers POTS phone system goes Voip

thedailygrowl — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:12:40 -0800

Its not your fathers P.O.T.S. Plain Old Telephone Service is undergoing a fundamental shift as companies such as Verizon, AT&T and British Telecom embrace Internet technology to route long-distance and local phone calls to compete with services from the likes of upstarts Vonage and Packet8 and Skype etc. Is this the beginning of the Telepocalypse a race to the bottom of less and less profit and more and more layoffs? Follow the history and future of the woeful crumbling of the hiearchical phone phone company at David Isen's web page Are the guts of the phone companies the class 5 switch go the way of mainframe computer

Got lesbians?

answergrape — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 15:28:37 -0800

Got Lesbians? Every once in awhile I think "gee, self. I don't have enough lesbians in my life." Now there's a service just for me: LesbianPhoneCall. To quote their site they "deliver[s] you a phone call from a genuine lesbian!" You get to choose from Choose from a variety of lesbians, from militant bulldyke to on-the-fence lesbian (VERY popular). It even details what each type of lesbian is liable to talk about. Super! (via MonkeyFilter/UncoolCentral)

Can you hear me now?

riffola — Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:20:25 -0800

Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships You can register either in Freestyle or Original (the traditional over the shoulder -style). Alternatively, you can register as a team (max. three persons / team). There's also have a Junior category for competitors of under 12 years. Grading in Freestyle is based on style and aesthetics, whereas in Original the grading is purely based on length and style. In both categories theree prizes will be awarded. The current Ukranian record is 57 metres.

Gub'mint... waste money? Come now.

cinematique — Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:42:14 -0800

Over $200 million collected for future enhanced-911 service. But the 911 of the future, which was supposed to be in place now, hasn't actually arrived. The problem? The money, collected via a mandatory cell-phone tax, wasn't actually used for setting up an e911 system at all. - Wired.

damn telemarketers

djspicerack — Thu, 27 Feb 2003 05:31:16 -0800

Thought you were rid of the telemarketers? Perhaps not. It looks like they're fighting back to items like the TeleZapper that fake telemarketers into thinking your phone is disconnected by playing the three tones you get if your phone doesn't work. Castel, Inc claims their DirectQuest software defeats devices like Telezapper by reading the connect messages delivered by your public switched telephone network. Fave quote - “It’s a privacy arms race.." Will this ever end?

Choosing a Cell Phone Service

grrarrgh00 — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:00:38 -0800

Among the most confusing dilemmas facing today's consumer is the question of which cell phone carrier is right for you. Even though Consumer Reports just published an article rating different carriers, the results are far from conclusive. I've been searching for web resources to cut through all the crap, and I thought I'd share a couple with the MeFi community, since typing "compare cell phone plans" into Google brings up a load of pop-up laden vendors thinly disguised as dispensers of advice.

PhoneScoop.com offers the most comprehensive lists of cell phone features I've seen, a handy comparison tool, and a good number of intelligent user reviews.
LetsTalk.com suffers from a bit of that thinly-disguised-vendor syndrome, but it is useful for comparing different services and getting clearly presented, itemized lists of each service's features. Be wary of the service comparison tool, because it's rather incomplete, but it's a good starting point to compare plans.

Vibrating cellphones of love!

theplayethic — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 03:27:31 -0800

Vibrating cellphones of love! "Within a year you could be able to "touch" someone over your mobile phone", says the BBC. Some people have been waiting for this for quite a while - and dreaming up VERY specific applications.

MetaFilter posts tagged with phones

"Samurai spirit-a!"

Your own personal cell phone antenna

Ladies in Waiting...

Phone Porn

International payphone pictures and phone numbers.

Make all your phones ring at once

Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?

Can you hear me now?

CCTV Nightvision phone

Flashy Friday

iTunes Phone Rokr

hello?

Mobile Porn Ban?

Things to do when bored

SkypeOut!

Sky Ear

The Old Telephone Company

Background noise for your cellphone

Not your fathers POTS phone system goes Voip

Got lesbians?

Can *you* hear me now?

Gub'mint... waste money? Come now.

damn telemarketers

Choosing a Cell Phone Service

Vibrating cellphones of love!

Can you hear me now?