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Follow @chargezone   Phones With the Best Battery Life Why not recharge your smartphone on-the-go at your nearest chargezone or check out the models with the longest continuous talk time on each major carrier . There's no sense in denying it: For most of us, mobile phones are at the center of our universe. It's your phone, your messaging device, your on-the-go Web browser, your camera, your music player, your GPS navigation unit—and soon, with NFC technology, it could even be your wallet. If you thought choosing a cell phone was difficult before, it's even tougher today. That's a good thing, though, because it demonstrates how innovation in the wireless industry has skyrocketed. We're seeing rapid progress across all fronts, including displays, data networks, user interfaces, voice quality, third-party apps, and even mobile gaming. Have you ever felt your cell phone vibrate and pulled it out of your pocket, expecting to to see a text...

Follow @chargezone SIM card to help parents protect children from bullying Parents will be able to control their child's mobile phone thanks to a SIM card remotely managed from a computer. The Bemilo system, to be run on the Vodafone network, offers a service for parents to prevent their children from going online, texting or calling during certain hours. Unlike an app, a child will not be able to switch the service off. The UK's Family and Parenting Institute said the SIM would help protect children from mobile phone bullying. To have the service, parents would need to buy a "safety pack" with a SIM card inside, install it into the child's phone and use it on a pay-as-you-go basis, from £2.95 per month. "It's a SIM that is just like any other SIM you would buy for any other network, but it enables parents to have full control in the context of safety," Simon Goff, founder and chairman of Bemilo, told the BBC. "T...

Follow @chargezone Met Police to extract suspects' mobile phone data The Metropolitan Police has implemented a system to extract mobile phone data from suspects held in custody. The data includes call history, texts and contacts, and the BBC has learned that it will be retained regardless of whether any charges are brought. The technology is being used in 16 London boroughs, and could potentially be used by police across the UK. Campaign group Privacy International described the move as a "possible breach of human rights law". Until now, officers had to send mobiles off for forensic examination in order to gather and store data, a process which took several weeks. Under the new system, content will be extracted using purpose built terminals in police stations. It will allow officers to connect a suspect's mobile and produce a print out of data from the device, as well as saving digital records of the content. 'Retained and...

Follow @chargezone   Keeping the Customer Digitized At the John Lewis department store in London, would-be fashionistas don’t have to change clothes before trying on new outfits. Hanah Ebdon, 19, stood in front of a full-length digital mirror situated in the women’s wear department at the flagship John Lewis Partnership Plc store on Oxford Street. She used hand motions to swipe from one brand to the next, seeing how she looked in a blue dress, then a patterned one, projected onto her reflection. “People will see it initially as more of a gimmick,” says Ebdon, whose skinny jeans showed below the dress. Still, she says, “it’s better than online shopping.” The mirror, installed by Cisco Systems (CSCO) on April 19, uses a 3D camera to capture a person’s shape, show different styles, and help with purchases. It’s part of a push by retailers to provide, in stores, more of what customers get on a website such as Amazon.com (AMZN): wide selection, electronic orderi...

Are These 16 Of The Most Intentionally Offensive Ads You will Ever See ?? Follow @chargezone Agencies, freelancers, and advertising students around the world are waiting to see whether they've won the U.K.-based Chip Shop Awards, honoring "creativity with no limits." The awards go to ads that creative types wish they could run if only their clients would let them. Finalists have been announced in categories ranging from "best use of bad taste" to "best politically incorrect," and as suspected, they are pretty shocking. An offensive fake ad submitted by The CBK Group made headlines when it circulated in February, but it didn't make the final cut. (The ad for Sapporo read, "A beer so good it's hard to believe we made it with our eyes three-quarters closed.") Judges include bigwigs from agencies including TBWA, GS&P, and Leo Burnett. ...

Here's How The Galaxy S III Stacks Up Against The iPhone 4S Samsung unveiled its new Galaxy S III in London yesterday, 45 mins away from Chargezones HQ. It is one of the most highly anticipated Android phones to date, and for good reason. Here's how it stacks up against the iPhone 4S.   iPhone 4S                                                                  Galaxy S III Connectivity HSPA+                                             ...

This is the prototype BlackBerry developers will get. It looks a lot like the iPhone. RIM introduces new BlackBerry prototype early  A prototype new BlackBerry operating system and designed to bring the struggling smartphone range up-to-date with its Android and iPhone rivals has been unveiled and released to app developers early.The prototype smartphone, called the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha, features a 4.2-inch screen and the usual range of wireless and wired connectivity options. RIM stressed it had been created “just for our developers”, www.chargezone.co.uk www.youtube.com/chargezone www.vimeo.com/chargezone http://chargezone.tumblr.com The Public Smartphone Charging Media  with Brand Focused Advertising Follow @chargezone