iPhone killer by a 15 year old!

Here is another iPhone killer, only the difference is, it is designed by a 15 year old Korean high-school student studying in Canada. Check it out here. It's nicknamed butterfly and its for all those slide phone lovers!

You can make/receive in-flight calls on planes soon

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation may soon allow domestic airlines to permit passengers to use mobile phones and access mail on PDAs while air-borne.

In India, Kingfisher Airlines could be the first airline to implement it. The airline has sought government permission and has started talks with German telephone equipment company OnAir to install technology allowing passengers to use GSM mobile phones while in the air.

Under this new technology, GSM phone signals will be transferred from the cabin through a satellite to a GSM network on earth and connect the in-flight caller to the receiver of the call.

Source: Business Standard

iPhone - Where it is going down...

1. Battery Backup - Going by Apple's figures which is 5 hours and considering the fact that people will be using a lot of WiFi which is a battery drainer, it is gonna go for a toss..
2. Will the touch screen last all the drops and falls a mobile phone is prone to face? Doubt it...
   
3. Whats the point in providing a 2 MP camera when competitors such as Samsung are planning to introduce a phone with 10MP cam?
4. Key features of the phone are dependent on the network.. hence may not be suitable in many parts of the world..
5. 8 gigs aint a lot when u are gonna use it for videos also..
6. Nothing is told about third party softwares/applications.. wud v be able to use word/excel/pdf etc etc???

Apple certainly has a lot of answering to do..