Plane Lands Via Remote Control Cellphone

According to this article, a research team at Mechanical Engineering Polytechnic College in India has flown a model of a plane with an interesting method of control. The plane took off, flew, and landed using a cellular telephone as a remote.

I guess pilots are looking for a way to phone into the office from home.

'Mobile' Homes Overtake Fixed Homes

According to this New York Times article the percentage of Americans in cellphone-only households has overtaken the percentage in landline-only households. The article cites Mediamark Research, a firm that has been tracking this cellphone data since the 1980s.

According to Mediamark, 84.5 percent of households now have landlines, and 86.2 percent have at least one cellphone. In-home surveys at about 13,000 homes were conducted to collect this data.

The world is going mobile - now that cellphones have almost phased out landlines, it is only logical that a wireless broadband will phase out fixed data connections. It is only a matter of which wireless broadband technology will reign king, be it WiMax or HSDPA technology.

Mobile Tech Daily

Testing, testing. This blog will chronicle my exploration into the Mobile Technology sector. It will be focused on upcoming mobile technologies - phones/smartphones, pda's, laptops and other gear, nationwide networks, emerging standards, chipsets, telecom companies, etc. Here you will find my thoughts on data transfer in general - its convergence toward the mobile space and who's playing a big role bringing it there. From iPhones to WiMax, Mobile Tech Daily will provide interesting and insightful commentary.