sim cards
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Apple’s NanoSIM Comes Under Fire From Nokia, Motorola And RIM
Last year, it became apparent that Apple was planning to introduce a new SIM card, even tinier than the microSIMs it uses in the iPhone 4S and iPad. But now Apple is trying to push the idea through regulators — and its competitors are having none of it.
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Fake Google SIMs, Weird Bikes, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.
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A Woman Stole A SIM Card And Racked Up $193,187 Worth Of Data Fees
Kylie Monks, a 33-year-old Tasmanian woman, has been jailed for stealing a SIM card and using the hell out of it. How intense was it? Over a 3-month period, she racked up $193,187.43 worth of data fees. Monks, to her credit, said she only used the SIM card to check Facebook and download a dozen…
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A SIM Card With Facebook On It
Gemalto, with Facebook’s help, just made a text-based, on-SIM implementation of basic Facebook functions. The software lets dumbphones do simple Facebook tasks like changing status or posting on walls. Good for developing countries, weird for everywhere else. [The Register]