All over the world taxi drivers have suffered or seen many incidents, and to improve this situation there is a good solution, in Mexico it is called Vigilante Taxi Drivers. Basically the taxi drivers use their 3G cellphone to send a message to the police, and thanks to the system they are using - GPS - the message contains the exact location of the incident, which means the cops can get to the spot pretty fast and help the needed.

As you can imagine, the incidents can go from car accidents, to street fights, and many other scenarios. There are over 5,000 lusacel cellphones that taxi drivers have, and they have reported over 10,000 incidents. The best part is that the government provides the devices for free, with a bit of credit to send the messages.

Tags: Cell Phones, Cellphone, mexico, Mobile News, SMS, taxi

There must be a reason people decide to steal stuff. It must have something to do with not being smart enough to get a regular job. No offense, but I’m about to back those words with some solid proof. This thieves’ story comes all the way from Mexico! The thieves entered a Telefonica Movistar store and stole only replica phones which are basically worth nothing. In fact, these “smart” thieves have overlooked the real phones and the more important real cash which were located in a different part of the shop.

Well now we heard them all folks! The moral of the story, don’t steal if you’re not up to the challenge. As a matter of fact, don’t steal at all!

via Huffington Post

Tags: mexico, Mobile News, movistar, Telefonica, thieves

A day after we reported that the Nokia 5800 Comes with Music had been unveiled in the Brazilian market, a couple of hours later it was reported that it has penetrated Mexico’s Music World as well. This was made possible through the joint efforts of Nokia and America Movil through its Telcel subsidiary.

The 5800 Comes With Music is the industry’s most comprehensive, powerful and exciting digital music offer, combining the Comes With Music service and the highly innovative Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia’s first touch-screen device.

5800 Comes With Music will be commercially available on May 1st through Telcel, the leading wireless services provider in Mexico. Consumers getting the solution either through Telcel’s Authorized Customer Centers or through its Authorized Distributors, will be able to take advantage of the largest voice and data network coverage in the country, plus best prices and value added services in the market.

It will also be available at Nokia’s flagship store located at the Antara Shopping Mall and Nokia’s Online Store

(Source) Press

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The Palm Treo 755p smartphone is now available to Iusacell customers in Mexico. This CDMA phone comes equipped with Microsoft Direct Push technology, as well as integrated Google Maps for mobile. The 755p lets users take advantage of the operator’s 3G network (supporting speeds up to 3.1 Mbps), with blazing access to the web, email, IM and multimedia apps.

The phone boasts integrated support for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as PDF documents. The full QWERTY keyboard makes text/email entry convenient. We’ve been following the versatile Treo 755p ever since its FCC approval.

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