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September 30, 2008 – 3:34 pm
I’ve only used speakerphone on my mobile phones for the last 8 years because I’m afraid of the effects of the microwave radiation. It’s probably paranoia, but I decided to do that based on some hardcore non-science:
- Why do I always get irritable after a long cell phone conversation? Annoying friends or a cooked brain??
- How much power is streaming through my brain? Radiation power dies off as a square of distance. So if my brain tissue is 1mm away from the radio and there is a cell tower 1km away that is receiving the signal, the energy going through my brain is one trillion times what ends up being received at the cell tower. Granted, those receivers are very sensitive, but a trillion times even some very small power is still scary. Fortunately, by the same argument, a phone held one meter away from your brain should deliver a millionth the power delivered by one held up to your ear.
- Do headsets actually channel microwaves more directly into your brain? As I read it on the Internet, it must be true.
People argue that there have been no definitive studies on the topic, but I’m not going to wait. Regardless, the studies are about cancer and other major diseases (perhaps because cancer is easy to measure?) though what may be far more common are the progressive, less catastrophic effects–sterility, forgetfulness, irritability, or forgetfulness.
I’ll keep posting articles here so that you have a single place to easily ignore all information on this topic. 
The Autocomplete Keyboard
July 14, 2008 – 5:52 pm
Our first iPhone application, Dial Zero (Company page, App Store), is now available for free in the App Store. Dial Zero helps you dial the customer service numbers of over 600 companies and skip directly to a live person right from your iPhone. It’s a simple, intuitive utility that offers a welcome relief to the pain and hassle of telephone menus. We’re glad you’re using the app to give one another tips on how to get what you want from the more difficult companies on the list. With time, we hope poorly performing companies on the list will take notice and change. If not, just use the app to call one of their competitors.
Dial Zero is a bit of an experiment for us. We are building dozens of apps right now. Some are simple like Dial Zero, others far more elaborate. We believe each is compelling for its intended audience, but that’s for our users to determine. Our goal is to build high-quality, connected mobile applications that deliver a better experience than the desktop web.
In the coming days we’re going to continue experimenting with different UI ideas through Dial Zero. One of those experiments is our new, translucent “fast find keyboard”, shown below. The larger keys are easier to tap with a finger than an index (like the one used in the iPhone Contacts app), and the translucent keyboard lets us show more company names on a single screen than our old keyboard did. While you may not want to tap out an email on it, we think it’s a lot easier for finding a company name within just two or three taps.
A version of Dial Zero with this new keyboard should be available soon. We definitely have some opinions about the pros and cons of the keyboard, but please try it yourself and let us know what you think.