Researchers at India's Anna University of Technology in Tamilnadu have developed a way to prevent those behind the wheel of a vehicle from making/taking calls or texting. By blocking the signals to and from a mobile phone used by the driver of a vehicle, it prevents the driver from losing focus on his task. The hard part in developing the system say those working on it, is blocking the driver's phone from working while still allowing passengers in the vehicle to use their device.

The system detects if the driver is using the phone while the vehicle is in motion. If so, a mobile jammer blocks the radio waves from getting to the driver's phone. To get around the problem with the passenger's devices, the jammer has a low range which should allow others in the vehicle to use their phone.

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Most impressively, the Vivo X1 is the world's thinnest smartphone measuring only 6.65mm only (about 0.26 inches). And still, it manages to fit a 2,000mAh battery inside. And if you are wondering what kind of company is BBK Electronics, it is a Chinese phone maker working under different brands like Vivo, and exporting mainly to Russia.

Apart from that, the Vivo X1 is not all that top notch, but not a slouch either. It packs a 1.2GHz dual-core Cortex A9 MediaTek MT6577T processor and 1GB RAM.

The X1 features a 4.7-inch qHD (540 x 960-pixel) screen and an 8-megapixel camera on the back, as well as a 1.3-megapixel shooter up front. Internal storage is 16GB and there is 3G on board as well.

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Despite it being a pretty bad habit, it is estimated that 95% of people use some kind of a gadget before sleep, be it for texting, surfing the web, or watching TV. Perhaps not all of them realize that doing so makes it difficult to fall asleep afterwards.

ZTE i getting into the Android Smartphone market with a New flagship device, A leaked press photo leaked shows the company's upcoming next flagship, the Grand X Pro.

The Grand X Pro UI is almost like the Android's stock UI (Vanilla) with some minor changes made by ZTE, but it's almost like a Nexus device. Like any other Flagship device this year it the Grand X Pro will pack a Quad-core and Jelly Bean inside of it.

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Qualcomm has just acquired EPOS, an Israeli based technology development company, EPOS is known for its research & development on the Ultrasound technologies. Qualcomm confirmed that Future Snapdragon chips will make use of EPOS's progress and include the Ultrasoud technology, By using this feature we could move away from current touch-screen technologies .

EPOS Ultrasound technology could be used for stylus and gesture recognition. What this means is that the ultrasound technologies works in three dimensions, both on the display and off the display. So, you could just use gestures in the air to control the device.

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