It is a sight becoming more acceptable; a grown man wearing a suit and laughing hysterically to himself on the train as he watches a film on his iPod.

Now however, just as commuters are becoming used to this site another one is set to confuse people all over again: people laughing - or crying - as they watch their phones.

Thanks to a new piece of technology from Aplus, cell phone owners are able to rip a DVD onto their computer and subsequently download it onto their phones, to be watched anywhere.

In a statement made to the press, Aplus said: "Aplus DVD to cell phone ripper is a professional DVD tool program for converting DVD movies to mobile phone suitable movies and [can] turn mobile phones into a portable movies centre.

"[It’s designed] for anyone who wants to enjoy DVD movies on mobile phone."

The ripper will heavily compress the files, although storage space will still be an issue, and you will need a media-compatible phone.

However, if you update your phone annually anyway why not put some thought into it this year and avoid having to buy that iPod!

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If you’ve ever reached into your pocket to pick up a phone call on your cell, only to find it never rang at all then you’re not alone.

Phantom vibrations have puzzled phone users for years and are described as a phenomenon in which a cell owner’s leg will feel as though it’s vibrating, which causes the cell phone owner to think he is receiving a phone call.

There has been some concern that these phantom vibrations are caused by nerve damage from the cell phone, but experts nearly unanimously disagree with this.

Instead, according to a report published in the USA Today, experts suggest it is because our brains have learnt that "vibrations" equals "important".

Our brains have, cleverly, learnt to pay extra attention to vibrations in the leg because they have realised that they’re often important to us, as it means we have received a text or phone call.

And naturally, just as we think we see things in the dark because our brains are working harder for us, we too believe we feel things in our legs.

"When we learn to respond to a cell phone, we’re setting perceptual filters so that we can pick out that [ring or vibration], even under noisy conditions," said Alejandro Lleras, a sensation and perception professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

"As the filter is created, it is imperfect, and false alarms will occur. Random noise is interpreted as a real signal, when in fact, it isn’t."

So cell phone owners can rest easy at night…unless they get that ‘phone call’, anyway!

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Apple’s new iPhone, to be released for sale on June 29th, will still be attractive to those customers the cell phone industry likes the most, a report has claimed.

Some in the industry are concerned that the phone, at $500 will be too expensive for most customers but, while this is still true, it is believed that those on monthly contracts will be likely to snap it up.

"While there’s a limited market for the price point of the iPhone it does represent the most valuable subscribers in the industry," Stanford Group analyst Michael Nelson told Reuters.

Apple have a history of challenging the market by offering goods which are priced at desirability, rather than value.

The iPod, for instance, has always been bettered by many of its competitors in terms of memory storage and price, although has nevertheless managed to outsell such ‘higher quality’ goods due to its fashionable status.

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Orange has revealed the latest and greenest way of keeping in touch - a wind-powered mobile phone charger.

To be showcased at Glastonbury, which is famously going green this year, the wind chargers are small enough to fit into a rucksack, as well as designed to clip on to your tent to catch the breeze.

Although the models are still prototypes Hattie Evans, head of sponsorship at Orange, said "As official communications partner of Glastonbury Festival, it is important that we continue to innovate and demonstrate how mobile technology can make festival life a little bit easier.

"It is a small way that festival goers can enjoy their mobile phones when and where they need them while they are at the festival."

The tool could be used for those planning on hiking, but would still need to be inside a GSM-covered area.

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Emergency 911 call centres in the US may soon be able to receive picture messages and even videos in an attempt to assist callers in distress.

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is applying for state funding to support the new technology, which will allow a person reporting a crime to take a picture of the event and send it, via text message, to the 911 call centre.

City council president Eric Garcetti told KNBC: "It seems like a good way to make our city safer and help law enforcement officials know about the crime scene."

Despite the cost of the technology potentially running into hundreds of thousands of dollars, Mr Garcetti said: "If it saves a life, if it helps prevent a crime from occurring, then it’s a price well worth it."

The system would work by callers letting the operator know they have a picture or video when reporting the crime.

Once the call is finished the caller would then receive a text asking for the media, and by replying to this text, the picture would be sent to the 911 operator, to be filed.

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