Remember that Ericsson commercial where soccer fans lit up a blacked-out stadium with their green cell phone backlights? Well, we do and this story just brought that memory back. Reuters is reporting that a July 21 blackout caused the lights to go out in Villa Mercedes in San Luis, Argentina. The town’s hospital was performing an emergency appendectomy when the lights faded and emergency backup lights failed to come online.

Leonardo Molina was on the surgeon’s table, all opened up and in the middle of the procedure. So, how could the surgeons complete the surgery without light? Apparently, Leonardo’s family rounded up mobile phones from people throughout the hospital and brought them into the OR to be used as light sources.

Now that’s convergence. Phone, email, text, music/video player, web browser, and now, Operating Room light!

[Via: Switched]

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No details, but boy is it pretty.

[Via: Mobile Whack]

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Looks like we have yet another cellphone watch in our midst, and this time it is courtesy of Cect from China. The prototype comes with a fairly large LCD display and three buttons at each side for navigational purposes. Bluetooth connectivity is used to carry out conversations, as using the speakerphone function isn’t advised unless you love to have people eavesdrop unwillingly on your conversation. Other than make and receive calls, you can also use this cellphone watch as a mobile MP3 player. Pricing and availability details are currently unknown, but this will probably be a fairly niche product.