. >> reporter: the initial playbook is wi-fi only and needs a bluetooth connection to access e-mail. >> so tightly tied into the blackberry e coe system. unless you have a blackberry user and carry it with you all the time, it's going to be hard to use the play book. >> reporter: it has 3,000 apps available compares to 300,000 for apple. >> if you are looking to migrate because of the tablet, it's not going to happen. it's perfect for existing custome customers. >> reporter: is it enough to make the playbook a winner? >>> stackers raced around the clock for world champion sport stackers. we didn't speed up that video at all. competitors say besides being fun, it promotes good hand-eye coordination. johnny carson is where it got its launch in 19. >>> bryan stow, the giants fan who was so brutally beaten. >>> new this morning, san francisco gets ready to remember a dark day in its history. good morning, i'm marla tellez. we are going to tell you how the city is paying tribute to the 1006 earthquake and fire. >> reporter: another disaster in san francisco and san bruno. a key deadline f

you can also use headphones or bluetooth, which produce much less radiation.he guys out there, do not put your phone in your pants pocket. >> lots of shenanigans were in play at the state house this april fools' day. noise in the house chamber went up a notch when someone turned up all the ringers on the desk phones. the oddest moment came as a number of democrats found larger-than-life photographs of governor martin o'malley in their desk. one note advised an adversary to stop fighting and drink up. no one has claimed responsibility. budget negotiations came to a halt today as several lawmakers failed to show up. we'll have an update from annapolis new at 6:00. former governor william donald schaefer was hospitalized with pneumonia. we will have a live report on his condition, straight ahead. first, an epic depiction is set to air this weekend of the kennedys, but is it accurate? tonight, a preview of the serie >> betty white is now set to host her own reality show on nbc. it will feature senior citizens playing pranks on hidden camera. nbc has ordered 12 epi

you have a bluetooth on, just not the iphone. are you allowed in this neck of the woods? okay. i didn't know. all right. good morning to you. so there you have it. rumors on the iphone. >> i hear the apple executives are watching your reports and jotting down these fantastic ideas you have and they may incorporate them. >> they are not watching, they are tracking as well. there's a chip. >> you have been to some strange places. thanks a lot. >>> researchers at uc san diego say they may be able to spot autism earlier than before. in some cases they may be able to see early warning signs in kids before they turn one. a checklist could let doctors and parents know if young children show the signs of autism. they say parents in a test group watched for things like tots, how they babble, gesture or interact with kids. all of these things are subtle signs and show up as early as 1 year of age if you know what to look for. early detection is important for young kids. >> it is. 5:51 now. still ahead on today in the bay, it's not quite everest, but man is scaling the heights of a south

. >> steve: is that bluetooth? ] >> steve: oh, yeah yeah. >> jimmy: radio waves. >> steve: yeah, careful. >> jimmy: plug it in. >> steve: there we go. oh, there you go. >> jimmy: there it is on. >> steve: there you go. >> jimmy: all right. hey, this next one's real cool, you guys. you've probably seen programs like yearbook yourself, where you take a picture of yourself and it turns into a yearbook style photo. this is a similar app, it's called stoner yourself. what it does, it takes a normal picture of yourself and transforms it to make it look like you were totally high when the picture was taken. let me just try it out. take a picture of myself right here. ah -- [ laughter ] there i am. now, you just push this button here, and it stoner-fies your photo. [ shutter click ] there you go. [ applause ] let's try it -- that's right on higgins. i'll just hold this phone up and take a picture of me from here. smile. [ laughter ] >> steve: my god, it adds 50 pounds. >> jimmy: now let's stonerfy it. [ applause ] [ laught

when you take it a step further, yeah, you're allowed to use the phone if you're using either a bluetoothan ear bud. but in the whole scheme of things for the california highway patrol, we strongly recommend that you don't use the phone at all. even if you're using that phone legally, you're still mentally distracted and everybody knows when you're driving out there on the highway, the conditions can be unpredictable in the sense of traffic coming to a complete stop where you may have to merge to the left or to the right and that's going to require 100% of your attention in order to do it safely. so we recommend that you don't use the phone at all. >> sergeant trent cross, thank you very much for calling in. we assume you're hand-held at home, though, correct? >> i am sitting in the office hands-free. but i did get a report this morning that laura was messing with her phone this morning. >> i was not! that's the thing! i'm fighting it. i'll see all of you guys in court. hey, if i did it, i would fess up to it. if i did it, give me the ticket. >> the debate rages on. in the meantime we hav