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05/24/2009 Cellular
Rattle |
When Annamarie Saarinen needed to soothe her ailing
daughter, she used a rattle — downloaded
to her iPhone.
Jeff Hilimire uses a white noise application on his
phone to make shushing noises for his infant daughter.
And Tracie Stier-Johnson lets her young daughters
answer trivia questions on her phone while waiting
in the doctors office or at parent-teacher conferences.
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05/26/2009 Cell Blocking |
Gov. Martin OMalley said Monday he would consider
going against federal law to hold a cell-phone jamming
demonstration at a Maryland prison to help stop illegal
cell phone use by prison inmates, but he hopes that
won't be necessary.
O'Malleys spokesman, Rick Abbruzzese, said the administration
plans to send a request to the Federal Communications
Commission for permission to hold a demonstration,
but has not yet. The FCC has said the Communications
Act of 1934 doesn't allow state and local agencies
to use the technology, which prevents cell tower transmissions
from reaching phones.
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05/25/2009 iPhone Fees |
If you want an iPhone but are turned off by the high
monthly service fees, some good news may be on the
horizon. According to BusinessWeek, AT&T Wireless
may offer lower-priced plans as early as late May.
If the report is true, the starter iPhone plan would
cost about $60 a month.
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05/19/2009 US Cellular
with Free Batteries |
US Cellular is poised to become the first carrier
in the States to offer a free battery swap program
for customers that are loyal enough to hold on to
their handset.
Starting last week, customers with dead or dying batteries
can walk into any US Cellular store and receive a
fully-charged replacement for free.
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05/14/2009 Transit
Drivers in Mass Are Banned From Cell Phones |
Transit officials in Massachusetts are banning train,
trolley and bus drivers from carrying cell phones
while they are behind the wheel after one operator
crashed a street car while text-messaging his girlfriend.
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05/12/2009 EU Looking
to Cut Mobile Termination Rates |
The European Commission launched a new assault on
what it considers to be rip-off costs in mobile telephony
Thursday, this time setting its sights on mobile termination
rates.
Unlike earlier moves against mobile roaming charges,
which involved setting price caps, the latest initiative
recommends that national telecom regulators in the
27 European Union member countries take action.
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05/11/2009 Google
Will Recognize Stars |
New Google software will identify stars and planets
via mobile phone pictures. Stargazers will soon be
able to identify stars and planets in the night sky
via their mobile phone and Google.
The search engine is pioneering software which can
identify distant planets and galaxies from a photo
taken on a mobile.
The Google Earth technology, called Star Droid, will
use GPS mapping systems which are now in most new
handsets, to identify the position of the user and
compare it with existing maps of space.
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05/07/2009 A Fifth
of US Homes Cellular with No Landlines |
For the first time, the number of U.S. households
opting for only cell phones outnumber those that just
have traditional landlines in a high-tech shift accelerated
by the recession.
In the freshest evidence of the growing appeal of
cell phones, 20 percent of households had only cells
during the last half of 2008, according to a Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention survey released
Wednesday. That was an increase of nearly 3 percentage
points over the first half of the year, the largest
six-month increase since the government started gathering
such data in 2003.
The 20 percent of homes with only cell phones compared
to 17 percent with landlines but no cells.
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05/06/2009 World Phone |
AT&T has grabbed the spotlight from competitors
before the summer rush. The wireless carrier will
offer Research in Motion's BlackBerry Curve 8900 in
early summer, it announced Monday.
The silver smartphone with black finish is the slimmest
of the BlackBerry devices with QWERTY keyboards. Touted
by AT&T as a world phone because it allows
customers to access data in more than 170 countries
and make calls in more than 200.
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05/05/2009 No Such
Thing As Safe Sexting |
Teens sending nude or suggestive photos of themselves
over their mobile phones are being warned that sexting
can damage their future.
Australias state government of New South Wales launched
an education campaign this week to combat the growing
practice of sexting, saying these images or
sexually explicit text messages can be posted on the
Internet or forwarded to others, which can end up
in harassment or even sexual assault.
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05/03/2009 Motorola
Losses |
Cell phone maker Motorola Inc posted a smaller-than-expected
quarterly loss thanks to cost cuts that helped offset
a sharp drop in cellphone sales.
While it said losses would narrow in the current quarter,
the cellphone makers shares fell 9 percent after it
also announced its cash position fell about $1 billion
in the last three months.
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04/29/2009 Swine Flu
Updates on Your Cell Phone |
The CDC - Center for Disease Control and WHO - World
Health Organization are putting out a lot of information
about the Swine Flu. There are even Twitter accounts
that keep update information on the Swine Flu. Also
a number of RSS feeds for Swine Flu are available.
All of these can be directed to your cell phone so
you can get the latest information on your mobile
phone!
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04/28/2009 Cellular Patient
Monitoring |
Obstetricians today can monitor critical patients
remotely using an iPhone, Blackberry or other portable
communication device thanks to a software application
developed by locally-based AirStrip Technologies.
The application sends real-time wave-form data and
information to these mobile devices, giving the doctors
the ability to make vital decisions on patient care
without having to stand at the patients bedside.
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