Archive for February, 2009

Cell phone models change frequently

Posted by Slash on February 24th, 2009

It seems like cell phones have a market lifespan as long as the average American’s attention span, especially for cell phoneaholics who dream in CDMA and GSM.

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6,473 texts a month, but at what cost?

Posted by Slash on February 22nd, 2009

As text messaging explodes across the formative years of the nation’s youngest generation, parents, educators and researchers are grappling concerns and questions over this new way of communicating.
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Social networks and cell phones new BFFs?

Posted by Slash on February 20th, 2009

Everybody at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona wanted to be the new best friend of the social networks.
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New service unblocks blocked Caller ID

Posted by Slash on February 18th, 2009

A service launched this week unblocks Caller ID information that the caller thinks is blocked, causing concern among those who help abused women.
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Skype to be included on some Nokia phones

Posted by Slash on February 18th, 2009

Skype’s software for making free and cheap phone calls over the Internet will be built in to some Nokia Corp. smart phones.
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How to save money on cell phones

Posted by Slash on February 18th, 2009

For years, the cell phone industry has seduced Americans into long-term contracts that have saddled them with high fees and broken their shopping spirits.  As a result, many consumers don’t spend a lot of energy comparing services, prices, and bundles.  That s a mistake.
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AppStore inspires envy, admiration in rivals

Posted by Slash on February 17th, 2009

Telecom industry leaders including Nokia, China Mobile and Microsoft raced to announce online software stores on Monday in a drive to find new sources of revenue and please consumers.
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Are universal cell-phone chargers coming?

Posted by Slash on February 17th, 2009

An industry group on Tuesday announced an agreement among 17 mobile phone operators and major handset makers to standardize chargers by 2012 for most cell phones shipped.
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MySpace makes major mobile push

Posted by Slash on February 17th, 2009

MySpace, which in a few years expects half its traffic to come from mobile devices rather than desktop computers, is unveiling new deals with Palm Inc. and Nokia Corp. this week that it says will make it the first social network to support every major smart phone.
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Malaysian legislator quits over nude cell photos

Posted by Slash on February 17th, 2009

A prominent Malaysian opposition legislator resigned Tuesday after photographs of her sleeping naked were circulated to the public by cell phone, an embarrassing disclosure that she slammed as a plot to discredit her party.

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