Basic Cell Phone Acronyms You Need to Know
2007-10-08 23:57:00
Confused by the alphabet soup of cell phone acronyms? I don't blame you. Here's a cheat sheet that'll help you navigate the waters while your shopping for your next phone—or trying to get the most out of the handset you've got.Most of the confusion arises when it comes to the various types of cell phone networks. For example, when I ask my aunts and uncles which networks their phones work on, they'll usually tell me their carrier instead of whether they're using GSM or CDMA—and frankly, before I started writing about cell phones for a living, I didn't know the difference, either. So first, let's start with a quick overview of the two main standard for cell networks:GSM: Short for Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM is the most widespread standard for cell phones networks in the world. If you're a jetsetter who likes keeping in touch during your far-flung travels, you should go with a GSM-enabled phone, and here in the U.S., AT&T and T-Mobile are both GSM carriers.
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GPhone Not a Phone, But A Linux Software Suite: NYT
2007-10-08 04:25:00
By Rafat AliNot necessarily news to regular readers: the so-called Gphone won’t be an actual phone, but a suite of service, or even a new mobile OS. NYT now comes around to it, after speaking to its sources. What it would be is a Linux
-based software suite which it is trying to persuade the carriers to use, and then subsidize the service by monetizing it through advertising. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is not expected to charge phone makers a licensing fee for the software. It could announce the plans this year, and the service could launch next year, the story says. Some major skeptics abound: Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone Group (NYSE: VOD), which promotes the Google service on its phones, said it was not clear what compelling functions Google would offer that are not already available. “What is it that is missing in life that they are going to fulfill?” Sarin said. ”It is not a no-brainer. You can reach Google already through a number of devices.”Link
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New Cell Phone Doubles as Personal Trainer and Shrink
2007-10-08 04:24:00
Fitness-oriented cell phones are nothing new (my old Sony Ericsson w710 had an integrated pedometer that I was addicted to), but NTT DoCoMo's Wellness phone, on display at the CEATEC electronics show in Chiba, Japan, takes things to new heights for the physique-obsessed.Naturally, motion sensors are integrated, but the Wellness doesn't stop at mere steps. It can also calculate how many calories you burn by determining exactly what you're doing when you move: walking, running, or even climbing stairs. And of course you can listen to music through the phone, throughout your workout.Want to see how you're doing, results-wise? Hold the Wellness with both hands and it turns into a body fat calculator. It can take your pulse, too, with a built-in sensor.A built-in breathalyser can also tell you if it's time for Listerine. And if you answer a few questions posed by the phone, it can tell you if you're under heavy stress and offer motivational advice like "Keep your chin up!" Yeah, like
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Honey, iBricked the New Mobile Phone!
2007-10-08 04:22:00
By Steven LevyNewsweekOct. 15, 2007 issue - It wasn't like Apple didn't warn them. The small but proud number of owners who had "unlocked" their iPhones to work with networks other than AT&T knew that the warranty forbade such hacking. If that weren't enough, Apple sent out a message a couple of weeks ago that couldn't have been more explicit. "Many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet ... will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed." Nonetheless, when the ax really fell—Apple released new iPhone software on Sept. 27—those whose updated phones were suddenly "bricked" (rendered no more useful than a ceramic block) were not the only ones who suffered. Apple, that perpetual engine of joyful and radical high-tech disruption, suddenly found itself on the wrong end of a revolution.True, the numbers of people who altered their phones are minuscule compared
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New Web Tutor Teaches Spanish Using Phone and Internet
2007-10-08 04:19:00
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) October 8, 2007 -- MultiLingual Center announces the launch of its new live online Spanish
Web Tutor using a Telephone and Internet
via their website multilingualcenter.com Using the Internet, students learn Spanish without driving to a physical classroom. Students take instructor-led Spanish lessons from home, office, or when they travel, from hotels. It's like having a personal Spanish tutor at home. When the teacher is typing, students see it through the website. Students need only a phone and a computer with Internet access. Since the teacher is with the student all the time over the phone, students ask questions and teachers correct the student's pronunciation. It's conversational Spanish and it's better and faster than learning from CD's.For the last five years, MultiLingual Center has taught Spanish courses to hundreds of students using native Spanish speaking teachers. MultiLingual Center offers more than 20 instructor-led Spanish courses online, from g
Nokia 8800: What's New in the Nokia 8800?
2007-10-08 04:15:00
Author: Adam CaitlinWhat's New in the Nokia
8800? Discover here what is new in the Nokia 8800 phone. The Nokia 8800 is created for your ultimate pleasure, its ultimate look and seamless functions will definitely leave a lasting impression on you and on your taste. Every aspect of the phone has been meticulously considered and precisely evaluated before it came to the world. It comes from laser-cut curves of its steel-clad body to the state-of-the-art slide mechanism and fine-pitched screen with reinforced glass - this phone is piece of masterpiece. Let the exquisitely composed ringing tones evoke your innermost emotions. Yes, the Nokia 8800 has all this elements packed in it. It has many features that has been packed in the phone. Its operating frequency, display and user interface, imaging, messaging, memory, connectivity, voice features, browsing, data transfer, Java applications, and other services are the best in its category. Coming to the key features of the phone, it has a dura
China's mobile phone output surges 27.9% in 1st 8 months
2007-10-08 04:10:00
Oct. 8, 2007 (China
Knowledge) – China's mobile phone
output rose 27.9% in the first 8 months of the year, led by market expansion in rural areas.According to the department of economic system reform and economic operations under the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the production of mobile phone
hit 347.6 million units in the first 8 months. The large increase was due to the growing demand of rural regions, as mobile phone producers developed low priced cell phones for rural residents.China's mobile phone production was expected to occupy 40% of over 1 billion units of worldwide cell phone shipments by 2007.The MII expected the cell phone producers to develop research and innovation, improve products quality and after sales services in order to increase brand value and performance.According to the MII's statistics, phone users reached 885 million by the end of August in China, and 58% of them, or 515 million, were cell phone subscribers.Link
EU mobile phone charges reduced
2007-09-29 22:42:00
Mobile phone
calls within the EU have become cheaper under new limits set by the European Commission. The Commission has established limits on the amount mobile phone
companies can charge their customers. Operators can now charge a maximum of around 34 pence a minute for making calls, and 17 pence to receive a call. The move has been welcomed by consumer groups, but some say charges are still too high when using a mobile phone outside the European Union. The new rules do not apply to text messaging nor internet access on a mobile phone. The European Commission says those prices are high, and it hopes operators will lower them voluntarily. BBC correspondent Sumant Bhatia said that in some cases, the new tariffs would be less than half the rate charged by networks earlier this year. And those costs are expected to fall further over the next two years. The European Commissioner in charge of Telecoms, Viviane Reding, also wants to reduce so-called termination charges - the cost of transfer
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Cell phones double as electronic wallets in Philippines, making transferring money easy
2007-09-29 22:18:00
The Associated PressSAN MIGUEL, Philippines
: It's Thursday, so 18-year-old Dennis Tiangco is off to a bank to collect his weekly allowance, zapped by his mother — who's working in Hong Kong — to his electronic wallet: his cell phone.Sauntering into a branch of GM Bank in the town of San Miguel, Dennis fills out a form, sends a text message via his phone to a bank line dedicated to the service.In a matter of seconds, the transaction is approved and the teller gives him 2,500 pesos (US$54), minus a 1 percent fee. He doesn't need a bank account to retrieve the money.More than 5.5 million Filipinos now use their cell phones as virtual wallets, making
the Philippines a leader among developing nations in providing financial transactions over mobile networks.Mobile banking services, which are also catching on in Kenya and South Africa, enable people who don't have bank accounts to transfer money easily, quickly and safely. It's spreading in the developing world because mobile phones
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Cell phone distractions
2007-09-29 22:17:00
Common sense would seem to dic tate that driving while talking on a hand-held cell phone
or text messaging poses distractions that endanger oneself and others. But since such thinking is in too short of supply, a legislative remedy to this public safety issue is in order. Reps. Josh Shapiro, D-Montgomery, and Eugene DePasquale, D-York, have introduced related bills to ban driving while using hand-held cell phones and place a similar prohibition on text messaging from these devices. Drivers would be permitted to use hands-free cell phones. This isn't the first effort on this front, and previous ones have failed to gain a floor vote. Lawmakers Shapiro and DePasquale are optimistic the time is now right because of Democratic control of the House, the support of Gov. Ed Rendell and rule changes guaranteeing an up or down vote. It would be nice if pleas from law enforcement and traffic safety advocates to pull off the road when using hand-held cell phones were being heeded. But they are no
Prosecutors use housekeeper's cell phone pictures in child porn case
2007-09-29 22:14:00
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - McLean County prosecutors say cell phone
pictures snapped by a housekeeper helped nab a teacher accused of possessing child
pornography.Forty-eight-year-old Scott Southerland has pleaded not guilty to four counts of possession of child pornography.He was a full-time teacher at Atlanta Elementary School in 2000 and until recently had substitute assignments in five other Bloomington-area districts.The housekeeper says she snapped the cell phone pictures while cleaning Southerland's home, where she found images of young boys engaged in sexual acts.Southerland's attorney declined to comment on police reports that his client admitted to looking at child pornography on his computer.Link
Cell phone ban dropped in Yankton
2007-09-29 22:12:00
Associated PressYANKTON, S.D. (AP) The Yankton City Commission talked about whether to ban cell phone
usage while driving in town.And that was about as far as it got.Commissioner Charlie Gross put the item on the agenda. He says research indicates the reaction time of people on cell phones is the same as a drink driver.But most other commissioners were lukewarm to the idea. One wondered how such a ban could be enforced. And Mayor Curt Bernard says many factors contribute to distracted driving, including children. He says no one has suggested banning kids from cars.Link
Smart Cell Phone Sony Ericsson W880i
2007-09-29 22:08:00
by EditorsChoiceSony
Ericsson
W880i has a compact but sharp screen capable of showing 262K colours and 240x320 pixels. Sony Ericsson has made the W880i's keys as tiny slivers, which lack space between them vertically; large fingered people will have problems distinguishing the buttons. Sony Ericsson has abandoned its usual joystick in favour of a four-way nav key that, like the rest of the keypad, is fiddly and prone to accidental presses, mainly due to the closeness of the directional keys to the centre selection button. If your fingers are small, though, you shouldn't have a problem with navigation or typing text messages -- Sony Ericsson's interface remains one of the easiest to use.Flip Sony Ericsson W880i over and you'll find a 2-megapixel camera on the back, but without a flash of any kind. Shortcuts on the side of the W880i are for launching the camera, opening the Walkman music application and adjusting the volume. The proprietary charging and connection port is moved from
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Slim Cell Phone Samsung X520
2007-09-29 22:06:00
by EditorsChoiceSamsung
X520 takes all the features of a VGA camera phone and puts them into a chic, smartly designed package with the extra seduction of color. This clamshell phone exudes typical Samsung strength of character and quality, with a focus on a choice of bold tones and tints to please any contemporary consumer. Slim and narrow for the pocket or purse, camera-ready for all snap-opportunities, and all the ease and portability you’ll need. So pick a shade and benefit from a burst of color, energizing your mobile experience for maximum joy.An eye-catching slim folder design with compact dimensions, the Samsung X520 attracts with its sophisticated, color-confident looks. A stylish minimalist exterior, complete with embedded camera lens and a glossy/matte surface, opens to a uniquely curved line. This glossy/matte principle extends into the keypad, also a combo of these textures. Polished, lightweight and perfectly proportioned, this simple clamshell has a disciplined, arresti
Best Camera Cell Phone Sony Ericsson P990
2007-09-29 22:04:00
by EditorsChoiceThe Sony
Ericsson
P990 has multiple text input methods enabling it to support all users’ needs and preferences. Writing e-mails is made easier by the new hardware keyboard positioned beneath the flip-down keypad on the main body of the phone. Reading them is made simpler on the large 2.8-inch QVGA touch screen. Multi tasking, being able to browse the Internet, send and receive files at the same time as talking, is now possible due to the enhanced capabilities of the new software platform. Memory has been extended in order to handle all multi-media downloads and e-mail attachments. Memory Stick PRO Duo up to 4GB will be available in the market at launch and the Sony Ericsson
P990 now has up to 80MB user free memory. A 64MB Memory Stick PRO Duo is included in the box, preloaded with a VPN client and trial version of a virus scan package. The combination of UMTS and WLAN features will also significantly improve the efficiency and flexibility of applications such as e-mai
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Are Nokia Music Mobile Phones Better Than Sony Ericsson Mobiles
2007-09-17 22:45:00
by Gregory GibsonFinnish mobile giant Nokia
Communications has a series of music mobile phones to suit taste of every mobile phone user. A larger number of mobile users today go for music mobile phones. As such, the introduction of a good number of Nokia music mobile phones are serving the purpose of delivering right kind of music to a user's ear. A user of Nokia music mobile phones has the flexibility of playback of a number of audio file formats in the mobile phone.While some mobile phone owners will vow to go with Sony
Ericsson
mobile phones as for their audio quality, some others love to go with Nokia music mobile phone. Those who prefer Nokia music phones to Sony Ericsson mobile phones have nothing to lose. Most of Nokia music mobile phones come with a large in-built memory or memory card slot. That way a user of such mobile phone gets abundant memory to pile up a number of music tracks in it.In addition, the type of memory cards that may be installed on Nokia music mobile phones
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Nokia & Samsung: Which is the better mobile Phone?
2007-09-17 22:43:00
by Andrena MarkleyNokia
and Samsung
both are one of the leading mobile phone manufacturers around the world. As per the popularity, Nokia and Samsung, both the brands are quite popular in the mainstream mobile phone market that have their niche markets and followers. But if statistics are to be believed, Nokia holds 36% of the total market share in the mobile phone market and thus it grabs most of the market share in comparison to the other mobile phones. As far as Samsung is concerned, it has a lesser market share as compared to Nokia which hold the largest market share in the world.Where Nokia is known for its technologically brilliant devices, that are very popular amongst the masses, even in the lower income group. On the other hand, talking about Samsung, they are known for their stylish devices that have now started tapping the lower segment as well. Their signature slider phones are quite popular amongst the masses and they have a mastery over the manufacturing of mobile phones.
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Nokia N95 - Rex of the N series
2007-09-17 22:24:00
by Ben BradleThe Nokia
N95 is launched as the King of the N series
. The handset includes a host of staggering features and comes with a classy design, to pose as the mark of excellence. The Nokia N95comes with a unique slider technology, along with an impressive 2.8 inches screen that makes the phone appear very classy and sophisticated. The highlights of the Nokia N95 are its 5 MP camera, GPS navigation, 3G, musical prowess and an expandable 160 MB of memory. Such is the magnitude of Nokia N95that you wonder what you are holding in hands - a talking device, an enriched DVD player, a digital camera, Mp3/ iPod, or a GPS Sat-Nav device. Whatever hits you first, the Nokia N95 remains the Rex of its genre. Much has been talked about the whooping 5MP camera of Nokia N95. It comes with auto-focus, auto-exposure and white light adjustment. What is best in this handset is that it provides DVD like video recording. The Nokia N95lets you record videos at full VGA level at up to 30 frames per sec
Sony Ericsson W810i ; Enriched Mobility!
2007-09-17 22:20:00
by Ben BradleIn a world when music phones rule the hearts and minds of many a mobile phone buyers, Sony
Ericsson
tries to make the best of the situation by announcing a music specialist by the name of W810i.The features in Sony Ericsson
W810i are similar to other Walkman phones on offer from the house of Sony Ericsson. With the main attraction being its music playing functionalities, there are features like stereo widening effect, album or song repeat and shuffle, equalizer and mega bass. Other than this, the phone includes memory upgrade provision, power media player as well as Disc2phone software- enabling users to share their choicest music tracks from CDs to the mobile phone.Users of the phone can effortlessly switch between the phone's feature and the music player inbuilt. In the very moment a call comes, the music player stops to play. The in-flight mode helps the user of this phone to enjoy its music features inside an aeroplane, hospitals or other religious places, where phone
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Talk and Track: GPS Cell Phones
2007-09-14 22:37:00
By: Cecil RushoutThe recent increase in demand for improved 911 emergency calling capabilities has created a new crop of cell phones with GPS
tracking technology. Consumer reports note that this leap was actually inspired by the events of 9/11. At that time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had released orders that required all cell phone carriers to provide the ability to trace cell phone calls to a location within 100 meters or less.Most cell phone carriers have since integrated GPS technology into their cell phone handsets as a means to conform to these new FCC requirements. This common move is taken as an alternative to overhauling the entire cellular tower network.However, the cell phone GPS tracking in most mobile phones is not like those in your handy GPS receiver which allows you to take hiking in the outdoors. Most cell phones do not even allow the user direct contact to the GPS data. There are also some units that accurate location data is only recorded if an emerg
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Sony Ericsson W910i Cell Phone Gets FCC Approval
2007-09-14 22:12:00
The FCC bestowed its approval on the new Sony
Ericsson
W910i walkman phone that we saw a couple of months ago on the Whack. We should be seeing this soon in stores and elsewhere. The W910i is a HSDPA phone providing high-speed internet access, as well as 3D games.The phone will be bundled with a 1GB Memory Stick Micro. It's on target for a Q4 2007 release. Measuring just 99mm x 50mm x 12.5mm, it weighs in at 86 grams. Packaging includes a battery, charger, USB cable, stereo portable handsfree, and PC sync application.Link
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Phone import ban put on hold
2007-09-14 22:10:00
That’s is, the end is nigh. The sky will fall and the four horseman will ride. Who could be responsible for bringing about this armageddon? McDonald’s, of course.Apparently McDonald’s has teamed up with SK Telecom Korea to bring customers a new way to order food, via their mobile phone. Apparently they can utilize RFID technology to allow customers to place their order using a “Touch Order” menu. They’ll be sent a message when their order is ready to be picked up.You’ll still have to stand in line to pay though, right? Nope, you’re charged via your cell phone as well. We still have a little time before the destruction begins. Once McDonald’s partners up with AT&T for a similar venture here in the states you’d better start heading for the hills.Link
Sanyo to sell cell phone operations to Kyocera
2007-09-14 21:58:00
Struggling electronics maker Sanyo
Electric Co. is in final talks to sell its cellular phone
production division to Kyocera Corp., informed sources said Friday.The deal would be the first sale of a cell phone production operation between Japanese companies and is likely to trigger an industrywide realignment as competition eats into profitability.Spokesmen for Osaka-based Sanyo and Kyoto-based Kyocera both declined to confirm the sale, which was reported earlier in the day by the Nikkei business daily."We haven't decided whether to sell the handset business," said Akihiko Oiwa, a Sanyo spokesman. "We are considering every option to strengthen our mobile-phone business."Masaaki Ito, a spokesman for Kyoto-based Kyocera, declined to confirm or deny that the two companies are in negotiations.Separately, Sanyo announced Friday that it will offload its entire equity stake in its handset sales subsidiary Telecom Sanyo Co. to Telepark Corp. for ¥4.8 billion.Telepark, a subsidiary of trading
Mother's phone paedophile warning
2007-09-08 10:59:00
The warning
follows a case at Wick Sheriff Court in which Steven Brodie, 29, from Edinburgh, admitted having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.Brodie met the girl through an internet dating site she accessed on her phone
. The girl's mother said the case should act as a warning to parents who thought their children were safe because they did not have a computer at home. During the court hearing, it emerged that Brodie, of Sighthill Gardens in Edinburgh, had spent two nights sleeping with the girl in her bedroom in Caithness, unknown to her mother. Depute fiscal Morag McLintock said the pair met when the girl logged into an internet chat room on her phone last year. Just because children haven't got computers doesn't mean they can't get access to the internet Girl's motherAfter striking up a friendship, Brodie and the girl swapped numbers and began texting each other, exchanging 200 messages between them.At first the girl thought she was talking with a boy of her own age. Howev
Smart phone mania
2007-09-08 10:48:00
By John C. DvorakBERKELEY, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- A couple of years back, nobody except Research In Motion Ltd. with its BlackBerry could get much traction with a so-called smart phone
. Now, because of the iPhone, everybody's taking another run at the category.It's a blunder. Apple Inc. (AAPL) has dropped the prices for its iPhone, causing consternation among investors since this price cut seemed premature and panicky. It may be an indication that yet another smart phone will meet the fate of the rest of the lot, with just moderate sales. Because customers that shelled out for the iPhone's higher price got so irate, Apple had to offer a $100 rebate to previous buyers. See full story. Still, there is no denying that the iPhone ignited interest in a category that seemed moribund. Just this week, we've heard the following: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) says that a Zune phone is not out of the question. This phone would combine features of the Zune music player with the capabilities of Micro
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Cell/Wi-Fi convergence based on novel approach
2007-10-15 10:26:00
Start-up Agito Networks officially removes its cloak of invisibility today with the announcement of the company and its first product, an enterprise router designed to pull company cellular phone traffic onto the corporate Wi-Fi network when employees are on-premise.Agito joins a host of other players, including start-up Divitas and carriers Sprint and AT&T, out to bridge these radio realms, what some call the hottest issue in wireless.“Mobile convergence is the single most important trend in wireless today,” says Craig Mathias, a principal with the Farpoint Group consultancy. “Phones with Wi-Fi, cell, maybe even support for WiMAX mobile built in, will finally get us to the point where the mobile phone is our only phone. We won’t have desk phones anymore.” At the very least this convergence simplifies the life of mobile professionals by giving them one contact number and one voice mail box to tend to, instead of versions of both for their desk and cell phones. But Agito co-fo
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Mandarina Duck cell phone preview
2007-10-15 10:24:00
Mobile telephony is hot and not only among younger fans. The mobile phone
does also fit in perfectly as a trendy accessory to the belongings of a fashionista. Not only standard handsets of Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Motorola were presented during a special event of Phone House, but also a Limited Collection. And thanks to the cooperation of Phone House I had the chance to take a closer look at some design phones; among them the latest mobile phone of the Italian fashion brand Mandarina Duck.Mandarina phone previewThe material used for the Mandarina phone feels kind of special. Slightly harsh, as if touching rubber material, but on the other hand it is very smooth. I am aware of the fact that this description will lead to the wildest speculations but I am only sharing my feelings about this material. The front of the Mandarina handset carries the brand name in small letters. The back of the mobile phone is ornamented with a large duck logo, the logo of Mandarina Duck. This may se
Time Translator Helps Mobile Phone Users Know the Local Time as They Make a Call
2007-10-15 10:20:00
San Francisco, CA, October 15, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Dialing Hong Kong from New York on a cell phone can be a difficult task if one isn’t familiar with the time difference. Millions of people around the world use their cell phones to call internationally each month. Without a time zone chart on hand, it can become a more than likely occurrence that a phone call is made to a destination at the inappropriate time of day. If one is dialing Hong Kong from New York at 3 pm eastern standard time, their call will be ringing the person in Hong Kong at 3 am local time. Helping to curb this issue is a new cell phone based software program called Time Translator
.Time Translator provides an easy to use time translation service for those wishing to know the local time of the destination they are calling before the call is put through. With Time Translator users can effortlessly get the local time information before the call goes through. Users can even get local time information for other time zones
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Cell Phone Ban Begets New Market
2007-10-15 10:14:00
Student resistance to the Bloomberg administration's cell phone ban in schools is creating an underground economy around New York City: For a charge, local businesses are storing the electronic devices while the children are in class. Already, though, the cell phone storage business is creating new headaches for students and store owners, as the makeshift depositories have become targets of theft.On Thursday, a crowd of students from Washington Irving High School near Union Square descended on a local news store, NYC Universal News, to pick up their cell phones. They flashed ID cards to prove which phones and iPods were theirs, and a store clerk doled them out until a shy freshman girl silently put her ID on the counter. The clerk, Shaikat Taher, explained that she could not collect her phone as it was one of four that had been stolen that day by a group of teenagers. "I know we are responsible," Mr. Taher said, "but you have to complain to the police first." He added that he had file
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, Cell Phone
Pa. should make cell phone ban real
2007-10-15 10:11:00
A hoax in Pennsylvania actually isn't a bad idea.Recently, an official-looking "Legislative Brief" showed up that stated, in very government-speak, that as of Nov. 10, it would be illegal to use handheld cell phone
s in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The "brief" even stated the penalties for breaking the so-called law.Now we know the brief was a hoax, but like all good rumors, there's a kernel of truth somewhere.In this case, House legislators have, in fact, approved for discussion a measure that would prohibit most drivers from using hand-held cell phones. House Bill 1827 is scheduled to be discussed today as a part of a "distracted-driver public hearing" by the House Transportation Committee.So there's a movement afoot for Pennsylvania to look closely at what drivers are doing when they should be concentrating on the road.New York recognized this problem in 2001 and enacted the first law in the country banning the use of hand-held phones while driving.Now the issue for New York
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