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Nokia's tasty tattoo patent-troll bait

Posted March 20, 2012 - 3:56 pm

Nokia has applied for a patent that would allow tattoos to vibrate when the wearer's cell phone receives a message.
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Which group of Americans texts the most?

Posted September 19, 2011 - 6:08 pm

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. cell phone owners regularly send and receive text messages.
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Radiation isn't really a problem, but cell phones can still kill

Posted June 6, 2011 - 1:55 pm

Environmental Working Group has a better handle on the specifics of what your cell phone is putting out, and a more honest answer, than the manufacturer. Just in case your office is packed with users asking whether the iPhones you passed out are going to kill them.
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Rapturists take note: Nokia closes at 6.66!

Posted June 3, 2011 - 5:31 pm

Further proof that Nokia just went through a week in hell.
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AT&T gets into the mobile ad business

Posted February 28, 2011 - 5:28 pm

Trying to get a piece of the potentially huge mobile ad market, wireless carrier AT&T on Monday announced a location-based mobile messaging service that would deliver special offers from advertisers to subscribers' phones.
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When mobile spam turns deadly

Posted January 29, 2011 - 3:12 am

A mass tragedy was averted on New Year's Eve in Moscow, thanks to a spam message sent to a female terrorist who reportedly intended to detonate a suicide belt in a packed Red Square.
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Another phone thing Europeans do better

Posted December 29, 2010 - 5:52 pm

U.S. phone makers will standardize on the same charger; Euros did it first and are putting it into effect starting in 2011. Don't throw out your old cords yet.
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Bring dead spots back to life with cell-phone access point

Posted December 1, 2010 - 3:15 pm

Femtocells are more expensive than WiFi access points, and not as easily managed. But they offer a way to extend your mobile net inside the building as well as out.
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13 Tips to Supercharge Your 'Dumb' Phone

Posted June 2, 2010 - 7:27 am

Smartphones are expensive. Ordinary, "dumb" cell phones are cheap. The trade-off is that basic candy-bar phones are inferior and no fun, and they can't perform highfalutin tasks such as play Super Monkey Ball. Well, that's what you thought.
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Supercharge Your Phone: 40 Tips and Tricks

Posted May 31, 2010 - 7:34 am

Looking for an easy out from a lousy date? Feeling like a rat in a phone-tree maze? Wishing that someone could transcribe your voicemail messages and e-mail them to you? With this assortment of phone tips, tricks, and services, you'll be able to navigate your phone with MacGyver-like ingenuity.
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Device won't let you lose your phone

Posted January 4, 2010 - 9:29 am

A startup called ZOMM plans to unveil and accept an award for a new cell phone peripheral device at CES. The gadget performs several welcome tasks.
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California cell phone law snares First Lady

Posted October 19, 2009 - 8:38 am

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has promoted a new law banning talking on a cell phone while driving as an important safety measure, so it was obviously something of an embarrassment when his wife was spotted driving and chatting into a handset -- but not perhaps for the reasons you might think.
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You ready for a wristwatch cell phone yet?

Posted October 5, 2009 - 3:09 pm

San Diego-based Kempler & Strauss this morning rolled out an incredible $199 wristwatch cell phone called the W PhoneWatch. The gadget sports a calendar, address book, a calculator, stopwatch, a vibration mode for silent alarms, a no-stylus touch screen, microSD slot and the ability to both take and play pictures and videos. How cool is that?
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U.S. Cell Phone Carriers Screwing Us Five Times Over

Posted August 18, 2009 - 11:28 am

Tired of feeling second rate because Europe and Asia has faster Internet service for less money? Then don't look at your cell phone, because DSL Reports' story, Consumers in U.S., Canada Pay More for Wireless, describes how US cell phone carriers charge us five times more than they charge Europeans. Except the Spanish, the unlucky European country that gets charged American rates for some reason.
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Kenyan mosque jams prayer-time cell phone calls

Posted July 27, 2009 - 2:52 pm

One of the banes of modern existence is the cell phone that rings in the middle of public events -- a play, a move, or, say, religious services.
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White House reporter humiliated by stupid ringtone

Posted July 8, 2009 - 10:00 am

If you're going to bring your cell phone into a presidential event, you probably should set it to vibrate ... or at least to something more dignified than a quacking duck.
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Teenage girl takes texting crown

Posted June 22, 2009 - 9:00 am

15-year-old Kate Moore just got her first cell phone eight months ago, but she quickly became proficient enough at text-messaging to take the LG U.S. National Texting Championship by storm.
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Record texters get $26,000 phone bill waived

Posted April 25, 2009 - 12:30 pm

Two Pennsylvania men set a record for sending 217,000 inane text messages, get a $26,000 phone bill (despite having an unlimited texting plan), and T-Mobile agrees to waive the fees. A veritable fairytale.
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Company offers to pay teen's $5K cell phone bill; wants 'smart texting' essay

Posted April 15, 2009 - 12:15 pm

You may have heard about 13 year old Dena Christoffersen of Cheyenne, Wyo. She's the teen who rang up a nearly $5,000 cell phone bill by overzealous texting. Well, now she has to pay up. And Predicto Mobile has come up with a creative solution to help her do just that.
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Latest cell phone danger: "Butt dialing"

Posted March 10, 2009 - 10:24 am

For 911 operators, "butt dialing" is a potentially lethal problem.
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The fish ate my phone

Posted February 27, 2009 - 5:02 pm

Andrew Cheatle was out shopping for a new cell phone when a man with a heck of a fish story rang his girlfriend. You see, fisherman Glen Kerley discovered the phone in the belly of a 25-pound cod he was gutting and rather than do what any sane person would do and dispose of it, Kerley decided to find the phone's owner.
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Casio cameras to allow users to create creepy pictures

Posted January 15, 2009 - 10:00 am

Ever wanted to use your cell phone to create an image in which a short animated loop would play atop a still background? Me either.
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Motorola released moronically expensive gadget

Posted December 26, 2008 - 1:20 pm

For a mere $2,000, you too can be the new owner of a shiny metal Motorola Aura! Did I mention that it's shiny?
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Heroic cell phone saves man's life

Posted November 25, 2008 - 12:30 pm

A Louisiana man was mowing his lawn when something hit him in the chest and knocked him to the ground. He tried to dial 911 on his cell phone, but it fell apart in his hands -- because it had been struck by a bullet.
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Can picture messaging make you safe?

Posted October 27, 2008 - 5:07 pm

Afraid that a meet-up might leave you sleeping with the fishes? Just snap a quick pic with your cell phone, send it to My Mobile Witness.
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