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ANALYSIS

Free Market Rings Up 4B
Cell Phones Worldwide

6 in 10 connected, thanks to private biz

Mar 3, 09 2:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The global explosion in cell phone use is a timely reminder of what free markets can achieve, David A. Gross writes in the Christian Science Monitor. There are now more than 4 billion mobile connections worldwide, two-thirds of them in developing countries, according to a new UN report. This leap... More »

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cell phones • globalization • communication • telecommunications • cell phone industry • free markets • mobile phones

(Newser) - This should make it easier to charge your phone: Most of the big players in the industry said today they will work toward a universal charger by 2012, Wired reports. That means a standard USB cable will do the trick, no matter the brand. However, Wired notes one notable... More »

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environment • technology • cell phones • iPhone • Apple • cell phone industry • coalition • cell phone charger • industry initiative

 Microsoft 
 Muscles Into 
 Cell Market 
 With New OS 

Firm will offer Windows Mobile on 50 smartphones

Feb 16, 09 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft is pushing deeper into the cellphone market with a deal to put a new operating system on 50 LG smartphones, the New York Times reports. The company unveiled a more user-friendly OS—"We were dinged for not having a friendly consumer interface," an exec says—and... More »

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Microsoft • cell phones • software • smartphones • operating system • LG Electronics • mobile devices • mobile phones

 Amid Cell Boom, 
 Colleges Yank 
 Land Lines 

Cell phones have rendered costly phone lines unnecessary

Feb 4, 09 8:08 PM CST
(Newser) - US colleges are ripping phone lines out of dorms—and not to encourage students to study, the San Jose Mercury News reports. It’s recognition that mobile phones have become as ubiquitous as textbooks among students. “Demand has dropped, and it’s a costly service,” says an official... More »

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technology • cell phones • college • college dorms • land lines • telephone • college student • Santa Clara University

 Exploding Cell Phone Kills Man 

Chinese cops suspect counterfeit battery may have caused phone to blow up

Feb 3, 09 4:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A man in Guangzhou, China, was killed last week when his cell phone blew up and severed an artery in his neck, the Times of London reports. The young shop clerk is believed to have put the phone in his breast pocket straight after charging a new battery before it... More »

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China • cell phones • counterfeit • battery • death • explosion • Guangzhou

 Dell May Launch Smartphone 


Jan 29, 09 9:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Dell is considering a move into the smartphone business, the Wall Street Journal reports. The computer company has had engineers working on models for more than a year and could launch a competitor to the iPhone or Blackberry as early as next month. CEO Michael Dell also could pull the... More »

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Dell • cell phones • iPhone • Research In Motion • BlackBerry • Michael Dell • smartphones

 Sprint Nextel to Cut 8K Jobs 

3rd-largest wireless outfit has lost millions of subscribers

Jan 26, 09 8:13 AM CST
(AP) - Sprint Nextel is eliminating about 8,000 positions in the first quarter as it seeks to cut annual costs by $1.2 billion. The third-largest US wireless provider said it will complete the layoffs, about 14% of its 56,000 employees, largely by March 31. About 850 of the reductions... More »

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cell phones • layoffs • Sprint Nextel • telecommunications • job cuts • wireless industry • Dan Hesse

Top Kitchen Gadget ... the Cell Phone?

It won't make coffee or dice, but can download recipes, call Mom

Jan 21, 09 12:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Forget about trying to buy newlyweds the ultimate kitchen appliance: They almost certainly already have two. For both everyday cooks and professional chefs, the cell phone has become the go-to gadget, the New York Times reports. What other tool could combine the functions of timer, measurement converter, recipe generator, shopping-list... More »

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technology • cell phones • cooking • recipes • kitchen • home appliances

DC Cell Phone Calls:
Maybe We Can

Inauguration throngs threaten to overwhelm networks

Jan 19, 09 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Throngs of people at the inauguration threaten to overwhelm the cell phone system with a massive number of calls, texts, tweets and emails, reports the New York Times. Major cell phone companies are scrambling to upgrade and add capacity, but no one knows how the system will respond to the... More »

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cell phones • Verizon • Sprint • Twitter • President Obama • Inauguration Day • uplinks • capacity • e-mails • Cellular Communications and Internet Association

Boost's $50 Prepaid Cell Plan Could Trigger Price War

Monthly fee for unlimited calls, text and data marks new low in wireless service

Jan 16, 09 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A new prepaid calling plan from Sprint’s Boost may spark a price war in the wireless market, USA Today reports. Boost will offer unlimited calling, texting and web browsing for a flat $50 a month fee. The plan may prove so attractive to cash-strapped wireless customers Boost could start... More »

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cell phones • wireless • Sprint Nextel • Sprint • 3G wireless networks • Nextel • Boost Mobile

Self-Portraits of Teens Spur Kid-Porn Charge

Nude photos shared by phone could make senders sex offenders

Jan 16, 09 11:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Pennsylvania teens are in trouble over child-porn photos—of themselves. Three girls who took the pictures, and three boys who got them via cell phone, have been charged, Pittsburgh’s WPXI-TV reports. A student was caught with one of the phones in school in October, prompting a police investigation. But... More »

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cell phones • sex offenders • nude photo • child pornography • texting • teenager • sexting

 'Bored' Teen Sends 
 15K Texts a Month 

Dad had unlimited plan, but still plans crackdown

Jan 12, 09 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A California dad whose teenage daughter logged an astounding 14,528 text messages in one month was tickled at first, the New York Post reports. “I laughed. I thought, ‘That’s insane, that’s impossible,’” said Greg Hardesty. “And I immediately whipped out the calculator... More »

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California • cell phones • text messaging addiction • text message • telephone • teenager • phone bill

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Palm Pre Gets Big Thumbs Up 

Demo of new smartphone has revi

Jan 9, 09 4:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Palm's new Pre smartphone is the hottest product at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show by a long stretch, a smitten Lance Ulanoff writes at PC Magazine. Ulanoff heard a lot about the Pre before yesterday's rollout, but was still blown away by the smartphone's impressive specs, fresh interface, and groundbreaking... More »

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cell phones • Treo • smartphones • cell phone industry • operating system • Palm • Consumer Electronics Show

OPINION

 Cool Tech at CES, 
 But It's Useless 

3-D TVs, wristwatch cellphone are among the excellent gadgets

Jan 8, 09 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show is full of “incredible technology,” Larry Magid writes for CNET. Problem is, it’s all “in search of a practical purpose,” making this year the “year of the gimmick.” Magid runs down a few wowee gadgets of dubious usefulness.... More »

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cell phones • Las Vegas • digital camera • Consumer Electronics Show • gadget • 3-D • 2009 • projector • 3D television

Texting Could Save Dying Languages

Linguists push to
get more of them
on cell phones

Jan 2, 09 8:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Linguists trying to save the world's endangered languages believe cell phones—more specifically, texting—can give them a vital boost, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, but predictive text software currently exists for just 80. Experts believe developing the technology for more tongues will... More »

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cell phones • language • text message • texting • foreign languages • mobile phones

Cell Phone Use Linked
to Heart Disease

Study finds average American owns 2 cell phones

Dec 31, 08 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Add another ill to the cell phone pile: Using one may cause heart disease and kidney stones, researchers have found. The radiation emitted by the phones causes red blood cells to leak hemoglobin, which can lead to heart and kidney problems. An earlier study reported this same radiation can also... More »

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cell phones • heart disease • radiation • kidney stones • Alzheimer's Disease

 Cell Phones Taken to the Grave 

And call me later

Dec 17, 08 6:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Rest in peace? Some would rather have eternity interrupted by their ringtone—by taking their cell phones with them to the grave, a trend that many in the funeral industry say is on the rise. A UK survey ranked being buried with a cell phone the No. 2 funeral rite... More »

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cell phones • death • funeral • burial • funeral home • King Tut

One in 5 Teens Has Sent
or Posted Racy Photos

And 1 in 3 say they've received such photos

Dec 10, 08 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - A New Hampshire teen suspended from school last week for sending a racy photo via cell phone wasn’t the first, the Boston Globe reports—and won’t be the last: One in five teens has uploaded a compromising image, and nearly one in three has received a half-naked or... More »

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Internet • cell phones • nudity • photograph • suspension • child pornography • teenager • sexting

Prisons Aim to Change Ban on Phone Jamming

Rampant cell use facilitates crimes committed behind bars

Dec 8, 08 11:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Cell phone use is a growing problem among prison inmates, but the obvious solution—signal jamming—is illegal under a 74-year-old federal law. Prisoners can easily smuggle the increasingly tiny handsets, and for the unrepentant among them, “whatever illegal activities you were doing outside, you can continue that uninterrupted,... More »

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cell phones • FCC • prison • cell phone jammers

British Satellites May Provide Cell Phone Service on Moon

Program would give lunar residents cell phone service

Dec 5, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The UK’s space agency is reviewing the feasibility of a mission to put satellites in orbit around the moon, CNET reports. The MoonLITE study plans to send four “penetrator darts” containing geophysical instruments into the moon’s crust, monitoring their findings with four accompanying satellites. The resulting data... More »

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NASA • cell phones • space • moon • Britain • lunar exploration

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