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Global Mobile

Call it wireless or call it cellular, use it for voice or use it for data, it's untethered personal communications in all its forms

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July 2008
- iPhone Mania Gets Under Way Across Asia
  
  Associated Press | Jul 10, 08 9:54 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - The new iPhone model went on sale in the Asia-Pacific region, with throngs at one Tokyo store counting down the last 30 seconds in unison. The celebration is part of a global rollout in 22 nations of the 3G, or third-generation, wireless connecting iPhone, an upgrade of the model that went on sale last year in the US and several other nations. The phone goes on sale in the US at 8am tomorrow in each time zone. More »
- Troubled Sprint Woos Angry Subscribers
  
  New York Times | Jul 8, 08 9:52 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Facing upset customers, merger fallout, and peeved execs, Sprint’s new CEO started the job with his work cut out for him. The company has the sector's highest rate of customer dissatisfaction. But by getting personal with patrons and employees, new boss Daniel Hesse is fighting to save the company, the New York Times reports. More »
- Hands-Free Phones Still Dangerous Driver Overload
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 1, 08 7:33 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - California motorists are now banned from using cell phones, but scientists say the move won't make the freeways any safer, reports the Los Angeles Times . Research shows that it is the lack of attention rather than occupied hands that impacts safety, and that drivers chatting on phones with both hands on the wheel may be just as much of a hazard. More »
June 2008
- States to Motorists: Hang Up
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Jun 27, 08 2:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It might be time to get that hands-free cell: Tickets for phone use while driving are skyrocketing, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. States are increasingly making yakking behind the wheel a primary offense, meaning police can pull motorists over just for that. California and Washington next week join New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and DC in enacting the strictest mobile phone laws. More »
- 'Wearable' Gadgets Respond to Body Movements
  
  Associated Press | Jun 26, 08 4:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Someday, you may be able to tap your fingers to control your DVD player or roll your eyes to pump up your music player’s volume—if technology under development by Japan's top mobile carrier comes to fruition, the AP reports. A cell phone shaped like a large ring that wearers can hear by sticking their fingers in their ears is another of NTT DoCoMo's inventions. More »
- Nokia Moves to Counter iPhone
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 24, 08 2:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a move aimed at bolstering its ability to compete with Apple's iPhone, Nokia is acquiring smartphone software-maker Symbian and moving toward increased cooperation with other mobile-phone industry veterans. Top handset makers and providers will participate in a nonprofit foundation to handle marketing and coordination for developers, and Symbian will combine its software into one open-source platform, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »
- Samsung's Instinct: Smart, if Not an iPhone
  
  New York Times | Jun 12, 08 10:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It isn’t an iPhone. But, says New York Times technology writer David Pogue, Samsung’s soon-to-be released touchscreen phone, called Instinct—while a little less sleek than the iconic iPhone—isn’t a bad effort. The newest iPhone wannabe debuts June 20 when Sprint Nextel rolls it out at half the price of a $199 iPhone, after the $100 rebate. More »
- Gaunt Jobs' Health Gets Buzz
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 11, 08 2:08 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Apple watchers are expressing concern over the gaunt appearance of CEO Steve Jobs at the iPhone 3G coming-out party Monday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Apple says Jobs, who underwent successful surgery after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 4 years ago, was simply suffering from a “common bug” and is on the mend. More »
- Physicist: No, Cell Phones Can't Pop Corn
  
  Wired | Jun 10, 08 3:18 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - YouTube videos showing three people popping corn with their cell phones have taken the Internet by storm, but apparently aren’t for real, Wired reports: A physics professor says the feat just isn’t possible. Instead, the videos look like a viral marketing campaign. The phones seem to be the same make and model, and two YouTube users posted French, Japanese and two American versions. More »
- Early iPhone Buyers Are Left With Memories—and Debt
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 10, 08 3:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The new 3G iPhone makes one thing obvious, writes Brett Arends in the Wall Street Journal : Consumers who bought the earlier models were chumps. The fans who stood in line a year ago are out $300, and for what? Apple says the new phone is twice as fast. “What that says about last year's model is painfully obvious,” writes Arends. More »
- More Women Wield Smartphones
  
  New York Times | Jun 10, 08 8:50 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - More and more smartphones are going into female hands and pocketbooks, the New York Times reports, as women catch up with their male counterparts in adopting not only iPhones but BlackBerrys, Treos, and other models. The number of American women toting smartphones more than doubled last year, to 10.4 million, as phones became cheaper, sleeker, and more user-friendly. Industries notice that kind of growth, and have begun marketing to women. More »
- Sprint Tries to Open Up to Customers
  
  New York Times | Jun 9, 08 10:19 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - You won’t get Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse if you email “Dan@Sprint.com,” but you will get the company’s attention, reports the New York Times. In an ad campaign designed to get Sprint in touch with its customers, Hesse asks “If you could change the way wireless companies did things, what would you do?” The address then appears on the screen. More »
- iPhone May Be Too Low-Tech for Japan
  
  Wired | Jun 6, 08 4:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The new iPhone will be in Japan at the end of the year, but it may not be souped up enough for consumers there, Wired reports. Japanese phones tend to have an endless array of cool features such as live TV and Wii-style games. Even though most people hardly ever use all those bells and whistles, that doesn't mean the simpler iPhone will be welcomed. More »
- Verizon Seeks Alltel Deal, Challenge to Top Dog AT&T
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 4, 08 4:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Verizon Communications is in negotiations to buy wireless carrier Alltel, a merger that would cover 80 million US subscribers and create the nation's biggest cell-phone company, the Wall Street Journal reports—though the potential $27 billion deal could easily fall through. But if it's consummated, and the feds see no antitrust problems, the new company would surpass AT&T, with 71 million customers, as No. 1. More »
- Don't Assume iPhone 2.0 Will Be a Smash
  
  Forbes | Jun 4, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With more than a 27% market share after just a year on the market, and a new iPhone expected to be released in the next week, Apple watchers are hoping the next-generation device delivers the same, simple functional beauty of its predecessor. But, Forbes cautions, the lumpy original iBook is a reminder that Apple's flubbed these kinds of things before. More »
- If Brain Surgeons Only Use Their Cells on Speaker ...
  
  New York Times | Jun 3, 08 2:13 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Experts, including the American Cancer Society, say cell-phone use doesn’t increase the risk of cancer. So why do three prominent neurosurgeons avoid holding phones up to their ears? The debate has been reopened, the New York Times reports, by the surgeons’ recent comments on CNN and by Ted Kennedy’s diagnosis with a type of tumor critics associate with cell phones. More »
- Apple Ready With June 9 iPhone Splash
  
  Forbes | Jun 2, 08 9:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The much-anticipated next generation of iPhones, which are expected to be faster and built around a more robust communications chip, may already be positioned in major US markets, Forbes reports. Analysts believe the 3G version will debut—or, given unprecedented secrecy even for Apple, be uncloaked—at a conference next Monday; Apple's aiming to sell 10 million this year. More »
May 2008
- Cell Phone Market Nears Saturation
  
  USA Today | May 30, 08 8:46 AM CDT