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There are 17 entries tagged with "Mobile Phones".
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The Question Concerning Digital Technology

Hugh McGuire | Posted May 21, 2008 | Business

Read More: Heidegger, Mobile Phones, New Technology, Silicon Valley, Technology, The Internet, Web 2.0, Wireless

Martin Heidegger's 1954 piece, The Question Concerning Technology transformed the way I look at technology (it's really dense). I read it in 1995, a decade before I got implicated in the web, and 40 years after it was published. When I first started writing on the web in 2004,...

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Disaster Reponse in a Web 2.0 World

Rebecca Fannin | Posted May 20, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Beijing, China, China Earthquake, Earthquake, Katrina, Mobile Phones, Natural Disasters, Web 2.0

Today, one week after a massive earthquake struck China, I was sitting in front of my laptop computer in central Beijing and contemplating my next column. Just a few hours before, I had landed safely in Beijing after a choppy 11-hour flight from San Francisco that left many of the...

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Movie Theatre Etiquette: Why Can't We Get Tougher on People Who Use Cell Phones?

Michael Russnow | Posted April 23, 2008 | Entertainment

There's been lots of discussion about movie attendance going down, what with wide screen TVs and shorter embargo periods to rent or download films. While it's not yet as dramatic as some have predicted, I can foresee that day coming if an exceedingly annoying aspect of film going doesn't disappear.

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Bill Would Ban In-Flight Cell Phone Use

PC Magazine | Chloe Albanesius | April 17, 2008 12:38 PM

Read More: Airline Cell Phones, Cell Phone, Domestic Flights, In-Flight Cell Phones, Mobile Phones

For many of us, the opportunity to power down the cell phone or disconnect from the Internet during an airplane ride is a welcome respite from being constantly connected, but technologies that will soon allow for Web browsing and cell...

Cancer Expert: Cell Phones More Dangerous Than Smoking Or Asbestos

The Independent | Geoffrey Lean | March 31, 2008 12:59 PM

Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take "immediate...

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Valley Workers Go "Topless" At Meetings

Los Angeles Times | Jessica Guynn | March 31, 2008 08:18 AM

Read More: BlackBerry Ban, BlackBerrys, Business Meetings, Gadgets, Information Technology, Iphones, It, Mobile Phones, Silicon Valley, Topless, Topless Business Meetings

As the capital of information technology, Silicon Valley may have more gadgets per capita than any other place on the planet. Yet, even here, "always on" can be a real turnoff. Frustrated by workers so plugged in that they tuned...

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China to Launch Trial of 3G Phones

AP | JOE McDONALD | March 28, 2008

Read More: 3G Phones, China, China 3G Phones, China Mobile Phones, Mobile Phones

BEIJING — China's main mobile phone company said Friday it will launch trial service of the homegrown Chinese next-generation standard next week, possibly moving the huge market closer to the long-anticipated rollout of new services. Companies expect a multibillion-dollar wave...

Motorola to Split Handsets Into Own Co.

AP | ASHLEY M. HEHER | March 26, 2008

Read More: Carl Icahn, Cell Phone Makers, Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Motorola, Motorola Handsets, Motorola Razr, Motorola Split, Motorola Stock Price, Razr

CHICAGO — Motorola Inc. announced plans to separate its struggling handset business from other operations Wednesday, forming two separate, publicly traded companies after months of agitation from frustrated investors. The suburban Chicago-based cell phone maker has been under pressure from...

Comcast, Sprint, Google May Fund WiMax

AP | DEBORAH YAO | March 26, 2008

Read More: Cable, Cable Operators, Cell Phones, Clearwire, Clearwire Corp, Comcast, Comcast Corp, Mobile Phones, Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, Wimax, WiMax Technology, Wireless Connections, Wireless Speeds, Wireless Web Connections

PHILADELPHIA — Major cable, telecom and Internet companies are in preliminary, but serious, talks to create a national wireless network that would link devices such as computers, televisions and cell phones, according to a person familiar with the talks. Comcast...

See The World's Lightest Cell Phone

Crave | Kent German | March 25, 2008 04:04 PM

From CNet's Crave Blog: The Guinness World Records named the Modu phone as the lightest cell phone in the world. At just 1.5 ounces and 2.8 by 1.4 by 0.3 inches, the Modu is a full ounce lighter than the...

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Toshiba's Newest Luxe Phone Has Diamond Accents

Crave | Mike Yamamoto | March 24, 2008 08:57 AM

Read More: Born Rich, Cosmic Shiner, Luxury Goods, Luxury Mobile Phones, Mobile Phones, Toshiba, Toshiba Cell Phone, Toshiba Phones

Toshiba may not be the best-known manufacturer of mobile phones, but it certainly keeps things interesting. When it's not making Transformer wannabes, it's churning out peculiar combo devices with strange circular dial pads. So it really should come as little...

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Verizon Cancels Returning Marines' Cellphones, Fines Them $500

Consumerist | Bob | March 6, 2008 04:15 PM

Read More: Canceled Cell Phones, Cell Phone Bill, Cell Phones, Mobil Phone Bill, Mobile Phones, Phone Bill, Verizon

Two Marines, a husband and wife, found Verizon had an unpleasant welcome-home gift waiting for them when they got back from serving in Iraq: canceled cellphones, a $500 bill, and their phone numbers were given to other people. Under the...

3 Cell Carriers in Price Battle

AP | PETER SVENSSON | February 19, 2008

Read More: At&t, AT&T Mobility, Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Price War, Spring Nextel, Sprint, Verizon, Verizon Wireless

NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless introduced an unlimited calling plan $99.99 a month on Tuesday, a move that was quickly matched by AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA and weighed down stock prices for all U.S. mobile carriers. Verizon Wireless was...

Sprint Won't Kill Its Dying Nextel Unit

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | January 30, 2008 02:07 PM

Read More: Dan Hesse, Mobile Phones, Nextel Phones, Sprint Nextel, Sprint Wireless, Wireless Network

As new Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse looks to revive the struggling wireless carrier, the company says one thing is off the table: They're not getting rid of Nextel, the walkie-talkie service they acquired for $35 billion in 2005. In...

Canadian Surprised By $85,000 Cell Phone Bill

AP | December 14, 2007 04:22 PM

Read More: Bell Mobility, Cell Phone Bill, Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Piotr Staniaszek

Piotr Staniaszek normally pays $147 a month for his cell phone. So he was more than a little surprised to learn his November bill had ballooned to $59,000. And then it got worse. When he called to inquire about the...

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IPhones Not In China's Immediate Future

Reuters | Vinicy Chan, Edwin Chan | November 14, 2007 07:43 AM

Read More: Apple, China Mobile, Iphone, iPhone China, Mobile Phones, Wang Jiangzhou

Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone is unlikely to hit Chinese shelves soon because of technical and fee issues, industry executives said on Wednesday, a day after shares in the U.S. company shot up on hopes of a deal with China Mobile....

Google Aims To Crush The iPhone

Forbes | Brian Caulfield | October 19, 2007 08:21 AM

Read More: Apple, Apple Iphone, Google, Google Phone, Gphone, Iphone, Mobile Phones, Tech Toys, Wireless Industry

Take one look at the smart-phone market, and it's easy to see a murderer's row. Apple sold one million iPhones in less than three months this summer. Palm is rejuvenating its lineup with the cheap, pretty Centro. Research in Motion's...