Cell Phones News Archive

15-Aug-2008

 

MIKE WENDLAND: Cell phones should work along Dream Cruise route (Detroit Free Press)

With a million people gathered along a 20-mile or so stretch of Woodward for this weekend's Dream Cruise, it's reasonable to expect tens of thousands will be using Cell Phones to text, take and send photos, use push-to-talk walkie-talkie features to coordinate their locations with friends and, of course, to make and receive phone calls.

State makes tourism sites for cell phones (The Myrtle Beach Sun News)

The S.C. tourism department recently launched versions of its Web site specially formatted for Cell Phones.

Cell phones will be turned into minutes for U.S. troops (Howell Tri Town News)

The Ocean County Library will participate in the national "Cell Phone for Soldiers" program by distributing postage-paid envelopes for shipping cell phones at 17 of its branches.

Lower income Tennessee residents to get free cell phones (BetaNews)

The maker of a popular pre-paid cell phone today announced a program that will give low income Tennessee residents free cell phones and mobile service on a year-to-year basis.

Cell phones have a hearing problem (St. Joseph News-Press)

Cell phones dazzle us with their repetoire of high-tech tricks. They can take pictures, read maps, send e-mail and play music. But one thing remains that I really want out of my cell phone. I wish I could hear it.

Bouncy Cell Phones And Car Bumpers May Be Workable With Springy Nanotubes (Science Daily)

Electronic devices get smaller and more complex every year. It turns out that fragility is the price for miniaturization, especially when it comes to small devices, such as cell phones, hitting the floor. Wouldn't it be great if they bounced instead of cracked when dropped?

IRS Taxes Personal Calls On Work Cell Phones (NPR)

If you're among the people who make personal calls on a company mobile phone, the Internal Revenue Service may want to talk with you. The IRS considers such cell phone calls to be a taxable extension of your compensation package.

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