Cell Phones News Archive

23-Aug-2008

 

U.S. embraces smartphones, ditches cell phones (SearchMobileComputing.com)

Q2 sales of smartphones are still strong though overall sales of mobile phones are declining in the U.S. Though customers are increasingly willing to pay more per new device, standard cell phone sales are also down.

Cell phones beat landlines in Iowa (Le Mars Daily Sentinel)

Will Cell Phones eventually replace landline telephones? In Le Mars, store managers from Verizon Wireless/Wireless World and Frontier Communications, are on opposite sides of the debate.

Legal loophole makes cell phone records subject to subpoena (The Beaver County Times)

Beaver County District Attorney Anthony Berosh has told local police departments to stay off cell phones when talking to confidential informants.

San Antonio targets cell phones in the school zone (News 8 Austin)

San Antonio joined several other cities around the country Thursday night in cracking down on cell phone use by motorists near schools.

Ban on cell phones in sports books lifted (Las Vegas Sun)

Thu, Aug 21, 2008 (4:15 p.m.) A decade-old ban on use of cell phones and other electronic devices inside Nevada sports books was lifted for one year on Thursday by the state Gaming Commission.

Ban on cell phones in sports books lifted (Mohave Valley Daily News)

CARSON CITY, Nev. - A decade-old ban on use of cell phones and other electronic devices inside Nevada sports books was lifted for one year on Thursday by the state Gaming Commission.

Ban on cell phones in sports books lifted (The Fresno Bee)

A decade-old ban on use of cell phones and other electronic devices inside Nevada sports books was lifted for one year on Thursday by the state Gaming Commission. Read comments

Bringing Cell Phones To the Third World (Slashdot)

An anonymous reader tips a story about Denis O'Brien, a mobile phone entrepreneur whose goal is to spread Cell Phones throughout third-world countries. Quoting: "...O'Brien keeps pouring money into the world's poorest, most violent countries. His bet: Give phones to the masses and they'll fight your enemies for you. ...In Trinidad & Tobago, where the state mobile phone firm was dragging its feet ...

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