Cell Phones News Archive

05-Dec-2008

 

Cell Phones for Soldiers (KTBS Shreveport)

A lot of soldiers will be able to keep in touch with their families during the holidays thanks to Cell Phones for Soldiers. AT&T is partnering with the Barksdale Enlisted Spouses group to provide calling cards that can be used overseas. "They are really sacrificing their lives and it is the least that we can do, AT&T, we are able to help and we want to help," said Ryan Mason, AT&T sales ...

Add cell phones to the plague of prison contraband (McClatchy Washington Bureau)

Cigarettes, drugs and booze used to drive a prison's black market economy. Today, state prison officials are trying to stop another item from being smuggled in -- Cell Phones.

Cell Phones Stolen From Manzano High School (KOAT Albuquerque)

Dozens of students who weren't supposed to have cell phones at Manzano High School don't have cell phones at all anymore.

Prisons want more to fight illegal cell phones (The Conroe Courier)

AUSTIN ? Texas prison administrators said Wednesday they were more than doubling their upcoming budget request to beef up security measures to keep illegal cell phones and other contraband out of state prisons and wanted $30 million of it immediately to combat the problem now.

Majority of Americans Wrongly Believe Hand-Free Cell Phones Are Safer Than Hand-Held Devices According to a New AAA ... (Centre Daily Times)

Two-thirds of Americans who use cell phones while driving believe it is safer to talk on a hands-free cell phone than on a hand-held device according to a new study released today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety . However, scientific research shows that is simply not the case.

TestFreaks Awards the Best Cell Phones of 2008 (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

TestFreaks collects and analyzes close to 3 million expert and user reviews from over 60 countries to help users make the right decisions. It's December and time to sum up the year in with the best consumer electronics products, starting with the best cell phones of 2008.

Inmates smuggling cell phones behind bars (The Bakersfield Californian)

Little paper notes were once the popular way for inmates to organize crime in prisons. The notes, called "kites" by officers, detailed planned attacks or drug sales. The hand-written messages were passed by one prisoner to another. Today, inmates have gone high tech and cell phones are the new form of criminal communication. Prison officials say they are having a hard time tracking the cellular ...

TestFreaks Awards the Best Cell Phones of 2008 (PRWeb)

TestFreaks collects and analyzes close to 3 million expert and user reviews from over 60 countries to help users make the right decisions. It's December and time to sum up the year in with the best consumer electronics products, starting with the best cell phones of 2008. (PRWeb Dec 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1705934.htm

Cell phones on prison contraband list (The Charlotte Observer)

It used to be cigarettes, drugs and booze that drove a prison's black-market economy. But today, state prison officials are trying to stop another item from being smuggled to inmates that creates a new set of dangers: cell phones. So far this year, the N.C. Department of Correction has confiscated about 140 cell phones found on inmates or stashed on prison grounds. The phones are considered ...

Arkansas Lawmaker: Ban Use of Cell Phones on Roads (Insurance Journal)

Making a call or sending text messages with a hand-held cell phone while behind the wheel would be a crime in Arkansas under a legislator's proposal. Rep. Ray Kidd, D-Jonesboro, filed a bill ...

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