Cell Phones News Archive

Lawmakers React To Cell Phones & Crime Behind Bars (CBS 13 Baltimore)

The problem is alarming. Correction officials in Maryland confiscated nearly 1,000 Cell Phones from prison inmates last year alone. A WJZ investigation took you inside the controversy Monday night. Now, WJZ has reaction as lawmakers and a top state correction administrator reveal how they're tackling Cell Phones behind cell doors.

UMDNJ spends $1M per year on cell phones (Asbury Park Press)

An internal audit has found the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey spends more than $1 million a year for pagers and Cell Phones.

Dirty Dozen Ugliest and Lamest Cell Phones (PC World)

Ugly only begins to describe what is wrong with these cell phones. Some of them lack such phone basics as keypads and displays.

E-mail hoax scares users of cell phones (Vallejo Times-Herald)

Despite widely circulated e-mails and rumors, cell phone numbers are not being sold or released to telemarketing firms, a federal official said Tuesday."The e-mail is a hoax," said Frank Dorman, a spokesman for the Federal Trade Commission.

Fact Finder: Cell phones & driving (NBC 24 Toledo)

How many states have laws banning the use of cell phones behind the wheel, and how dangerous is it?

$42,000 worth of cell phones stolen from Verizon (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Burglars busted into three area Verizon Wireless stores overnight, stealing about 100 Cell Phones worth at least $42,000, police said.