Cell Phones News Archive

08-May-2009

 

As recession lingers, cell phones take over (The Christian Science Monitor)

As Americans tighten their budgets, landline phones seem to be an easy victim. AP reports that "the number of US households opting for only Cell Phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines." Officials at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, who conducted the survey, ...

Police: Thief Steals $1K Worth Of Cell Phones (KMBC-TV Kansas City)

Lee's Summit, Mo., police are looking for a man who stole $1,000 worth of display Cell Phones from a T-Mobile store last month.

Cell phones get the call (Florida Today)

For the first time, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones outnumber those that just have traditional landlines in a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession.

More Cell Phones in Homes (WXIA-TV Atlanta)

A recent survey shows Americans now have more cell phones in homes than landlines.

A fifth of US homes have cell phones, no landlines (AP via Yahoo! News)

For the first time, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones outnumber those that just have traditional landlines in a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession. In the freshest evidence of the growing appeal of cell phones, 20 percent of households had only cells during the last half of 2008, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey released Wednesday.

Cell phones post gains as homes' sole outlet (The Buffalo News)

WASHINGTON -- In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U. S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional land lines.

Cell phones top landlines in exclusive use (Detroit News)

Washington -- In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines.

Online sexual predators targeting kids' cell phones (FOX 31 Denver)

We've all heard about internet predators targeting our children online. But with newer technology, kids on their cell phones have also become more at risk.

Cell phones top land lines for first time (The Nashua Telegraph)

WASHINGTON (AP) ? In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines. ... - By ALAN FRAM The Associated Press

New Videoconferencing Technology Possible for Cell Phones, PDAs (Newswise)

A new low-bandwidth, high-frame-rate videoconferencing technology that creates the appearance of three-dimensionality and a strong sense of co-presence without the use of expensive motion-tracking devices or multicamera arrays could eventually become available for Cell Phones, laptop computers and personal digital assistants, according to a researcher at the University of Virginia.

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