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Cell Phones News Archive07-Sep-2008Sector Snap: Cell phones down on Nokia warning (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Shares of Motorola Inc. and other makers of Cell Phones were down Friday morning after Nokia Corp., the largest in the field, said it expected the market to be affected by the weaker consumer confidence in several markets. Survey Says: No In-Flight Cell Phones (The Salt Lake Tribune) Are you eager to chatter away on your cell phone at 35,000 feet in the air or listen to your seatmate do the same? Not so fast. More Americans oppose this idea than support it, according to a survey released last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Easy Cell: Mobile Phones for the Hearing Impaired (Scientific American) The convenience and relatively low cost of cell phones in the U.S. has made them an indispensable part of life. Unless, of course, you are one of the 37 million or so hearing-impaired adults living in this country. But University of Washington (U.W.) in Seattle researchers are hoping to change that by developing software that lets callers communicate on their mobile phones using sign language ... Hold the (cell) phone; cancer risk still uncertain (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Dear Propeller Heads: I thought the debate over cell phones and cancer risk was over, but now I hear that it's still not settled. What's the story? A: The cell phone cancer debate is far from over. There might be legitimate cause for concern. Although many authorities, such as the American Cancer Society (http://tinyurl.com/6ffrql), downplay the cell-phone cancer risk, several top doctors and ... Police issue 2 cell phone warnings (West University Examiner) West University Police wrote two warning tickets to drivers who were using cell phones in the school zone near West U Elementary School this morning. Cell phones welcome in some classrooms (MSNBC) Cell phones have long been anathema in the classroom, banned as a potential distraction, at best, and as a possible vehicle for cheating, at worst. But lately, educators have begun changing their tune on mobile phones. UK is opting to disconnect dorm phones (The Gleaner) LEXINGTON (AP) -- The University of Kentucky is disconnecting its old-fashioned phone lines in student dormitories as incoming students opt to have their own cell phones. Schools, Students Battle Over Cell Phones (FOX 13 Memphis) Leave your cell phones at home - that's the message to students from Memphis and Shelby County Schools and so far it's not going over well. It's one thing for a teacher to explain the Theory of Relativity to students, or try to make them understand why E=MC squared. It's a whole new dimension to have to do it while students are texting each other and checking their voicemail. Making the right call on student cell phone use (The Oklahoman) Guess what I talked about with two elementary school principals a few days ago? Cell phones. Not their cell phones, those of students. And to take it a step further, I talked to a middle school principal. I'd heard some high school and college educators talk about the disruptions cell phone cause ? primarily texting ? in their classrooms. So surely it would be as bad or worse with the younger ... State prisons want to jam cell phones (The Greenville News) COLUMBIA -- Cell Phones, the everyday tool of Americans young and old, have become such a threat inside prisons that state officials have asked the Federal Communications Commission to relax a law prohibiting state and local governments from jamming phone signals.
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