Archive for March, 2009

Garmin and ASUS to Create Garmin-Asus Line of Co branded LBS-centric Mobile Phones (Thaipr.net)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (TAIEX: 2357) today announced a strategic alliance that will leverage the companies navigation and mobile telephony expertise to design, manufactu Source: www.thaipr.net Mobile phones banned from schools (China Daily) DUSHANBE — The Central Asian state of Tajikistan on Tuesday banned mobile phones from all schools and universities [...]


Mobile phones may soon replace debit cards at checkout tills (Belfast Telegraph)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

Consumers could soon be able to use their mobile phones to pay for items in shops following a tie-up between Barclaycard and Orange. Source: rss.feedsportal.com Smartphones to Account for 23% of All New Mobile Phones by 2013 (Cellular-News.com) Rising demand for complex multimedia-centric applications is forcing handset manufacturers to design increasingly smart and highly personalised [...]


Mobile phones stolen (Herald Sun)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Monday, March 9th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to two separate mobile phone robberies in Melbourne overnight. Source: www.news.com.au Online ‘app’ stores offer latest tools for mobile phones (Kitchener – Waterloo Record) MONTREAL (Mar 7, 2009) — New online “app” stores — like grocery stores for mobile phones — are trying to take a bite out of Apple’s [...]


Hospital mobile phones ‘spread superbugs’ (New Kerala)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

Washington, Mar 6 : Mobile phones used by hospital workers can be a source of hospital-acquired infections that kill thousands of people every year, say researchers. Source: www.newkerala.com


Are Hospital Mobile Phones Dialing Up Superbugs? (KOLD News 13 Tuscon)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Saturday, March 7th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

FRIDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) — A new culprit has emerged in the spread of the tough-to-kill “superbug” bacteria and other infections in hospitals — mobile phone… Source: www.kold.com Mobile phones may be source of hospital infections (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Mobile phones used by hospital healthcare workers are often contaminated with germs, including those [...]


Mobile phones belonging to hospital workers covered in bugs (News-Medical-Net)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Friday, March 6th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

Mobile phone handsets belonging to hospital workers are covered in bacteria including the ‘superbug’, MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ). Source: www.news-medical.net German Pot of Gold in Mobile Phones Tossed in Trash (Update2) (Bloomberg) March 4 (Bloomberg) — One man s waste is another s gold. Or so Germany s Norddeutsche Affinerie AG has discovered. Germans [...]


Cash for mobile – mobile recycling – sell old phones for money (Times Education Supplement)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

Did you know you can get up to 250 cash fro mobile phones by mobile recycling with http://www.selloldphone.co.uk They offer a freepost service and payment is within 48 hours. Source: www.tes.co.uk German Pot of Gold in Mobile Phones Tossed in Trash (Update2) (Bloomberg) March 4 (Bloomberg) — One man s waste is another s gold. [...]


It’s For You…Over Half The World’s Population Now Use Mobile Phones (Digital Trends)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

A new UN report reveals that 4.1 billion people, over half the world’s population, now use mobile phones. Source: news.digitaltrends.com Uganda: Avoid Expensive Mobile Phones, Minister Urges Teachers (AllAfrica.com) Kampala EXPENSIVE mobile phones are a liability to teachers, information and communication technology (ICT) state minister Alintuma Nsambu has said. Source: allafrica.com Take WHOIS Mobile: Network [...]


UN study: World’s poor seize on cell phones as easy way to communicate (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

GENEVA (AP) Six in 10 people around the world now have cell phone subscriptions, signaling that mobile phones are the communications technology of choice, particularly in poor countries, according to a U.N. report published Monday. Source: www.whotv.com Himachal bans mobile phones during school exams (New Kerala) Shimla, March 2 : Mobile phones will ring trouble [...]


More mobile phones in Qatar than total population (Gulf Times)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

QTEL has said its mobile customer base in Qatar has exceeded 1.8mn. The rapid accumulation of new customers up from 1.5mn announced in November 2008 was achieved in spite of the global economic downturn, Qtel said yesterday. Source: www.gulf-times.com LG 830 “Spyder” phones recalled for dropping 911 calls (The Register) Stranded motorist sparks nationwide handset [...]