Prison officials worry about cell phones smuggled to South Bay inmates (Sun-Sentinel)
Guards have confiscated more than 100 mobile phones at the privately run prison at South Bay since mid-2007, setting off alarm bells in the county court system and the state Department of Corrections.
Source: www.sun-sentinel.com
Mobile phones fight disease, uncover news in developing lands (AFP via Yahoo! News)
As mobile phones spread rapidly around the world, activists and truth lovers are turning to them as tools for organizing and communicating.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Users put new mobile phones on hold (Guardian Unlimited)
Mobile phone users are holding on to their handsets and “trading down” to cheaper deals, or opting for a top-of-the-range device such as Apple’s iPhone or the BlackBerry Storm, according to the world’s largest mobile phone company, Vodafone. This polarisation in the more mature markets of Europe and the US was apparent in figures yesterday from the US handset maker Motorola, which saw sales …
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mobile phones fight disease, uncover news (Independent Online)
Scientists and do-gooders sharing innovations and ideas at a Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference repeatedly pointed to mobile phones as weapons in battles for better lives.
Source: www.iol.co.za
Bills would curb or ban drivers’ use of cell phones (New Bern Sun Journal)
RALEIGH – No fewer than five bills have been introduced in the General Assembly aimed at curbing the use of mobile phones while driving. –Banning text messaging, or other uses such as writing e-mails.
Source: www.newbernsj.com
China cracks down on obscene videos spread through mobile phones (People’s Daily)
Five ministries, including the Ministry of Public Security, jointly issued a circular deciding to organize a special campaign, which will last from now to middle April, against illegal and criminal activities concerning the spread of obscene videos through mobile phones. This special campaign will focus on spreading of obscene videos via mobile phones and portable game players, notably …
Source: english.people.com.cn
Windows Mobile phones to become just Windows phones, say sources (Digi Times)
Microsoft, which is planning to unveil its Windows Mobile 6.5 platform at the Mobile World Congress soon, has decided that, going forward, Windows Mobile-based handsets will be promoted simply as Windows phones without specifying an OS version number, according to market sources in Taiwan.
Source: www.digitimes.com
Mobile Gadgets may Beat Both Phones, Netbooks (PC World)
Wireless, mobile Internet devices could usurp use of both iPhones and Netbooks, research suggests.
Source: www.pcworld.com
Amazon.com to Offer Kindle E-Books on Mobile Phones (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
Amazon.com is seizing on the popularity of its electronic book reader Kindle to reach a new market. On Friday the online retailer said it will make Kindle e-books available on a variety of mobile phones, but the company is not saying which books would be available or on which phones, according to the Associated Press.
Source: news.yahoo.com
Advertising on Mobile Phones Now the Norm (AdWeek)
NEW YORK Advertising on mobile phones is becoming an increasingly mainstream phenomenon, to judge by a Limbo-GfK Technology Mobile Advertising Report released today. (Limbo is a mobile social network whose free services to members are supported by the revenue from mobile ads.)
Source: adweek.com
