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 [...]


Funambol Releases Free Open Source MobileWe Update for BlackBerry, Symbian and Billions of Mobile Phones (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Sunday, March 1st, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

Funambol, the leading provider of open source push email and mobile sync for users worldwide, today announced the immediate availability of an important new release of its open source MobileWe software for billions of mobile phones. Source: biz.yahoo.com Using hands-free mobile phones is worse than drink-driving, experts warn (Daily Mail: World News) Using hands-free mobile [...]


GPS Cell Phones: Sprint Recognized for Leadership in Mobile GPS Phones (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Offered by: Marc Downing
Date: Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Category: Mobile Telephones

Sprint announced today that it has been recognized by Frost & Sullivan for leadership in GPS cell phones. With an open approach to developing GPS applications for mobile phones, Sprint is changing landscape for GPS phone users – and developers. Source: news.yahoo.com Mobile phones more visible in North Korean capital (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Mobile [...]