Cellphones

The Problem: Wireless headsets let you make calls without holding a cell phone, but the headsets can be hard to figure out how to use....

From the looks of it, Sprint has gone and gotten a decent chunk of its playbook leaked all over the interblogs, and it's chock-full of titillating information. Thanks to slippery fingers and loose lips, we already knew that the Touch Diamond and Touch Pro were headed to the carrier, but now we have some solid dates (mid-September for the Diamond, October 19th for the Pro), and pricing ($549.99 and $579.99, respectively). Of course, this is all according to the above document, which admittedly c...

The craggy gullies where Idaho cowboy Paul Nettleton runs 1,200 head of cattle are often precious minutes from reliable cell phone coverage....

Sonim has chosen IFA this week to show off its latest hardcore G'zOne killer, the in-your-face, take-no-prisoners LM801 candybar. Highlights of the rugged set include an integrated flashlight, laser pointer (for those times when you're stranded in the Rockies and you need to blind you some bears, we figure), magnetic compass, barometer / altimeter, FM radio, and thermometer, all bundled neatly into a yellow shell that repels all the water and dust you can toss at it. Most carriers aren't terrib...

A recent graduate of Montana State University's computer science program, Jeffrey Sharkey, has placed among the top 10 entrants in the Google Android Developer Challenge, earning him a $275,000 cash prize....

LATEST: TelstraClear has confirmed it will go head-to-head with Telecom and Vodafone in New Zealand's highly competitive mobile phone market....

Australian News.Net Wednesday 27th August, 2008 Melbourne, Aug 27 : Couples Down Under have developed a disturbing new habit - text snooping....

OFCOM ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY its plans to close the annoying gaps in Britain's mobile network coverage, bringing signal out to the sticks....

Motorola Inc. 's co-CEO Gregory Q. Brown has plenty of incentive to see the company's phone business spun of as a public company....

Alberta doctors say it's time for people to hang up their cellphones when they are behind the wheel....

Google is prepping for the release of its Android mobile phone operating system by taking a page from Apple's playbook -- and updating it....

A recently discovered security flaw that would allow access to a locked iPhone will be fixed next month, Apple said on Thursday....

The Associated Press ASSOCIATED PRESS Originally published 02:00 p.m., August 29, 2008, updated 01:40 p.m., August 29, 2008 Tips on how to keep your communications alive in a disaster such as a hurricane: _ ......

Bradley University is requiring faculty and staff to keep their cell phones turned on and ready during classes in the name of student safety....

UK : Ofcom published an initial consultation document assessing how the mobile sector delivers on the needs of UK citizens and consumers and posing questions about the future of competition and regulatory ......

Law enforcement monitor from the top of the scoreboard at Invesco Field as preparations are underway for the final night of the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Thursday, Aug....

It also revealed that 73 percent of these sneaky text checkers have found out things they later wished they hadn't, and 10 percent ended their relationship because of SMS snooping....

Q. I have some voicemails of my two granddaughters that I've saved for two years on my Verizon Wireless cell phone service....

Mobile phones are selling briskly but a U.S. researcher says global sales growth is slowing despite a reported 12-percent jump over a year ago....

Sony Corp. President Ryoji Chubachi warned Thursday that stagflation -- slowing economic growth and quickening inflation -- in the U.S., Europe and Japan is beginning to undermine consumer demand in Asia....

A vulnerability in the iPhone's password protection system popped up today: Huge iPhone Security Flaw Puts All Private Information at Risk There's a huge security problem in the latest iPhone 2.0.2: if you have ......

Private information stored in Apple's iPhone and protected by a lock code can be accessed by anyone with just a few button presses....

One of the largest social network services in the world has just launched a mobile version....

By Tarmo VirkiHELSINKI (Reuters) - A weakening global economy will blunt cellphone market sales growth this year, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday.Gartner said it expects market growth to slow to 11 percent from 16 percent last year, while in U.S. dollar terms growth would slow to 9 percent from 11 percent.The world's top cellphone maker Nokia has forecast the market will fall this year in euro terms.The euro reached record highs above 1.60 against the U.S. dollar earlier this year, but w...

Reuters Posted online: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 09:31 hrs Updated On: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 09:31 hrs Emboldened by settlements with Apple Inc and AT&T Inc, inventor Judah Klausner filed a ......