The phone that feels the flu before you do

December 3rd, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- Did your parents tell you to remember your scarf when you went out, so you wouldn't catch a cold? Today, the advice might be: Remember your cell phone.


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