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Text messaging may help children fight off obesity

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Many children love sending and receiving text messages through their cell phones – sometimes to the great annoyance of their parents.


On new cell phones, QWERTY eases out 1-2-3 (AP)

On new cell phones, QWERTY eases out 1-2-3

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- Goodbye, numeric cell phone keypads. You're going the way of the rotary dial. Touch screens and QWERTY keyboards will take over from here, thank you.


For needy, cell phones can be free

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

An obscure federal program that helps poor people pay for phone service is entering the wireless era. Cell phone companies are offering the needy a bargain that the rest of us can only dream about: free service.


A woman dials a cell phone in her car

Texting increases crash risk 23 times: study

Technology / Other

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Text messaging behind the wheel increases the risk of a crash or a near crash by 23 times, and is far more dangerous than talking on a cell phone while driving, according to a report released Tuesday.


A year after they were authorised, the use of mobile phones aboard planes remains very limited in Europe

Mobile phone calls on planes make slow take off in Europe

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A year after they were authorised, the use of mobile phones aboard planes remains very limited in Europe, with only 27 planes equipped to allow them, the European Commission said Thursday.


It's phone over sex for some

Technology / Other

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Who needs foreplay when you have a cell phone?


T-Mobile says phone service outage resolved (Update)

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Wireless provider T-Mobile USA Inc. says it has cleared up service problems that were interfering with calls and text messaging for about 5 percent of its customers.