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Safety Guide for Cell Phone Users

By Andrew SchneiderMar 14th 2011 – 10:18AM

What's a consumer to do? If you're trying to figure out how to diminish whatever radiation might be generated by your cell, consider some basic facts. The radio frequency (RF) waves from cell phones come from the antenna, which is built into hand-held phones. Potentially harmful waves are strongest at the antenna, losing...

Is Your Cell Phone's Radiation Level Safe? Don't Call the FCC

By Andrew SchneiderMar 14th 2011 – 10:17AM
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More than 200 million people in the U.S. talk on cell phones a total of at least 12 hours a month -- some double or triple that amount. Almost everyone admits that cell phones emit radiation when they link to the closest tower. What almost no one can agree on is whether that radiation is harmful to those holding their...

Verizon iPhone 4 Arrival: 3 Reasons It's Such a Big Deal

By David KnowlesFeb 7th 2011 – 5:54PM

On Thursday, Verizon will start taking orders for the iPhone 4 from customers not on its network. With so much written over the deal between Apple and Verizon, it can be tempting to believe that the union of the two companies has been vastly overblown, but Surge Desk runs down the main reasons the Verizon iPhone is poised...

Mubarak Regime Forces Cell Phone Companies to Text Its Messages

By Theunis BatesFeb 3rd 2011 – 4:16PM

LONDON -- Anti-government protesters in Egypt used their cell phones to organize and broadcast their uprising to the world. Now the embattled regime of President Hosni Mubarak has realized that it can also use the same technology to fight its opponents. Over the past five days, Egyptians have been hit with a steady stream...

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Opera Mini 7 comes to feature phones and BlackBerry, upgrade notifications in tow

Jun 01st 2012 - 05:04PM

Opera Mini 7 has been available via the Google Play market since the end of March, but if you're still milking a feature phone for all it's worth, you haven't been able to enjoy the latest version of the mobile browser.

AOL MONEY & FINANCE

AT&T: Data-only plans coming for phones in 2 years

Jun 01st 2012 - 04:50PM

NEW YORK -The CEO of AT&T says cellphone plans that count only data usage are likely to be introduced by someone in the industry in the next two years.

ENGADGET MOBILE

Huawei Ascend P1 review

Jun 01st 2012 - 03:11PM

Drastic product strategy adjustments appear to be a hot trend for smartphone manufacturers in 2012, and Huawei is one such example of a company doing its best to hang out with the cool kids.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - TECHNOLOGY

Shelly Palmer: BlackBerry is Truly Over

Jun 01st 2012 - 01:19PM

I very rarely call the "time of death" of a company.

MOBILECRUNCH

With The Prepaid Barrier Broken, The iPhone Could Land On Boost Mobile In September

Jun 01st 2012 - 11:09AM

Cricket Communications made waves yesterday morning when they announced that they would be the first prepaid carrier in the country to offer Apple's iPhone, and now it seems that other contract-averse carriers may soon do the same.

cell phones News From the Web

  • 06/01/12 Android Owns Half U.S. Smartphone Market Source: Online Media Daily - MediaPost Half the smartphones in the U.S. ran on Google's Android platform through April, according to the latest mobile market data from comScore.
  • 06/01/12 AT&T: Data-Only Plans Coming For Phones In 2 Years Source: NPR The CEO of AT&T Inc. said Friday that cellphone plans that count only data usage are likely to come in the next two years.
  • 06/01/12 Microsoft's U.S. smartphone share sees mixed results... Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA Research firm comScore has released its latest smartphone share figures and the news is mixed for Microsoft.
  • 06/01/12 Opera Mini 7 comes to feature phones and Source: GameDaily Opera Mini 7 has been available via the Google Play market since the end of March, but if you're still milking a feature phone for all it's worth, you haven't been able to enjoy the latest version of the mobile browser.
  • 06/01/12 Crittercism Announces the World's First Mobile App... Source: NBC - KCBD NewsChannel 11 - Lubbock TX Information contained on this page is provided by companies via press release distributed through PR Newswire, an independent third-party content provider.

Background on cell phones

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area.

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