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Tips for Integrating NotePage Pro with IPMonitor - Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Tips for Integrating NotePager Pro with IPMonitor

Mastercard SMS Controls - Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

New York-based Citi will be the first U.S. bank to deploy MasterCards inControl service to consumers, adding new functionality for cardholders by the end of this year. The new service will give cardholders the ability to set spending limits, set budgets and rules for when and how their card can be used, and set up realtime SMS and email alerts based on spending activity.

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The Rise of Text Messaging - Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Text messaging is one of the most popular communication methods in the world. The cost of a cell phone and SMS plan compared to that of a computer and a broadband connection has made texting extremely popular in developing countries, and unlimited messaging plans have made it the communication medium of choice for teens everywhere beating face-to-face conversation and e-mail in popularity.

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Threatening Texts Land Pair in Jail - Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Lewis County Sheriff's investigators have arrested two men for sending threatening text messages to each other on their cell phones.

Investigators say 26 year old Scott Gaba of Lowville sent 34 year old Jeffrey Hanno of Glenfield a text message threatening to do physical harm to him if he did not stop sending text messages to Gabas girlfriend.

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Direct Text Responses - Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Instead of using an algorithm to produce results, as Google and Yahoo do, ChaCha and KGB rely on people to generate their answers. ChaCha provides a free service that allows users to send queries by text or voice message and then receive a text reply, often accompanied by an advertisement, from one of the companys approximately 50,000 part-time responders. Competitor KGB has a similar setup, although its users pay 99 cents per answer and are spared the outside advertising with each response.

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Mel Gibson in Hot Water over Text Messages - Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The woman who claims to have been Mel Gibsons mistress at the time of the now-famous January 6 blowout says she was badgered by Mel's bodyguard to keep her mouth shut ... this according to sources who have been in touch with the woman.

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Why You Should Recycle Cell Phones - Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Cellular phones and other mobile devices often contain toxic materials that can pollute the environment. The chemicals contained in the cell phones and electronics are harmful to the health of both humans and animals. Cell phones and their accessories contain a large number of hazardous substances known as Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals. Some of the chemicals contained in the PBTs have been known to cause damage to nervous systems, reproductive systems, and developmental systems, as well as causing cancer.

Why You Should Recycle Cell Phones

Text Messages and Diabetics - Wed, 4 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Text messages push diabetics to record blood-sugar levels. What if my blood sugars too high today? Is it time for my blood pressure pill? With nagging text messages or more customized two-way interactions, researchers are trying to use cellphones to help fight chronic diseases.

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Crime Stoppers Using Text Messaging - Tue, 3 Aug 2010 09:00:58 -0400

U Shud Text Us

That is the message the NYPD is sending the increasingly text-crazed public, urging tipsters to let their fingers do the snitching.

Cops are kicking off a campaign Tuesday to boost the lagging number of text message tips to the Crime Stoppers website.

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Cellar Tapping Devices - Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:00:00 -0400

A computer security researcher has built a device for just $1,500 that can intercept some kinds of cell phone calls and record everything thats said.

The significance of Chris Pagets work is that it shows how cheaply such devices, which have been around for decades and are often used by law enforcement, can now be built by hobbyists with equipment easily found on the Internet.

Hacked Cell Phones

Walking While Texting - Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:00:00 -0400

An Ohio State University analysis found that for the past few years, the number of emergency room visits resulting from pedestrian cell phone accidents has doubled year-over-year. The study showed that in 2008, more than 1,000 pedestrians visited emergency rooms for injuries like walking into a pole while texting or spraining an ankle after falling down while talking on a cell phone.

Even Walking While Texting May Be Dangerous

Top 10 Small Business Mistakes - Tue, 6 Jul 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Many small businesses make mistakes, and smart entrepreneurs will learn from the mistakes of others. With that in mind, we have compiled a list of some common mistakes that small business owners often make....

1. Knowing It All

Business owners who think they have learned it all will very often tend to fail. Even the most experienced entrepreneurs have to be willing to learn continually. There are always new technologies and markets emerging. It is very important to learn these new technologies and adapt to changing markets.

Top 10 Small Business Mistakes

Texting While Driving Now Against the Law - Mon, 5 Jul 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Thursday Governor Patrick signed a bill that bans texting while driving as well as requires vision tests every five years to older drivers. The new law also bans scanning the internet on a mobile device while driving. The fine for texting while driving will be $100 for a first offense, and up to $500 for repeat offenses. The fine will not be considered a moving violation. Police will be able to pull over anyone they suspect of texting while driving.

Also included in the law is a ban for anyone under the age of 18 from talking on their cellphone and driving. Violators face suspension of their license or permit.

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Cell Phone Etiquette - Part 2 - Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Cellular telephones, or cellphones, are an important part of modern society. When Miss Manners wrote about good manners and etiquette, mobile phones did not exist nearly to the extent they do in our society today. In an effort to assist cellphone users, we have written up some guidelines to help people use their mobile phones appropriately while navigating in polite society.

Cell Phone Etiquette - Part 2

Texting Ban Being Enforced - Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

When Michigans ban on texting while driving takes effect Thursday, police will be able to pull over motorists solely for using their cell phones to send or look at text messages or e-mails.

Some in law enforcement say the similarities between dialing a cell phone, which remains legal, and texting, which will cost drivers $100 for a first offense, will make the ban difficult to enforce. Others, however, say it will be relatively straightforward for officers to spot and ticket violators.

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Learning through Texting - Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Teachers and principals at Norwich Free Academy find the constant text-messaging by students to be the most disruptive problem in their classrooms, so now it's their turn.

Throughout the summer, NFA is sending one text message per weekday to students who have signed up - or whose parents have signed them up - for the new Learning Does not Take a Vacation program. The text messages started last week with vocabulary on Monday, science on Tuesday, math on Wednesday, history on Thursday and cultural literacy on Friday.

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SNPP and WCTP Settings - Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Collection of settings for sending SMS and text messages to cell phones. Refer to the SNPP and WCTP settings for each carrier.

TAP Terminal Phone Numbers - Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

When sending text messages to pagers and cell phone, the terminal phone number is required we have listed the most commonly used numbers along with the settings. Please let us know of any additional modem numbers that you would like to have added to the database.

How Messaging Works - Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:00:38 -0400

A visual look at how text messaging works.

SMTP Setting to Send Text Messages - Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Telecom SMTP settings for sending text messages via email to mobile phones

Fines Via SMS - Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:00:52 -0400

The Ministry of Interior is to introduce a new service by which people, both Saudis and expatriates, will be informed of traffic fines and sent SMS text messages that their ID documents or resident permits need renewal.

Techno Toddlers - Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Parents of young children have particular cause to be concerned, especially now that internet access is fast becoming a basic feature on mobile phones. Phones are tools; they give children access to information which otherwise they would not have had access,says Yinka Awobo-Pearse, a Montessori trained educationist who runs a nursery school in Lagos. What we have to realise is that they open up a world to the children which you have no control over. Normally it was on the PC at home, and you could see them doing it, now it's in their hands.

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Text Emergencies - Wed, 9 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

It is common knowledge that in case of emergency, you call 911. But what if you can not call out?

What if you are in a hostage situation, or hiding from a burglar in a closet at home? Such questions have floated around local law enforcement agencies for years as wireless phones continue to flood the market.

Taking advantage of the latest trends in technology, Marion County, Fla., has become the latest in the country to accept distress calls via text message. By texting a message to a Sheriffs Office phone number, residents who are in danger can reach emergency responders through the Communication Center.

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Text Message Alibis - Tue, 8 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

On the night Michelle Lee was murdered, a text message was sent from her phone to Gary McGurkhers: Out walking trying to think. You want me to stop by? said the message to her on-and-off boyfriends phone.

The next day, April 27, 2009, Ms. Lee, a 24-year-old criminalist with the New York Police Department's forensic laboratory, was found dead inside her Queens apartment.

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Software Industry Conference - Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

We will be presenting at this years Software Industry Conference July 15-17th in Dallas, Texas join us there!

New Version of PageGate - Fri, 4 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

A new version of PageGate text messaging software is available. The update is minor with a few fixes.

Saucy British Text Messages - Thu, 3 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Almost two thirds of Brits have sent a naughty phone picture of themselves to the wrong mobile number, according to a survey.

The saucy snaps are normally meant for partners they are sexting, but have ended up with strangers or, even worse, their parents.

And 72% of mobile owners have received steamy shots of people they do not know.

Saucy Text Messages

SMS Slander Trial Postponed - Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Trial of former political secretary to former Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh who was charged with making a criminal threat via SMS to three assemblymen in April last year, was postponed as the accused Datuk Dr Ahmad Ramzi Mohamad Zubir was on medical leave.

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Blocking IPhone SMS Messages - Tue, 1 Jun 2010 09:00:00 -0400

I have an iPhone 3GS. I haven't paid for a texting plan.The problem is that advertisers have found my phone number and text me. I receive from five to ten unsolicited texts each month. Is it true that AT&T charges 20¢ for incoming text messages when you don't have a text plan? And how can one block receiving all text and messaging to the iPhone?

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Crime Tips via Text Message - Thu, 27 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday, citizens who have information on a crime will be able to provide Buffalo police with information through text messaging.

Google and Mobile Advertising - Wed, 26 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

US antitrust regulators gave Internet search titan Google a green light to acquire mobile advertising network firm AdMob, saying the deal was unlikely to harm competition.

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Passenger Texting - Tue, 25 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The common fear about phone texting while driving is that you may not see a car coming and will get into an accident. This 21-year-old patient, however, was the passenger. So what's wrong with that? I asked. What' is wrong with texting if you are the passenger?

Well, my professor said, this young lady became another casualty of the texting epidemic because she didn't see the collision happening and couldn't brace herself. The angle of her head was such that the airbag hit her obliquely and blinded her to some extent in both eyes.

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Cell Phone Cancer Study - Mon, 17 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The largest study to examine a potential link between cellphone use and cancer is already stirring up controversy, two days ahead of its actual release. After many years of ambiguous and sometimes conflicting results, the Interphone study was an attempt to provide a definitive measure of any risks associated with heavy cellphone use. But even the studys authors spent several years arguing over how to interpret the data that came in, before finally producing a report thats due to be published Monday evening, US time.

Mobile Carriers to Make Warnings - Wed, 12 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed a rule that would require wireless carriers to warn customers about extra fees for using more voice minutes or data than their plan allows.

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Mobile Market is Split - Tue, 11 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Research and Markets ... connections, and revenue analysis split by data and voice. This is followed by key data and forecasts on wireless content and the mobile messaging.

SNPP Settings to Send SMS - Mon, 10 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

SNPP settings to send text messages via the Internet.

Net Neutrality - Thu, 6 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Net neutrality rules proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission could upset a complex mobile telecom marketplace and lead to fewer handset choices and fewer smartphone applications, a mobile trade group said Monday.

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Health and Cell Phones - Tue, 4 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The biggest study to date into the effects of mobile-phone usage on long-term health was launched on Thursday, aiming to track at least a quarter of a million of people in five European countries for up to 30 years.

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Google Mobile Plan Scrapped - Mon, 3 May 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Google Inc said it no longer plans to offer a version of its Nexus One smartphone for the Verizon Wireless network and will change its distribution plans in Britain, underscoring the challenges facing the Internet search company as it expands into the mobile phone market.

Remote Blackberry Printing - Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday added mobile printing to its enterprise services offerings, giving BlackBerry users a new way to print documents on the go.

A new services offering called ePrint will let BlackBerry users securely print documents from printers at public locations like hotels, airports or libraries, said John Tomesco, vice president of marketing and development for HPs Imaging and Printing Group. Users will be able to print e-mail messages, images, presentations and documents in file formats such as PDF.

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iPhone Market Saturation? - Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

AT&T Inc. added fewer wireless customers with contracts in the first quarter than it has since 2004, an indication that the saturation of the market is even starting to catch up with the carrier of the iPhone.

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Mobile Readers to Overtake Kindles of the World - Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

A new publishing company is betting that readers will bypass electronic readers such as Amazon's Kindle and Sonys Reader in favor of reading bite-sized stories on mobile devices they already own.

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US Supreme Court Hearing Sexting Case - Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday will hear the case of whether employees text messages sent by an employer-owned device are considered private.

The case specifically will examine whether a California police department violated the constitutional rights of an employee when it inspected personal text messages sent and received by a pager owned by the city of Ontario, Calif.

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More Mobile Web Surfing in China - Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Mobile phones are an increasingly popular way to surf the Internet in rural China, but a digital divide is still growing between the countrys rural and urban areas, a survey found.

Rural China had over 100 million Internet users at the end of last year, accounting for just 15 percent of the rural population, according to a report put online Thursday by the China Internet Network Information Center , the government-controlled overseer of Internet domain names in the country. That compares to 45 percent of people online in bigger cities, a gap that has widened for the last two years, the report said.

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Boosting Cell Signals - Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Dead Zone ads may be creepy, but they capture the essence of a problem familiar to many cell phone users: When you're indoors, even within your carriers coverage area, the networks signal sometimes simply is not strong enough to support voice calls or data services. A slew of products now address the problem--but they do not come cheap.

The signal-boosting products generally fall into one of two categories: femtocells or signal repeaters. Both types of equipment can deliver strong signals within buildings, but they work in fundamentally different ways.

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Install PageGate on Windows 7 - Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Step by step tutorial to install PageGate on Windows 7

Solve Hay Fever with a Cell Phone - Tue, 6 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

The Japanese firm behind a dog-bark translation machine and cellphone ring tones meant to attract members of the opposite sex has a new spring-time offering -- a mobile phone application to cure hayfever.

The Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory has released its latest invention just in time for the cherry blossom season, when white and pink petals shower the country and pollen allergies and sinus problems cause misery for millions.

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NotePager Pro on Windows 7 - Mon, 5 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

NotePager Pro will run on Windows 7. To make it a little easier we have created tutorials for running NotePager Pro on Windows 7.

Installing NotePager Pro on Windows 7 32 Bit
Installing NotePager Pro on Windows 7 64 Bit

e-Privacy Law - Sat, 3 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

A coalition of tech vendors and privacy groups is calling on the U.S. Congress to update a 24-year-old law to better protect users of e-mail, cloud computing services and mobile phones from government surveillance.

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UK Regulator Cuts Charges - Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:00:00 -0400

A U.K. regulatory agency on Thursday proposed a steep reduction in connection charges for mobile phone users.

Verizon Launching a Payment System - Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to charge up to $25 a month in online purchases to their Verizon Wireless accounts.

The carrier today announced that the e-commerce payment service, based on services created by Danal Inc. will be launched later this spring.

The service will require text messaging-enabled phones, and that purchases be made from Verizon-approved online stores, which include game sites and social networks.

The service requires that customers click a BilltoMobile button during checkout from a participating online Web site. Users will be asked to input their mobile numbers and mobile billing zip codes for authentication.

Verizon Payment System

Mobile Ads Passing PC - Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.

Priority Support Reminder - Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0400

Priority Support reminder. If PageGate is critical to your operations it is recommended you purchase Priority Support. Priority Support gives you priority access to technical support as well as free upgrades, details about what is included in PageGate Priority Support can be found here.

Support Settings - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:01 -0500

A quick list of settings for Telecom carrier settings.

TAP Settings
SNPP Settings
WCTP Settings
SMTP Settings

FCC Proposes Universal Fund - Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Federal regulators trying to bring high-speed Internet connections to all Americans will propose tapping the government program that now subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas.
The Federal Communications Commission will include a proposal to reform the Universal Service Fund as part of a national broadband plan due to Congress in less than two weeks.

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Triple A Mobile Batteries - Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

An Indian mobile phone company has launched a low-cost handset that uses commonly available AAA-sized batteries aimed at the hundreds of millions who live in areas where power supplies are erratic.

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Cell Phones Reveal Predictability - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Humans are unpredictable, movers and shakers - or so we might think. Yet new research that used cell phones to track people reveals the patterns of our movements and where we can be found, day or night, are predictable as much as 93 percent of the time, no matter how far we travel.

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SMS Learning Center - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

The SMS and text messaging center includes interactive video tutorials, educational articles and support resources all pertinent to the sending of text and SMS messages. NotePage, Inc. has long been a leader in wireless communication and the SMS learning center expands on their commitment to educate users about messaging technologies, procedures and protocols.

The SMS learning center and videos are freely available, and no login is required. Additional details can be found at: http://www.notepage.net/learning-center/notepage-learning-center.htm

NotePage Knowledgebase - Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:00:22 -0500

Quickly find answers to your NotePage questions using the NotePage knowledgebase.

Maine Weighs Cellular Health Issues - Sun, 7 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Ignoring the health risks of heavy cell phone use invites a cancer epidemic, supporters of a bill requiring manufacturers to put labels on mobile phones and packaging said Tuesday.

We can do nothing and wait for the body count. That is what happened with smoking before warnings on cigarette packs were mandated, David Carpenter, director of the Institute for Health and Environment at the University of Albany, told Maine lawmakers.

The Health and Human Services Committee held a hearing on a bill that would make Maine the first state to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, especially among children. Opponents dismissed research pointing to the risks and said the bill is more about politics than science.

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Mobile Carriers Defend Early Termination Fees - Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:00:04 -0500

Early termination fees for mobile phone contracts are necessary to subsidize the cost of smartphones and customers know what they are getting into, mobile carriers told the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in comments filed this week.

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Prepaid Wireless and T-Mobile - Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier, said Thursday it gained 371,000 new customers in the fourth quarter, reversing subscriber losses in the third quarter.

But the new subscribers were mainly low-paying ones who do not sign contracts, and T-Mobile USAs earnings and revenue fell from the same period a year earlier.

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Mobile Fund Raiser for Chile - Thu, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

A US group that harnesses mobile phone technology to raise money for charities on Saturday launched text message campaigns to raise money for victims of the powerful quake in Chile.

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Mobile News - Wed, 3 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Just over a quarter of American adults now read news on their cell phones, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

The survey results being released by the group Monday offer another sign of how people are changing they way they get information. Technology has been reshaping the news business and the way consumers relate to it for more than a decade. The latest shift is being driven by the exploding popularity of phones that can easily access the Internet.

Amtrak Goes Wireless - Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Amtrak has rolled out wireless Internet access on all 20 of its Acela Express trains between Washington and Boston and in six major stations along the northeast corridor.

The service is free for now, though the railroad says that policy will be reviewed after an introductory period.

Mobile Compatibility - Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

The worlds largest mobile phone carriers say they are joining forces to make it easier for software developers to write apps that will run on as many phones as possible.

The Wholesale Applications Community announced Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is an attempt to retake the initiative from phone makers like Apple and Nokia, which have applications stores of their own.

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Skype and Verizon - Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

2010 is shaping up to be a good year for Skype. A few weeks back, spokesperson Peter Parkes confirmed the companys VoIP iPhone App would soon be able to access AT&Ts 3G network. Now it appears Skype could be making its way to Verizons network.

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French Seniors Resist Cell Phones - Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Few French seniors are embracing mobile phones compared to their counterparts in Sweden where nearly all people older than 65 use the technology, while three in four British and US pensioners own handsets, a study said Tuesday.

NotePage Video Tutorials - Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Educational text messaging video tutorials to learn to use NotePager Pro and PageGate.

Health Texting Campaign - Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

The White House and major mobile carriers have launched a text-messaging campaign aimed at improving the health of babies in the U.S.

The Text4baby campaign, with support from health-care providers and several government agencies, will deliver health information to women from early pregnancy through their babies first birthdays. The campaign, created by the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, will attempt to provide health tips to combat high rates of premature births and infant deaths in the U.S., the White House said in a press release.

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Nokia Investigated in Securities Fraud - Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Nokia, the worlds top mobile phone maker, said Monday a class action complaint alleging securities fraud was filed against it in New York on Friday.

FCC Seeks Info on Early Termination - Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

The U.S. telecommunications regulator asked Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc, Google Inc ( and other mobile companies to explain how they tell their customers about early termination fees due when they bow out of service contracts early.

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Why Recycle Cell Phones? - Wed, 3 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Cellular phones and other mobile devices often contain toxic materials that can pollute the environment. The chemicals contained in the cell phones and electronics are harmful to the health of both humans and animals. Cell phones and their accessories contain a large number of hazardous substances known as Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals (PBTs). Some of the chemicals contained in the PBTs have been known to cause damage to nervous systems, reproductive systems, and developmental systems, as well as causing cancer.

Why Recycle Cell Phones?

Tax on Cell Phone Use - Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Ever make a personal call on your company cell phone? Did you record the value of that call as taxable income, as required by law?

Join the club, but do not worry. President Barack Obama will propose repealing the widely ignored requirement as part of his 2011 budget plan, a Treasury Department official said Saturday.

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NotePage News Now Available - Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

NotePage Newsletter has been posted. Read the latest SMS and Text Messaging News.

Hands Free - Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

A bill that would impose a fine on motorists in Pennsylvania who use a cell phone without a hands-free device easily cleared a hurdle Monday in the state House of Representatives.

The House gave preliminary approval to the bill, 156-40. A final vote on the bill could happen as early as Tuesday.

Under the bill, a $50 fine would be imposed on anyone talking or sending text messages on a cell phone, or otherwise using an electronic device for most other purposes. Using an electronic navigation system would remain legal, as would calling 911 while driving.

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SMS Learning Center - Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

NotePage has recently introduced an SMS learning center to assist customers in sending text messages to mobile phones and wireless devices. The SMS and text messaging center includes interactive video tutorials, educational articles and support resources all pertinent to the sending of text and SMS messages. NotePage, Inc. has long been a leader in wireless communication and the SMS learning center expands on their commitment to educate users about messaging technologies, procedures and protocols.

The SMS learning center and videos are freely available, and no login is required. Additional details can be found at: http://www.notepage.net/learning-center/notepage-learning-center.htm

China Restores Texting Capabilities - Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

China has restored mobile text message services in a Western province where they were suspended for months following unrest. Limited Internet access is also returning to the region.

Residents in the Xinjiang region, which is home to Chinas Uighur ethnic minority, can now send up to 20 text messages a day but are still barred from making international phone calls unless they register with authorities, the official China Daily newspaper said Monday. China cut off virtually all Internet, text message and international call services in the region after deadly ethnic riots there claimed nearly 200 lives last July.

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Mobile Price Wars - Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

The two largest U.S. wireless carriers, Verizon and AT&T, cut their rates on Friday, escalating a price war that began with smaller carriers.

Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile service, said it would cut prices 30 percent for voice customers. It was followed by similar price cuts from its main rival, AT&T Inc.

Mobile Price Wars

Texting Raised 11 Million for Haiti - Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Cellphone users in the United States have contributed more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief through text messages in what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster.

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Technology Helping Haitians - Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:20:52 -0500

Online maps, mobile phone donations, wikis and a slew of websites are being deployed as telecoms firms, technology giants and startups set aside their rivalries and put the latest tools to work to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

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Text Messaging Resumed - Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Text messaging services restarted with some restrictions Sunday for cell phone users in far western China, more than six months after deadly ethnic rioting prompted the government to shut them down.

Users are once again able to send text messages throughout China, but sending texts to overseas numbers remains prohibited, a staffer with the information office of the Xinjiang provincial government said. She declined to give her name as is customary.

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Mobile Phones May Help Alzheimers! - Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Long suspected of causing brain tumors, mobile phones are now being eyed as key allies in the fight against Alzheimers disease, US researchers said in a study.

Researchers at the University of South Florida found, to their surprise, that 96 mice they zapped twice daily for an hour each time with electromagnetic waves similar to those generated by US mobile phones benefited from the exposure.

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Apple Buys Quattro Wireless - Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Apple has acquired Quattro Wireless, according to an item posted Tuesday on the mobile advertising companys blog.

Quattro has an ad serving, tracking and analytics platform to help advertisers engage with mobile consumers. Its Q Elevation platform can be used to target ad campaigns based on consumer demographics, location, time of day and other factors.

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Taser Goes Mobile - Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Stun gun maker Taser wants to help parents, not with jolts of electricity but with a tool which allows parents to effectively take over a childs mobile phone and manage its use.

Taser Goes Mobile

Developing Nations - Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Nokia chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo praised the mobile phone on Friday as a history-changing tool and challenged developers to create programs for poor countries.

These little devices have done more to improve peoples lives than perhaps any technology in history, the head of the Finnish mobile phone giant said in a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show.

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Medication Reminders by Text - Thu, 7 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Text messaging has been blamed for all sorts of woes in recent years, from distracting drivers and walkers to causing chronic pain and promoting less personal communication. But a pediatrician now suggests that these quick messages have a bright side: They can remind us to take our medication.

Research has shown that up to half of patients may fail to take their daily medication properly, with forgetfulness being a top reason for non-adherence. So at least in some cases, sending a text message reminder may be all that a patient needs, said Robotham, who has encouraged the use of appropriate texting among doctors at her hospital.

Texting to Remind You to Take Your Medication

2009 Reflections and 2010 Predictions - Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Another year has rolled by marked by miracles, political milestones and tragedies alike. 2009 was the year of financial uproar with bailouts and ponzi schemes dominating the news on a regular basis. Chrysler and GM stalwart car giants struggled to survive. Bernie Madoffs financial pyramid came tumbling down, taking average citizen's retirement plans with it, emptying the coffers of trusting non-profits and celebrities alike.

The United States democratically dominated political landscape juggled health care reform, accusations of death boards, raucous town hall meetings and tea parties from coast to coast. The Swine Flu was quickly renamed H1N1 so that the pork industry would not suffer, and the politicized name change did little to calm pandemic worries.

2009 was also marred by a number of notable deaths. Farrah Fawcett, the charming Charlies Angel, battle with cancer came to an end. The controversial but talented Michael Jackson succumbed to what appeared to be a fatal drug cocktail. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, known for the creation of the Special Olympics, passed on. Ted Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy clan, and another controversial and historic figure, succumbed in his battle against a brain tumor. Walter Cronkite, the most trusted voice in America, died, bringing about the end of an era in journalism. Patrick Swayze who danced his way into our hearts, left us with nothing but sadness over his untimely death.

Some may see, the most noticeable death, as the death of capitalism. The bailouts, the governments role in the car companies, big government and what some seem to feel are steps toward socialism, have caused an unprecedented divide in the US.

2009 Reflections, 2010 Predictions

Mobile Phones in Prison A Security Concern - Mon, 4 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Mobile phones smuggled into British prisons could be used by Islamist militants to spread their extremist ideology and threaten national security, Conservatives claimed today.

Tory security spokeswoman Baroness Neville-Jones quoted official Justice Ministry figures which show that more mobile phones and SIM cards than ever are being secretly brought into jails, despite a ban on their use.

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NotePage Launched New Initiatives - Fri, 1 Jan 2010 09:00:00 -0500

Projects that NotePage has launched in 2009

January
Follow NotePage on Twitter @notepage

May
NotePager Pro Tutorials

June
Green Tips  

July
Green Policy  

September
New Integration partner Simple Server Monitor

October
Green Efforts and Policies -

November
Launched Text Messaging Learning Center

December
Launched Video Tutorials

Drivers Who Text - Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

People who send text messages while driving are six times more likely to crash, a new study finds.

The research adds to a mountain of evidence showing that texting or talking on mobile phones while driving is dangerous. Texting seems to be the worst.

The new study was done in a driving simulator, however, so it's not known exactly how the results would translate to the road. Still, the results were stark.

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Texting Growth Surging - Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Americans punched out more than 110 billion text messages in December 2008, double the number in the last month of 2007, as the shorthand communication becomes a popular alternative to cell phone calls.

The nations 270 million cell phone subscribers each sent out an average of 407 text messages in December 2008, according to government statistics released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. That is more than double the 188 messages sent by the average cell subscriber during the same period in 2007. The figures did not break down the texting by age, but the overall numbers understate the thousands of texts sent each month by many teens — balanced out by older folks who don't text as much.

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Allied Wireless - Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

A wireless company that will serve more than 800,000 former Alltel Corp. subscribers announced Tuesday it will locate its corporate headquarters in Little Rock and hire more than 200 workers.

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Blackberry Outage - Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

For the second time in a week, BlackBerry users found themselves without e-mail and Internet service, refreshing their screens in futility on Tuesday night as they languished in an agonizing information vacuum.

Some BlackBerry users continued to experience intermittent service disruptions on Wednesday after a major failure shut down the popular wireless e-mail service throughout North and South America.

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Maine Looking to Implement Cellular Cancer Warning - Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Maine legislator wants to make the state the first to require cell phones to carry warnings that they can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus among scientists that they do and industry leaders dispute the claim.

The now-ubiquitous devices carry such warnings in some countries, though no U.S. states require them, according to the National Conference of State Legislators. A similar effort is afoot in San Francisco, where Mayor Gavin Newsom wants his city to be the nations first to require the warnings.

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Cellular Searches - Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Police officers must obtain a search warrant before scouring the contents of a suspects cell phone unless their safety is in danger, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on an issue that appears never to have reached another state high court or the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Sexting Study - Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

A small fraction of teens have engaged in sexting, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which spoke to 800 teens around the country. The nonprofit research group found that 15 percent of teens who own cell phones have received these messages, and four percent have actually sent them. Sexting is jargon for the practice of sending nude or sexually suggestive text messages.

The results skew slightly lower than past studies from other groups, but those studies also included e-mail or other means of communication. I will not get into all the previous numbers -- you can read Pews full summary online - but the only group that found significantly higher sexting incidents was the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, whose study said 19 percent of teens used technology to send sexually suggestive photos or videos, and 31 percent had received such materials.

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Wireless Messaging Glossary - Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Terminology and definitions of words related to wireless messaging - wireless messaging glossary.

Google Android - Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Google employees are testing a new mobile device that runs on the companys Android operating system, as the search giant continues its push into the wireless market and toward more direct competition with Apple Inc. iPhone.

In a blog post Saturday, Google said the new device combines hardware built by an unnamed partner with its Android software. The free software is crucial in Googles efforts to make its search engine and other services as accessible on cell phones as they already are on personal computers.

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PageGate with Solar Winds Orion - Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

I thought I would share this forum post:

Using Solar Winds Orion with PageGate

1) Install PageGate application on your Orion Server.
2) From the PG Admin screen, Go to the Registration page and enter your Registration Key. Also check the GetAscii check-box on the Registration Page.
3) Open the Program/Settings page and check the GetAscii check-box under run on this server:.
4) Open the Interfaces/GetAscii/Settings page and check the Enabled check-box. Select a path for the Polling Directory. Apply the settings.
5) Right-click on the Interfaces/GetAscii object and select "Start".
6) Open the Interfaces/GetAscii/Status page to verify that the status is running. Click refresh several times until you see it running.
7) Right click the Carriers object and select Add. Create a profile for your paging service using the appropriate protocol, i.e. TAP, SNPP, SMTP etc.
8) Right click the Recipients object and select Add. Create a profile for a paging recipient. Check the GetAscii check-box. Select the Carrier profile created in step 7. Enter the paging device phone number in the ID/PIN field. change the Max Chars to the appropriate number, i.e 160 chars. Repeat as necessary to create multiple paging recipients.
9) optional Right click the Groups object and select Add. Fill out the Description and Group name fields. Check the GetAscii checkbox under Enabled Services. Click on Apply. Select the Groups//Email page and create a Mailbox Name. Select the Groups//Members page and add recipients to the Members box and click Apply.
10) Right-click a recipient or group object and select Send Message". Fill out the message form and click Send to test your configuration. If your texts make it to your phone, you should be able to create Orion alerts at this point.
11) Open Orion System Manager and create an Alert. Under the Trigger Actions page, Add an Action and select Dial Paging or SMS Service. Click the ellipsis button next to the Page Recipient and you should be able to select from the list of Recipients and or Groups you created in PageGate. Type the SMS message to be delivered in the Message to Send box, using the Insert Variable button to add the Orion Macros to customize the message.

Boston Text Ban - Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

A Boston city councilor is hoping his proposal to ban drivers from sending text messages will spur a statewide ban on a practice most consider dangerous.

John Tobin says he expects his fellow councilors to sign off on the proposal and send it to the mayor by Dec. 16. Mayor Tom Menino, who has already barred city workers from texting while driving, supports the measure.

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Banning Texting in Missouri - Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

First Missouris youngest drivers were told to quit sending cell phone text messages, and now lawmakers are going after everybody else.

Lawmakers have filed several bills for the 2010 session that would extend a ban on texting while driving to all motorists. Last year, the Legislature barred just those 21 years old and younger from sending electronic messages.

FCC Asks Verizon Wireless to Explain - Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when they break their contracts on smart phones.

In November, the carrier hiked the maximum early contract termination fee for smart phones to $350 from $175. Like other carriers, Verizon subsidizes the cost of the devices for contract-signing customers, then expects to make that money back in service fees over the term of the contract.

Cell Phone Etiquette - Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Todays society is all about being connected 24-7. Cell phones now provide instant access to anyone and everyone, from corporate executives to housewives and children alike. While cellular connectivity is a comfort to some, it can be rude and disruptive to others. You may wish to be available at all times, but there are some times when it is simply not appropriate to use your cell phone.

Also, cell phones should not be treated as status symbols, and should not be paraded out simply to impress others. Regardless of how new and impressive your cell phone may be, dragging it out in a public setting is seldom going to win you any fans.

Follow these simple cell phone guidelines to strike a balance between accessibility and consideration for others...

Cell Phone Etiquette

GPS Cell Phones are an Added Value - Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.

Manufacturers of standalone GPS products will have to move quickly and smartly to transform their dumb map readers into intelligent devices that can provide a host of services such as traffic avoidance.

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Video Tutorials for Sending SMS Messages - Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

In order to assist customers and prospective customers we have created a series of Text Messaging Video Tutorials. The video tutorials walk users through a series of setup scenarios in NotePager Pro and PageGate.

Skype Sale - Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes the two founders of the Web communications company.

One Forth of Teens Text While Driving - Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

One-fourth of US teenagers aged 16 and 17 have sent text messages while driving and over 40 percent have had a cellphone conversation while behind the wheel, according to a study published on Monday.

Twenty-six percent of teenagers aged 16 and 17 have texted while driving, according to the survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project -- about the same rate as found in separate studies conducted among adults.

The survey found boys and girls were equally likely to text while driving.

Sprint Nextel May Be Struggling - Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. slipped Wednesday as Standard & Poors warned it may cut the wireless providers credit rating based on the its weak performance this year.

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Airport Wireless Courtesy of Google - Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Google is giving the gift of free wireless Internet to travelers at a host of US airports this holiday season.

The California-based Internet powerhouse said Tuesday that it is working with Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, and Airport Marketing Income to turn airports into free Internet hot spots through January 15 of next year.

Two Part Cell Phone - Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

With my luck I would lose half!

Fujitsu is breaking new ground in the cell phone market with the imminent introduction of a cell phone that splits into two parts.

The F-04B was announced this week as part of NTT DoCoMos new line-up and is scheduled to hit Japanese shelves in March or April next year. At first glance it looks like a conventional slider cell phone: grab onto the bottom of the phone and a numeric keypad slides out. But decouple a catch and the entire back half of the phone can be pulled off.

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Google Buys Mobile Ad Firm - Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Google Inc said on Monday that it was acquiring of AdMob, one of the largest mobile advertising networks, for $750 million, widening its bet that cell phone advertising could become the Internet's next-big money maker.

Smart Phone Bill of Rights - Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

High prices they pay to wireless service providers, as well as the treatment they get from providers once they are locked into a two-year service contract. Americans have limited choices in mobile broadband devices and services, and mobile operators in the United States currently enjoy relative freedom from regulation.

Because of those two conditions and in light of the billions of dollars that U.S. consumers spend on wireless devices and services, a bill of rights is necessary to protect consumers against mistreatment by service providers. Following are the standards, safeguards and solutions that we'd like to see.

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Cell Phones Do Not Increase Isolation - Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

If you are worried that your employees or children are disengaging from the world by using the Internet and cell phones, relax. A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that these technologies have not increased social isolation in the U.S.

The Personal Networks and Community Survey is the first to examine this issue. It found that the amount of severe isolation has hardly changed since a previous study, which was conducted in 1985 before these technologies emerged. About six percent of adults, roughly the same as in 1985, report they have no one in their life that they consider especially significant and with whom they can discuss important issues in their lives.

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Sexting Laws - Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Teenagers may think it is harmless, but sending sexually explicit pictures and messages over cell phones can lead to emotional problems and criminal charges that will affect them for the rest of their lives, criminal justice officials said.

Investigators and prosecutors on Thursday warned of the dangers of electronically transmitting racy images and words at a hearing organized by Rep. Anastasia Pittman, D-Oklahoma City, into the practice of sexting, distributing nude or seminude self-portraits over cell phones.

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Republican Blackberry Apps - Mon, 9 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The Republican leadership in the US House of Representatives unveiled a free application for the Blackberry on Thursday to keep users up to date on the latest in Congress through their cellphones.

The Blackberry application called WhipCast comes slightly more than two weeks after the Republican Party rolled out a new website that embraces the social media tools used by Democrat Barack Obama to win the presidency.

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T-Mobile Outage - Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

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.

The company posted a message in its online customer forum saying service was restored by late Tuesday after problems had popped up around 5:30 p.m. EST.

T-Mobile says the outages appeared in several regions. Subscribers from Atlanta to Los Angeles complained on Internet message boards.

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Settings for Sending Text Messages - Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Get the latest settings for telecom carriers to send text messages. TAP, SNPP, WCTP and SMTP.

Mobile Basketball - Mon, 2 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The National Basketball Association will give its digital offering the full court press, introducing complete live games on mobile phones, including Apple Incs iPhone, for $40 a year.

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Cell Phone Etiquette - Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Todays society is all about being connected 24-7. Cell phones now provide instant access to anyone and everyone, from corporate executives to housewives and children alike. While cellular connectivity is a comfort to some, it can be rude and disruptive to others. You may wish to be available at all times, but there are some times when it is simply not appropriate to use your cell phone.

Also, cell phones should not be treated as status symbols, and should not be paraded out simply to impress others. Regardless of how new and impressive your cell phone may be, dragging it out in a public setting is seldom going to win you any fans.

Follow these simple cell phone guidelines to strike a balance between accessibility and consideration for others...

NotePage Learning Center

Cell Phones Used To Contact Pilots - Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Minneapolis airport police say controllers tried to contact the pilots of a wayward Northwest Airlines jetliner by radio, data message and cell phone after it failed to land as scheduled.

Federal officials are investigating how the San Diego-to-Minneapolis flight overshot the airport by 150 miles on Wednesday. The pilots have told authorities they were distracted by a heated conversation.

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Nokia says Apple iPhone Infringes on Patent - Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Nokia, the world's largest maker of cell phones, is suing Apple in U.S. federal court, saying the iPhone uses patented wireless technologies.

Nokia Corp. claims the iPhone infringes on ten patents covering both phone calls and Wi-Fi access. It says 40 other phone manufacturers have licensed these patents from Nokia, but Apple has not.

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What Is Stored on Your Cell Phone Is Startling - Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

There are certain things you do not want to share with strangers. In my case it was a stream of highly personal text messages from my husband, sent during the early days of our relationship. Etched on my phones SIM card - but invisible on my current handset and thus forgotten - here they now are, displayed in all their brazen glory on a strangers computer screen.

What Is Stored on Your Cell Is Startling

Sidekick Halted - Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

US wireless carrier T-Mobile temporarily halted sales of the Sidekick mobile phone Monday after a server failure caused many customers to lose personal data such as contacts and calendar items.

Sidekick models were listed as temporarily out of stock on the T-Mobile website following the incident with Sidekick data services provider Danger, a subsidiary of Microsoft.

T-Mobile and Microsoft-Danger apologized to customers for the data loss in a statement over the weekend.

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Walmart Cell Service - Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Walmart is teaming up with prepaid carrier TracFone to offer Straight Talk, a no-contract wireless service.

Users can choose between a $45 per month plan that offers unlimited calls, texts, and mobile Web access, or a $30 per month plan that provides 1,000 minutes, 1000 texts, and 30MB of mobile Web access.

NotePage Green Efforts - Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

NotePage is an eco-friendly business. In recent years, we have made a number of changes in an effort to become a more environmentally-friendly and conscientious business. Here are just a few of the things that NotePage has done in our effort to become a more green business... NotePage, Inc. Green Efforts

French Looking to Ban Cell Phones In School - Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Pupils at French primary schools and middle schools could be banned from using mobile phones in school under draft legislation approved Thursday by the French Senate.

The measure, proposed by the government, is just one clause of an enormous piece of environmental legislation that must still be debated by the National Assembly before it has any chance of becoming law.

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Vonage Going To Mobile Devices - Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Vonage is expanding its horizons beyond delivering VoIP over broadband Internet, and hoping to expand its customer base and revenue at the same time. The new app from Vonage allows Blackberry and iPhone users to place cheaper international calls from their mobile phones. It also highlights the shifting competitive landscape between previously separate technologies.

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Steps Businesses Can Take to Go Green - Wed, 7 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

A business that makes the decision to be environmentally-conscious will often promote goodwill among potential customers, while making the world a better place for future generations. Many businesses hesitate to adopt green practices because they fear it will hurt their bottom line and negatively impact profits. But many eco-conscious businesses discover that they can actually save money and bring in new customers who specifically patronize companies that actively make an effort to be environmentally friendly. Many customers may even be willing to pay a bit more for a product or service from a company that is green.

Steps Businesses Can Take to Go Green

Device to Locate Kids - Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:00:00 -0400

With a computer or cell phone and an electronic tracking device, you can locate a missing pet, follow the path of a stolen car, find a skier buried in an avalanche and rescue a hiker lost in the woods.
So what about a child snatched by a stranger?

About 800,000 children are reported missing in the U.S. each year. The vast majority are runaways, followed by parental abductions, said Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. About 58,000 children are kidnapped by strangers, and 99 percent of those come home fairly quickly, often victims of sexual abuse.

Then there are the approximately 115 children a year like Jaycee Dugard, who are snatched then murdered, ransomed or kept for several years.

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AT&T Accuses Google - Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

AT&T asked the Federal Communications Commission Friday afternoon to look into Google's alleged blocking of some phone calls through its Google Voice service, a practice the phone giant called a violation of federal telecommunications laws.

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Mobile Phone Banking - Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

With the introduction of an iPhone app that lets you deposit a check by taking a picture of it, options for mobile banking are growing rapidly. And though you might think the boost in convenience comes at the expense of security, banking on your cell phone can actually be safer than using your PC if you take basic precautions.

Mobile Phone Banking

Number of Wireless Carriers - Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

How many wireless carriers do we need? It's a question that's popping up again as T-Mobile USA is said to be looking at buying Sprint Nextel Corp.

Now that most people have a cell phone and once-heady growth in the industry is slowing, analysts say carriers are going to be looking at buying each other to increase their scale and to avoid competing too much on price. Consumers have been benefiting from relentless price-cutting on cell phone service in the past few years.

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Risks of Cell Phone Use - Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

It is too soon to know if cell phone users are at risk of developing cancer, but research conducted in Scandinavia and Israel suggests that, at the very least, there is cause for concern and a need for further investigation, experts told a Senate panel Monday.

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Green Company Policy - Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Read the NotePage, Inc. green company policy.

NotePage recognizes that all businesses can have a direct or indirect impact on their local, regional, and global environment. As a result NotePage, Inc. has developed a Green Policy in order to minimize their environmental impact.

Sprint Using Google Android - Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Sprint Nextel is releasing a phone with Googles Android software Oct. 11.

That would make Sprint the second U.S. carrier to get on board with Googles entry in the smart-phone field, where the online search leader is competing against Apple, Microsoft, Palm and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry.

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eCall Alerts - Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

E.U.s mobile-phone industry on Wednesday signed up to eCall, a Europe-wide road accident alert system designed to reduce fatalities and serious accidents on the continents roads.

The technology involves an onboard device that automatically dials 112 -- Europe's single emergency number -- and relays the exact location of the vehicle and the direction it is traveling in, using a mobile-phone signal and the vehicles GPS coordinates.

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Never Forget - Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Going Green Saves Green - Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Businesses that are going green are becoming more and more commonplace. Regardless of your political beliefs or opinions regarding the global warming concept, few can argue that being environmentally aware will leave the world a better place. Whether a company is simply jumping on the green bandwagon, or are honestly sensitive about environmental issues is really irrelevant. Consumers like green businesses, and shaping your business to promote being eco-friendly makes sense from a public relations standpoint.

Going Green Saves Green

Cell Phone Tax Law Confusion - Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

A little understood 20-year-old U.S. Internal Revenue Service rule that taxes employees personal use of employer-provided mobile phones should be repealed, trade group CTIA said.

The rule could potentially cost employees with employer-provided phones hundreds of dollars in federal income taxes a year, were it enforced.

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Cell Phone Detection - Tue, 8 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Officials from five states observed tests on cell phone detection technology at a closed Maryland prison on Thursday, as states are taking a greater interest in finding ways to halt violence orchestrated by inmates behind prison walls.

Cell Phone Detection

New Integration Partner: Simple Server Monitor - Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

NotePage, Inc. is very pleased to announce the addition of Simple Server Monitor as an integration partner.

Simple Server Monitor is an affordable, powerful, and user-friendly server monitoring utility that will continually monitor the status of your servers and web applications. Simple Server Monitor can easily integrate with NotePager Pro read more about the details of the integration.

Solar Cell Phones Take Off in Developing Nations - Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Samsung unveiled a solar-powered phone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this year and introduced its first sun-powered phone in India in mid-June. The company expects its Solar Guru model to perform well in India, another country where electrical supply can be erratic.

Unlike many technological innovations, the solar phone is making its big splash in developing nations, where the need is the greatest. After the Solar Guru is in circulation in India, Samsung said, it plans to launch similar phones in other Asian markets, Europe and Latin America.

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Text Messaging Firing - Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Cartoon about being fired by text message.

Dell Entering the Mobile Market? - Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Dell Inc is developing mobile devices for China Mobile Ltd, according to spokesmen for the computer maker, which has long been rumored to have ambitions in the smartphone market.

Texting Outer Space - Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

An Australian website is giving texting an intergalactic touch and allowing users to send short mobile phone-type messages into space.

From Wednesday and until August 24, people hankering for an out-of-this-world experience can visit www.HelloFromEarth.net to post messages no longer than 160 characters that will be transmitted to Gliese 581d, the nearest Earth-like planet outside the solar system likely to support life.

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New Verizon Network - Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Verizon Wireless says it has completed the first calls using a brand-new network that is planned to go live next year, offering faster Internet speeds.

The calls were made Friday in Boston and earlier in Seattle, using cell-tower equipment from Alcatel-Lucent and LM Ericsson AB. Prototype tablet-style handheld devices from LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. dialed in.

The calls used the 700 megahertz frequency band, just recently freed up for cellular use after being assigned to TV stations.

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NotePager Pro and PageGate Video Tutorials - Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

We are working on a collection of video tutorials for NotePager Pro and PageGate if their is something in particular that you would like to see please drop us a note!

Virgin Mobile Profits - Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Wireless carrier Virgin Mobile USA Inc, which has agreed to be acquired by Sprint Nextel Corp, reported a higher quarterly profit that beat market estimates as it continued to benefit from the growth of its profitable hybrid customer base.

Hybrid gross additions grew to 63 percent of total gross additions in the second quarter, from 55 percent in the first quarter, resulting in a 20 percent year-over-year growth in total hybrid gross customer additions in the first half of 2009, the company said.

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Paying with Your Cell Phone - Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Imagine waving your cell phone and being admitted through the turnstile of a subway station, or ordering and paying for a gift without once having to open your wallet or enter a credit-card number.
Yes, you can -- just not so much in the United States.

Mobile commerce has been touted as a major growth prospect for years, but the industry still faces several big hurdles before it takes off in the United States, executives and analysts say.

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Transportation and Texting Summit - Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday he will convene a summit of experts to figure out what to do about driver cell phone use and texting, practices that studies — and a growing number of accidents — show can be deadly.

LaHood said he intends to gather senior transportation officials, safety advocates, law enforcement representatives, members of Congress and academics who study distracted driving for the summit next month in Washington.

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The Rise of Sexting - Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

A growing number of British teenagers are swapping sexually explicit images of themselves on mobile phones leaving them open to bullying and victimization by their peers, police and a childrens charity said on Tuesday.

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Texting Accidents - Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.

Niagara County sheriff's deputies say 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks of Burt admitted he was texting and talking when his flatbed truck hit the car Wednesday morning in Lockport, which is outside Buffalo.

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Motorola Posts Profit - Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Motorola, the largest US mobile phone maker, rebounded from three straight quarters of losses and posted a small quarterly net profit on Thursday.

The Schaumburg, Illinois-based company reported a net profit of 26 million dollars in the second quarter of the year compared with a net profit of four million dollars a year ago.
Motorola posted a net loss of 231 million dollars in the first quarter.

Earnings per share of one cent in the second quarter were better than expected by analysts who had forecast a loss of four cents per share.

Driving and Cell Phones Do Not Mix - Tue, 4 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Talking on a cell phone while driving increases the risk of a crash but not nearly as much as text messaging while behind the wheel, according to a report released on Tuesday.

The report by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that texting while driving increased the risk of a crash or a near crash by more than 23 times.

Senators Push for Ban on Texting - Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Four senators pushed for a bill Wednesday to ban texting while driving, a day after a study found that drivers who text while on the road are much more likely to have an accident than undistracted drivers.

Text Etiquette - Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Perhaps the wildest, most unpredictable area in the realm of high-tech etiquette, text messaging is fraught with pitfalls that can turn otherwise sensible people into rude and thoughtless jerks. Try these simple tips to ensure that you will never annoy others or embarrass yourself with your cell phone.

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Size Matters! - Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:06:03 -0400

Wireflys latest cell phone survey reveals that, at least when it comes to mobile phones, size matters.

About 64 percent of consumers surveyed are only concerned with the basics, as opposed to enhanced features like Web browsers, music players, or video streaming.

In fact, 59 percent of cell phone buyers cited size and form factor as the most important feature of a phone.

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Verizon Profits Fall While Revenue Rises - Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Verizon Communications posted a smaller quarterly profit on Monday but revenue rose due to wireless subscriber growth and its purchase earlier this year of rural wireless operator Alltel.

NotePage Newsletter - Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Welcome to NotePage news. If preferred this newsletter can also be viewed online at: http://www.notepage.net/newsletter-07-24-09.htm

NotePage Goes Green!
NotePage is making an effort to go green read the latest green news. Each newsletter will include a section containing green tips!

Twitter
Follow NotePage on Twitter - http://twitter.com/notepage or follow at @notepage

NotePager Pro Tutorials
We have updated the tutorials for NotePager Pro, use the tutorial to setup NotePager Pro and send text messages to cell phones.
http://www.notepage.net/notepager-pro-tutorials.htm

PRTG Integration
Paesslers network monitoring software, PRTG Network Monitor, offers multiple methods to relay notifications, including SMTP mail relay, SMS, ICQ, etc., allowing users to ensure in various ways that they are informed if an issue, such as an outage or a slow server needs to be brought to their attention. However, there are times when the normal relay means do not suffice, particularly if the main leased line used to connect to the network is interrupted.
http://www.paessler.com/blog/2009/07/03/prtg-7/using-pagegate-paging-gateway-to-relay-notifications-for-prtg/

100 Countries
We are very pleased to announce that NotePage, Inc.'s software is now used in more than 100 countries around the world. NotePage has made its mark on the world.

Time Management Tips
Managing your time and using it wisely is a journey, and not something that can be easily mastered overnight. Implementing a plan will help, but it is not going to be a sure cure. Time management requires a significant amount of self-discipline. Here are some tips to assist you with time management...
http://www.small-business-software.net/time-management.htm

Tips for Public Speaking and Presenting
Presentations can be a great way to attract new business, simply by making yourself more well-known. However, nerves can often get in the way of entrepreneurs who want to use speaking opportunities to develop their business.

Follow these steps to overcome nerves and make a powerful presentation during your public speaking engagement...
http://www.small-business-software.net/tips-for-public-speaking.htm

Green Tips - Steps Businessses Can Take to "Go Green"
While not all companies may be considered Eco-Entrepreneurs, be reasonable when possible, and take proactive steps toward being green, which are not only good for the environment, but also good for your bottom line .
http://www.notepage.net/steps-businesses-can-take-to-go-green.htm

Suggested Websites

Digital Sound Effects
Wide variety of royalty free sound effects available for download. The sound effects can even be converted into mobile ringtones.
http://www.digital-sound-effects.com

PowerPoint Templates
Themed PowerPoint Templates for business presentations. The professional quality PowerPoint templates polish presentations.
http://www.ppt-templates.net

Web Design Elements
Themed packs for businesses that include logos, web templates/layouts, and stock photos.
http://www.webdesign-elements.com

Thank you
We'd like to thank you for your continued support. It is through customer support and your suggestions that we've been able to continually improve the NotePage product line.

Thank you for your continued support!
NotePage sales team
Leaders in Wireless Messaging Software

SMS Messaging Resources - Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Be sure to check out the large collection of resources and settings we have put together for sending text messages to cell phones and pagers.
SMTP Settings
SNPP Settings
WCTP Settings

Use Caution at Work - Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

A few tips for employees regarding Internet and cell phone use:

- Remember that anything you do on a company-issued computer or cell phone — in or out of the office — could be tracked by a boss, the courts or a regulator. Many employers monitor Web site use, keystrokes, instant messages and e-mail. Some even archive text messages on work cell phones.

Use Caution at Work

Texting Teen Falls in Manhole - Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

In the past, bills have been introduced to prevent pedestrians from text messaging while crossing the street, though I am unaware of any that made it into law. Perhaps such a law would have saved this teen from a ton of embarrassment. Alexa Longueira, 15, of Staten Island, fell into an open manhole while texting.

Mobile Hacking - Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

British police probed allegations Thursday that a top-selling newspaper paid private investigators to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of high-profile figures.

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Text for a Job - Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Want a job in marketing? Sell yourself in a 160 character text message.

British mobile phone content provider Teimlo is looking for a new marketer but is only taking job applications by text message - and will only text back candidates who make the shortlist.

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Wireless Company Investigation - Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has promised to examine exclusivity deals between wireless and handset providers, but the chairman of the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee has asked that the chairman – and the Department of Justice – expand on that and examine the entire industry for anti-competitive behavior.

Wireless Company Investigation

Steps Businesses Can Take to Go Green - Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

A business that makes the decision to be environmentally-conscious will often promote goodwill among potential customers, while making the world a better place for future generations. Many businesses hesitate to adopt green practices because they fear it will hurt their bottom line and negatively impact profits. But many eco-conscious businesses discover that they can actually save money and bring in new customers who specifically patronize companies that actively make an effort to be environmentally friendly. Many customers may even be willing to pay a bit more for a product or service from a company that is green.

Many businesses already do things that are eco-friendly, not necessarily because they are sensitive to green living, but simply to save money. That does not, however, diminish the value of their green efforts. The trick for businesses is to be eco-friendly without compromising profitability.

Steps Businesses Can Take to Go Green

PRTG Network Monitoring Alerts - Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Paesslers network monitoring software, PRTG Network Monitor, offers multiple methods to relay notifications, including SMTP mail relay, SMS, ICQ, etc., allowing users to ensure in various ways that they are informed if an issue, such as an outage or a slow server needs to be brought to their attention. However, there are times when the normal relay means do not suffice, particularly if the main leased line used to connect to the network is interrupted.

Cell Phones are Cheaper in EU - Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

European travellers will pay less to use their mobile phones while abroad in the EU from Wednesday when new regulated price caps take effect across the 27-nation bloc.

Under the new limits, the price of making a call while abroad in the European Union will fall to 43 euro cents per minute, excluding sales tax, from a previous maximum of 46 euro cents.

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Sprint Court Case - Fri, 3 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

A U.S. district judge ruled that Sprint Nextel Corp will not face a nationwide class-action lawsuit that claims the No. 3 U.S. mobile company overcharged customers for taxes and refused refunds, court documents show.

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Mobile Money - Wed, 1 Jul 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Being able to use a mobile phone for money transfers, bill payments and even savings would give some of the world's poorest people the chance to become part of the financial system, telecom providers and bankers have said.

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Cell Phone Disaster Alerts - Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Tens of thousands of mobile users in Bangladeshs flood and cyclone-prone areas will now receive advance warning of an impending natural disaster through an alert on their cell phones, a government official says.

Bangladesh -- one of the worlds most densely populated countries -- is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, including cyclones, storm surges, droughts, floods and earthquakes, which often affect millions of people.

Wireless Messaging Glossary - Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Glossary of Wireless Messaging Terms.

Time Management Tips - Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Managing your time and using it wisely is a journey, and not something that can be easily mastered overnight. Implementing a plan will help, but it is not going to be a sure cure. Time management requires a significant amount of self-discipline.

Here are some tips to assist you with time management...

Exclusive Deals Harmful? - Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The Federal Communications Commission will open an investigation into whether exclusive cell phone deals are harmful to consumers, acting Chairman Michael Copps said Thursday.

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Cellular Tax Repeal - Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The Obama administration on Tuesday said it will back repealing a hard-to-enforce tax on personal use of work cellphones, appeasing the business community, phone makers and users.

A 1989 law requires companies seeking to deduct worker cellphones as an expense to track personal use with painstaking documentation of minutes. The government, in a notice last week sought public comment on making compliance easier, but now says the law should be scrapped altogether.

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Text Message Price Collusion Possible - Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

U.S. wireless carriers Verizon Communications and AT&T took issue with assertions that they colluded in setting prices for text messages, saying on Tuesday that prices for most customers had fallen and the market was competitive.

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Web Review Webinar - Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Join us June 23rd for the 2nd Website Critique and Review Webinar. Subjects covered include the initial impression created by a website, structure, navigation, communication, SEO setup and more. The second website critique will be taking place on Tuesday June 23rd at 12:00 EST. Sign-up to have your website reviewed.

Driving While Texting - Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The vast majority of US mobile phone users know that making calls, texting and using other features while driving is dangerous, but admit doing so anyway, a poll showed Tuesday.

Seventy-two percent of people who drive and own a cellular phone admitted that they use their mobile while driving, even though more than eight in 10 said they thought that doing so was dangerous, the Harris Interactive survey of 2,681 adults showed.

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T-Mobile Breach - Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

T-Mobile is investigating a claim that a massive amount of internal data has been stolen from the telecommunication operators servers, a company spokesman said Monday.

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Pandemics Limited By Cell Phones - Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they attend classes and wander the halls.

If nothing is done, it will quickly gain momentum and rip through the student body, then jump to parents and others in the community. But officials will attempt to stymie the disease and save the school — using mobile phones.

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Common GPS for Flights - Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Get lost in the woods and a cell phone in your pocket can help camping buddies find you. Drive into a ditch and GPS in your car lets emergency crews pinpoint the crash site. But when a transcontinental flight is above the middle of the ocean, no one on the ground can see exactly where it is — in the air, or worse, in the water.

The disappearance of Air France Flight 477 and its 228 passengers over the Atlantic Ocean this week has critics of radar-based air traffic control calling on the U.S. and other countries to hasten the move to GPS-based networks that promise to precisely track all planes. Current radars are obsolete more than 200 miles from land.

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Greener Cell Phones - Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Cellphone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled on Thursday two handset models it said are more eco-friendly, adding that the company will push greener features across its product line in the next two years.
The new models, C901 GreenHeart and Naite, will be sold in smaller packages and have user manuals that are electronic. The devices use more recycled materials and consume less energy.

Greener Cell Phones

Plants Can Send Text Messages - Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Technology that lets plants send text alerts when they are running dry may someday reduce overwatering, says a Discovery Channel report. A chip about the size of a clip-on earring can be attached to a plant leaf and linked to regular cell-phone networks, sending a text message when it is time to irrigate. Watering only when necessary could save water and energy, especially in the arid West. A company called AgriHouse is marketing the chip, which is based on technology developed by NASA for long space trips.

Plants Can Send Text Messages

Student Discount at Software Conference - Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Student Discount for Software Industry Conference in Boston MA July 16-18th. Only $50.00 with student ID normally $249.00! Educational sessions for software developers and marketers.

The Future of Mobile Phones - Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Few companies innovate with the intensity and frequency of those working in mobile, and todays present is a future that only a handful of people would have predicted just a few short years ago. While most of us happily soak up rampant innovation as mere consumers, a handful of people in the hallowed corridors of mobile R&D labs are already working on the next big thing -- the phones we'll be carrying around in our back pockets in 2012 and beyond.

Very occasionally we get a glimpse of this future. Nokia recently went public with their morph concept phone -- an idea which seems so crazy and off-the-wall it might actually be possible.

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Jitterbug Recall - Sun, 31 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

GreatCall and Samsung jointly recalled 160,000 easy-to-use Jitterbug cell phones after the phones carrier discovered the units could not make 911 calls in a small rural carriers coverage area.

Software Industry Conference Participation - Mon, 1 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Join us at the Software Industry Conference. The conference is a premier event for software developers and software marketers. We will have speakers presenting and participating in the conference. There is even a Student Discount for Software Industry Conference admission is only $50.00 with student ID normally $249.00! Educational sessions for software developers and marketers. The conference is in Boston MA July 16-18th.

NotePager Pro Tutorials - Tue, 26 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

We have just added some new tutorials for using NotePager Pro text messaging software. There is a setup and installation tutorial, adding carriers tutorial, and adding recipients tutorial.

Cellular Rattle - Sun, 24 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

When Annamarie Saarinen needed to soothe her ailing daughter, she used a rattle — downloaded to her iPhone.

Jeff Hilimire uses a white noise application on his phone to make shushing noises for his infant daughter. And Tracie Stier-Johnson lets her young daughters answer trivia questions on her phone while waiting in the doctors office or at parent-teacher conferences.

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Cell Blocking - Tue, 26 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Gov. Martin OMalley said Monday he would consider going against federal law to hold a cell-phone jamming demonstration at a Maryland prison to help stop illegal cell phone use by prison inmates, but he hopes that won't be necessary.

O'Malleys spokesman, Rick Abbruzzese, said the administration plans to send a request to the Federal Communications Commission for permission to hold a demonstration, but has not yet. The FCC has said the Communications Act of 1934 doesn't allow state and local agencies to use the technology, which prevents cell tower transmissions from reaching phones.

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iPhone Fees - Mon, 25 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

If you want an iPhone but are turned off by the high monthly service fees, some good news may be on the horizon. According to BusinessWeek, AT&T Wireless may offer lower-priced plans as early as late May. If the report is true, the starter iPhone plan would cost about $60 a month.

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US Cellular with Free Batteries - Tue, 19 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

US Cellular is poised to become the first carrier in the States to offer a free battery swap program for customers that are loyal enough to hold on to their handset.

Starting last week, customers with dead or dying batteries can walk into any US Cellular store and receive a fully-charged replacement for free.

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Transit Drivers in Mass Are Banned From Cell Phones - Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Transit officials in Massachusetts are banning train, trolley and bus drivers from carrying cell phones while they are behind the wheel after one operator crashed a street car while text-messaging his girlfriend.

EU Looking to Cut Mobile Termination Rates - Tue, 12 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The European Commission launched a new assault on what it considers to be rip-off costs in mobile telephony Thursday, this time setting its sights on mobile termination rates.

Unlike earlier moves against mobile roaming charges, which involved setting price caps, the latest initiative recommends that national telecom regulators in the 27 European Union member countries take action.

Google Will Recognize Stars - Mon, 11 May 2009 12:00:00 -0400

New Google software will identify stars and planets via mobile phone pictures. Stargazers will soon be able to identify stars and planets in the night sky via their mobile phone and Google.

The search engine is pioneering software which can identify distant planets and galaxies from a photo taken on a mobile.
The Google Earth technology, called Star Droid, will use GPS mapping systems which are now in most new handsets, to identify the position of the user and compare it with existing maps of space.

A Fifth of US Homes Cellular with No Landlines - Thu, 7 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

For the first time, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones outnumber those that just have traditional landlines in a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession.

In the freshest evidence of the growing appeal of cell phones, 20 percent of households had only cells during the last half of 2008, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey released Wednesday. That was an increase of nearly 3 percentage points over the first half of the year, the largest six-month increase since the government started gathering such data in 2003.

The 20 percent of homes with only cell phones compared to 17 percent with landlines but no cells.

World Phone - Wed, 6 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

AT&T has grabbed the spotlight from competitors before the summer rush. The wireless carrier will offer Research in Motion's BlackBerry Curve 8900 in early summer, it announced Monday.

The silver smartphone with black finish is the slimmest of the BlackBerry devices with QWERTY keyboards. Touted by AT&T as a world phone because it allows customers to access data in more than 170 countries and make calls in more than 200.

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No Such Thing As Safe Sexting - Tue, 5 May 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Teens sending nude or suggestive photos of themselves over their mobile phones are being warned that sexting can damage their future.

Australias state government of New South Wales launched an education campaign this week to combat the growing practice of sexting, saying these images or sexually explicit text messages can be posted on the Internet or forwarded to others, which can end up in harassment or even sexual assault.

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Motorola Losses - Sun, 3 May 2009 14:21:57 -0400

Cell phone maker Motorola Inc posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss thanks to cost cuts that helped offset a sharp drop in cellphone sales.

While it said losses would narrow in the current quarter, the cellphone makers shares fell 9 percent after it also announced its cash position fell about $1 billion in the last three months.

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Swine Flu Updates on Your Cell Phone - Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The CDC - Center for Disease Control and WHO - World Health Organization are putting out a lot of information about the Swine Flu. There are even Twitter accounts that keep update information on the Swine Flu. Also a number of RSS feeds for Swine Flu are available. All of these can be directed to your cell phone so you can get the latest information on your mobile phone!

Cellular Patient Monitoring - Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Obstetricians today can monitor critical patients remotely using an iPhone, Blackberry or other portable communication device thanks to a software application developed by locally-based AirStrip Technologies.

The application sends real-time wave-form data and information to these mobile devices, giving the doctors the ability to make vital decisions on patient care without having to stand at the patients bedside.

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Universal Cell Chargers - Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

CTIA, the main industry association for U.S. mobile operators, has put its weight behind an initiative calling for a universal cell-phone charger.

EU Cuts Texting Costs - Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The cost of sending text messages on your mobile phone while abroad in the European Union is about to fall sharply in July, when a new law approved Wednesday comes into effect.Similarly, the price of Internet downloads onto your mobile while you are traveling in the E.U. will drop, and calls made from abroad will be charged per second, rather than per minute. Currently European consumers are paying as up 24 percent too much because their calls are rounded up to the nearest minute, according to the European Commission, the regulatory and executive branch of the E.U.The European Parliament rubber-stamped the update of roaming laws Wednesday at a plenary meeting in Strasbourg.

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Broken Phone Worth Thousands - Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Criminals are willing to pay thousands of euros for a discontinued Nokia mobile phone with a software problem that can be exploited to hack into online bank accounts, according to a fraud investigator in the Netherlands.

Cellular Monitoring - Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

One evening last winter, Mike Harris was watching his local TV news when he saw a segment that caught his attention: Parents were using software to monitor their kids cell phones.As more kids carry cell phones, some parents are using software to monitor their calls and texts.

Harris, an investigator for the Child Sex Internet Investigations Unit in Jefferson County, Colorado, thought the service could be a new tool for combating sexual predators.

Equipping his phone with the software, Harris posed as an underage child on social-networking sites and began luring pedophiles. He immediately got results. Since then, Harris has made 83 arrests of alleged sexual predators -- 44 of them with the help of the monitoring program.

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Retain Harsh Penalties for Sexting - Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas says he does not want to change Vermonts laws to lessen the potential penalties for teenagers who use their cell phones to send sexually explicit pictures and messages.

The House is considering a Senate-passed bill that would remove the threat of a child pornography prosecution for a practice called sexting. Other laws with lesser penalties still could apply.
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Website Review Webinar - Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

We in partnership with Shareware Promotions are going to be running a Website Review Webinar. During the course of the 40 minute webinar we will be critiquing websites. You can submit your website for review or simply sit back and enjoy the commentary.

Skype Spinoff - Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

EBay Inc plans to spin off its Skype unit, acknowledging that the Web telephone service does not fit with the rest of the company, in an indictment of former CEO Meg Whitmans acquisition strategy.

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Cell Phones the Drug of Choice in Prison - Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Drugs were once the contraband of choice of prisoners. These days, corrections officials across the country are on the lookout for a more high-tech scourge — cell phones.

Cell phones have been used to help at least two inmates escape from minimum-security conservation camps. Prison investigators fear they also are being used by gang leaders to order assaults on other inmates and employees and to coordinate the timing of prison uprisings.

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Vermont Considers Legalizing Sexting - Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Sexting combines the words sex and texting, and essentially involves sending sexually revealing pictures of yourself via text message to someone. Of late, its hit the headlines because its become a teen fad, and some of those teens have been charged with trafficking in child pornography.

Some of these cases are ongoing, and Vermont is considering legalizing sexting between teens, with the proviso that the sexting be voluntary; the measure leaves intact penalties for those who coerce others to participate.

Vermont Considering Legalizing Sexting

Vandals Effect Phones - Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Police had no suspects early on April 10, although it has been speculated by some authorities that the vandalism might be connected with a labor dispute. About 110,000 AT&T workers nationwide have considered going on strike. Five regional union contracts expired on Sunday, April 5.

Connectivity was restored April 10 to tens of thousands of land line, cellular and Internet customers of several telecom companies in the San Francisco Bay Area following the vandalism of underground fiber-optic telephone and Internet cable lines at four locations on April 9.

AT&T pledged a $100,000 reward, which was increased to $250,000 later on April 10, for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of the felony vandalism.

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Space Age Cell Coverage - Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when there's no cell tower around.

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Support Forum - Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

If you have questions regarding NotePager Pro or PageGate check out the NotePage support forum.

Mobile Marketing - Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The four major U.S. mobile operators have agreed to align their mobile marketing practices with a set of guidelines to be worked out with the Mobile Marketing Association, a move the industry group said will lead to a more consistent user experience and lower costs for marketing companies.

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Research in Motion Application Store - Sat, 4 Apr 2009 18:12:45 -0400

Research In Motion is launching an online application store that will let users of its BlackBerry smartphones download software for everything from news and entertainment to travel and games.

Unlike the iPhone application store of rival Apple Inc, which offers 70 percent of revenue from each piece of software to the developer of the software, RIM plans to offer 80 percent.

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EU Texting to Get Cheaper - Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The cost of calling, texting and accessing the Internet via mobile phones while abroad is about to get cheaper for European residents, following an agreement Tuesday among lawmakers over the shape of a new mobile roaming law.

Members of the European Parliament and representatives of the 27 national governments reached an informal agreement to cut prices from July 1. The compromise they struck must be rubber-stamped by both institutions, probably in April, but the hard negotiating is over, said Adina-Ioana Valean, a Romanian member of the European Parliament involved in the negotiations.

Cellular Coupons - Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

AOL has launched its Shortcuts.com coupon service on mobile phones, MediaPost reports, in an effort to let customers get discounts while in the grocery store or otherwise on the move.

Shortcuts.com members can select coupons from their handsets, which will then load them onto grocery store shopping cards. Later, when the shopper swipes their discount card at the check-out machine, the system will recognize the coupon and deduct its amount from the total bill.

Saving Money on Cellular - Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The recession has prompted consumers to re-think their cell phone plans, whether it is ditching contracts for pre-paid options, cutting back on extras like Internet service and texting, or cutting mobile phone service entirely, according to a Thursday report from the New Millennium Research Council (NMRC).

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Cell Phone Taxes - Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Two members of Congress on Tuesday re-introduced a bill that would prevent states and local jurisdictions from imposing new taxes on cell phone service.

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Internet Mobile Device Use Doubled - Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

The number of people using mobile devices to access the Internet more than doubled from January 2008 to January 2009, according to comScore, a provider of Internet tracking. Internet users have been using smartphones for personal use and to conduct business, similar to the way they would use a laptop or home computer.

Only Cellular - Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

At least 26 percent of households are now cell-only in Oklahoma and Utah, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated. That rate was at least 20 percent in nine other states — Nebraska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, New Mexico, Texas, South Carolina and Tennessee — and the District of Columbia.

Mobile Applications for Windows Platform - Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Microsoft on Wednesday revealed it will pay developers 70 percent of sales for applications they develop and sell on a Windows Mobile application marketplace introduced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month.

Microsoft also has released tools to enable developers to build applications for the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, which will be offered on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 software and allow developers to sell thousands of applications to users of Windows Mobile devices. Handsets running Windows Mobile 6.5 should begin shipping in the second half of the year.

The Windows Mobile marketplace is Microsofts answer to the App Store of iPhone applications Apple offers as part of its software for the iPhone, which popularized the idea of buying and downloading mobile applications from the devices themselves.

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Dilbert Loves His Cell Phone - Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Solar Cellular Phones - Mon, 9 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0400

Chinese group ZTE unveiled the worlds first low-cost solar-powered mobile phone targeted at the worlds poor on Wednesday and said it would go on sale in June for about 40 dollar or about 32 euros.

Mobile Phone and Fingerprints - Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Mexico will start a national register of mobile phone users that will include fingerprinting all customers in an effort to catch criminals who use the devices to extort money and negotiate kidnapping ransoms.

Under a new law published on Monday and due to be in force in April, mobile phone companies will have a year to build up a database of their clients, complete with fingerprints. The idea would be to match calls and messages to the phones owners.

Hundreds of people are kidnapped in Mexico every year and the number of victims is rising sharply as drug gangs, under pressure from an army crackdown, seek new income.

Wonder What Privacy Experts Will Say - New Meaning to Big Brother is Watching - Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

U.S. Internet search company Google Inc released software on Wednesday that allows users of mobile phones and other wireless devices to automatically share their whereabouts with family and friends.

Users in 27 countries will be able to broadcast their location to others constantly, using Google Latitude. Controls allow users to select who receives the information or to go offline at any time, Google said on its Web site.

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Cost Cutting Cell Phone Measures - Wed, 4 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Consumer Action identified five ways that consumers often inadvertently spend too much money on cell-phone service.

1. Early Termination Fees
2. When you buy a new phone, perhaps because an old one was lost or stolen, operators typically they are required to start a new contract.
3. Some operators charge $.40 to $.45 per minute for calls that surpass a users monthly allotment for a postpaid plan.
4. Excessive text messaging charges.

Nokia Fighting with Finland - Tue, 3 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Mobile phone giant Nokia threatened to leave its native Finland if a change to laws blocking companies from monitoring employee emails was not introduced, a respected Finnish newspaper said Sunday.

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Inaugural Cell Phone Coverage - Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The history-making inauguration of President Barack Obama also was a cell-phone test. Wireless networks braced for an onslaught of photos, text messages, video and voice communications from the millions of people attending the inauguration.

Initial reports were that cell phones in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area were buckling under the strain, with some voice communications having trouble getting through, although text messages were doing fine.

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Driving and Cell Phones - Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Many parents would love to be able to give their teenagers a cell phone that could not be used while driving. Now some inventors say they have come up with ways to make that possible, but they appear to be relying on wishful thinking.

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National Safety Council Asking to Ban Cell Phone Use - Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The nonprofit National Safety Council on Monday called on all U.S. states to ban the use of cell phones while driving.

The NSC, which says it counts 55,000 companies as members, compared talking or texting while driving to drunken driving and urged states to ban even the use of phones with hands-free kits.

No state has completely banned cell-phone use while driving, though 23 have passed some form of restriction.

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Cell Phone TV Broadcasts - Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500

TV stations in 22 U.S. cities announced Thursday that they will start broadcasting their signals this year in a format designed to be received by mobile devices like cell phones, MP3 players, GPS units and in-car entertainment systems.

Unlike current mobile TV services, the broadcasts would most likely be free, and would provide access to local news, weather and traffic updates. The broadcasts could also fill an important role in emergencies like hurricanes, since they can be received by portable devices and do not jam up under load like cell-phone networks.

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Mobile Spy Software May Be Illegal - Tue, 6 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500

There is a new application called Mobile Spy and lawyers are contemplating whether it is legal. The software works like this: if someone sends a text message from an iPhone, or to an iPhone user, a third party could receive the message on any desktop computer. Moblie Spy claims to be a useful tool for employers and parents, but an attorneys are not so sure.

BlackBerry Storm Users Frustrated - Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500

The BlackBerry Storm is an impressive piece of hardware.

Global Positioning System, stereo Bluetooth, fast processor, powerful battery, excellent camera and a huge, sharp screen. The first touch-screen phone from Research in Motion comes with everything you could want, except Wi-Fi.

But the software suffers major problems.

Cell Only Households Growing - Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Nearly 18 percent of households in the United States have no traditional telephone and rely on wireless services only, which is up several percentage points from a year earlier, the government said on Wednesday.

In the first half of 2008, 17.5 percent of households were wireless only, up from 13.6 percent a full year earlier, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Nanotechnology Imacts Cellular Technology - Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Nanotechnology may someday expand your cell phones range while improving its battery life if a prototype transistor from IBM gets to market.
Researchers at the company are using nanotechnology to build a future generation of wireless transceivers that are much more sensitive than the ones found in phones today. They will also be made with a less expensive material, according to IBM. The catch is that the new chips probably won't make it into consumers' hands for another five or ten years.

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Mobile Spy - Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Paranoid types with trust issues have reason to celebrate, as Mobile Spy--a hybrid software/service that spies on smart phones--has finally infiltrated the iPhone.
Mobile Spy allows the account administrator to implant an undetectable rat inside the iPhone.

It then squeals to a server, which is accessible via the Web. Mobile Spy records SMS messages and inbound and outbound call info, including call duration. That means if you want to see what your employees are texting in real-time, or how long your teenaged daughter gabs with that kid from down the street, you can now do so for $100 per year.

Texting is a Sign of Recovery - Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Doctors at some of the UKs busiest music festivals say a young patient's ability to use a mobile may be a good test of how ill they are. Each year hundreds of festivalgoers who have either fainted or suffered panic attacks are treated in medical tents.

Medical teams noticed that as soon as they were well enough to text their friends, they were generally well enough to rejoin the action.

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Key2SafeDriving - Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

A pair of US inventors are bringing to market a computerized car key that prevents people from chatting on mobile telephones or sending text messages while driving.
Key2SafeDriving adds to a trend of using technology to thwart speeding, drunken driving, and other risky behavior proven to ramp-up the odds of crashing.

Inappropriate Phone Use - Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

One in five US teens has sent nude or partially clothed images of themselves to someone by email or mobile phone and twice as many have sent sexually suggestive electronic messages, a poll showed Wednesday.

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Agora - Google Phone Set for Release - Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The worlds second Google phone, based on the Android mobile operating system, is set to launch at the end of January. Manufactured under the Australian Kogan brand, the phone will come in two flavors, for $225 or $295.

The Agora and Agora Pro models are both available for pre-sale now on Kogans website and are sold SIM-free - that is without a contract or network locking. If your wireless carrier is AT&T or T-Mobile, then you can snap the Kogan Android up January 29 when the units officially go on sale.

FCC Cell Towers - Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The White House has rejected a plan by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to require eight hours of backup power on every cell-phone tower in the country.

The FCC proposed the rule in 2007, after Hurricane Katrina caused service interruptions on the Gulf Coast. The Office of Management and Budget, an arm of the White House that oversees federal regulations, said it rejected the rule because the FCC failed to get public comment on it.

The plan has drawn opposition from the mobile industry, led by the industry group CTIA, which has sued to stop it. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit had postponed its ruling on the suit until after the OMB released its decision.

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Mobile Phones Biggest Driver Distraction - Thu, 4 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Using a hands-free device does not make things better and the researchers believe they know why -- passengers act as a second set of eyes, shutting up or sometimes even helping when they see the driver needs to make a maneuver.

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Fuel Cells on the Horizon - Wed, 3 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.

Tiny fuel cells, powered by combustible liquids or gasses, have long been touted as the eventual solution. Potentially, they could power a laptop for days between refills.

But fuel cells have perennially remained a year or two away from reaching the market as companies have worked on making them small, cheap and long-lasting, while making sure they do not overheat. The U.S. government removed a key roadblock this year when the Department of Transportation amended its hazardous materials regulations to allow cells with methanol, butane or formic acid to be carried on airplanes. Methanol and butane are flammable, and formic acid is corrosive.

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EU Caps Roaming Charges - Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

European Union governments agreed on Thursday to cap prices of roamed mobile phone texts and data downloading from July 2009, EU president France said.

Blackberry Storm Attempting to Blow Away iPhone - Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Hundreds of people lined up at some Verizon Wireless stores on Friday to buy the BlackBerry Storm, the first touch-screen phone from Research In Motion that aims to compete with Apples iPhone.

More than 200 people had waited at a Verizon store in mid-town Manhattan early in the morning, many of whom were turned away after it ran out of the new phones less than an hour after opening at 8 a.m. The angry customers caused a ruckus and police came to restore order.

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Cellular Psychology - Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500

A Japanese professor on Wednesday launched what he said was the worlds first web-based psychotherapy sessions available via mobile phone, as the country grapples with a growing problem of depression.

The interactive service offers cognitive therapy sessions that identify a persons level of depression by asking questions about his or her sleeping and eating habits, weight change, and emotional well-being.

Using their mobile phones -- which are also widely substituted in Japan as wallets, train tickets, books, and television -- people can easily access the service.

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Rating Cellular Chargers - Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The worlds top five cellphone makers launched on Wednesday a common energy rating system for chargers, making it easier for consumers to compare and choose the ones consuming the least energy, Nokia said.

The new rating system is a cellphone industry response to heavy criticism from environmentalists. The industry has become the worlds top consumer electronics business by volume.

Obamas Cell Records - Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Verizon Wireless has fired several employees who improperly accessed Barack Obamas cell phone records, which may have included billing data revealing who the president elect spoke with, and when.

The mobile in question was not the Blackberry that Obama is reluctantly giving up when he moves into the White House, but a plain-vanilla flip phone that had been inactive for several months. Neither e-mails nor the contents of any calls would have been exposed, but the account information may have included the type of list of incoming and outgoing calls, with their times and durations, found on a monthly billing statement.

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iPhone Growing - Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The iPhone is emerging as king of the corporate world as global shipments of smartphones reached a new peak. Defying speculation about a global recession, worldwide smartphone shipments climbed to just shy of 40 million units in the third quarter, according to the latest estimates from Canalys. That means smartphones now represent about 13 percent of the total mobile-phone market, up from 11 percent in the second quarter.

Texting While Driving - Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Tapping out text messages on a cell phone while driving is dangerous, the American Medical Association agreed on Monday, and supported state legislation to ban it.
The group, which represents about 240,000 U.S. physicians, voted to lend its weight to laws that would make it easier for police to pull over drivers who are doing it.

Cell Phone Tickets - Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Forget e-tickets. Going paperless is the next wrinkle in air travel as American Airlines tests mobile boarding passes at OHare International Airport.

Travelers on American can flash a bar code on their cell phone screens to board flights and get through security checkpoints at OHare using new technology rolled out Thursday.

To use the feature, passengers must have an active e-mail address and an Internet-enabled mobile device to which their boarding pass and a 2-D bar code can be sent.

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Verizon Must Sell Assets in Alltel Deal - Mon, 3 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The Justice Department on Thursday effectively gave Verizon Wireless the go-ahead to buy Alltel Corp. in a $28 billion deal that would create the nations largest wireless carrier.

Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. and Britains Vodafone Group PLC, already has agreed to the governments condition that it sell assets in 22 states.

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RIM Application Store - Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Research in Motion is coming online with an application store uniquely its own. On Tuesday, RIM unveiled two distribution initiatives for BlackBerry smartphone applications at its annual developer conference: A new online application store and a new on-device application center that opens up BlackBerrys millions of users to developers vying for an audience.

RIM said it plans to launch the BlackBerry application store in March 2009, giving its users a one-stop shop for compatible applications and a user-friendly way to manage upgrades and purchases.

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Texts Tackle HIV in South Africa - Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The popularity of mobile phones in South Africa is helping to tackle HIV and AIDS in the nation.

Project Masiluleke will send one million free text messages a day to push people to be tested and treated.

Approximately 350,000 people die of AIDS related diseases in the country every year.

Trials of the system showed that calls to counselors at the National AIDS helpline in Johannesburg increased by 200% when messages were broadcast.

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Tracking Terrorists Using Mobile Phones - Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Taliban insurgents said Tuesday they had told mobile phone operators to shut down their networks during the day in the Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, saying signals help track insurgent fighters.

The warning comes on top of a Taliban order earlier this year for phone operators to turn off their networks throughout the country at night.

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DriveAssist Prevents Calls While Driving - Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

A Canadian company has unveiled software crafted to prevent people, particularly mobile device-loving teenagers, from making telephone calls or text-messaging while driving.

Aegis Mobility describes DriveAssist as advanced call management technology that essentially creates virtual personal secretaries to intercept calls or text messages intended for mobile telephones in moving cars.

DriveAssist software detects when phones are moving at automobile speeds and then tells callers that the person they are trying to reach is driving. Callers are invited to leave messages or call-back numbers.

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RIM Touch Screen - Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Research in Motion the maker of the Blackberry, unveiled its first smartphone with a touch-screen on Wednesday, its answer to the popular Apple iPhone.
The phone, the Blackberry Storm, will be available later this year through Verizon Wireless in the United States and Vodafone in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand, the Canadian company said.

Projections for Mobile Phones Sales Are Cut - Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The global mobile phone market should grow at much slower-than-expected rates next year as consumers put off buying new devices due to deepening economic concerns, according to forecasts from analysts.


While industry executives often say mobile phones are the last thing consumers will give up to save money, analysts are now citing lengthening phone replacement cycles and weakening economies around the world for their weaker sales estimates.

UBS analyst Maynard Um halved his forecast for 2009 global handset growth to 3 percent from 6 percent, pointing to particular weakness in Europe and North America.

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Verizon Looking to Purchase Alltel - Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Verizon Wireless says it is moving forward with plans to acquire Alltel Corp. for $28.1 billion, although the countrys financial climate has worsened since the companies reached an agreement four months ago.

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T-Mobile Lost Confidential Data - Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Europes leading telecommunications company, Deutsche Telekom, admitted Saturday that it has lost confidential data belonging to 17 million T-mobile clients.


The theft, in 2006, which is now subject to a judicial inquiry, involved telephone numbers, dates of birth, addresses and email addresses, subsidiary T-Mobile said in a statement.

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Cell Phone Popularity in Europe - Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400

A growing number of Europeans do not bother to buy landline telephone service in their homes, relying instead on their cell phones, the European Commission said Thursday.


Cell phones, which first outnumbered human beings in Europe in 2006, did that by an even greater margin in 2007: nearly 112 phones for every 100 people, the EU executive body said.

One reason is that monthly line rental for fixed phones costs more on average than a prepaid mobile phone package.

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RIM TouchScreen - Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Research In Motion is preparing to launch the long anticipated touch-screen version of its BlackBerry smartphone, according to an official promotion e-mail from U.S. carrier Verizon Wireless .

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G1 Phone Game Changer - Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Turn off the rumor mills, pull down the mocked-up artwork, and say goodbye to the blogger speculation. Google and T-Mobiles G1, the first mobile phone built around Googles open-source, Linux-based Android platform, is officially a product.


Before a warm, if not entirely enthusiastic crowd in Manhattan, executives from T-Mobile, HTC and Google (including a surprise appearance by company founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page) officially unveiled the T-Mobile G1.

Listing for $179 with two data plans ($25 and $35), the T-Mobile G1 is available now to existing T-Mobile customers in limited quantities (via T-Mobiles web site) and at all T-Mobile locations by late next month. It will also launch in the U.K. in November, and across all of Europe by early next year.

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Financial Toll on Mobile Industry - Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Mobile phone makers and operators risk losing thousands of their most profitable customers as financial havoc whacks the global banking industry.


Analysts said the success of Blackberry-maker RIM is the most dependent on Wall Streets future.

In worst case scenario 40,000 workers may lose their jobs in finance following Lehmans collapse and problems at other big financial firms, New York Governor David Paterson said earlier this week.

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Texting Could Be Source of Train Tragedy - Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Federal investigators said Sunday they plan to obtain the cell phone records of two teenagers and the engineer of a commuter train to determine whether text messages played a part in a head-on collision that killed 25 people.

A commuter rail car lies on its side after a collision Friday near Los Angeles, California.

The Metrolink train had failed to stop for a red signal, triggering the Friday collision with a freight train, according to the commuter trains operators. In addition to the 25 fatalities, more than 130 passengers were injured.

On Sunday, Kitty Higgins of the National Transportation Safety Board said investigators have been in touch with two teenagers who told a local television station that they had been exchanging text messages with the Metrolink train engineer before the impact.

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Rising Text Messaging Rates - Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400

A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the nations top four wireless carriers to justify the sharply rising rates they charge people to send and receive text messages.


In letters to top executives at Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile, Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl said Tuesday that he is concerned that rising text messaging rates reflect decreasing competition in the wireless business.

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Yahoo Search on AT&T Phones - Mon, 8 Sep 2008 07:37:27 -0400

AT&T plans to offer, through its mobile Internet portal, a collection of Yahoos oneSearch mobile Web services including links to news, financial information, weather, Flickr photos as well as Web search via the phone.

Cowboys and Satelite Phones - Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400

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


That could spell disaster in this region where sudden summertime storms howl in from eastern Oregon, bringing dry lightning that can ignite fast-moving wildfires on sage- and juniper-covered hillsides. Unchecked, the flames could quickly turn this old mining towns historic wooden buildings to ashes.

This spring, Nettleton and six other Owyhee County ranchers who make their livelihoods in some of Americas most remote backcountry began carrying satellite telephones provided by the federal Bureau of Land Management and the Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security.

It is an effort to turn men whose ranching families have been wedded to this land for more than a century into a high-tech advance guard against devastating wildfires.

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Nokia Market Share is Shrinking - Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:18:58 -0400

Nokia the worlds biggest cellphone maker, said it expects to lose market share in the third quarter as it fights to maintain profit margins, sending its shares as much as 14 percent lower.

Nokia warned its third-quarter market share would fall from the 40 percent notched up in the second three months of the year, compared with a steady market share it forecast earlier.

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PageGate New Version - Wed, 6 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0400

A minor update has been made available for PageGate. PageGate is a network messaging gateway that allows messages to be sent via SMS, Fax and a variety of Internet protocols to wireless devices. The latest release version of PageGate is 5.09 and is available from the download section. If you are a current registered PageGate user the release is available free of charge. Details of the current version changes can be seen in the PageGate release notes.

600 Million Cell Phones in China - Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The number of mobile users in China, the worlds biggest cellphone market, now tops 600 million, the government said, as subscribers increasingly abandon fixed lines.

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Cell Phones and Cancer - Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.


The warning from Dr. Ronald B. Herberman, director of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, is contrary to numerous studies that do not find a link between increased tumors and cell phone use, and a public lack of worry by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Herberman is basing his alarm on early, unpublished data. He says it takes too long to get answers from science and he believes people should take action now — especially when it comes to children.

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ICE Emergency Contacts - Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400

In the English-speaking world, many cell phone users leave emergency contact information in the devices address books under an entry labeled ICE — for in case of emergency.


Now, the U.N. International Telecommunication Union is trying to adapt that system for the rest of the world.

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Text Messaging Helps Food Pricing - Sat, 2 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The rising cost of food is a growing concern for many people across the world.

There have been protests, and even riots, in countries including Mexico, India and Egypt, clear evidence of the struggle that many people are now facing.

However, if Italians feel that their local food retailer is charging unreasonable prices, they can now call on a new service to help them haggle or walk away.

Thanks to a SMS text system set up jointly by the Italian agriculture ministry and consumer associations, shoppers can check the average price of different foods in northern, central and southern Italy.

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Mobile Download Site Trouble - Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Hundreds of mobile phone download sites are to be investigated after an EU-wide sweep of services.

Some 80% of the 500 websites offering ringtones and phone wallpaper breached regulations, the European Commission said on Thursday.

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Low Cost Cell Phones - Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

For less than $15, you can buy a cell phone loaded with minutes. You can buy more as you go whenever those minutes run out. Best of all, you are not locked into a long-term contract.

But in South Florida, New York, California, Georgia, Texas and elsewhere, traffickers have figured out they can make big profits by purchasing thousands of these low-cost phones and tweaking the software so that calls can be made on any cell network. The altered phones are then sold all over the world — costing the phone companies tens of millions of dollars.

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EU Cuts Cost of Sending Text Messages - Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The cost of sending a text message from the bar or the beach when mobile phone users are outside their home state in the European Union will be cut by 70 percent from next year under new plans, an EU source said.

EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding will announce outline plans on Tuesday that include extending price caps on roamed voice calls for another three years, the source added.

Pope Sends Text Messages - Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Pope Benedict XVI took a new hi-tech road to spreading his message Tuesday, sending a mobile phone text to pilgrims attending World Youth Day celebrations in Australia, organisers said.

Young friend, God and his people expect much from u because u have within you the Fathers supreme gift: the Spirit of Jesus - BXVI. Was the first message sent.

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Mobile Giving Foundation - Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Washington Nationals fans soon will be able to text in charity donations during a game, thanks to a partnership between the team, MLB.com, and the Mobile Giving Foundation. During the July 13 game against the Houston Astros, fans will be invited to text the word NATS to 90999 to give $5 to support the work of the Childrens National Medical Center to fight pediatric diabetes.

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Cellular Spying - Mon, 7 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are suing the Department of Justice to obtain official records concerning the U.S. governments possible use of cell-phone-tracking technology to spy on individuals without first obtaining a court order based on probable cause.

In a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the civil-liberties groups said the DOJ failed to provide an adequate and timely response to a records request filed last year under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Telecom Providers Protected - Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

By a vote of 293 to 129, the House of Representatives passed a bill meant to protect telecom companies from being sued for eavesdropping. The Senate is expected to approve the bill sometime next week.

Lawmakers have crafted a compromise on a bill that would extend controversial eavesdropping legislation and add provisions meant to protect telecommunications companies from private lawsuits, including several already under way.

Ending months of negotiations, the House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that shields cooperating telecommunications providers from invasion of privacy lawsuits and extends the powers of government agencies to order wiretaps without a judge-issued warrant.

The House passed the update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by a vote of 293 to 129. All but one of those voting against the bill were Democrats.

Hang It Up or Use a Headset - Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets and dot-com millionaires to surfers and soccer moms that conversations behind the wheel must be on a headset.

Twenty-Four Percent of EU Homes Use Mobile Phones - Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0400

quarter of European Union households surveyed by the blocs executive body have turned their backs on fixed lines in favor of mobile phones, with a fifth now making calls over the Internet.


The European Commission's survey of 27,000 homes in the 27-nation bloc found that 24 percent were using mobiles only.

Nokia Buys a Social Site - Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The worlds top cellphone maker Nokia said it has agreed to buy social networking start-up Plazes as part of its major push into offering Internet services. Plazes provides location-aware services that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities.

Cellular Waste - Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The disposal of massive numbers of unwanted mobile phones will be a key focus of a five-day meeting on waste management which started Monday in Indonesia, organisers said.


The fate of the more than three billion of the gadgets in use today will be discussed by more than 1,000 delegates from 170 countries at the meeting on the Basel Convention in Bali, a statement said.

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Mobile Price Wars - Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Virgin Mobile USA is introducing a plan with unlimited calling for $79.99 per month, helping feed the price-cutting frenzy that has washed over the cellular carriers this year.


The prepaid plan will be available July 1, the carrier said. Virgin was charging $99.99 for 1000 minutes per month with no limit on night and weekend calls.

Verizon Wireless introduced a plan with unlimited nationwide calling in February for $99.99 per month that was quickly matched by its competitors.

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Associated Press Via Cell Phone - Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Associated Press on Monday unveiled an iPhone program for accessing its newly launched service that delivers news, photos and video to mobile phones.

The APs Mobile News Network was launched May 5 for a variety of smart phones, including the iPhone. The service displays advertising-supported local news stories from more than 100 participating newspapers as well as national and international news from AP. The reports are organized by ZIP code.

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Teens Ignore Cell Phone Rules - Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Targeting inexperienced motorists, several states have passed laws during the past five years restricting cell phone use by teenage drivers.
But an insurance industry study being released Monday that looked at whether teens are ignoring such restrictions contends enforcement and parental influence are just as important as new laws.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety studied North Carolinas law, enacted in 2006, which fines motorists under age 18 who are caught using a cell phone.
Researchers who watched as high school students left school found that teenage drivers used their cell phones at about the same rate both before and after the law took effect. In South Carolina, which does not have a similar restriction, cell phone use by teenage drivers was about the same for both periods studied.

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Slower Cellphone Growth in USA Could Bring Good Deals - Sun, 8 Jun 2008 21:32:42 -0400

After years of go-go growth, the number of people signing up for cellphone service in the USA is finally slowing.

That could spell good news for consumers as carriers turn up the marketing heat, says Craig Moffett, a senior analyst at Bernstein Research and author of a report documenting the trend.

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Kids Should Limit Phone Use - Thu, 29 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to limit their use among children.


The government is worried about how elementary and junior high school students are getting sucked into cyberspace crimes, spending long hours exchanging mobile e-mail and suffering other negative effects of cell phone overuse, Masaharu Kuba, a government official overseeing the initiative, said Tuesday.

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Hydrogen Powered Cell Phones a Possibility - Thu, 29 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

French researchers said on Wednesday they had invented a hydrogen fuel cell as a backup power source for mobile phones, thus easing dependence on an electricity supply to charge the gadget.


The miniature fuel cell uses a hydrogen-filled cartridge about the size of a small cigarette lighter, according to the press presentation made by the researchers at the Atomic Energy Commission.

The gadget, designed to be carried in a belt pouch, has been in gestation since 2005 with a semi-conductor group, STMicroelectronics.
The cartridges are being developed by the company Bic, which makes pens, lighters and razors.

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Family Can Send Cell Phones to Cuba - Wed, 28 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

President Bush will announce a policy change on Wednesday to allow Americans to send mobile phones to family members in Cuba, the White House said.

Government Working on Reducing Cell Phone Fees - Tue, 27 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The government is quietly negotiating to help cell phone customers avoid expensive fees when they cancel contracts with wireless companies.

Cell phone companies routinely charge customers $175 or more for quitting their service early. Under a proposal to the Federal Communications Commission, the wireless industry would give consumers the opportunity to cancel service without any penalty for up to 30 days after they sign a cell phone contract or until 10 days after they receive their first bill.

Cell Phones Dominating - Tue, 20 May 2008 09:48:57 -0400

For nearly three in 10 households, do not even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone.

The federal figures, released Wednesday, showed that reliance on cells is continuing to rise at the expense of wired telephones. In the second half of last year, 16 percent of households only had cell phones, while 13 percent also had landlines but got all or nearly all their calls on their cells.For nearly three in 10 households, do not even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone.

Pope Text Messaging - Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Pope Benedict will text message thousands of young Catholics on their mobile phones during World Youth Day in Sydney in July, hoping going digital will help him connect better with a younger audience.

The Pope will text daily messages of inspiration and hope during the six-day Sydney event while digital prayer walls will be erected at event sites and the church will set up a Catholic social networking Web site akin to a Catholic Facebook.

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Clearwire - Wed, 14 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Clearwire and Sprint Nextel will combine their wireless broadband units to create a $14.55 billion communications company.


The new company, to be named Clearwire, will receive a $3.2 billion investment from Intel Corp., Google Inc., Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks. The investment is based on a target price of $20 per Clearwire share and will give the companies a 22 percent stake in the new venture.

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911 Wireless Problems Are Critical - Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

As more advanced wireless devices are put into use, the nations 40-year-old 911 emergency system is becoming increasingly antiquated and unable to function properly for users of the new devices, according to the 911 Industry Alliance.


Jeff Robertson, executive director of the industry group, said in an interview Wednesday that the issue is reaching crisis proportions. The problem is that consumer technology has surpassed the 911 technology, he said. Ninety-five percent of 911 call centers are analog. Emergency data gets stripped out.

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iPhone Moves To Latin America - Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

In another step in the worldwide march of Apple iPhone, the top mobile phone operator in Latin America said Wednesday that it has inked a deal to bring the multimedia gadget to more than a dozen countries starting later this year.


America Movil SAB, controlled by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, said it plans to bring the iPhone to all of its Latin American operations but did not offer any more details about the arrangement, including whether it would be the exclusive iPhone provider in the targeted countries.

New Computers Could be Revolutionary - Sun, 4 May 2008 12:36:54 -0400

Computers that boot instantly to the exact place where you left off and mobile devices that do not need recharging for weeks. These are only some of the possibilities resulting from Hewlett-Packard research that proves the existence of what the company described as the fourth fundamental circuit element in electrical engineering.

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Urban Mining Goes Mobile - Fri, 2 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Thinking of throwing out your old cell phone? Think again. Maybe you should mine it first for gold, silver, copper and a host of other metals embedded in the electronics -- many of which are enjoying near-record prices.


It is called urban mining, scavenging through the scrap metal in old electronic products in search of such gems as iridium and gold, and it is a growth industry around the world as metal prices skyrocket.

CinemaNow Brings Movies via Phones - Thu, 1 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Privately held digital entertainment provider CinemaNow said on Tuesday that U.S. consumers would be able to use their cell phones to view movie trailers and order full-length movies to watch on their home television or computer through its mobile website.


The service, offered on Web-capable phones at http://mobile.cinemanow.com, would let U.S. consumers immediately buy or rent a movie from their mobile phone.

Kennebec County Alert System - Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400

Kennebec Countys emergency-alert system operates a little differently than the newly-approved FCC program.

The county system, called PageGate, enables county crisis-management officials to send emergency messages via text message, pager, e-mail and fax, but only to first responders, school administrators and municipality officials. Several hundred key numbers are stored in the PageGate system.

PageGate has been used since January 2007 to alert emergency agencies and officials when there has been severe weather or flooding. Developed with a federal grant from the Department of Homeland Security, it will continue to be used, no matter how the FCC plan will be deployed through cellular providers across Maine.

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Silencing Cell Phones - Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0400

The world has never been more connected, but in some corners, its developing a real hang-up over the ubiquitous cell phone.

Taking a cue from Frances national railway, which offers phone-free zen zones on high-speed trains, Austrias second-largest city this week began ordering public transit commuters to keep their phones on silent mode.

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TextBuyIt Launched By Amazon - Fri, 4 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Amazon TextBuyIt, which launched late Tuesday, lets people text the name of a product, its description or its UPC or ISBN to 262966 (that is Amazon on the keypad) from anywhere their cell phones work — including from inside physical stores.

If Amazon stocks matching items, the service returns two results at a time. Shoppers can immediately buy one of the first two the selections by texting back the number 1  or 2 or they can ask for more by texting the letter M.

Sopranos and Bell Canada - Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Bell Canada on Tuesday began delivering full episodes of The Sopranos to its mobile phone subscribers as part of an agreement with HBO.

A Cellular Cuba - Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0500

As befits a new dictator seeking to win some popularity, Raul Castro is lifting ownership restrictions for ordinary Cubans on mobile phones, computers, DVD players, even toasters.

These however do not come free. Each of Castros offerings to buy goods comes with a state-set price most Cubans have no realistic prospect of affording.

China Investigates Text Messaging Spam - Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Chinese authorities said Monday they are investigating complaints that millions of cell phone users were spammed with unwanted text messages from advertisers.


The uproar over what China's media has dubbed Text-message Gate has drawn apologies from a major advertiser and the country's biggest mobile phone carrier, China Mobile. The commercial text messages were sent to more than 200 million mobile phone users through two companies — China Mobile and its smaller rival, China Unicom.

China Investigates Text Messaging Spam

FCC Auction - Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The Federal Communications Commission auction for the 700-MHz wireless spectrum is over, and the winners are known. One obvious winner is the FCC itself, which exceeded its initial estimate of $10 billion with a $19.59 billion total.

A Mobile Iraq - Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:24:16 -0500

Saddam Hussein deemed Iraqis could live without modern technology such as mobile phones and the Internet. Now that his regime has been swept away, they are finding they just can not get enough of it.

Nokia Music Store in Germany - Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Nokia opened on Monday its online music store in Germany, the second such store for the worlds largest cell phone maker, which plans to open the stores in nine more countries by mid-2008.

Students Slow to Adopt Alerts - Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The massacre at Virginia Tech last year sent colleges nationwide scrambling to improve how they get alerts to students during crises on campus. One solution: Text messages sent to cell phones.


But while hundreds of campuses have adopted text alerts, most students are not embracing the system — even in an age when they consider their mobile phones indispensable.

Students Slow to Adopt Text Alerts

Lawmakers Debate Mobile Consumer Rights Bill - Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500

A proposed consumer rights bill for mobile telephone service drew mixed reviews during a hearing in Congress Wednesday, with detractors saying the legislation would place too much regulation on a competitive industry.


The draft legislation, floated by Representative Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, calls for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to make rules requiring mobile carriers to offer unsubsidized handsets to customers, to offer service with no early termination fees and to detail charges such as termination fees.

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Smart Phone War - Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The battle for smartphone supremacy is about intensify after Apple Inc. said last week that developers will learn the details needed to create third-party software for its iPhone.

Apples move is viewed by analysts as a way to bolster sales of the massively popular smartphone, which have been declining lately. But its mention yesterday of additional enterprise features may have serious implications for Research In Motion BlackBerry devices.

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Unlimited Wireless - Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

ATT Inc , the biggest U.S. mobile service, said on Tuesday it would offer unlimited mobile phone calls for a flat rate of $99.99 a month, hours after Verizon Wireless announced a similar plan.

Cellular TV Taking Off in Japan - Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Shipments of cell phones compatible with Japans mobile digital TV service have surged to more than 20 million units in fewer than two years since launch, according to industry data released last Wednesday.

T-Mobile Favors Yahoo - Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

T-Mobile announced on last Tuesday that it will soon begin using Yahoo as its preferred mobile search provider in Europe, ending the operators existing relationship with Google for mobile search.

RIM Reliability Problems - Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Research In Motion, maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, said last Tuesday it was trying to locate the cause of a service disruption that left subscribers with only intermittent access to e-mail and other data services for three hours.


Service problems started about 3:30 p.m. EST on Monday, and lasted until about 6:30 p.m. EST, RIM said in an e-mailed statement. BlackBerry subscribers, most of whom are business people, did not lose any messages during the interruption, and voice communications were not affected.

Portable Google Search - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Google to incorporate the Google search engine in its handsets.

Text a Message of Love - Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

There is no doubt that on Valentines Day the text messages sent will contain anecdotal notes of affection. We even had a customer inquiry about scheduling love notes to be sent every hour on February 14th!

Mobile World Congress - Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

The most established names in telecoms, Internet and media gathered in Barcelona Monday for the Mobile World Congress, one of the worlds biggest events for the mobile phone industry.


Attention at the trade show, which runs until Thursday, is likely to focus on how to encourage users in developed countries to use their phones for more than simply making calls.

Recycling Cell Phones - Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

We recycle our soda cans and our newspapers, so why do not we recycle our cell phones?


U.S. consumers who bought new mobile phones recycled the old ones in the fourth quarter of 2007 at double the rate of the third quarter, a market research firm said Tuesday. But the overall number of recyclers remained low at less than one in 10.

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Cell Phones to Get Widgets - Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500

Widgets, or small Web applications that supply useful information direct to the desktop, could soon be appearing on your cell phone screen.

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