| Cell phones - no longer just a luxury item | | Posted Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:29:01 PM by Rose Martins |  It is very hard to find someone in today's world that doesn't carry a cell phone, and we often wonder how we ever survived with out our cell phone.
Cell phone accessories make cell phone use extremely comfortable and often trendy. Cell phone covers are no longer just to protect your phone, but rather to make a statement. Cell phone stores host a variety of colours, shape and sizes of cell phone cases, ranging from cute to hilarous and everything else in-between.
Cell phone batteries are also not such a simple matter. Cell phone users are provided with a choice of various batteries, some that are just simple , some that vibrate and some that are longer lasting. Cell phone companies, such as Motorola, LG and Verizon, are forever launching new and trendier cell phones, with new updated cell phone capabilities. 
Cell phone service providers also offer a wide spectrum of cell phone plans. The are many ways to check out cell phone reviews, especially via the internet.
One can often find really good cell phone deals if we review our options carefully. Sometimes, cell phone service providers even often a free cell phone as part of the cell phone plan, but usually the costs of the cell phone calls are expensive. Another cell phone plan that can be costly, is the prepaid cell phone.
The prepaid cell phone plan has it's advantages, such as keeping control of your cell phone expenses. Cell phone numbers can also be bought and are often expensive, but many are prepared to pay the price for a cell phone number of their choice.
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| | | Commissioners seek to cut number of county-paid cell phones | | Posted Wednesday, February 07, 2007 3:07:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | MANSFIELD -- Calling the joint county and city jail under construction a "money pit," Commissioner Ed Olson said cutting the number of cell phones used by county offices and departments is one way to help absorb the anticipated costs of running the $21.4 million facility. Acting on a December request from Olson, county purchasing director Cathy Mosier presented the board Tuesday morning with an analysis that included the number of phones being used, monthly charges, minutes and plans. The annual cost of the Alltel contract that expires at the end of the month is $74,380. Under state law, the county could get similar cell phone service under Franklin County's Sprint/Nextel plan for $61,794. .... | |
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| | | Cell phones are the latest cheating tool | | Posted Monday, January 29, 2007 1:09:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | In an age where technology has spread across today's youth by means of the Internet, MP3 players, and so much more, the time has come when small, scribbled pieces of "cheat sheets" have been replaced by one of the country's most modern tools: cell phones. Just five years ago, students may have been writing last minute historic dates or vocabulary words on the back of their hand, but today, kids are putting their technological knowledge to use. According to a teacher from a Milwaukee high school, several ninth grade students have been caught cheating using their cell phones. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently reported that high school students have been using the camera feature on cell phones to photograph tests and send the pictures off to other students who haven't taken the test yet.... | |
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| | | District-issued cell phones upset teachers union | | Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:10:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | On the eve of another vote on a pay-for-performance research initiative, the local teachers union is not talking about bonuses – they're talking about cell phones. The Metro Nashville Education Association (MNEA) is concerned because the school district distributed cell phones to at least 25 students in December as part of its effort to better connect students with district administration. “When you listen to it, it sounds kind of reasonable, it sounds like these are all great kids, there will be no problems and all infractions will be dealt with quickly," MNEA Vice President Erick Huth told board members Tuesday. “However, teachers have expressed concern." The current district policy states that students may “possess a cellular phone, on school property, at after-school activities and at school-related functions, provided that during school hours and on a school bus the cell phone remains off." “Cell phones are one of the biggest deterrents in the classroom at this time," MNEA President Jamye Merritt said.... | |
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| | | Cell phones in school | | Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:18:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Most schools in our area do not allow students to have cell phones in school. I feel it should not be against the rules to have a cell phones in schools. During the Columbine shooting a student who had a cell phone called the local authorities which helped them locate the shooters and help save many lives. While I was riding my school bus home we were involved in an accident. My mother became worried when I did not arrive home on time, when she contacted the school, the only information they could give her was that there was an accident. She did not know if anyone was hurt or how bad the crash was. Fortunately a girl on the bus had her cell phone and allowed several of us to use it to call parents and reassure them of our safety. Indeed, both of these students did break their schools rules by bringing their cell phones to school.... | |
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| | | Wireless Energy Transfer Can Potentially Charge Cell Phones ... | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 1:11:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | Recharging your laptop computer -- and also your cell phone and a variety of other gadgets -- might one day be doable in the same convenient way many people now surf the Web: wirelessly. Marin Soljac?ic of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present research by himself and his colleagues Aristeidis Karalis and John Joannopoulos on the physics of electromagnetic fields, showing how wireless energy could power future gadgets. The MIT team is also working on demonstrating the technology in practice. The work will be described on Tuesday, November 14 in San Francisco, at the 2006 American Institute of Physics Industrial Physics Forum (IPF), which will be co-located with the Nanotechnology Topical Conference at the AVS 53rd International Symposium & Exhibition at the Moscone Center West.... | |
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| | | Officials Want To Ban Use Of Cell Phones While Driving | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:11:11 AM by Blog57 Team | | BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana's top highway safety official said he wants a ban on drivers using handheld cell phones but that a state law is unlikely to achieve it. Jim Champagne, executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, calls such a law unenforceable. A total of 28 states and the District of Columbia restrict the use of cell phones by drivers, and four states ban the use of handheld cell phones entirely. Matt Sundeen, transportation specialist for the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, said states with bans are New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and California. About a dozen states ban the use of handheld cell phones by young drivers who are using learner's permits. A study released by the government earlier this year found that nearly eight of 10 collisions in the nation, or near crashes, involved a lack of attention from drivers.... | |
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| | | Cell phones could be powered by sugar cubes | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 7:06:19 PM by Blog57 Team | | Researchers have found a way of converting sugars into electricity with an efficiency that makes the technique suitable for use in cell phones. Professor Derek Lovley and postdoctoral researcher Swades Chaudhuri, both based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have discovered a microorganism that is capable of stable, long-term electricity production by oxidizing carbohydrates. The organism, Rhodoferax ferrireducens, transfers electrons directly onto an electrode as it metabolizes sugar into electricity, producing carbon dioxide as a byproduct. "Theres been a lot of interest in microbial fuel cells trying to covert sugar into electricity," Lovley said. "But in the past, theyve converted 10 percent or less of the available electrons, and were up over 80 percent. And previous attempts to convert carbohydrates to electricity have required an electron shuttle, or mediator, which is typically toxic to humans." » Read more @ Cellular News .... | |
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| | | Cell Phones And Our Kids | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:34:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | Pparents and school officials are learning the hard way from technologically advanced teens. 23 News Reporter Laura Gibbs investigates cell phones and our kids. The days of note passing and pay phones are over. Kids of all ages seem to have their cell phones glued to their ears no matter what time of day. In the halls at East High School in Rockford about 80% of the student population is armed with the right tools to learn and the right tools to talk. East High School Principal Todd France says, “They can't use their phone while in the building. As long as they keep it away then we don't mind." The same rules apply at Auburn High School. Principal Dr. Richard Jancek states, "Once kids come inside the phones are turned off. They can't use them in class, passing time, bathrooms or during lunch." But in this day and age these students are creative and find a way to beat the system and cheat.You see Ethan may be in one classroom and Cassie might be in another classroom.... | |
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| | | New chips for cheaper cell phones | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:21:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | Less than two years after announcing new semiconductor technology aimed at drastically reducing the cost of making very basic wireless phones, Texas Instruments says it now has developed a similar chip that will help make so-called smart phones cheaper to produce. Texas Instruments (Charts), which has found a way to put much of the technology on a single microchip, says it now can add on a processor that supports multimedia applications such as games, videos and multipixel cameras. .... | |
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| | | YouTube videos bound for cell phones and TV | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:15:16 PM by Blog57 Team | | Verizon Communications Inc. is in advanced talks with YouTube Inc. to bring the popular Web site's videos to cell phones and television sets, in what would be a landmark link-up between telecom and Internet video. An agreement would let Verizon's customers view some of the most avidly watched entertainment on the Internet. That could advance the long-expected convergence of video and cell phones. It could also, at least temporarily, give Verizon a marketing edge over competitors, furthering the company's efforts to expand into Internet and entertainment services. YouTube, which has agreed to be acquired by Internet giant Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, is expected to seek similar deals with other cellular operators such as San Antonio-based AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless Venture and Sprint Nextel.... | |
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