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Analysts: Consumers, businesses want phones with more 'features' (BetaNews)
Customers are now buying more costly cell phones with features such as GPS, Bluetooth, and music enablement, not just in the US but worldwide, according to recent research by two industry analyst firms.
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U.S. embraces smartphones, ditches cell phones (SearchMobileComputing.com)
Q2 sales of smartphones are still strong though overall sales of mobile phones are declining in the U.S. Though customers are increasingly willing to pay more per new device, standard cell phone sales are also down.
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Mobile Phones Offer Vehicle for Alcohol Prevention Messages (Join Together Online)
A project run by a charity in the Cornwall region of England has determined that alcohol prevention efforts can successfully reach youths through messages sent to their mobile phones, BBC News reported Aug. 19.
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CHARITY: Cell phones for soldiers (York Daily Record)
AAdvantage Insurance Group is collecting unused cell phones to distribute to troops overseas through the Cell Phones for Soldiers program.
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Cell phones beat landlines in Iowa (Le Mars Daily Sentinel)
Will cell phones eventually replace landline telephones? In Le Mars, store managers from Verizon Wireless/Wireless World and Frontier Communications, are on opposite sides of the debate.
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Motorola unveils low-end phones for music and Web (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Motorola Inc , the world's third-largest handset maker, unveiled two new low-end phones on Wednesday that allow users to listen to songs and surf the Web.
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iPodObserver - TV Broadcasts Coming to Mobile Phones (The Mac Observer)
Tests will start in the fall on a new mobile digital TV standard, according to Broadcasting and Cable in Wednesday. The goal is to create a new standard that will enable stations to broadcast video and data to mobile phones and other portable devices
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Mercer students must turn off phones, other electronics during school hours (The Sharon Herald)
Mercer Area School District is cracking down on student cell phone use for the upcoming school year. Students must turn off their phones or keep them in their lockers between 7:45 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. while they are at school, said Dr. Hendley D. Hoge, high school principal.
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FEMA phones hacked; calls made to Mideast, Asia (The Standard-Times)
FEMA phones hacked; calls made to Mideast
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University advises using cell phones for emergency alerts (Central Michigan Life)
Recent testing has shown that the university's phone system has had difficulty handling the massive number of phone calls sent through its emergency notification system. As a result, Steve Smith, director of media relations, advises students to use their cell phones to receive emergency notifications from the now-formally-named Central Alert system.
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