Motorola Droid is NOT Selling As Good As Expected

Motorola Droid got a sleepy reception on Friday morning when it officially went on sale across the country in Verizon Wireless stores starting at 7 a.m. in some places. From New York to San Francisco, most stores around the country had few if any lines when doors opened...

Distracted Drivers Kill Thousands Each Year

Drivers who were distracted by electronic devices killed around 5,800 people in the United States during 2008, says U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The numbers were presented at a two-day Transportation...

London Wants Mobile Firms to Block Numbers on Sex Calling Cards

London's deputy mayor for policing, Kit Malthouse, wants mobile phone companies to block numbers on sex calling cards. Sex calling cards are almost ubiquitous in London's phone booths, and they are also the contact points of sex trades. Malthouse have invited Vodafone,...

Cell Phone Elbow: Talking on Cell Phone May Damage Nerves

Orthopedic specialists have recently reported a condition known as cubital tunnel syndrome, or "cell phone elbow", where an important nerve in the arm is damaged because the elbow was bent too tightly for too long. The damage is a result of prolonged stretching of the nerve...

Matt Striker nude photos leaked online by former partner

Matt Striker, ECW commentator has had nude full frontal photos of himself leaked online by a former partner. They have been posted on a few gossip websites, and were allegedly taken by him for someone else's...

Stevie Nicks Don't Need No Stinkin' Technology

Don't be callin' Stevie on the phone or tweeting her up with sexty messages, 'cause Ms. Nicks ain't listenin', honey! The former Fleetwood Mac singer isn't like the rest of us obsessed with fancy gadgets and the...

Man Shot Dead by Vancouver Police Identified & Potential Footage

The X-acto knife wielding homeless man shot by Vancouver police on March 20 has been identified. The victim was Michael Vann Hubbard, a 58 year old man with no fixed address and a suspect of a vehicle break-in on...

Up to $1000 of Cell Phone Bill Credit Up For Grabs

"CellPhones.Org recently started its 2009 Blogger Appreciation Awards. Take note: it seems CellPhones.Org will only honor US-based cell phone bills This contest is worldwide, subject to the conditions shared here. And since this is the blogger appreciation awards, only...

Choosing the Right Cell Phone

There are many choices and many plans so it comesdown to what you will dowith it. "Smart Phone (such as BlackBerry, Palm Treo, Palm Centro, etc.)What It Does: Works as a PDA and a mini-computer as well as a phone;...

UK Prime Minister Brown interrupted by own mobile during speach

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was interupted by his own mobile phone while making a speach in Davos.The prime minister said: "I'm afraid that's is my phone." and canceled the ringing of an old...

Safety Council Wants Mobile Phone Driving Bans Across US

First they enforce seatbelt laws, now they want to ban cell phones while driving?  The US National Safety Council is trying yet again to make roads, and the lives of people traveling on them, safer.  Mobile...

Cell phones can now monitor HIV

The increase in mobile phone penetration have enabled many services for the people living in far flung areas.  People living in developing countries have been biggest beneficary of this.  This has already...

IBM: Talking Web, Memory Assistants and Solar-Powered Cell Phones in 5 Years

This year's "Next Five in Five" from IBM; social and trends to watch that will change our lives forever- 1. Solar-power everywhere; roofs, driveways, windows, paint, notebook computers, cars, cell phones and even...

Cell phone saves man from lethal bullet

Some studies say that cell phones can be bad for your health but on this occasion it seems like the device actually saved a man's life. Ronald Richard of Louisiana said that his decision to shift where he normally...

Future Cell Phones: Look Ma Bell- No Buttons!

In about five years, cell phone key pads will be made obsolete by cell phone technology that can understand your voice as well as interpret your gestures and see what you're looking at. "Buttons are on their way...

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