Topic: Phone - on June 5, 2007 at 1:15:00 PM CEST
Brits Drop 850,000 Phones Down the Toilet - Each Year
If you've ever found yourself trying to fish your mobile out of the toilet, you're not alone. A staggering 855,000 handsets are flushed away every year in the UK - that's roughly £342 million we're 'loo'sing. Research by SimplySwitch, the price comparison and switching service, found 4.5m handsets are lost or damaged every year.
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Topic: Phone - on April 26, 2007 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
10 Skype tips for the Advanced
Riny Heijdendaal, Harry van Oosterveen, Dorine Ruter and Simon Koolwijk have shared some skype tips, so together it makes for a list of 10 Skype tips for the Advanced skype user.
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Topic: Phone - on April 17, 2007 at 3:13:00 PM CEST
Deadly virus phone rumors frighten Afghans
Rumors swept through Afghanistan on Monday that a deadly virus was being spread by mobile telephone calls, and government officials scrambled to reassure the public the talk was rubbish.
Many worried Afghan mobile phone users called family and friends, warning them not to answer calls from strange numbers. Some people said they had heard that several people had been killed by the mystery virus in Kabul at the weekend.
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Topic: Phone - on January 27, 2007 at 1:38:00 PM CET
Sex photo on cell phone rings up 3-year sentence
A 22-year-old Joliet man was sentenced today to 3 years in prison for using a cell phone belonging to his underage girlfriend's father to snap a picture of himself inappropriately touching her.
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Topic: Phone - on January 17, 2007 at 10:54:00 AM CET
Cell Phone On Fire, It's Serious
We don't mean to alarm you, but your cell phone may want to kill you.
How else to explain the story of a Vallejo, Calif., man who suffered second- and third-degree burns over most of his body after the phone in his pocket mysteriously caught fire?
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Topic: Phone - on January 13, 2007 at 11:37:00 AM CET
Cisco lost rights to iPhone trademark last year, experts say
An investigation into the ongoing trademark dispute between Cisco and Apple over the name "iPhone" appears to show that Cisco does not own the mark as claimed in their recent lawsuit. This is based on publicly available information from the US Patent and Trademark office, as well as public reviews of Cisco products over the past year. The trademark was apparently abandoned in late 2005/early 2006 because Cisco was not using it.
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Topic: Phone - on December 13, 2006 at 3:21:00 PM CET
Final deal close on EU roaming rates
Roaming charges are set to plummet after European ministers supported plans to cap the fees, but some countries are supporting watered down proposals.
EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding wants to cut prices by up to 70 percent before next summer, allowing European mobile users to make cheaper phone calls on their summer holidays.
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Topic: Phone - on November 28, 2006 at 12:05:00 PM CET
Opera Mini 3.0 Just Released
Opera Mini has been the dominate force in mobile web browsing and with good reason. They have continuously perfected their product and has shown no signs of slowing down. They recently held a 2-stage public beta test for Opera Mini 3.0, which ended last night. Many beta testers reported the new browser as reliable as it’s predecessor Opera Mini 2.0 and were pleased with the additional features added.
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Topic: Phone - on February 18, 2005 at 3:15:00 PM CET
Skype drängt auf den Handy-Markt
Skype, Anbieter von Internettelefonie-Software für Windows, PocketPC, Linux und Mac OS X, setzt einen neuen Fokus auf Smartphones und die Integration seiner Software in Smartphones. Im Rahmen des derzeit stattfindenden 3GSM World Kongresses hat der Softwarehersteller entsprechende Kooperationen mit dem PDA-Hersteller i-mate und Handy-Produzenten Motorola bekannt gegeben.
standard Motorola and Skype Form Broad Seamless Mobility Alliance Skype, Motorola and VoIP - The Operator's Dilemma
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Topic: Phone - on January 16, 2005 at 10:51:00 PM CET
Samsungs Schüttel-Handy
Darauf hat die Welt gewartet: ein Handy, das auch Bewegungen erkennt. Damit, sagt Samsung, ließen sich Nummern per Bewegung wählen - oder beim Karaoke per Schüttelei ein Tamburin simulieren. Na endlich.
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Topic: Phone - on November 11, 2004 at 4:26:00 PM CET
The First Ever Cellular Telephone for Pets
PetsMobility to Launch the First Ever Cellular Telephone for Pets!
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Topic: Phone - on September 27, 2004 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
NTL customers told to "f***" off
Callers reporting faults to telecom company NTL were greeted by a recorded message telling them to f*** off.
A man with a strong Geordie accent made the foul-mouthed announcement.
The message said: "Hello. You are through to NTL customer services. We don't give a f*** about you. We are never here.
"We just will f*** you about, basically, and we are not going to handle any of your complaints. Just f*** off."
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