The world's first public handheld mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, by Motorola engineer Martin Cooper to his rival at AT&T. The iconic event set the stage for our modern-day smartphones.
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Martin Cooper, the inventor of modern-era cell phones, has envisioned a different future for our phones. He said future phones would be embedded under the skin of our ears and won't need charging.
Because of a change to the Canadian CRTC Wireless Code going into effect, wireless customers who are two years into a three year contract can cancel with no penalty starting today.
Dozens of fake cell phone towers -- which eavesdrop on Android devices, and can even install spyware remotely on the OS -- have been discovered throughout the United States by security experts.
Due to backlash, Congress has passed a bill that will legalize unlocking handsets. The President is expected to sign this bill into law, which will reinstate choice in cellular providers.
In a recent lawsuit filed by the FTC, mobile service provider T-Mobile has been accused of hiding fraudulent charges to third-party horoscope and other text services in its customers bills for years.
In an official response to a White House online petition, the Obama Administration says that it agrees that consumers should unlock their cell phones "without risking criminal or other penalties."
The United States government is looking to propose a federal law that bans the use of cell phones while driving. The hope is to to reduce the number of fatalities caused by distracted driving.
According to a new survey, up to a third of children in the United Kingdom own a cellular phone, and parents are not always monitoring their usage of these phones.
If you own a mobile phone in the state of California, a proposed state bill would require the police to get a warrant to search the contents of your phone or other devices if it becomes law.
Nokia has had a difficult time recently, but it has now surfaced that analysts from Nomura research firm have predicted that Nokia's mobile division will fall behind Apple and Samsung in terms of both revenue...
There have been several studies released that suggest that as people use their cell phones more they become dependent on them. Separating them from their cell phone creates anxiety and stress. Michelle Hackman, a teenager...
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If you are one of the thousands of people who have ever dropped a cell phone into water, you know the gut wrenching feeling that follows after you see it splash down. It's such a...
Last year distractions caused 5,474, or 16% of all fatal crashes, in the United States. Out of that total, 995 of those distractions were contributed directly with cell phone use. Cell phones were also responsible...
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Pocketnow.com has released photos, details and even a video of the new upcoming HTC incredible. The leaked screenshots, still branded with a ‘confidential’ text, appear to be the next HTC phone on the market. The...
Two men set out with the ambition to see how many text message they could send a month and rallied up 217,000 messages. The duo Nick Andes, 29, and Doug Klinger, 30, were relying...
It's not uncommon for teenagers to have cell phones as it seems nearly everyone has one these days. When a loving parent gave his teenage daughter a cell phone he thought was doing the...