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Turkcell wins 3G license in Turkey

Turkcell, Turkey's largest mobile phone operator, on Friday won a tender for the country's third-generation mobile phone license.

More Mobile Devices Can Access Web

Several companies announced moves at the World Mobile Conference on Monday to increase and enhance Internet access from mobile phones.

EU: Internet Roaming Fees Must Drop

A European Union official told mobile phone operators Monday their charges for wireless Internet and text messages must drop by July 1 to avoid EU intervention.

Co-Worker, Not Cell Phone, Was Killer

A death originally thought to have been caused by an exploding cell phone is now being blamed on a co-worker, who confessed to making up the story after striking the victim with a drilling vehicle, South Korean police said Friday.

Report: Phone May Not Have Killed Worker

The South Korean man whose death was initially blamed on an exploding cell phone battery appears to have died from another cause, according to a news report Thursday.

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Man Jailed For Letting 3-Year-Old Girl Smoke Cigarettes
Source: BBC News

Newcastle Crown Court heard that the girl asked Graeme Conroy, 31, for a cigarette and when she started smoking it was filmed on a mobile phone. The court heard that the child had smoked three cigarettes before the filming took place.

EcoATM pays you for your used mobile phone
Source: gizmag.com

An EcoATM machine currently being trialed in Nebraska, accepts your used mobile, scans it to assess its market value and rewards you with a retail coupon or gift card.

'I'm Harriet Harman - you know where you can get me...' What Minister allegedly told witness after crashing into parked car
Source: the Mail online

Harriet Harman is being investigated by police after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident in which she drove into a parked car while talking on her mobile phone.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Call halts Craig and Jackman play
Source: BBC News

Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig were in a middle of a performance in a live stage show play, when someone's cellphone, in the audience, started to ring. Hugh Jackman halted, stayed in character, and told the audience member to pick it up! Video included.

Phone Lost 4 Days at Sea Found, Recharged, Returned
Source: Reuters

A phone "lost at sea for four days" was found and still in working order.

Augmented Reality On Your Phone? Yes! Soon it Will Be a World of Everyone, Everything, Everywhere
Source: dailygalaxy.com

It's indestructible information: if a bar sucks, you can't graffiti the walls (at least not for long), but with new geo-tagging services you can leave an indelible message than anyone equipped with the same hardware can access.

Bomb threat caller leaves own number
Source: austriantimes.at

A furious customer who rang a phone company's help centre and threatened to blow it to bits was arrested – after he used his mobile phone to make the call.

Should I let him go or not? Or am I overreacting?

Q. I read some flirty messages from his textmate on my boyfriend's mobile phone, and i was so hurt. I told him that I read the messages and he told me, "It was nothing! You are my girlfriend and I do love you! We were just textmates and that's all".

Movies Coming Soon to a Mobile Phone Near You
Source: PC World

Sony Ericsson to offer movies and other TV services. Great... driving just got a bit more hazardous.

Gang busted for prison mobile phone delivery with toy chopper
Source: Telegraph

Brazilian police caught gang members using a remote-controlled toy helicopter to deliver mobile phones to colleagues locked up in a top-security prison.

Japanese using mobile phones to find nearest toilet
Source: Telegraph

The trials and tribulations of searching for the nearest public toilet have been eliminated in Japan – with the launch of mobile phone software guiding users to the nearest lavatories.

Mobile phone on the blink? Shove it in a bowl of rice (...and other techno-DIY solutions that work!)
Source: the Mail online

Modern technology was supposed to make our lives easier. Everything from the television remote control to the pacemaker was hailed by its inventors as time - and life - saving.

The mobile phone as self-inflicted surveillance
Source: The Register (UK)

Like the breadcrumbs in Hansel and Gretel, mobile phones leave a trail wherever they go. Practically everybody can be tracked via this trail, and the beauty of it all is, we're effectively tracking ourselves.

G1 messphone

You still need a Sherlock Holmes for internet service on the phone

Mobile internet devices are reality

Forget the mobile internet ''phones''. Cloud computing puzzle going on with Intel's mobile leg. Only ( mobile ) internet infrastructure is just not keeping ahead.

Cheap SkypePhone For The Massess

Just like ordinary mobile calls. Select a contact and call for free or cheap. Chitt- chat with allways-on friendsMobile operator 3 and Skype got a winner.

Jogger mugged by 7-year-old boy
Source: thelocal.de

Police have returned a 7-year-old to his parents after the child mugged a teenage jogger in a Berlin park on Sunday afternoon.

Mobile Phone Crime Prevention
Source: http://www.phonesandmore.co.uk/

Mobile Phone Crime prevention in the UK and the importance of mobile phone insurance.

Why iPhone users won't flock to the Palm Pre come June
Source: edibleapple.com

Palm investor Roger McNamee recently stated that when the phone contracts of the initial iPhone owners expire this summer, they'll all be jumping ship for the Palm Pre - which should be shipping by then.

Software turns phone into time machine
Source: thelocal.de

The Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) in Darmstadt has launched new software that can seamlessly blend a mobile phone photo of a landmark with pictures and background information from historical archives.

Lost kids? Google them
Source: tulsaworld.com

With an upgrade to its mobile maps, Google Inc. hopes to prove it can track people on the go as effectively as it searches for information on the Internet.

Google Latitude keeps tabs on friends' locations
Source: CNN

ust because the Internet has broken down geographic barriers, don't assume that Google doesn't care about geography The company plans to launch software called Latitude on Wednesday that lets mobile phone users share their location with close contacts.

Man killed by 'exploding mobile phone'
Source: The Times

A man has died after his cellphone exploded, severing a major artery in his neck, according to reports.

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