SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 07 / 29

Engadget reports on a terrible trajedy which occured in England, involving a cell phon

Worldwide sales of cell phones showed strong growth in the second quarter, but the top two vendors, Nokia and Motorola lost market share to up-and-comers such as Samsung Electronics, International Data Corp reported [via the Mercury News] drunk driving reported by cell phones

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Asiana Airlines, the nation’s second- largest carrier announced that passengers on board would be able to send simple text message to cell phones or e-mails of people on the land, reports Telecoms Kore

A poorly dressed plastic dummy with a liquid-filled cranium and cell phone strapped to his hand is much like millions of other mobile phone users across the country: He is trying to get better reception, reports the Associated Pres

Min Lee, for The Associated Press warns mobile users walking along the border of China, to watch their cell phone, as a wrong step can be costl

Cell phones are ringing up big bucks for Sony, according to the New York Daily New

UNLIKE SounderCover, an "alibi application" that allows a user to add background sounds to phone calls so that one can pretend to be somewhere else, scientists at the University of Toronto are working on a (serious) way of minimizing background noise, according to Scientific America

Hospital could lift bans on mobile phone use following updated guidance by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, reports the BB

In Ireland, Puca, a leading provider of mobile data solutions and wireless operator Vodafone have joined forces to provide the Department of Agriculture with a mobile application solution to record livestock numbers, reports EN

Korean Carriers have started to sell phones designed for the most overlooked demographics: the very young and the very ol