Help's on the Way for Bad Dates Via Cell Phone
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The peak time for dates from hell in New York City is Friday at 8 p.m. - judging by the cell phone calls delivering emergency excuses to bolt. Truth is, they're fake "rescue" calls - now being offered by two cell phone providers, Cingular Wireless and Virgin Mobile USA.
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For those who need to make telephone calls in flight and don't want to sell the second car to finance them, help is on the way.
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When Shannon Bullard wants to hang out, she doesn't call her friends. She uses her phone as a beacon to broadcast a quick text message about her location: "@ MFA," she reports, when she's not dancing on Lansdowne Street or relaxing at home in Brookline.
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The world didn't end and most calls and messages got through, but the high volume of texting and cellphone calls resulted in a lot of bounce-backs. In a real crisis, this could mean real trouble.
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When users log onto Google Calendar from their Web-capable mobile phone, they see appointments with date, time, location and description.
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I&#146;m on teleconferences several times a day. They&#146;re either great, or a mess. Some people don&#146;t know how to start one; other times there&#146;s no one in charge of moving the call forward or there&#146;s no agenda. Sometimes you don&#146;t know who is on the call. Save yourselves!
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WASHINGTON -- Many cell-phone companies plan in the coming months to begin asking customers whether they want their numbers listed in a 4-1-1 database.
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Can&#39;t remember life before mobiles? Chances are you&#39;ll also struggle to recall your home phone number and family birthdays.
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By Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Writer  Goodbye, analog.  Or shall we say, good riddance? At least that could be what executives at the mobile phone service providers are thinking.
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Mobile coverage in rural areas could get worse before it gets better, leaving vulnerable many who rely on cell phones during emergencies.
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Why my cellphone keeps calling people on its own and my microwave oven is in revolt.
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Here's something for any reader who has just woken up after a particularly taxing late-night "business meeting" with a head like a breeze block and a mouth like a camel's armpit - a mobile phone which tells you ...
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A health body is using mobile phones to text reminders to young women to take the contraceptive pill.
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By Betty Lin-Fisher, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 18--Last week, my husband called me at work in the late afternoon to tell me that someone had just come to our door in the bitter cold, saying he was there to "win back" our local telephone service to AT&T.
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If G.P.S. made it harder to get lost, new cellphone services that track whereabouts are now making it harder to hide.
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New service sends color maps and directions to cell phone users.
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By Michelle Theriault, The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 24--On a recent afternoon, Dave Shockley learns to text message.   It's not as if Shockley's unfamiliar with cell phones.