Call waiting leaves no time for cell phone's 20th anniversary party

Daily Breeze;  July 27, 2004 ;     586 words ......Here it is, the 20th anniversary of the cell phone, and isn't that just perfect for a newspaper...jaws. Let's see. If not for the blasted cell phone, I would never have to listen to ring...FROM!" on an airplane. If not for the cell phone, I might have to check only one answering...

Cell hell.(cell phone disturbances)(Editorial)

Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The cell phone has transformed public places into giant...and social commentary on the impact of cell phone use on society. Some of her carefully...discourtesy and downright boorishness of public cell phone users. With the increase and near saturation...

Cell Phone Firms Offer Users Services to Dial for.

The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 5, 2002 ;     686 words ...Byline: Marie Beaudette Aug. 5--Cell phone companies are helping their customers take multitasking...food and entertainment, now can be done using a cell phone, a credit card and a few fingers. Cell phone companies are introducing these new services...

Firms offer cell phone users services to dial for; Devices not just for...

The Washington Times;  August 5, 2002 ;     652 words ...Byline: Marie Beaudette, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Cell phone companies are helping their customers take...and entertainment, now can be done using a cell phone, a credit card and a few fingers. Cell phone companies are introducing these new services...

Cell phone abuse can stunt growing minds.(Neighbor)(Suburbia)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 30, 2006 ;     553 words ......hazardous to our state of mind. Having a cell phone used to be what made a teenager cool...groups of teenagers all talking on a cell phone at the same time, or families shopping...multiple family members talking on a cell phone. The ability to talk to anyone, anywhere...

Break those bad cell phone habits!(cell phone etiquette)(Brief Article)

American Salesman;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......dining at an exquisite restaurant? A rude cell phone user who insists on staying connected...inopportune times. Whether a person keeps the cell phone ringer on during group meetings or talks...authorities have expounded on the rules of cell phone etiquette. As a result, such ...

Cell phone users really want data services.(MOBILE MEDIA)

The Online Reporter;  April 8, 2006 ;     623 words ...Cell phone users in the US are becoming increasingly...Research Center. The survey, which looks at cell phone trends and usage habits, found that 52...consider dropping their landline completely. Cell phone users also have a list of must have features...

How Can a Cell Phone Addict Break Free?

The Washington Post;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...What should a cell phone addict do to cure himself? I floated...body politic a few days ago after a cell phone addict threw himself on my mercy. He...me he is hopelessly addicted to his cell phone, would like to get free, but can't...

Courtesy counts.(cell phone etiquette rules )

American Salesman;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......dining at an exquisite restaurant? A rude cell phone user who insists on staying connected...inopportune times. Whether a person keeps the cell phone ringer on during group meetings or talks...authorities have expounded on the rules of cell phone etiquette. As a result, such ...

PUBLIC STRIKES BACK AT CELL PHONE RUDENESS.(LIVING)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  August 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ......was crooning love ballads. Suddenly a cell phone rang out. To the dismay of performer...call. On a West Coast Bay ferry, where ''Cell Phone Free Zone'' signs are often ignored...and counting, so are complaints about cell phone rudeness. It's not just Ann Landers and...

Americans' new hang-up: cell phone rudeness "There is absolutely no excuse...

The Journal Record;  August 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ......was crooning love ballads. Suddenly a cell phone rang out. To the dismay of performer...On a San Francisco Bay ferry, where "Cell Phone Free Zone" signs are often ignored, a...and counting, so are complaints about cell phone rudeness. It's not just Ann Landers and...

SEN. BROWN INTRODUCES NEW CELL PHONE PRIVACY LEGISLATION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 15, 2007 ;     545 words ......has issued the following news release: Cell phone customers tired of unwanted marketing...Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today. Brown's cell phone privacy bill would prevent companies...and marketing directories of personal cell phone numbers. The bill would safeguard consumer...

GREENSBORO CAB DRIVER FOILS FUGITIVE'S FLIGHT; A WINSTON-SALEM MAN...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  December 28, 2002 ;     254 words ......found. About 1:30 a.m., Rookard called for a cab on his cell phone and was picked up by driver A. Abdalla on Blandwood Avenue...dispatcher telling drivers to be on the lookout for a man with a cell phone but no shirt, despite the sub-freezing temperature. The...advantage of Rookard's position to ...

Hel - lo? Dead zones plague cell phone users across state ; Coverage in...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  January 11, 2004 ;     700+ words ......01-11-2004 Hel - lo? Dead zones plague cell phone users across state ; Coverage in parts...some suggestions for finding the best cell phone coverage: Ask friends and colleagues...bad the service is." Samuel Zaitlin, on cell phone coverage in Maine As chairman of the...

DONWTOWN JOURNAL; Cell phone intrusion calling: It's for you.(Editorial)

The Boston Herald;  July 22, 2001 ;     679 words ...By now, everybody has an offensive cell phone story to top the last offensive cell phone story they told a couple of months ago. Like rats, cell phone users multiply, racking up the roaming charges. Last week, cell phones were in the news when...