Cell phone co. allowing call limits

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Cell Phone Co. Allowing Call Limits (AP)

Cell Phone Co. Allowing Call Limits (AP) 05/14/2004 10:36 AM
AP - How would you like to curb your gabby teen's mobile chats or your employee's cell calls about fantasy football?

Cell Phone Company Allows Call Limits
(AP)

Cell Phone Company Allows Call Limits
(AP) 05/17/2004 07:30 AM
AP - How would you like to curb your gabby teen's mobile chats or your employee's cell calls about fantasy football? Boston Communications Group Inc. might have something for you.

Cell Phone Company Allows Call Limits

Cell Phone Company Allows Call Limits 05/17/2004 08:51 AM
AP via Daily Press May 17 2004 1:29PM GMT

Driver cell phone limits a possibility

Driver cell phone limits a possibility 12/27/2004 04:34 AM
Houston Chronicle Dec 27 2004 7:42AM GMT

CellWireless.com Offers Low
International Call Cell Phone Rates

CellWireless.com Offers Low
International Call Cell Phone Rates 02/01/2005 08:48 PM
Network marketing and home business opportunities in the telecommunications industry are also available. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April

Pride Communication Services, #1
Reseller of Krusell Leather Cell Phone
Cases, to Begin Selling Identity-Theft
Conscious Horizontic Plus Cell Phone
Case in April 03/29/2005 04:34 AM
To Better Accommodate the Needs of Today’s Identity Theft Conscious Cell Phone Users, Pride Communication Services (PCS), a Subsidiary Franchise of KaseIT and the Largest Reseller of KRUSELL Leather Cases, Announced Today that it Would Begin Selling the Horizontic Plus Cell Phone Case, KRUSELL’s Newest Offering, In its Online Store in April. [PRWEB Mar 29, 2005]

Find My Child Provides Peace of Mind for
Parents, Allowing You to Locate Your
Children Via Their Mobile Phone

Find My Child Provides Peace of Mind for
Parents, Allowing You to Locate Your
Children Via Their Mobile Phone 04/13/2005 04:26 AM
A people locator service such as this is designed to locate the phone of another person. For the service to work, the phone has to be switched on and within network coverage. Location services aimed at children are intended to complement, not be a substitute for, normal parental supervision [PRWEB Apr 13, 2005]

Network limits cell location data

Network limits cell location data 01/19/2004 01:45 AM
Boston Globe Jan 19 2004 6:02AM GMT

Bush Defends Limits on Stem Cell
Research

Bush Defends Limits on Stem Cell
Research 06/15/2004 09:24 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 16 2004 1:54AM GMT

CNN.com - Kerry: Lift limits on stem
cell research - Aug 7, 2004

CNN.com - Kerry: Lift limits on stem
cell research - Aug 7, 2004 08/11/2004 12:59 AM
I agree 100% with John Kerry .. KERRY GETS IT RIGHT

cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/07/dems.radio
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Bush Defends Limits on Stem Cell
Research (Reuters)

Bush Defends Limits on Stem Cell
Research (Reuters) 06/15/2004 07:48 PM
Reuters - President Bush on Tuesday defended his policy of strictly limiting stem cell research, despite pressure to reconsider after former President Ronald Reagan died of complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Limits on Stem-Cell Research Re-emerge
as a Political Issue

Limits on Stem-Cell Research Re-emerge
as a Political Issue 05/05/2004 11:56 PM
Advocates for patients are pressing President Bush to loosen the limits on federal financing for the science.

Kerry Vows to Lift Bush Limits on
Stem-Cell Research

Kerry Vows to Lift Bush Limits on
Stem-Cell Research 06/22/2004 01:04 AM
Backed by the unusual endorsement of 48 Nobel laureates, Senator John Kerry on Monday accused the Bush administration of letting ideology trump science.

New Pay-Per-Phone Call Lead System
Empowers Partners to Ensure Clients
Charged Only for Successful Call Leads

New Pay-Per-Phone Call Lead System
Empowers Partners to Ensure Clients
Charged Only for Successful Call Leads 03/17/2005 03:01 AM
Developer of ZiffTalk and Click4Advisor ‘click-for-talk’ platforms launches ZiffLeads, first independent Pay-Per-Phone Call Lead platform, to target partners who want to offer online advertisers, local and national, a more Flexible and Reliable Phone Call Lead generation and measurement product. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls 08/16/2004 05:48 PM
Iowa phone company plans to block cell phone call in a dispute with wireless carriers. The Iowa Utilities Board has prevented the plan for now.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets. 07/26/2004 02:22 AM
New laws that mandate the use of cell phone headsets have recently passed in several states. In response, FreeHeadset.org has developed a program to provide wireless phone users with a free cell phone headset. [PRWEB Jul 26, 2004]

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls 04/11/2005 08:07 PM
user survey reported

consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/cell_sex.html
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Skype Internet phone service tries hard
within limits

Skype Internet phone service tries hard
within limits 05/28/2004 07:50 PM
CRM Assist May 29 2004 0:04AM GMT

Finnish phone study says radiation
within agreed limits

Finnish phone study says radiation
within agreed limits 01/09/2004 10:11 PM
Tests on several of the world's most popular second-generation mobile phone models revealed no health hazards, with radiation levels recorded well below agreed limits, according to data published by a Finnish agency.

Call from anywhere on your cell and
access Internet, too

Call from anywhere on your cell and
access Internet, too 07/25/2004 07:21 AM
The Province Jul 25 2004 11:22AM GMT

Call The Hague! Make room in Milosevic's
cell!

Call The Hague! Make room in Milosevic's
cell! 11/19/2003 11:37 PM
Per le speaks (the truth)! International lawyers and anti-war campaigners reacted with astonishment yesterday after the influential Pentagon hawk Richard Perle conceded that the invasion of Iraq had been illegal. I can't decide if this is really stupid or really shrewd. And can legal action be taken?

Brazil Scientists Call on Congress to
Allow Stem Cell Research

Brazil Scientists Call on Congress to
Allow Stem Cell Research 07/21/2004 02:31 PM
Technology Review Jul 21 2004 6:37PM GMT

Cell Phone Zen

Cell Phone Zen 08/16/2004 02:27 PM
My phone sucks ass! The voicemail has never worked properly since day 1. At least once a week I have...

A Cell Phone in Every Pot

A Cell Phone in Every Pot 12/09/2003 02:39 AM

Ce ll Phones Sales Skyrocket

"The worldwide market for cell phones is outstripping even the most enthusiastic predictions from the beginning of the year, as consumers continue to snap up handsets at a dizzying rate, according to research released Monday by Gartner.

Handset vendors sold 132.8 million units in the third quarter of this year, up 22 percent from last year's third-quarter shipments of 108.8 million units, says Ben Wood, an analyst with Gartner based in London. Gartner calculated the figures using the number of units sold to end users, rather than units shipped into the channel.

'The total market is on fire,' he says. 'We had predicted about 470 million units for the year, but it's going to be about 500 million this year.'

Mature cell phone markets such as western Europe and the U.S. are going through a replacement cycle, as consumers with older black-and-white phones are trading them in for new models with color screens and cameras , Wood says.

'We're getting to a point where a mobile phone is as much about fashion as anything,' he says." [PCWorld.com]

It won't be much longer before purchasing a mobile phone will be as much about utility (staying connected to the internet) as anything.

You could have a 3G cell phone already

You could have a 3G cell phone already 04/11/2005 03:55 AM
Jakarta Post Apr 11 2005 5:22AM GMT

Internet, cell phones call Krakow's
youth to streets for tribute to pope
(AFP)

Internet, cell phones call Krakow's
youth to streets for tribute to pope
(AFP) 04/04/2005 06:41 PM
AFP - More than 150,000 young people marched through the streets of Krakow in an impromptu tribute, organised with the aid of modern technology, to Pope John Paul II.

Keep on rockin' with your cell phone

Keep on rockin' with your cell phone 04/10/2005 11:41 PM
CNET News.com Apr 11 2005 3:03AM GMT

Cell-Phone Wars

Cell-Phone Wars 02/15/2004 01:12 PM

The Souped-Up Cell Phone

The Souped-Up Cell Phone 06/15/2004 10:00 AM
Business Week Jun 15 2004 2:25PM GMT

New Cell Phone Tactics

New Cell Phone Tactics 12/03/2003 11:07 AM
How many of you have moved to a new cell phone carrier now that number portability allows you to take...

Cell phone lockdown

Cell phone lockdown 12/03/2003 07:32 AM
CNET Dec 3 2003 7:03AM ET

Cell phone users and sex

Cell phone users and sex 04/11/2005 11:25 AM
David Pescovitz: According to a new global survey, fourteen percent of cell phone users stop screwing to answer their cell phones. Just like Paris Hilton. From Consumer Affairs.com report on a subscription-only Ad Age article:

The highest incidence of cellular interruptus was found in Germany and Spain, where 22 percent of users interrupted sex to answer their cell phones; the lowest was in Italy, where only 7 percent reported doing so. In the U.S., the figure was 15 percent, the magazine said, citing a study conducted by BBDO Worldwide and Proximity Worldwide.

Link (Thanks, Carlo Longino!)

Cell Phone Directory

Cell Phone Directory 07/28/2004 04:28 PM

Cell phone directory gets hoots, hollers: This seems like a no-brainer to me.

The days of searching in vain for someone's cell phone number are almost over. Starting early next year, you'll be able to call directory assistance to get a mobile number.

However, some people object:

"These devices are considered much more personal than landline (phones)," says Chris Hoofnagle of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. "People tend to carry them everywhere and answer them when they ring."

What's more, cell phone subscribers pay for incoming calls, even unwanted ones.

Such concerns prompted Verizon Wireless, the No. 1 wireless company, to keep its 40 million subscribers out of the directory.

Isn't it interesting how cell phones have made phone numbers personal? A phone number used to be associated with a family ot a business — a group of people. But now, everyone in my family can have a cell phone, and therefore a phone number associated with them personally.

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Cell phone joins TV, PC

Cell phone joins TV, PC 06/10/2004 11:30 AM
Chicago Tribune Jun 10 2004 4:15PM GMT

Cell Phone Booth

Cell Phone Booth 01/03/2005 10:33 AM

Another day, another artist complaining about the lack of respect/personal interaction from those pesky cell phone users. At least Nick Rodrigues bothered to wear a suit as he showed off his personal cell phone booth, designed to illustrate how disrespectful people are when they dare call their friends and family in public.

Remember the good ol' days, when people would go into Conversation Booths before speaking, preserving the sanctity of the commons' silence? No, I really don't either.

Performa nce Sculpture [SensoryImpact]

Wi-Fi Hot, TV Not for Cell Phone Users

Wi-Fi Hot, TV Not for Cell Phone Users 04/12/2005 02:45 PM
Cell phone users think Wi-Fi access is important, but scoff at features such as the capability to watch TV on their phones, according to a study on future cell phone features by research firm InStat. InStat found that Wi-Fi, mapping features and traffic alerts, and voice activated text input scored highest with users.

16 mln US teens have a cell phone

16 mln US teens have a cell phone 03/27/2005 02:33 AM
ZDNet Mar 27 2005 5:48AM GMT

Your Cell Phone Is Tracking You

Your Cell Phone Is Tracking You 12/21/2003 03:43 AM
PollGuy writes "I had never heard until this article in the New York Times (sacrifice of first born required) about services that let regular people track the ...
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