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

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Mobile Media Sprints Ahead, Wireless
Giant Launches Cell Phone-Based TV

Mobile Media Sprints Ahead, Wireless
Giant Launches Cell Phone-Based TV 11/14/2003 08:06 AM
Media Post Nov 14 2003 7:51AM ET

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]

OldCellPhone.com Reaches Benchmark in
Cash for Cell Phone Program

OldCellPhone.com Reaches Benchmark in
Cash for Cell Phone Program 03/22/2005 03:25 PM
Circulating 20,000 handsets a month, 300 old cell phone models are now accepted for cash. [PRWEB Mar 22, 2005]

Verizon Launches Strike Against Cell
Phone Spammers

Verizon Launches Strike Against Cell
Phone Spammers 08/04/2004 09:57 AM

Although I've been blessed enough to have dodged the cellular spam bullet, I know not all of you have been so lucky. And while it's far from an epidemic (yet), Verizon Wireless is trying to nip it in the bud, filing federal lawsuits against a group of alleged New Jersey cell phone spammers who sent "152,000 unsolicited commercial electronic messages to thousands of Verizon Wireless subscribers."

Until Verizon takes down their awful sign that mars the downtown Manhattan skyline, they will remain my sworn enemy. I am glad, though, to see someone try to take a chunk out of these assholes before it becomes an even bigger deal. That being said, you can only do so much with lawsuits; perhaps a technological solution is needed. Like the one for email. Nevermind.

Read - Taking a dagger to cell-phone spam... if possible [Yahoo (USA Today)]

Virgin Mobile Launches MTV-Branded Cell
Phone

Virgin Mobile Launches MTV-Branded Cell
Phone 11/04/2003 07:35 AM
Boston Globe Nov 4 2003 5:48AM ET

Free Motorola Razr Cell Phone -
Sponsored Link

Free Motorola Razr Cell Phone -
Sponsored Link 03/30/2005 01:53 PM
Ad - http://www.internetopiniongroup.com Mar 30 2005 2:02PM GMT

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.

Cell phone giants work on wired-wireless
bridge

Cell phone giants work on wired-wireless
bridge 07/14/2004 08:18 PM
CNET Jul 15 2004 0:25AM GMT

Mobile & Wireless World: Combo Wi-FI
cell phone due out by fall

Mobile & Wireless World: Combo Wi-FI
cell phone due out by fall 05/28/2004 04:55 PM
Avaya, Proxim and Motorola have teamed up and plan to introduce a dual-mode Wi-FI and cellular phone this year that will require the use of an 802.11a WLAN.

Drop cell in cradle, and wireless calls
ring on your home phone

Drop cell in cradle, and wireless calls
ring on your home phone 11/05/2003 09:24 PM
SiliconValley.com Nov 5 2003 8:36PM ET

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

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Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices

Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices 06/12/2004 02:48 AM
Barefoot Software Asia Limited (BSAL) is pleased to announce the launch Australian Swimsuit Edition-Free (ASE), via the Barefoot Software website (http://www.barefootsoft.com) for immediate download. ASE is a Cardmate application for mobile phones which is being launched for Free as a promotional application to end users who have a Symbian based mobile phone. ASE, the first Australian swimsuit model application for Smartphone devices in the World can initially be downloaded by users who have a Nokia (6600/3650/7650), Sony Ericsson P800/P900 and other compatible phones from the barefoot Web site. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004]

Grand opening of SOexcessories Wholesale
Wireless. Out fit your cell phone with a
fashionable faceplate.

Grand opening of SOexcessories Wholesale
Wireless. Out fit your cell phone with a
fashionable faceplate. 09/21/2004 11:11 AM
Cellular Accessories at 50-80% off retail. Flat rate shipping $5.95. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004]

Mobile-8 launches first fully-wireless
phone service

Mobile-8 launches first fully-wireless
phone service 12/08/2003 11:21 PM
Jakarta Post Dec 8 2003 9:19PM ET

Jabra headsets combine iPod, mobile
phone audio

Jabra headsets combine iPod, mobile
phone audio 01/06/2005 09:11 AM
Mobile phone headset maker Jabra on Thursday unveiled its C120s and C220s, two new corded headsets designed to combine the audio from mobile phones and from iPods or other music players. The first stereo headsets from Jabra, the devices plug directly into the mobile phone and offer an adapter to connect to standard music devices like the iPod, saving you from having to switch from earbuds to headset when you get a call.

Reviews: Portable MP3 player with FM and
voice recorder; wireless headset; cell
phone info syncing

Reviews: Portable MP3 player with FM and
voice recorder; wireless headset; cell
phone info syncing 12/11/2003 06:07 PM
San Jose Mercury News Dec 11 2003 5:46PM ET

Polycom Launches Wireless Conference
Phone, Video Display

Polycom Launches Wireless Conference
Phone, Video Display 04/19/2004 04:32 PM
The conferencing vendor announces its first SoundStation wireless phone for audio conferencing and adds another personal video conferencing option aimed at executive offices.

Cellebrite's UME-24: Universal Cell
Phone, Smart phones and PDAs Content
Memory Synchronization System Launches

Cellebrite's UME-24: Universal Cell
Phone, Smart phones and PDAs Content
Memory Synchronization System Launches 09/24/2004 03:29 AM
Cellebrite has launched the ultimate synchronization device, the UME-24. The UME-24 is the first all-inclusive system to transfer memory including phonebook contacts, photos, ring tones, and more between cell phones, PDA's and smart phones. [PRWEB Sep 24, 2004]

Time Warner Cable Launches Wireless
Phone Service (Reuters)

Time Warner Cable Launches Wireless
Phone Service (Reuters) 04/01/2005 07:52 PM
Reuters - Time Warner Inc's cable unit quietly began offering wireless phone service in its first market this week, adding to efforts by big cable operators to offer a full suite of communications services for consumers.

Snap to It! LG Mobile Phones Launches
Powerful New Camera Phone for Cingular
Wireless

Snap to It! LG Mobile Phones Launches
Powerful New Camera Phone for Cingular
Wireless 09/22/2004 07:06 PM
SymbianOne Sep 22 2004 11:08PM GMT

AT&T, Zoom promote Net phone offerings

AT&T, Zoom promote Net phone offerings 07/13/2004 05:30 AM
Boston Globe Jul 13 2004 10:11AM GMT

Vodafone to promote shift to 3G mobile
phone handsets

Vodafone to promote shift to 3G mobile
phone handsets 12/24/2004 01:02 PM
Wireless Watch Japan Dec 23 2004 11:07PM GMT

U.S. Cellular Begins Phone Reuse and
Recycling Program - Program Benefits
Environment, Proceeds Go to Charity

U.S. Cellular Begins Phone Reuse and
Recycling Program - Program Benefits
Environment, Proceeds Go to Charity 07/25/2004 02:14 AM
U.S. Cellular has taken the lead in protecting the environment by teaming up with RMS Communications to collect unused wireless phones to safely dispose of them and protect the environment and public health from hazardous waste. [PRWEB Jul 25, 2004]

Transnet Wireless Corporation Launches a
Wi-Fi Hot Spot Distribution Program for
Wireless Network Expansion

Transnet Wireless Corporation Launches a
Wi-Fi Hot Spot Distribution Program for
Wireless Network Expansion 06/09/2004 03:27 PM
Transnet Wireless is establishing a national network of Wi-Fi Hot Spots through an innovative distributorship program. These systems are designed to provide high-speed internet access, e-mail and wireless (Wi-Fi) internet access to the public for a small fee, payable by cash or credit card. They are also Wireless Access Points (Hot Spots), where up to 100 users with a wireless-ready laptop can simultaneously receive wireless internet access within several hundred feet of the unit. The machines have other income sources including interactive advertising and e-commerce. [PRWEB Jun 5, 2004]

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

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...

Get first aid instructions in your cell
phone

Get first aid instructions in your cell
phone 06/24/2005 10:03 PM
Finnish Red Cross has made a Java cell phone program ("midlet" for the technically inclined) which contains the most basic first aid instructions in an easy-to-follow format with pictures. The instructions are in Finnish only, but you can get yours by texting "LATAA7 SPR ENSIAPU7" to number 17116. You need to have WAP settings in place to make the download. I took a quick look at it and it certainly seems like something I'm going to keep on my phone for a long time.

(Though, be warned, the midlet costs 7€! Something that which Helsingin Sanomat completely forgets to mention (boo hiss, this is stupid), but that is declared on Red Cross's page...)

Just in time for the holidays, I would say.

(Via Helsingin Sanomat. Lisää tietoa Punaisen ristin sivuilta.)

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

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]

Television On Your Cell Phone

Television On Your Cell Phone 08/21/2004 09:19 AM

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

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 Guns

Cell Phone Guns 01/27/2004 05:19 PM

Press M for Murder: Cell Phones That Kill: Can you program the phone to shoot the owner if it's answered in a movie theater?

Though heavier than normal phones, the lethal ones look nearly identical. The hollowed-out devices, made in Croatia, are fired by punching buttons on the keypad and can shoot four .22-cal. bullets in rapid succession.

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Cell phone lockdown

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

Cell Phone Tombstone

Cell Phone Tombstone 04/18/2005 03:07 PM

This might be the saddest tombstone I've ever seen. If this isn't the inventor of the cellphone—something I'm not sure I'd want looming over me in the afterlife, anyway—then I'd really like to dig him up and steal all the moldering gadgets with which he was inevitably buried.

I'm pretty sure I've seen this in come corner of the internet before. Has anyone seen a better quality image? I want to read the inscription.

Israeli Mobile Phone Headstone [UnwiredNews via LiveDIgitally]

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Monday, May 24 Begins Nationwide Number
Portability: Keep Your Cell Number When
You Switch, But What Happens to the Old
Phone?

Monday, May 24 Begins Nationwide Number
Portability: Keep Your Cell Number When
You Switch, But What Happens to the Old
Phone? 05/31/2004 02:00 PM
"Number portability" began in November for parts of the country, but on Monday it will be available throughout the nation. Millions of cellular phone users are about to discover that when they switch companies they can keep their number, but a new phone will be required. One company offers consumers an easy way to get rid of old cell phones and get paid cash for doing it. [PRWEB May 21, 2004]

Think of a Number ... Come On, Think!

Think of a Number ... Come On, Think! 03/14/2005 06:16 PM
Hey, cellphone user, when was the last time you memorized a phone number? If it's been a long time, you're in good company. Memorizing phone numbers is a declining art.

who is number one? you are number six.

who is number one? you are number six. 12/19/2004 03:48 PM

What's My Line? — Live On Stage! continues to get better and better, and I'm running out of ways to blog about how much fun I had on the stage, and how much the audience enjoyed the show . . . so I'm not even going to try this week. I'll just settle on: IT WAS AWESOME. If you're anywhere near Hollywood on a night that we're doing the show, you simply must come out and see us.

Tonight, my friend Drew Curtis (who is responsible for Fark) and I will be in studio together on The David Lawrence Show from 8pm until 10pm PST. We'll take phone calls and instant messages, and I can't wait to see what happens when the worlds of Fark and WWdN collide on the radio. It's going to be supermegaawesome. There are several different listening options at the show's website.

Number-RGB-1.1

Number-RGB-1.1 03/06/2004 02:03 AM

How Did You Get My Number?

How Did You Get My Number? 06/29/2004 01:50 PM
Telemarketers found a work-around for the Do Not Call list: Your HR department.

Number please

Number please 05/25/2004 02:15 AM
USA Today May 25 2004 6:17AM GMT

number 2.21

number 2.21 12/31/2003 08:34 PM
Print the English name of a number of any size

Number 42

Number 42 03/14/2005 06:01 PM

« An 8 week old Saint Bernard puppy gets his 15 seconds of fame. »

In a follow-up to the recent popular feature on an archive of Estonian commercials from the 80s, the Sanomat had an article on Sunday about a similar site filled with Hungarian commercials which are completely incomprehensible in spite of Hungarian being linguistically close to Finnish. Number 42 features two adorable Saint Bernard puppies and though I've no idea what the commercial is pitching, the little furry babies are understandable in any language. :)

It's your number, take it with you

It's your number, take it with you 11/03/2003 07:42 AM
Carriers brace for massive churn with the arrival of number portability later this month.

It'll be your number to keep

It'll be your number to keep 11/03/2003 08:53 AM
ZDNet Nov 3 2003 8:12AM ET

Number-Phone-1.2

Number-Phone-1.2 09/22/2004 05:06 PM

Number of the week: 21

Number of the week: 21 01/03/2004 07:30 PM
A search on the Internet search engine Google's news service turned up 20 newspaper stories and a couple of online news service stories suggesting the BCS ...

Number-Tolerant-1.22

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Number-Phone-PT-0.02

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Number-Phone-IE-0.1

Number-Phone-IE-0.1 04/07/2005 03:19 PM

Number-Tolerant-1.20

Number-Tolerant-1.20 08/19/2004 05:18 PM

Number-Phone-PT-0.04

Number-Phone-PT-0.04 05/19/2004 10:24 AM

Number-Tolerant-1.30

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Number-Phone-PT-0.03

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Number-Range-0.05

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Number Navigator

Number Navigator 11/05/2003 01:15 PM
Help!!!!!!!!!

Number-Fraction-1.04

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Number-Phone-1.0

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i am not a number . . . i'm a bard!

i am not a number . . . i'm a bard! 12/19/2004 03:48 PM

I just got back from the True Dungeon at SoCal Gencon.

Wow. What a great time! I played a Bard, and all that Improv training I've had over the years paid off . . . I got to make up a few songs, gave my party +3 in a battle, stopped us from letting something Very Bad happen . . . and got killed when the giant spider hit me for 6, and then for 14. Ah, the joys of being third level with no armor.

I'm going to write about the whole thing for my column in Dungeon, but I will say this now: if you ever get a chance to do a True Dungeon, go for it. It's a blast. They're in Anaheim through the weekend.

Number-Tolerant-1.015

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The Number of the Spam

The Number of the Spam 07/23/2004 04:51 PM
I was wandering around the Open Directory Project, and.......

Number-Tolerant-1.014

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Number-Fraction-1.03

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

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