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Free Cell Phone Service For Low Income Residents
Posted on August 17, 2008

Tennessee is the first state in the nation to provide free wireless phone service to its low-income residents. Prepaid cell phone provider TracFone Wireless Inc. announced Friday that it’s launching its SafeLink Wireless program in Tennessee. SafeLink provides eligible low-income households with a cell phone, access to emergency services and 68 minutes of free air time for up to a year. The Federal Communications Commission recently authorized TracFone to provide SafeLink, the company’s version of the federal program Lifeline. Other carriers are certified to use Lifeline, but they provide discounts on wireless service, rather than free service. Jose Fuentes, director of government relations for SafeLink Wireless, said the program will aid more than 800,000 low-income households in Tennessee.

The effect of cellular phone use upon driver attention.
McKnight AJ, McKnight AS.

National Public Services Research Institute, Landover, MD 20785. In this study, 150 subjects observed a 25-minute video driving sequence containing 45 highway traffic situations to which they were expected to respond by manipulation of simulated vehicle controls. Each situation occurred under five conditions of distraction: placing a cellular phone call, carrying on a causal cellular phone conversation, carrying on an intense cellular phone conversation, tuning a radio, and no distraction. All of the distractions led to significant increases in the proportion of situations to which subjects failed to respond. However, significant age differences of nonresponse appeared. Among subjects over age 50, nonresponses increased by about one-third under all of the telephone distractions. The response rate of younger subjects increased by a lesser degree except under intense conversation. Results were not influenced by gender or prior experience with cellular phones. The authors conclude that older drivers might reduce their accident risk during attention-demanding traffic conditions by avoiding use of cellular phones and that other drivers might do so by refraining from calls involving intense conversation.

Cellular phone service deal moves to FCC
Vt. settlement clears way for Verizon’s Unicel acquisition
June 11, 2008

By Bruce Edwards Rutland Herald

The two largest cellular phone companies in the state will divest their overlapping service territories under an antitrust settlement announced Tuesday. Verizon Wireless and Rural Cellular Corp., which does business as Unicel, reached an agreement with the Vermont Attorney General’s Office and the Department of Justice that will allow Verizon Wireless to move forward with its previously announced $2.67 billion purchase of the smaller cellular phone company, which operates in 15 states. The settlement and Verizon’s purchase of Unicel still requires the approval of the Federal Communications Commission. Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell said in a statement that "maintaining competition in this market is vitally important to the overall economic health of our state." Sorrell said requiring Verizon and Unicel to find a competitor to enter the Vermont market "will ensure that consumers continue to enjoy the benefits of competition in the cell phone market." ***

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download it to the cell phone

Someday, I want to come up with an idea like this and make a bunch of money off of it, even if I do give away the product. A company has made the Shaquille O’Neal R-rated rap about Kobe Bryant available as a ring tone. Rest assured that would get your cell phone noticed in a hurry. Just don’t let it ring in church, which, by the way, you shouldn’t do no matter what your ring tone is. Shaq’s profane rap can be seen at YouTube. We’d put the link on here, but you probably can get there faster on your favorites panel.
Starting tomorrow, U.S. consumers can take part in this Shaq-Kobe feud and make Shaq’s rap their ringtone. FunMobility has Shaq’s original rap as a free download, as well as a premium ringtone mashup of the original rap and a JibJab-style animation with the mashup soundtrack. If you know what all that means, more power to you. The Shaq rap ringtones can be downloaded for free now at FunMo.com.**

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TxtAHouse.com Releases Real Estate Texting System with Video Support

TxtAHouse.com Releases Real Estate Texting System with Video Support TxtAHouse.com (http://www.txtahouse.com/) is now offering an innovative mobile option for the cell phone/texting era and the real estate industry. (PRWEB) May 23, 2008 -- TxtAHouse.com (www.TxtAHouse.com) is now offering an innovative mobile option for the cell phone/texting era and the real estate industry. TxtAHouse.com has created a channel where realtors and buyers can sell and get information using their cell phones. Its real estate text-messaging system offers an alterative to verbal phone inquiries and email by using videos and pictures that can be viewed on mobile cell phones. For realtors and property sellers, TxtAHouse.com provides a simple, easy and innovative way to attract and gain a bigger network of clients. TxtAHouse.com provides realtors with free reusable sign riders, and a code. The realtor is able to load pictures, even videos, and information about the property by going to the TxtAHouse.com website that has a user friendly design. The realtor then advertises the code on a yard sign, rider, or in newspaper ads and flyers. Potential buyers can text the code of the property that they are interested in, and view the uploaded pictures, view streaming videos, and information on their phone. The potential buyers also have the option of requesting a callback from the realtor if they have further questions. Realtor receives a text alert soon after a callback is requested. All the activity is logged in the realtor’s account on the website. Realtor can view online various statistics and graphs about their properties. Along with the flexibility and mobility that TxtAHouse.com offers with its real estate text-messaging system, TxtAHouse.com also stands out in the real estate marketing industry with its competitive pricing plan for its services. TxtAHouse.com offers a variety of plans at low prices that range from $26.99-105.99 per month, with the flexibility of paying month by month. Services can also be easily terminated at any time, which gives the realtor a great opportunity to try the service out without entering into a big financial commitment. Realtors can upgrade their plan at any time through the website to list additional properties. Downgrading the plan to list fewer properties is also simple and convenient. Demha Inc., the company behind TxtAHouse.com was first established in 2006, and has been offering online services related to e-commerce, web hosting, and mobile texting. Demha Inc. is located near the Silicon Valley, California. For a demonstration, text LELE to 32075, or visit www.TxtAHouse.com.
TxtAHouse.com Releases Real Estate Texting System with Video Support

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Elementary Schoolboy Played SMS

Delivery of short message service ( SMS) now not anymore adult monopolies, but children which still sitting in elementary school also has fond of sends SMS to the friend humanity.

Like the one is done child of me, school return she directly takes hand phone and sends sms to her friends. Seen to be she hardly very glad receives answer sms from her friends. Lucky, child of me still have not dare to bring hand phone to school. Because by intimidated will lose, she have never brought hand phone to school, although have ever been once formerly, but now no longer.

Differs from junior high school pupils, they have dare to bring hand phone to school, so that sometime bothers hour lesson, like the one is griped a teacher, my neighbour.

He complains because junior high school pupils, where he teach, a lot brings hand phone. He expects, if parent correctness loves the child, doesn’t supply them hand phone to school, because will bother hour lesson. What is lossy later parent its self, because the child will become amentia.

Other solution, ought to the side of school publish regulation and provides place of goods deposit, store hand phone to of the pupils. School publish regulation that pupils is prohibited to brings hand phone to class, and for pupil bringing hand phone must entrust it in space or place of deposit of goods in school. Thereby school activity will not annoyed.***

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Rising prices put pressure on texting, phone calls

Monday, April 28, 2008

By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter

More Filipinos are expected to own cellular phone units this year, but higher food prices are expected to reduce their spending for calls and text messaging.

“There may be some slowdown in the C, D and E markets,” Edgardo Cabarios, National Telecommunications Commission department director, said. He added that the limited disposable income in this segment will be spent on food.

He said the best way for telecom companies to recover lost revenues from the mass market is to offer a pricing scheme or services that will target the more affluent—those belonging to A, B and upper C socio-economic brackets, as they are likely to have disposable incomes.

But despite higher inflation, the commission official said he sees the number of mobile phone subscribers growing by five million to 10 million this year.

The government earlier reported that inflation rose 6.4 percent in March owing to higher food and oil prices. For this year, the Development and Budget Coordinating Committee projects an inflation rate of 3 percent to 5 percent.

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) recorded 30 million subscribers last year, with units Smart Communications Inc. registering 20.3 million users and Piltel, 9.7 million. Globe Telecom Inc.’s subscribers stood at 20.3 million and Sun Cellular’s, more than 5.5 million.

Protect yourself from cell phone-emitted radiation

At Safewireless.com, we believe that an ounce of prevention is worth more than a
pound of cure when it comes to cell phones and your health. While it is commonly
understood that it is dangerous to stand too close to the microwave while it is
cooking, or sit too close to the T.V., we think nothing of talking for long periods of
time on our cell phones. While this is a relatively recent concern, several news
reports have surfaced that, if nothing else, will make you question the complete safety
of your cell phone.

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