UN Sends Text Messages Alerting Iraqis in Syria to Food Program

"There are refugees that used to cross, but host families were able to take care of them" The United Nations has sent about 10,000 text messages on mobile phones to help inform Iraqi refugees in Syria that an international food distribution program for them begins tomorrow. via Cyrusfarivar.com - Original Story

Linux shines as smartphone OS

"Linux is benefiting from growing support in the handset OEM community, most notably Motorola, but also Nokia with less traditional types of devices aimed at mobile broadband applications" Over the next five years, Linux use in smartphones worldwide will grow at a faster rate than Microsoft Windows Mobile, Symbian, and other operating systems, a research firm predicted Tuesday. via EETimes - Original Story

Montgomery Students Now Allowed to Carry Cell Phones

Once, Montgomery County students were derided as some of the only kids who would have cell phones in school, now they're the latest to have them legally. via WJLA-TV Arlington - Original Story

Legal Worries Delay iPhone Unlocking Software

"We'd be happy to let another company take the heat and be the second or third company to post [the software]" Fear of litigation has led to an indefinite delay in the planned Saturday release of software to unlock Apple Inc. via PC World - Original Story

Review: Rival Phones No Match for iPhone

"Hey, let's give it two top menus! Give the user more choice" The iPhone makes me mad.Not, mind you, at the iPhone itself, but mad at cell-phone manufacturers who have saddled us for years with interfaces that lure us into labyrinths of menus.The buttons that are supposed to guide us through this maze do different things on every screen: a single button can mean 'Back' on one screen, 'Cancel' on another, 'Exit' on a third.The iPhone has one button on its face. It always does the same thing: takes you to the top menu, where icons representing all functions of the phone _ music player, Internet browser and more _ are laid out in a clear manner. Wham, you're out of the labyrinth. Read more - Original Story

Mouth Controlled iPod

"Japanese train commuters who don't want to reach conspicuously into their bags or pockets to start their iPods will soon be able to do it more subtly - by simply clenching their teeth." Just when you thought they had thought of all the new and improved gadgets for your iPod! Now, according to Yahoo.com, "Japanese train commuters who don't want to reach conspicuously into their bags or pockets ... via Trend Hunter Magazine - Original Story

Prepaid cell phones are the best option for teens

My household has no cell phones because we've not been able to justify the expense. via Pasadena Star-News - Original Story

Lawsuit Over AT&T Cell Phone Service To Proceed

At issue was a clause in old Cingular contracts that forced customers to litigate their grievances independently, instead of grouping together for a class action lawsuit. via KOTV Tulsa - Original Story

Aaa's Renowned Travel, Navigation, Road Service Now Available Via Select GPS-Enabled Cell Phones

"Travelers also have useful information at their fingertips such as a hotel's Diamond Rating or a restaurant where they can show their AAA card to save money." AAA's well known proprietary travel information, mapping expertise and road service is now available on select GPS-enabled mobile phones via a newly launched service called AAA Mobile , AAA announced today. via Telephony World - Original Story

Taiwan's Lite-On to acquire world's top handset casing maker Perlos

"Perlos makes casings for 1.2 billion cell phones each year with annual revenue hitting 12 billion US dollars" Taiwan's Lite-On Technology Corp on Monday announced plans to acquire the world's largest cell phone casing manufacturer Perlos Corp. via Earth Times - Original Story

Sanyo won't sell cell phone unit

"We are conducting various reviews in order to strengthen our mobile phone handset operation, but we have not made any decision to sell the operation" " - " Troubled Japanese firm Sanyo Electric Co. denied Saturday that it had decided to sell its mobile phone manufacturing unit. via Times of Oman - Original Story

You're not allowed to read your ex's SMSes

"If it were to be solved by community service, everything would be clean." Prague - A four-month suspended prison sentence was the punishment that a 23-year-old man in the Czech Republic received from a court for stealing his ex-girlfriend's cellphone and plunging through her text ... via Independent Online - Original Story

4G race is on for 700 MHz market

"The final decision of what technology we will use will be based on the state of health of the technology and the ecosystem supporting it" Chip designers for cellular and WiMax networks are sharpening their pencils on plans for 700 MHz support after getting new guidance from the Federal Communications Commission on the spectrum last week. via My ESM - Original Story

Price Cuts Hurt Chip Revenue in First Half of Year

"We expect that key end markets will grow in line with expectations through the remainder of the year, and that total semiconductor sales for 2007 will meet the revised forecast" Continuing price cuts in the semiconductor market held revenue growth down to 2.1 percent in the first half of 2007, even though strong sales of PCs and cell phones pushed chip shipments to rise nearly 7 ... via PC World - Original Story

Samsung Takes Second Spot In Worldwide Cellular Race

"Total global cellphone shipments have continued to slow down this year, but Samsung is speeding up" By Joseph Palenchar -- TWICE, 8/3/2007 1:06:00 PM Boston, Mass. Samsung became the world's second-largest supplier of cellular phones in unit shipments in the second quarter, overtaking Motorola, Strategy ... via Twice - Original Story

Verizon earnings up 4.5 percent

Verizon Communications Inc. reported second-quarter earnings that satisfied analyst expectations Monday and said its wireless arm would buy a rural cellphone carrier to expand its reach. via Buffalo News - Original Story