May 5, 2008

T-Mobile USA launched its first commercial high-speed wireless service in New York City, and plans to expand the service to 20 to 25 other major U.S. markets by the end of the year.

April 23, 2008

The battle over cell phones in schools ended with the state's appeals court voting to uphold a ban on cell phones in public schools in New York city.

April 15, 2008

Cuban government has eased restrictions on buying cellular phones for the first time and also allowed registering those they had held illegally.

April 10, 2008

The FCC has approved a new nationwide alert system that will send text messages to cell phones to alert Americans when an emergency, disaster or attack occurs. The plan itself will deliver three different types of charge-free text alerts to mobile phone users.

April 8, 2008

The European Union has approved in-flight cell phone use for all of its 27 member nations. An on-board base station will relay phone signals to either a satellite or ground towers.

April 2, 2008

AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega said that AT&T was expecting a 3G iPhone within the next few months., when asked about plans to sell a third-generation (3G) iPhone.

Nokia Reveals Flexible Cell Phone

Nokia and the University of Cambridge jointly revealed a new stretchable and flexible mobile device of the future called Morph. This is a new concept of the cell phone of the future basically, as the phone has the ability to flex, bend, and stretch. It was revealed at the Design and Elastic Mind exhibition at the Musuem of Modern Art in New York City.

The Morph acts like a rubber band when you hold it as consumers will be able to do anything that they want with it. They will be able to twist it in the shape of a bracelet, stretch it out to fit in various places, etc. You won't have to worry about your phone not fitting anywhere in your car for storage that is for sure.

Nokia says the concept device demonstrates handset features that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering, including flexible materials, transparent electronics, and self-cleaning surfaces.

(February 26, 2008)

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