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What Is a Cell Phone Jammer?

A cell phone jammer is an instrument that produces a signal that is within the same frequency range that cell phones use. The competing signals will result in blocking off the transmission of the cell phone because of the interference. Any person who attempts to use a cell phone that is within the...

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What Is a 'Pay as You Go' Cell Phone Plan?

Pay as you go cell phone plans are a type of phone plan that has many features that are different from regular cell phone plans. One of the biggest differences is that with a pay as you go cell phone plan, there are no monthly fees or necessity to sign a contract to get the plan. Neither is a...

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Researchers Blame Cell Phones for Decline in Bee Populations

Researchers blame cell phones for decline in bee populations.  A group of scientists from the British Bee Association have noticed a sharp decline in bee populations in the United Kingdom.  As of 2009, bee populations dropped by 17 percent in the United Kingdom and nearly 30 percent within...

Solar Powered Cell Phones

Solar Powered Cell Phones

Solar Cell Phones have finally made their way to the African Continent which has much less access to dependable electricity. The phones which will fully charge after just an hour of sunlight on a fresh battery, which needs to be charged for 24 hours on a standard AC plug. "Uganda Telecom has...

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Secretary of Transportation: Let's Disable Cell Phones in Cars

Sometimes it seems that truth is stranger than fiction. Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, was recently quoted on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" as favoring technology that would block cell phone calls from within automobiles. Specifically, LaHood was quoted as saying, “There’s a lot of technology...

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How Do I Lower My Cell Phone Bill?

As recent as 10 years ago, not everyone had a cell phone, and even those who did mainly used their mobile devices to make calls. Today, all over the world, practically everyone you see on the streets has a cell phone. While the costs of purchasing a cell phone and using it have gone down...

4 Signs You Are a Driving Hazard

4 Signs You Are a Driving Hazard

You have probably seen people who drive recklessly. Some individuals do not seem to realize that they are endangering the lives of others while on the road. While you are reading this, you are probably thinking of an incident or accident caused by the reckless driving of another. But don't be so...

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What Is UMTS?

The term “UMTS” is the abbreviated form for “Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.” This is a type of mobile phone technology, often classified as “third-generation” (or “3G” for short). Aside from “typical” phone features such as calls and voice mails, most 3G gadgets also allow users to...

10 Things We Wish Had Never Been Invented

10 Things We Wish Had Never Been Invented

Some things might have been better off not being invented. Now we're not denying that these come with some good ... convenience, connectedness, etc. We're just saying... sometimes the bad seems to outweigh the good.

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What Is a SIM Card?

A SIM (subscriber identity module) card is a small memory chip that is used in some mobile phones. The SIM card is used in order to make it easy to switch to new phones. All one has to do is to remove the SIM card from the existing phone and then putting it in the new mobile phone. The SIM card's...