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Teen Drivers Often Ignore Bans on Using Cellphones and Texting (Newswise)

New research into how cellphone bans affect behavior of teen drivers

Linux Burrows Into Cellphones (US News & World Report)

Verizon says a version of the open-source system will run many of its phones starting next year.

Mobile TV Broadcasts Could Start in December (US News & World Report)

Consumers will buy receivers in fall 2009, but they’re unlikely to be cellphones at first.

The World’s Most Expensive Cellphones (Middle East Times)

There is no cellphone more anticipated this year than the next generation of the Apple iPhone. But for some high rollers, the ultimate iPhone is a diamond-encrusted version from London jeweler Amosu. At 20,000 pounds ($39,600), the creation ranks among the world’s most expensive phones.

Teen drivers often ignore bans on using cellphones and texting (The Auto Channel)

ARLINGTON, VA June 9, 2008; Teenage drivers’ cellphone use edged higher in North Carolina after the state enacted a cellphone ban for young drivers, a new Institute study finds. This is the case even though young drivers and their parents said they strongly support the restrictions.

Nokia Prepping New E-Series Phones [Cellphones] (Gizmodo)

Nokia is planning on delivering the long-awaited N96 and a group of new E-series models to the market sometime in the 3rd quarter of this year—with the E66 and E71 models coming as early as next…

Thieves take cellphones worth P180T (Cebu Daily News)

TALISAY CITY, Philippines – A cellphone shop lost 35 brand new assorted cellphones worth P180,000 to unknown parties inside a mall in Barangay (village) Tabunok, Talisay City, Cebu last Sunday.

Experts Revive Debate Over Cellphones and Cancer (New York Times)

What do brain surgeons know about cellphone safety that the rest of us don?t?.

Japan to restrict kids’ use of cellphones (Daily Dispatch)

JAPANESE children are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cellphones that the government is starting a programme warning parents and schools to limit their use among children.

Scientists revive the debate on cellphones and cancer (International Herald Tribune)

That supposed link has been largely dismissed by many experts, but several brain surgeons say they do not hold cellphones next to their ears and many are looking again at the risks they may pose.