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Old Cell Phones-Where Do They All Go?

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Last year consumers in the United States purchased more than 100 million new cell phones. Not only was this an increase over the previous year, it brought the total number of cell phone users in the U.S. to more than 180 million.
You might not think cell phone waste is a big problem since the average […]

Java Games: The Many Genres for Your Mobile

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Not so long ago, if you said you needed to make a phone call that meant going to the nearest land line phone. The phone could be used for nothing but placing calls and you couldn’t take it with you. It wasn’t until 1973 that the modern cell phone as we know it was born.
One […]

VoWLAN, Wi-Fi, Hybrid and Skype Phones

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

So you can have VoWLAN on any internet accessible device, including a laptop, PDA or a cell phone. A cell phone that supports VoWLAN can be called a hybrid or a Wi-Fi phone. VoWLAN and 3G have similarities, but VoWLAN uses a wireless internet network (typically 802.11) rather than a cell phone network.
Why is VoWLAN […]