Cellphone News

The French government is considering levying a new smartphone tax at a rate of 1% in order to protect the French entertainment-cultural industry.

For those living in underdeveloped parts of the world, or even those who enjoy camping in isolated areas, charging your cell phone can be a nightmare. VOTO has come up with the solution.

Wallops Island - Last Sunday NASA launched into Earth orbit three satellites in the shape of three smartphones likely to be the lowest cost satellites ever as part of NASA’s PhoneSat mission.

Toronto - In New York City, now Toronto, and no doubt around the world smartphones are being stolen in subways, on the street and everywhere.

As Blackberry struggles to regain relevance in the heavily saturated cell phone market, the introduction of new devices may give Blackberry the chance to become the comeback kid of 2013 or slip further into obscurity.

Forty years ago today the first mobile phone call was made. They have come a long way since then. Just how far? You can't conceive if you grew up in a world without these now ubiquitous implements.

People who are living off the grid can pay for electricity to charge their cellphone by sending a text message, which is the cheapest method found so far.

Villanova - We all know the type - people walking along like zombies, or sitting, totally unaware, in parks or public places, with their eyes and fingers glued to their phones. Well now, apparently, they are doing it in their sleep too.

Research in Motion is re-branding itself as BlackBerry, and has come up with two new smartphones, the Z10 and the Q10, running on an entirely new operating system with features designed to appeal to corporate and government buyers.

Jamul - Vera Oliphant, 16, from El Cajon, is recovering after she was bitten six times on the foot by a brood of rattlesnakes in rural Jamul, Calif. She walked into a rattlesnake nest while she was busy looking at her cellphone for network signal.