NewsTalk 1290 News & Talk of Texoma » cell phones http://newstalk1290.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:43:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Major Change May Be Coming To A Cell Service Provider Near You http://newstalk1290.com/major-change-may-be-coming-to-a-cell-service-provider-near-you/ http://newstalk1290.com/major-change-may-be-coming-to-a-cell-service-provider-near-you/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:06:36 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=103146 T-Mobile is considering a revolutionary move in the cell service industry

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/major-change-may-be-coming-to-a-cell-service-provider-near-you/feed/ 0 Teen Using Cell Phone Walks into Snake Pit http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-walks-into-snake-pit/ http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-walks-into-snake-pit/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:55:14 +0000 Donald Deane http://thefw.com/?p=165563 By this point, it should be fairly obvious that getting distracted by a cell phone can be extremely hazardous to your health. And yet, a teen girl in California actually fell into a pit of rattlesnakes while searching for a signal in the desert. Need further proof? We didn't think so.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-walks-into-snake-pit/feed/ 0 CNN Is Your Smartphone Giving You 'Text Neck?' http://newstalk1290.com/is-your-smartphone-giving-you-text-neck/ http://newstalk1290.com/is-your-smartphone-giving-you-text-neck/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:50:46 +0000 Donald Deane http://tsminteractive.com/?p=142587  

Getting your hands on the iPhone 5 may be a real pain in the neck.

And not for the reasons you may think.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/is-your-smartphone-giving-you-text-neck/feed/ 0 Spencer Platt, Getty Images Americans Have Spent a Ridiculous $5.9 Billion Fixing Their iPhones http://newstalk1290.com/americans-have-spent-a-ridiculous-5-9-billion-fixing-their-iphones/ http://newstalk1290.com/americans-have-spent-a-ridiculous-5-9-billion-fixing-their-iphones/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:33:05 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=142493 People sure do love their iPhones, but they also can't seem to stop dropping them—good news for the booming iPhone-repair business. In fact, a recent accident survey by SquareTrade found that the American population has spent nearly $5.9 billion fixing their damaged phones since the first device hit the market in 2007.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/americans-have-spent-a-ridiculous-5-9-billion-fixing-their-iphones/feed/ 0 Alejandrolavinjr, Flickr Eww! Chances Are Your Cell Phone Has More Germs Than Your Toilet [POLL] http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-germs-toilet/ http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-germs-toilet/#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:00:16 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=138469 Chances are that no matter how charming of a ringtone you heard coming from a toilet seat, you wouldn’t stick your face against it to find out who was calling. The reason? It’s not supernatural – toilets are disgusting.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-germs-toilet/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images It's Official — We're Addicted to Our Cell Phones [POLL] http://newstalk1290.com/its-official-were-addicted-to-our-cell-phones-poll/ http://newstalk1290.com/its-official-were-addicted-to-our-cell-phones-poll/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:19:51 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=134264 Everywhere you go you see people that appear to have their cell phones physically attached to their ears and thumbs for fear that if don’t stay glued to the godforsaken thing they just might miss out on something as important as a Facebook status update or the latest social commentary in the form of a meme.

If you are one of these people, the good news is, you are not alone.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/its-official-were-addicted-to-our-cell-phones-poll/feed/ 0 Zero Creatives, Getty Images Which Cities Have the Worst Cell Phone Reception? http://newstalk1290.com/which-cities-have-the-worst-cell-phone-reception/ http://newstalk1290.com/which-cities-have-the-worst-cell-phone-reception/#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:36:18 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=134217 If you are experiencing things like dropped calls, poor reception and less than desirable download speeds, it is likely because your coverage area is in one of the following metropolitan cities with the shoddiest cell phone signals in the country.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/which-cities-have-the-worst-cell-phone-reception/feed/ 0 Sean Locke, Getty Images Restaurant Offers Discount to Customers Who Hand Over Their Cell Phones — Dollars and Sense [POLL] http://newstalk1290.com/restaurant-discount-cell-phones-dollars-and-sense/ http://newstalk1290.com/restaurant-discount-cell-phones-dollars-and-sense/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:50:15 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=133006 In the past few years, it’s become increasingly common to see cellphones on restaurant tables alongside the standard napkin and silverware.

But one Los Angeles eatery wants to change all that — and playing along will save you money.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/restaurant-discount-cell-phones-dollars-and-sense/feed/ 0 johnjoh, flickr If You Can't Sleep, You May Want to Blame Your Cell Phone http://newstalk1290.com/sleep-cell-phone/ http://newstalk1290.com/sleep-cell-phone/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:55:20 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=129385 While the technological advancements of the Smartphone might be helping you keep your busy life somewhat organized, new research suggests that it might actually be putting it in disarray by causing you to lose sleep.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/sleep-cell-phone/feed/ 0 Leukos, Getty Imahes What Gross Thing Do Heavy Cell Phone Users Do More Than the Rest of Us? http://newstalk1290.com/what-gross-thing-do-heavy-cell-phone-users-do-more-than-the-rest-of-us/ http://newstalk1290.com/what-gross-thing-do-heavy-cell-phone-users-do-more-than-the-rest-of-us/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:55:03 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=122200 Those inconsiderate people who jabber away on their cell phones in public aren’t just annoying — according to a new study, they also slobber more. Sexy!

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/what-gross-thing-do-heavy-cell-phone-users-do-more-than-the-rest-of-us/feed/ 0 wrestlingentropy, flickr How Many Teens Text While Behind the Wheel? http://newstalk1290.com/how-many-teens-text-while-behind-the-wheel/ http://newstalk1290.com/how-many-teens-text-while-behind-the-wheel/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:21:28 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=109361 Teenagers aren’t drinking as much as they used to and more of them now wear seat belts, but all of that could be offset by the startling number of them who admit to texting while driving.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/how-many-teens-text-while-behind-the-wheel/feed/ 0 larryzou, Flickr Boston Teen Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Texting and Driving http://newstalk1290.com/teen-prison-texting-driving/ http://newstalk1290.com/teen-prison-texting-driving/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:23:29 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=108959 A Boston, Massachusetts teen has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of causing a fatal car crash due to texting and driving.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/teen-prison-texting-driving/feed/ 0 ABC News Do You Suffer from 'Cell Phone Vibration Syndrome'? http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-vibration-syndrome/ http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-vibration-syndrome/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 18:21:07 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=105496 Ever had your phone on vibrate and thought it was buzzing when it really wasn’t? You’re not alone. Research suggests a lot of us have what’s been dubbed “phantom cell phone vibration syndrome.”

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phone-vibration-syndrome/feed/ 0 ktoine, Flickr New Jersey Town Raises a Ruckus for Ticketing Pedestrians Who Text or Talk on the Phone [VIDEO] http://newstalk1290.com/new-jersey-town-raises-a-ruckus-for-ticketing-pedestrians-who-text-or-talk-on-the-phone-video/ http://newstalk1290.com/new-jersey-town-raises-a-ruckus-for-ticketing-pedestrians-who-text-or-talk-on-the-phone-video/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 19:45:56 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98905 You’ve probably seen the countless YouTube videos of people so transfixed by their mobile phones that they walk into inanimate objects or fall into fountains.

And while it’s easy to laugh at such incidents, the truth is that distracted pedestrians can cause serious harm to themselves or other people — and now one New Jersey town is taking a stand.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/new-jersey-town-raises-a-ruckus-for-ticketing-pedestrians-who-text-or-talk-on-the-phone-video/feed/ 0 Kenski1970, Flickr Frequent 9-1-1 Calls Tied to Cell Phone Butt Dialing Epidemic http://newstalk1290.com/butt-dialing-epidemic-tied-to-cell-phones/ http://newstalk1290.com/butt-dialing-epidemic-tied-to-cell-phones/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 15:19:58 +0000 Mike Hendren http://newstalk1290.com/?p=42777 "Butt dialing"-yeah, it sounds funny.  But, it's anything but.  No if's and's or butt's about it.  But you get it, right?  Sorry, but I just had to run with that a moment.

Many of us do it; we put the cell phone in our hip pocket.  I don

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/butt-dialing-epidemic-tied-to-cell-phones/feed/ 0 iStockphoto Reports: Spammers Flooded Cell Phones with a Staggering 4.5 Billion Texts in 2011 http://newstalk1290.com/spammers-cell-phones-4-5-billion-texts/ http://newstalk1290.com/spammers-cell-phones-4-5-billion-texts/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 20:17:22 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=94988 There are few things more frustrating than learning that some spammer has wasted a few megabytes of your data plan with advertisements for male enhancement pills or cash for gold schemes.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/spammers-cell-phones-4-5-billion-texts/feed/ 0 George Frey, Getty Images Talk to Your Heart's Content — New Study Reveals Cell Phones Can't Harm You http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phones-cant-harm-you/ http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phones-cant-harm-you/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:37:43 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=93257 For years, mankind has worried about the effects of constant cell phone. It turns out, though, the only thing that cell phones have inflicted on us is stress from constantly worrying about it.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/cell-phones-cant-harm-you/feed/ 0 Mario Tama, Getty Images Pilot Almost Causes Devastating Crash After Texting While Flying http://newstalk1290.com/pilot-almost-causes-devastating-crash-after-texting-while-flying/ http://newstalk1290.com/pilot-almost-causes-devastating-crash-after-texting-while-flying/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:54:22 +0000 Don Deane http://tsminteractive.com/?p=91044 Texting while driving isn’t the only way to endanger your life with a smartphone. It turns out that texting while flying is spectacularly dangerous, too.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/pilot-almost-causes-devastating-crash-after-texting-while-flying/feed/ 0 Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Where Are You Most Likely to Lose Your Phone? http://newstalk1290.com/where-are-you-most-likely-to-lose-your-phone/ http://newstalk1290.com/where-are-you-most-likely-to-lose-your-phone/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:36:51 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=82515 If you routinely stop for coffee, make sure you have your cell phone with you when you leave. A new study reveals coffee houses are the most likely places to lose a phone or have it stolen — especially if you live in Philadelphia.

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]]> http://newstalk1290.com/where-are-you-most-likely-to-lose-your-phone/feed/ 0 pastalane, Flickr Nokia Phones May Soon Feature Vibrating Tattoo Alerts http://newstalk1290.com/vibrating-tattoo-alerts/ http://newstalk1290.com/vibrating-tattoo-alerts/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:27:35 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://thefw.com/?p=111070 It seems inevitable that one day man and phone will become one. At some point in the future, we will make calls by thinking about the person we want to talk to and then listen to their voice through a chip in our ear. But is that future closer than we think?

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