... months, involved testing the reaction times and driving performance of a panel of volunteers using a sophisticated driving simulator. Researchers tested how driving was impaired by talking on a hand-held mobile phone, a hands-free phone, and when drivers had consumed enough alcohol to be above the legal drink-drive limit. (par. 1). The results demonstrate that drivers' reaction times were, on average, 30% slower when ... talking on a hand-held mobile phone compared to being drunk and nearly 50% slower than normal driving conditions. According to the tests, drivers talking on a hand-held...

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... must comply with science-based safety standards. These standards are recognised by health authorities around the world as providing liberal protection for the public. All manufacturers test each phone model using maximum power outputs to ensure their phones operate within the science-based legislative standard set by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA). Furthermore, Mobile phones have a ... proven safety benefit with research showing one in four Australians have used a mobile phone to report a dangerous situation, one in eight have reported a road accident involving others and...

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... and understanding. Not all technology developed however is great. Almost everything on this earth has at least one bad thing about it. The cellular phone theory first began in 1947 and a prototype was later developed in 1977 by Bell labs and AT&T. Since then mobile devices have come a ... long way in terms of all its technological features. One of the newest technologies introduced to the cell phone is the cell phone camera. A cell phone camera is simply a cell phone with a colour screen and a small lens built in. This little digital camera has the ability to snap a picture anywhere .....

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... hands free system We've all seen drivers talking on their cell phones and trying to drive at the same time. Can driving while chatting on a cell phone be a dangerous combination? Most governing bodies seem to think so. Though they were once considered rare luxuries, cell phones have become a commonplace possession over ... The logical place to find that information would be in police crash reports. However, as of 1999 only two states, Oklahoma and Minnesota, include "cellular phone use" as a possible factor on their police crash reports, and only these two states train their police offi...

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... likely to be carrying a cellular telephone, be it the "hip" new slim-style with color screens or the original Nokia's or the "Zack Morris" cell phone that is a bit more bulky with no custom ring tones, but regardless they are carrying them. How has this come to be that just ten years ago ... are teenagers sitting at home, but working or schooling and no longer are families being together on the weekends, but doing there own thing. The cell phone is the wave of the future. It allows parents who want their children to be "cool" by allowing them out on the weekends with late curfews ... on ...

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... very cost effective. Some plans are only as much as twenty dollars a month, which makes it so cheap that some families have a cell phone for every member of the house. Many college students have cell phones with free nationwide long distance, so they can talk to their friends and family ... trend emerging is disposable phones with a prepaid account. Anyone can buy these phones at a Verizon store and choose to refill the minutes or just toss the phone away when they are done talking. A few years ago cell phones were little more than a convenient and practical communication device. Since ...

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... uses their phones during school. Since students only need to contact people before and after school, then you shouldn't have a problem with leaving you cell phone in your car or locker. Do not think this opinion is only one sided though. Cell phones in class is a distraction, but what, if ... taken twenty to twenty-five minutes to arrive without cell and maybe a dozen more lives could have been lost. But a person with a cell phone who could see and hear the attackers notify police immediately and fewer lives are lost. But you might make a good argument that someone across the ... school...

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... can both work as music players. The two types of phones both have large followings. Most people are either iPhone people or Android people. USAGE Both phone types have their benefits in usage. iPhones come with a base amount of internal storage. Android has the base amount of internal storage as well as the ... MicroSD card. With an Android, you can also customize the menus better. The Android also allows you to alter the settings easier to make the phone more yours. DURABILITY All smartphones are thin and could break easily. The iPhones have regular glass screens that if you drop them wi...

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... . Omnitel needs to differentiate and improve its offerings to customers from those of TIM since market survey results found a large share of Italian mobile phone users were reluctant to change brands. Unless Omnitel offers new revised plans and schemes, the company will continue to struggle in gaining market share as ... and from 18:00 to 9:00 and the peak range from 9:00 to 18:00. This new range would lure more customers to make phone calls as soon as they come back from work and before they go to work. Overall, the proposal really would put Omnitel in a better ... the affordability of ...

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... sitting, walking or driving, while holding a petite and often colorful device to their ear. Of course I am referring to the modern cellular phone. There are mixed feelings about the invention of this portable communication device. Some say cell phones are a hazard when motorists or pedestrians are busy ... to ask him what she should have for lunch. People seem to need constant reaffirmation as well as enjoy the stage that the cell phone puts them on. Cell phones are fast becoming personal handheld confess all reality television shows allowing people to talk constantly about whatever feeli...

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... caused by distractions, like eating while driving (PR Newswire 1). Most recently there has been much controversy over one specific distraction, the handy dandy cell phone. Many people want the use of hand-held cell phones in vehicles banned because they are claimed to distract a driver's mind, body, and ... . Money will go to waste because accidents will not significantly decrease and law enforcers will have their hands tied fining numerous violators. With cell phone production on the rise since the late 90s, too many Americans, 77 million that is, use them to effectively enforce such a ...

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... . George Carlos, a public health scientist, was hired by CTIA to conduct a six-year, $25 million research effort. Carlos's research concluded linked cell phone use to a brain tumor called acoustic neuroma. According to Carlos, people who had used cell phones for six years or more had a 50 percent higher chance of developing the tumor. ... , by a research group in Australia lead by radiation expert Dr Peter French, principal scientific officer at the Centre for Immunology Research at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, said that mobile phone frequencies well below current safety levels could...

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... parks, and of course, in their cars. But what most people don't realize is that statistically, you are 25 more likely to get into a wreck while talking on a cell phone while driving. When I see people yakking on the cell phones while driving, I just want to run into them and say, "shut up and drive!", but I really don't ... little attention to the road, much less other drivers. Picture this, you are sitting at home, watching TV and the phone rings. You either pay attention to the TV or pay attention to the conversation on the phone. It is pretty much impossible to devote 100% of your att...

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... There is no doubt that cell phones have had an impact on society, both good and bad. The possibilities of the usefulness in carrying a cellular phone are nearly endless - solving problems ranging anywhere from car problems to a heart attack. On the flip side, however, misuse of cell phones (for ... example, use in cars) has been around as long as the cell phone itself. This sub-section of the site aims to answer the question hanging over this article, namely, "How have cell phones changed society?" There may ... articles are attempts to identify several of these changes. Fifteen years ...

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... of service areas and the enhancement of reception. Cellular companies are increasing the amount of minutes within their rate plans, most featuring free nights and weekends. Other options include, cellular phone insurance, roadside assistance, free long distance outside of the US, mobile-to-mobile plans, text messaging and accessible Internet access. Another ever-growing wireless trend is the popularity and advancement ... of wireless equipment. Personalizing one's cellular phone allows consumers to display their own characteristics by choosing different faceplates, and downloadable ring...

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... and they cannot react immediately on any change that happens on the road. As a result, when the traffic situation is changing unexpectedly and a driver keeps using his or her cell phone or texting, he or she is likely to get into an accident because the lack of attention leads to accidents as drivers cannot react properly on their environment. Drivers can ... of a football field at 55 miles per hour. Texting while driving takes away the one thing that absolutely everyone counts on while behind the wheel, vision. No matter where the phone is placed, whether it is on the dash board or on ...

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... without having to have some knowledge of it. Whether it be a computer, a palm pilot, or one of the most popular devices today; the cell phone. At the moment cellular telephones are owned by more than 50 million Americans. This alone is a good enough reason to learn how to use such a ... an option that can be specified through your carrier and added onto your plan. With this option, when a call is being made to your cell phone line, the main screen will display the number so that the caller is known before pressing the "Answer" button. One of the convenient features of ... you would pr...

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... In 1981, Motorola introduced its "Six Sigma Total Quality Program- for which the company is now recognized worldwide (www.motorola.com). In 1983 Motorola begins operation of its first cellular phone network, which has required over 200 million dollars to develop (www.businessweek.com). The 1990's however, saw Motorola's golden age beginning to come to an end. Some propose that ... slow to develop phones for the other two U.S. standards. Motorola, in error, decided to focus on the TDMA market. James P. Caile, corporate vice-president for marketing in Motorola's mobile-phone group, said "W...

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... wiretaps are a necessary tool for law enforcement officers in capturing criminals of the twenty-first century. Today, law enforcement officials are trying to keep up with new advances in the phone service industry. In fact, the director of the FBI, Louis Freeh has testified in hearings for passing new bills, "that court authorized electronic surveillance is a critical law enforcement and ... turned on. Will Rodger, writer for Interactive Week, says that the Telephone Industry Association has rejected FBI proposals, which would give them access to the location information gleaned form c...

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... , this technology has become necessary. Without doubt, cellular phones offer many advantages such as added convenience, greater personal security, and increased communication in both businesses and the home. However, a cellular phone does have its share of disadvantages. For example, there are driving safety concerns, health concerns, and, of course, the social changes being shaped by a technology which is having a overwhelming effect ... without cellular phones can. For example, victims of the World Trade Center collapse used cellular phones to call rescuers to tell them their locations...

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... with what your doing to realize your one second away from dying or being hit or even hitting some one because you concentrating on dialing a phone or even talking on a phone so you don't realize what's going on. Now we unfreeze and you dial and still remain safe and while you're talking to some one ... on your music, now your love rap music. So you turn on your stereo, and you turn the music up really loud, and then you pull out your cell phone, and dial a number. Freeze, your music is so loud that even the sound of a lion couldn't be heard. You dial a number and already there's danger ....

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... of up to $100. Localities in Ohio, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were struck with similar precedent setting accidents, and legislation limiting cell phone use was ratified. Since then, bills are being debated within the local legislature as well as the Federal government that would restrict cell phones ... the wheel. Still, lawmakers have allowed the use of hands-free phones, believing that the extra concentration needed to manipulate the hand-held phone is responsible for most accidents. A recent study by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents in United Kingdom proves just wh...

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... work efficiency. They save time, especially if you are a salesperson who travels frequently. There isn't a need anymore to pullover and use a pay phone. You now have the convenience right at your fingertips. With all the convenience, companies are still facing major liability with the use of cell phones. ... Companies should weigh the savings of that efficiency against the physical dangers and potential liability. If a company provides cellular phones or if cellular phone use is a necessity of a job, employers can be liable for problems created by employees' use of cell phones while driv...

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... over $30 billion in annual revenues (Oblivion). Wireless communication became a business 25 years ago, but in 1947 it was a basic concept. The closest relative to the modern cellular phone is the mobile car phone of the late 40's. When researchers looked at crude mobile car phones they realized that by, "using small (range of service area) with frequency reuse could increase the ... "cellular" came into use. The first services offered for cellular phones used analog signals to transmit information. Analog signals operate by transmitting continuous streams of waves. When a cellular phone...

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... show the magnitude of safety problems relating to the use of cell phones. This is because only two states have a section on accident reports dedicated to weather or not a cell phone was present in the car at the time of the accident. Minnesota and Oklahoma are the two states in which have received decent records on the safety related problems with ... . In reading the website about an investigation of the Safety Implications of Wireless Communications in Vehicles, I learned that the safety means necessary in achieving safe driving while talking on the phone could be accomplished through ...

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