Verizon has signed a four-year agreement with the National Football League to show live games and the league's popular RedZone Channel on its mobile devices beginning next season, expanding the carrier's online services to lure smartphone subscribers away from its rivals.
The number of children using cell phones has nearly doubled since 2005, an increase driven by more kid-friendly phones, concerning many researchers who warn that young adults are more vulnerable to the potential risks from electromagnetic radiation.
Scientists at Nokia have developed a way to recharge cell phone batteries with movement, rather than using a charger, similar to methods found in high-end mechanical watches.
Lawmakers could soon vote on a bill that would require handsets sold in Maine to carry warning labels about the potential link between cell phone radiation and brain cancer.
Internet calling firm Skype has released software for Nokia's Symbian operating system, expanding its reach to more than 200 million smartphones around the world.
