CELL PHONES AND THE “DO NOT CALL” LIST

The last few months have been slow for e-mail hoaxes. DId you get any of the messages last week about registering your cell phone numbers with the national “Do Not Call” list to avoid waves of telemarketers? I got a few from well-meaning friends. It was a...

CELL PHONE NUMBER PORTABILITY

You’re now able to retain your phone number when you switch cell phone providers. The FCC mandate went nationwide last week. Theoretically you can even move your landline number around – transfer it to your cell phone, for example. It’s a decidedly...

CAMERA PHONES

Here’s an article about cell phones with cameras, which are the fastest-growing consumer technology ever, according to a recent study. Eighty million camera phones have been sold worldwide. This year more camera phones will be sold than digital still cameras....

SKYPE

The buzz is rising to deafening levels for Skype, new software for making telephone calls over the Internet. It’s a new project from the Swedes who invented Kazaa, and in the last two months it’s been downloaded at a dizzying pace, setting new download...

CELL PHONE NUMBER PORTABILITY

The Federal Communications Commission is requiring that beginning Nov. 24 cellular companies offer customers the option of taking their phone numbers with them when they switch carriers. Here’s an article summarizing the status of the FCC guidelines and the...

CELL PHONE CONFUSION

If you’ve shopped for cell phone service lately, you’ll sympathize with the points in this article: the offers and services from the competing carriers are so complex that it’s essentially impossible to make an informed comparison. We’re at their mercy. The column is...