Google Voice is a free service that gives callers a new phone number that can be used to ring different real-world phones they own and can send them an email transcript of voicemails they received, among other features.

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Snapping in a new card will make your phone act as if it's a local phone, complete with a local phone number and local rates.

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Windows Phone 8 will debut on a number of new smartphones, which means you never need to relearn the OS when moving from one smartphone to another.

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So, if you or someone you know is in the market for a connected feature phone without smartphone credentials, Nokia's new QWERTY number might be worth eyeing up -- as long as the choice of colors hasn't put you off already.

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Armed with his cell phone number, they circled the skies over the New York area, intercepting a call to Emirates Airlines reservations, before scrambling to catch him at John F.

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Last year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said a Facebook phone would be "the wrong strategy, " and would probably only net a small number of new customers.

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At the High Court, Mr Justice Vos has been considering applications from a number of alleged phone-hacking victims to decide whose will be heard as test cases in the new year.

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