Most cell phone companies give the customer a free phone upgrade every 20 months.
Most cell phone handsets come with a game or two built into the system, but they're usually pretty low-tech or limited in scope, so serious gamers usually download their own.
Handling data streams in a dozen divergent formats from web pages to Java commands to wireless application protocol (WAP) overwhelms the cheap, simpleminded chips in most cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).
"Africa has the most advanced cell-phone-based payment systems using simple text, " Mr. Palella says.
When the iPhone was first released, it was one of the most expensive cell phones ever produced.
Last year Dr Benenson's team developed one of the most complex cell-based molecular circuits created so far, though it is still much simpler than systems built in test tubes.
The rate of decline of most T-cell and B-cell lymphocytes was faster in men, while men also showed a more rapid age-related decline in two cytokines.
The internal duplex microphone allows for hands-free speakerphone calls with most any Bluetooth cell phone as well as compatibility with FaceTime, iChat, Skype and other applications.
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Travellers will have to wait until this autumn to get their hands on the most anticipated fuel cell-powered charger, when US-based retailer Brookstone unveils its micro-USB power charger.
She met with him last December when he came to visit her lab, where she researches the ocean phytoplankton Prochlorococcus, the most abundant photosynthetic cell on the planet.
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Due to its strong patent position, it also collects fees from 195 licensees, spanning most of the cell-phone industry for code-division, multiple-access technology, which is the standard communications technology in cellular networks.
Most genes in a cell are present as two copies, one from the mother and one from the father.
Most everyone now has a cell phone, so handset manufacturers must fight for sales of replacement units.
The Pew Internet and American Life Project says 85% use cell phones, most of which have a camera feature included.
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Below are the eight most common activities that a cell phone is used for after making phone calls.
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Gothenburg University in Gothenburg, Sweden, owns the most, with 19 stem cell lines.
The U.S. has yet to see this technology flower--it has plenty of cell phones but most are comparatively backward.
Most of the discussion around cell phone cannibalization focuses on PDAs or digital cameras, but flash-based MP3 players are lower-hanging fruit.
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The company has enjoyed major success with its connectivity solutions in cell phones, most notably the main WLAN slot in the iPhone.
Dr McKay said it was possible the new Parkinson's treatments would be developed in a country where the regulatory framework covering stem cell research was most benign.
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Each sample from the earlier series was matched with the most similar one from the later series, and they were placed in identical cell cultures to see which would multiply the most.
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We store an enormous amount of our most intimate and personal information on cell phones.
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Finally, cell phones emit the most radiation when they are attempting to connect to cellular towers.
And proteins are the molecules that do most of the work in a cell.
Consider: Many, if not most, of the 500 million cell phones expected to sell this year have some sort of Internet link.
So on the handset side, they've been working overtime, producing, for instance, the world's smallest, lightest and most compact third-generation video cell phone.
Coffee drinkers may also be protecting themselves against basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, according to a July report in the journal Cancer Research.
"I think that we're foolhardy to not be engaging in federal funding of stem-cell research in the most aggressive way we possibly can, " the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards of North Carolina told a luncheon meeting of supporters at the City Club of Cleveland.
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