Using a mobile phone to promote literacy is the first of this kind over the world.
Police secured clear evidence that Noble was using a mobile phone to exchange text messages with a friend.
It saw a number of people charged with careless driving, speeding, seat belt offences, using a mobile phone while driving and drink driving.
Society, therefore, has become accustomed to the ease of using a mobile phone, hopping into a car or walking up to an ATM.
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The move has been welcomed by consumer groups, but some say charges are still too high when using a mobile phone outside the European Union.
More than any other group, the 18- to 34-year-olds access the internet from places other than home, school or work, especially if they are using a mobile phone.
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In a bid to restore some order, new rules introduced on 1 January stepped up penalties for speeding, drinking and driving and using a mobile phone while behind the wheel.
Although fierce competition has driven down the cost of mobile calls within national borders to a few cents a minute, the cost of using a mobile phone abroad is still sky-high.
The rules imposed penalty points for motorists who drove through amber traffic lights, with a driving ban after two offences, as well as increasing penalties for speeding, drinking and driving and using a mobile phone while behind the wheel.
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He had conducted a detailed study of his company's fortunes and found that his income had increased by 70% in the six months after he started using a mobile phone in 2006, because basic activities such as stock handling and negotiating prices with suppliers become much more efficient with a mobile phone.
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The serendipitous discovery of goods while casually flipping through an advertising circular in the newspaper or an array of products on a tablet, that results in a trip to the local store, and concludes with cashing in on an in-store promotion using a mobile phone, can create a shopping experience that is unmatched.
Roughly half of Americans who use a mobile phone are using a smartphone, according to mobile-phone industry estimates.
Using a Hointer mobile phone app for iPhones and Android devices, customers scan tags on the pants and select their size.
The young people will also visit key venues in Maritime Greenwich, enjoy a special boat trip and treasure hunt using a specially devised mobile phone app, take part in a large-scale dance extravaganza, Making Waves, and enjoy a conference opening event in the spectacular Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, a location for many celebrated movies including Pirates of the Caribbean: on Stranger Tides.
It opened their eyes to how fun, easy and productive using the mobile web and a mobile phone could be.
The Vybe works with any sound source such as a gaming console, TV, computer, or mobile phone using a standard audio cable (included in the box).
Usually, a GPS tracker transmits its position using a radio or mobile-phone connection.
I've even tested a live broadcast using nothing but a laptop connected to a mobile phone network.
T-Mobile, using a Nokia phone, is allowing customers to hop between Wi-Fi and cellular.
Last month, a secondary school in north Wales began testing a system of using mobile phone text messages to clamp down on pupils who played truant.
The European Commission charged Samsung Electronics on Friday with abusing its dominant position in seeking to bar rival Apple from using a patent deemed essential to mobile phone use.
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But the London force is also reportedly using software that masquerades as a mobile phone network, allowing it to intercept communications and gather data about users in a targeted area, such as a demonstration.
Sliaptsova managed to alert a local journalist by surreptitiously using her mobile phone before it was confiscated.
Consumers then view these company scores while they shop, by scanning product barcodes with their mobile phone camera or using a widget to view scores while browsing online.
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Both YottaMark and FoodLogiq offer systems that let shoppers type a text code into a mobile phone or home computer, or scan a bar-code using a phone's built-in camera, to find out when the tomatoes on the shelf were picked and which field they came from.
Shoppers using mobile phones to complete payments are 14% more likely to convert a purchase than non-mobile phone users, according to a study by Deloitte.
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Although living 130 miles apart, the two formed a friendship last year and began using MSN Messenger and mobile phone texts to keep in daily contact.
The public will increasingly demand its security, integrity, and its many conveniences such as reduced queuing time for payments using payWave, PayPass, or ExpressPay, with a plastic card or mobile phone.
Developed by Sharp and launched by Vodafone's Japanese division, it is intended mainly for mobile gaming, but other phone functions can be triggered using a pre-set pattern of arm movements.
"Using our aggregated and anonymised mobile phone mast data we can provide retailers with a digital headcount to help them understand the movement of crowds, " a spokesperson told the BBC.
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