Not surprisingly, someone who is clueless enough to take a bath or eat his lunch or do any number of other inappropriate things while on the phone is unlikely to realize that his behavior is unprofessional.
"As Lennay struggled to survive, Te'o developed a nightly ritual in which he would go to sleep while on the phone with her, " said an Oct. 1 Sports Illustrated cover story, in a line that wasn't attributed.
Mobile-phone companies could become the credit companies of the future by offering customers the ability to pay for goods on the Internet while putting the charge on the customers' phone bills.
Matthews says that an average 150-lb. woman can burn 129 calories an hour by simply standing up while talking on the phone.
You cannot use a speech-driven device to make a note while talking on the phone, for example, or to send a surreptitious text message during a boring meeting.
The basic problem seems to be with non-bumper cases, specifically ones that slide on to the phone, and the danger of trapped particles scratching the back of the phone while taking the case on and off.
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Line sharing is the practice of one carrier running high-speed DSL service on a phone line while a second carrier supplies regular phone service on the same line.
They are seeing your tweets in the midst of other tweets, while they are simultaneously on the phone or working on a presentation or ordering holiday cards.
Customer services reps at NEXA Technologies use Splunk to check trading activity and transactions while customers are on the phone, providing answers in real-time without requiring any assistance from IT, making the whole process quick and efficient.
According to Dixit, up to 25% nomophobes reported accidents while messaging or talking on the phone, which includes minor road accidents, falling while going upstairs or downstairs and stumbling while walking.
With MHL, users can display photos and play games from their smartphone on the Personal Smart TV while the phone is charging.
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The final decision was made Monday night, while the candidate's family was on the phone with senior strategists John Brabender, longtime adviser Mark Rodgers, campaign manager Mike Biundo and just a few others, the source said.
Japan's Sotec is kicking out a duo a new desktops and a stark white laptop, and while the specifications on the trio aren't anything to phone home about, they could indeed fit the bill if you're budget is tight.
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"Stop TEXTING, EATING, PUTTING MAKE-UP (ON), TALKING ON THE PHONE while driving, " Francisco Marcelo Gadelha said.
And get Jeff Goldblum on the phone while you're at it... we have a promising idea for a Return of the Fly sequel.
Using a phone while on the move introduced lots more "noise", said Dr Aviv which made it harder to pick out the unlock patterns.
The driver claimed to be using the phone for mapping purposes and argued that the state's distracted driving laws shouldn't have applied (he says he was looking at a map on the phone while holding it in his hand).
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For business travellers, who typically spend a lot more time in automobiles instead of on planes, the idea of not being able to talk on the phone at all while driving is a stifling proposition.
While the company is pinning all of its hopes on the Windows Phone to rejuvenate its smartphone sales, it cannot let its feature phone platforms decline rapidly since it still accounts for a majority of its sales currently, especially in the emerging markets.
And the commitment can be as little as downloading an ad-supported app to your phone while waiting on line at the DMV.
We saw last quarter that while mobile phone buyers were on the decline in general, smartphone sales were way, way up.
Since it may take a while to get on board the likes of phone makers Motorola and Nokia, music players like Apple Computer or chip companies Texas Instruments and Freescale Semiconductor, HP is also looking to build the business internally.
Every Windows Phone 7 Series phone will come with a dedicated hardware button for Bing, providing one-click access to search from anywhere on the phone, while a special implementation of Bing search provides intent-specific results, delivering the most relevant Web or local results, depending on the type of query.
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Since it may take a while to get on board the likes of phone makers Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ) and Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ), music players like Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) or chip companies Texas Instruments (nyse: TXN - news - people ) and Freescale Semiconductor (nyse: FSL - news - people ), HP is also looking to build the business internally.
While on the same headset, employees can take a call from their desk phone and the next from their cell phone as calls can be handled from both sources at the same time on the same headset.
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He checks his fantasy football stats on his smart phone while Mom uses her iPad to Facebook a relative on the other side of the country.
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Biswa Dash says he was on the phone with his wife while she was in her room at the Oberoi hotel during the attacks.
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