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Five smartphone apps you'll want to pack

Everyone knows traveling can be stressful, but having a smartphone along can make the trek a little more enjoyable.

 

Woman Drives While Breast-Feeding, Talking on Phone While Driving

Woman Drives While Breast-Feeding, Talking on Phone While Driving

Police in Ohio say a woman has been charged with child endangering after another motorist reported she was both breast-feeding a youngster and talking on a phone while driving.

 

Falling prices putting pressure on AT&T's iPhone rate plans

Falling prices putting pressure on AT&T's iPhone rate plans

Analyst Shawn Wu spotted a trend among mobile carriers to lower prices in a effort to retain subscribers, which puts further pressure on AT&T to revise its current rate plans for the iPhone.

 

Mobile phone users given hope of universal charger

Mobile phone makers offer a solution to power problems with plans to create a universal charger.

 

Second 'Google phone' is unveiled

Second 'Google phone' is unveiled

A second phone based on Google's operating system Android is unveiled by Vodafone at the Mobile World Congress.

 

Google to offer paid cellphone applications

Google Inc will allow developers to sell applications for its Android cell phone operating system beginning next week in the United States.

 

Text Message Might Be Behind Chris Brown And Rihanna Fight

Text Message Might Be Behind Chris Brown And Rihanna Fight

A text message sent to Chris Brown from another woman may have ignited the explosive argument between the "Run It" singer and girlfriend Rihanna, according to TMZ.

 

Google Makes 1.5 Million Books Available For iPhone, Android Phones

The mobile version of Google Book Search gives would-be Amazon Kindle buyers another option for reading classic literature on-the-go.

 

Apple to Allow Background Tasks on iPhone?

Apple is considering allowing apps to run as user selectable background processes. If so, this feature would likely come in the rumored iPhone 3.0 software update but would be limited to only one or two processes on current hardware. The next generation iPhone, would likely see less restricted background process support due to its improved hardware.

 

British Airways allows in-flight texting

British Airways says it will allow limited cell phone use on a London-New York flight due to start in September.

 

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