69
- NTT DoCoMo Inc. is incorporating features that appeal to the senses in its latest handset offering. One of the carrier’s phones features a touch screen that allow users to input data by using a stylus or their finger. Another phone by Sony Ericsson emits relaxing aromas. Customers can choose from nine aromas, each which comes with a different panel design.
- Where’s the soap?
New research out of Britain found the average mobile phone harbors more bacteria than a toilet seat. Cellphone retailer Dial-a-Phone conducted the study, which included swabbing a variety of everyday objects and analyzing their bacteria content. Other things less bacteria-ridden than cellphones include door handles, keyboards and the bottom of shoes. - Crush or Flush
The latest in a long line of companies hoping to capitalize on the mobile social networking craze is Icebreaker Inc. The company launched a service called Crush or Flush, which allows customers to flirt, chat and socialize on their cellphone. True to its name, the service allows customers to view user profiles and ‘crush’ those they like while flushing those they don’t like. Crush or Flush basic services are offered free. - Phone models
British supermodel Naomi Campbell was sentenced to five days of community service for throwing her cellphone at her maid, causing a wound that required stitches. Campbell admitted to throwing the device but said she did not intend to hit her housekeeper with the phone. Campbell also had to pay her maid’s medical expenses and must attend an anger-management course.
In another cellphone-related assault case, 38-year-old Emma Levy said she was assaulted by Heather Mills, the soon-to-be-ex-wife of Paul McCartney, earlier this month at a coffee shop in London. Levy apparently tried to take pictures of Mills with her mobile phone. An angry Mills reportedly jumped up, grabbed Levy by the throat, pushed her toward the door and kicked her.
