Sam Houston High School in Texas takes its "no cell phones in class" policy seriously. The footage above shows 15-year-old, 70-lb sophomore Ixel Perez screaming and crying as three campus cops tackle her to the ground to get her phone. One of them puts his knee on the side of her head.
Newt Gingrich is puzzled by a new device he owns — the video-playing cellular telephone.
Before going on, I want everyone to locate and read Nothing to Envy, the best account yet of the lives of ordinary North Koreans. OK? Everyone done? The most striking scene in the book illustrated just how isolated the country is: North Koreans, in possession of an ancient mobile phone, huddled at an isolated spot on…
A Pennsylvania man who was distracted by a cellphone conversation fell over the edge of the platform at a Philadelphia-area train station, slamming head-first into the tracks.
Facebook users are freaking out over the fact that the numbers of all their cellphone contacts are showing up on Facebook. What's going on? Is Mark Zuckerberg planning the world's largest phon-a-thon?
Tonight, Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show with a segment about today's Verizon iPhone announcement. He's excited about having Apple's golden product on a different network! Why? Well, because he may actually be able to make calls now. Watch inside.
Juan Carlos I, the reigning King of Spain, has a cell phone. Who knew! What's more surprising than this, though—as you'll see from the following video—is that the ringtone for His Majesty's cell phone is, well, really creepy.
When standing next to a woman being interviewed for her bravery during yesterday's horrific shooting, it's best not to leave your phone set to jaunty. It's definitely not OK to answer the pho—oh, there he goes! Watch inside.
This morning, the folks at the Early Show added more fuel the Time Traveling Cell-Phone User conspiracy fire when they too viewed the Zapruder style film (see our post here). The truth is out there... somewhere! Watch inside.
Conspiracy theorists, unite! Courtesy George Clarke, here's some footage—slowed down Zapruder-style—of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film, The Circus that appears to show a woman walking down the street... while talking on a cell phone. Buh? Watch for yourself—and decide—inside.
Remember those giant—and, at the time, revolutionary—cell phones from the early '90s that weighed about 20 lbs. and made you embarrassed to be seen anywhere with your father? If so, this commercial will make you feel all ~nostalgic~.
Oprah got Naomi Campbell to agree to a "no phone zone" pledge to not use her phone in the car, and a "no phone throwing zone" pledge to not assault people. The "no blood diamonds zone" pledge remained unsigned. [WWD]
