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Talk about cold calling
A British man has made the world’s highest mobile phone call. Rod Baber summited Mount Everest May 21 and then placed two phone calls on a MOTORIZR Z8 phone running Symbian OS. The first call was placed to a voice mail account created by Motorola Inc., where Baber recorded accounts of his climb up the world’s tallest peak. The second call was to his family. Baber had to tape the handset’s batteries to his body to keep them warm enough to power the phone. China recently set up a mobile base station with a line of sight to Everest’s north ridge.
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Hook, line and sinker
South Korean carrier SK Telecom said it introduced a service designed to help fishermen locate fish. The service uses an ultrasonic transmitter that connects to both a cellular phone and a fishing line. The $129 transmitter device shows the location of fish as well as the depth and temperature of the water.
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Above the law?
California state senator Carole Migden was involved in a car accident after she reached for her cellular phone while driving in her state-issued vehicle. Migden rear-ended the car in front of her, which had slowed down in traffic, said a California Highway Patrol spokesman. The driver of that car suffered minor injuries. Ironically, Migden supported California’s recently passed law that fines drivers who talk on a mobile phone while driving. The law has not yet gone into effect, so Migden will not have to pay the fine.