Consumers Who Join During November 24th - December 31st Will Receive a Special Holiday Gift of 1,000 Minutes of Free Calls Per Month

About PokeTalk :

PokeTalk is a unique, new, global calling service that allows users to make free calls from existing landline or mobile phones, to other phones in 55 countries. Users can currently enjoy between 50 to 100 free calls at 10-minute intervals each. By end of year these options will increase, both in features, call times, and target. PokeTalk is also available as a Facebook application so users can decide which of their friends are online and set up a free long distance call for a more personalized conversation. For more information, or to register for the service, please visit www.poketalk.com.

 

NEW YORK, (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — As the sluggish economy causes consumers to constantly reign in spending, Poke Talk, the first completely free and clear VOIP long distance calling service, is offering a special promotion for the holiday season. From November 24th to December 31st, Poke Talk will offer customers double the amount of free calls it currently offers — now 100 free calls per month, which is over 16 hours of free calls, from landline or mobile phones without any special equipment, monthly subscriptions or additional fees. A consumer simply logs on to Poke Talk’s ad-supported site, www.poketalk.com, inputs their phone number and the number they wish to call and Poke Talk immediately connects all parties.

The holiday season is when many people reach out to loved ones, friends, and relatives long distance or even overseas. PokeTalk makes it easy for them to connect, giving them the same convenience and low cost of Internet calling but with much better clearness, less irritate and no special equipment or additional fees. With PokeTalk, budget-minded consumers won’t have to resort to cheap phone cards or compromise call quality to save money on phone calls.”

By connecting calls to the user’s landline or mobile phone, PokeTalk negates one of the biggest obstruction and consumer complaints facing other popular Internet phone services — being tethered to a PC or having to use special accessories such as headsets to place a call. And because PokeTalk connects calls over existing phone lines, receiver does not need any special hardware or software to receive calls.

PokeTalk subsidizes its phone service by displaying targeted advertising on the screen, rather than charging additional connection fees or playing disturbing ads over the phone during the call — another feature of other popular free Internet phone services. PokeTalk’s advertisements are modified to the caller’s profile and serve as effective engagement points for advertisers.

Not by coincidence, AT&T launched a new program — Veteran’s Day — to let consumers join its effort to support our group.

The company’s Care to Connect program is accepting donations of $1, $5 and $10 for pre-paid phone cards that will be distributed to people in the military. To donate, stop by a local AT&T store. All Orange County stores are participating.

Whatever consumers donate, AT&T will match the amount through Dec. 21 and distribute the cards in Iraq, Afghanistan and other regions between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.

The company has been active in its military support. In the past two years, it’s donated $4 million in pre-paid phone cards to the troops. Also, each store accepts old cell phones, which are donated to the non-profit Cell Phones for Soldiers. The organization recycles the phones and uses the proceeds to buy phone cards for the troops. Interested consumers can print out free-shipping labels from att.com/holidayconnect.

The program is being offered at all AT&T retail locations nation.

The mobile technology has changed noticeably since a decade. New capabilities beyond voice communications are being made available at an accelerated rate, compelling the user to upgrade to palm-size devices that allow activities such as checking of e-mail, surfing the net, receiving stock quotes etc.

The extensive growth in the wireless communications industry over the past ten years has been accompanied by growing concern for the drivers with cellphones. saving lives, preventing injuries and reduce traffic-related hazards through regulation, enforcement, economic incentives, educational programs, basic and applied research, and technology demonstration programs have become the main job of almost all government authorities concerned to traffic and communication.

There are many accessories like hands free, headphones, and speakers etc to reduce the risks while communicating on vehicle.

Risk of a crash

The inattention and distraction created by the use of a cellular telephone while driving results in increasing crash risk.

It is not surprising that individuals will attempt to optimize their time in the automobile by doing other things concurrently.

Since the introduction of cellular telephones in 1983, there have been dramatic changes in the cellular industry. With a growth rate of about 40 percent per year all over.

It was inevitable that the reduced size, reduced cost and increased functionality of the cellular telephone would find its use by drivers in vehicles increasing. Indeed, time spent commuting, caught up in traffic and just plain traveling, and could now be productive.

Cellular telephone use while driving is not without controversy. Public, legislative, and media concern about the safety of using a cellular telephone while driving has been expressed for some time. In recent years, perhaps because of the growing user population, the frequency with which concern has been voiced has grown considerably.

Some regulations

Within some U.S. states in international communities, legislative action has been adopted allowing the exclusive use of hands-free, wireless telephones while driving. In United States, no such attempts have been successful. In Washington State the motor vehicle code was amended to allow use of an “approved” headphone in association with “hands-free” wireless communications systems.

The Swiss Code of Traffic Regulations prescribes that “The driver must concentrate on the road and the traffic while driving. He or she may not carry out activities while driving which negatively impact the operation of the vehicle.”

Producer’s concern

Manufacturers recognize the risks of in-vehicle cellular telephone use. A major effort to educate their users on the “how,” “what,” “when” and “where,” of cellular phone use from the standpoint of safety. Example- they encourage the use of hands-free equipment in motor vehicles, along with use of memory-dial capabilities and voice activation features. Industry is continually improving the use installed car phones for drivers.

Manual dialing can be disruptive of both vehicle control performance, and situational awareness and judgment. The incidence and magnitude of vehicle control disruption while driving on public roads appears to be less than that encountered in driving simulators or on test tracks, but may even so pose a safety concern.

On-road studies indicate that if hands-free voice communications activities have any detrimental effects, they are on driver situational awareness and not on vehicle control performance like less capacity to time-share between cellular telephone use and driving tasks, greater propensity for risk taking, fatigue.

Conclusion

Life assumes grater importance than money at the end of the day. The whole issue seems to be very petty before Life. Hence the handsfree driving need not be elevated in to a law at all. Therefore safe driving should be given first preference while driving than communication.

The article divides the topic under 3 heads to examine the impact of cellphones on ones daily life. This helps analyze both positive and negative impacts:

1. On the society

2. On personal and primary relations specially teens

3. On the country

Impact on society

For the contributions to society, it is argued in detail that Mobile phones help to create an informative, connected, culturally innovative, participative, and converging society.

The contribution to economies is analyzed in terms of creation of a mobile welfare. According to some researches four areas with major direct influences are identified:

Infrastructure development

Better business practices

Improvements in the public sector

Contributions to collective welfare of the individuals via social responsibility

As the constructive impact of the cellphones there are destructive ones also like-

Using cellphones for kidnapping and blackmailing

Capturing blue films and images

Capturing porn images and blackmailing young women and children etc

Cellphones create positive changes in the dynamics of the society. This involves contributions such as:

Competence in communications

Accessibility of information

Socialization

Political and social union

Youth and new culture

On personal life of teens

This includes examples of applications and uses of mobile phones, which drastically impact to the personal lives of teens. Some of the potential areas may include:

Accessibility

Emancipation

Safety

Individuality, status and confidence

Competence in communications

Communications and connectedness

Amusing

Confidentiality

Planned life

Time management

This issue represents any improvements in the relationship of individuals with their family and friends. This may be related to the personal improvements in the previous section but the emphasis is not on the person but more on the relations with family and friends.

But there are situations were children especially teens neglect food, parents, relations, kith and kin while using their cellphones. Specially while smsing. This drastically affects their personal life. On the other hand there are many health hazards to which teens and children become target. The radio-frequencies damage the tissues and genes of their young body very soon.

On the economy

The following are the positive impacts on the economy-

A mobile economy

Infrastructure improvement

Employment

New and improved businesses

Empowerment and m-democracy

Policy making

Mobile culture

This should summarize the whole work presented above and emphasize the key points presented in the previous sections of the report. These issues that are outlined above are not clearly separable. For instance there is a strong relation between offerings to personal life and the primary relations.

The negative impacts of cellphones on the personal life and social lives of individuals collectively create an average impression on the economy, wherein it suffers globally.

Conclusion

Thus mobile phones have both positive and negative impacts on human ambiance. But as a saying goes- good thing highlighted can efface bad ones- lets us look at the advantages more than the demerits aiming greater heights.

Latest Nokia Gadgets in Market

The Nokia gadgets have always successful in getting obsessed with almost all groups of age. It has been presenting its new technology and gadgets pacing with the modern world.

Here are some of the latest Nokia gadgets in the market-

NOKIA N-series 96

N96 http://www.nokia.co.in/A4897003

Nokia N-series 96 Latest N-series mobile gadget is now to be unleashed- · 16GB intended flash memory · 40 hours of video storage · 12,000 sound track storage capacity All set for you!!! Check out.

The Nokia N-series 96 which is yet to be released to the market serves its customers with-

1. High quality video on a large bright display with superb sound that immerses you in entertainment.
2. Lets you store more of your videos, music, pictures and maps with massive storages
3. A high-speed connectivity options to access content and services
4. FM Radio, internet Radio and Control Playback in superb sound clarity

NOKIA N-series 76

Nokia N-series 76 Nokia N76 attracts with- · 2GB storage for music · Instant web access · 2 mega pixel Camera A flip phone for the stylists Check out!!!

N76

http://www.nokia.co.in/link?cid=PLAIN_TEXT_403599

The Nokia N76 has the qualities which lets you-

1. Enjoy up to 20x digital zoom
2. Send and receive emails and instant messages

NOKIA N-series 95

N95

Nokia N-series 95 Attractive slide phone; bold and occupied in the hands- · HSDPA · Thrice faster than 3G internet experience · 5 mega pixel camera with DVD-like quality video · Integrated GPS and maps Here it is- http://www.nokia.co.in/A4534126

Nokia N95 is best regarded with its Wi-Fi features which provides-

1. Internet access
2. Large storage capacity
3. Innumerable applications with basic functions too

NOKIA 6600 Slide

The Nokia 6600 is now in a most sophisticated and slide phone. It is built with- · Top commands and USB on-the-go connection · Simple organic design · Wider ways to social application and · Easier connecting people Have a look- http://www.nokia.co.in/A41100008

Nokia 6600 slide

Nokia 6600 with its latest slide features attracting the customer’s attention. It offers-

1. More ways to connect with people
2. More social applications
3. Innovative new ways of getting things done
4. USB facility

NOKIA E-series 66

Nokia E-series 66 The Nokia E66 is smart and simple both in appearance and operating. Built with- · Convenient email solutions for personal information management · Rich Nokia Calendar · Functional design · Home screen modes and · Connectivity It caters with user-friendly operations and applications. Suitable mostly for those engaged and obsessed with presentations at the company. http://www.nokia.co.in/A41155331

Other than the above it also make available-

1. Stay connected and share your memory with the other end
2. Navigation
3. Lot more to be listed.

Cellphones and health fears have been heaved, chiefly after the enormous increase in the use of wireless mobile telephony all over the world. The following are some of the testimonies for its health causes. But the results of all researches are still being tested and observed for its authenticity.

Mobile phones use electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range, which is harmful to human health.

People have often been cautioned to-

· To use hands-free to reduce the radiation to the head.
· Keep the cellphone away from the body.
· Not to use telephone in a car with no external antenna.

The radio waves emitted by cellphones are absorbed by the human head which causes brain cancer. The radio waves emitted by a GSM handset, have a power of 2 watts, a US analogue phone a maximum of 3.6 watts.

Effect of microwave radiation is called dielectric heating. Dielectric material-a living tissue-gets heated by rotations of polar molecules induced by the electromagnetic field. If a person using a cell phone, most of the heating effect will occur at the surface of the head, causing its temperature to increase.

The German biophysicist Roland Glaser has argued that there are several thermo receptor molecules in cells, and that they activate a cascade of second and third messenger systems, gene expression mechanism and creation of heat alarm is caused.

Effects on Brain

Swedish researchers from Lund University-Salford, Brun, Perrson, Eberhardt, and Malmgren have studied the effects of microwave radiation on the rat brain. They found a leakage of albumin into the brain via a permeated blood-brain barrier.

Effects on normal health

Ranging from burning and tingling sensations in the skin of the head and extremities, fatigue, sleep disturbances, dizziness, loss of mental attention, reaction times and memory retentiveness, headaches, malaise, heart palpitations, to disturbances of the digestive system are complained by the cellphone users.

Effects on Genes

In 2004 researchers at the University of Athens found a reduction in reproductive capacity in fruit flies exposed to 6 minutes of 900 MHz pulsed radiation for five days.

In December 2004,

1. A pan-European study named REFLEX (Risk Evaluation of Potential Environmental Hazards from Low Energy).
2. Electromagnetic Field (EMF)

involving 12 collaborating laboratories in several countries showed some compelling evidence of DNA damage of cells in in-vitro cultures, when exposed between 0.3 to 2 watts/kg.

Cellphones and cancer

Damage to chromosomes, alterations in the activity of certain genes and a boosted rate of cell division were also reported

A Swedish scientific team at the Karolinska Institute conducted an epidemiological study in 2004 which suggests that regular use of a mobile phone over a decade or more was associated with an increased risk of acoustic neuroma, a type of benign brain tumor the study determined by the SAR inside a tumor by calculating the radiofrequency field absorption in the exact tumor location. Cases examined included glioma, meninigioma, and pituitary adenoma

Effects on Sleep

Mobile phone signals affect sleep patterns and possibly delay sleep onset during exposure.

Occupational health hazards

Telecommunication workers who spend time at a short distance from the active equipment, for the purposes of testing, maintenance, installation, etc. may be at risk of much greater exposure than the general population. Many times base stations are not turned off during maintenance, because that would affect the network, so people work near “live” antennas.

Reference: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/cellularphonelaws/index.htm

New Cellular Phone Laws that Go Into Effect July 1, 2008

( New Motor Vehicle Laws for 2008 )

Wireless Telephone Laws FAQs

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Two new laws dealing with the use of wireless telephones while driving go into effect July 1, 2008. Below is a list of Frequently Asked Questions concerning these new laws.

Q: When do the new wireless telephone laws take effect?
A: The new laws take effect July 1, 2008.

Q: What is the difference between the two laws?
A: The first prohibits all drivers from using a handheld wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle, (Vehicle Code (VC) §23123). Motorists 18 and over may use a “hands-free device.” Drivers under the age of 18 may NOT use a wireless telephone or hands-free device while operating a motor vehicle (VC §23124).

Q: What if I need to use my telephone during an emergency, and I do not have a “hands-free” device?
A: The law allows a driver to use a wireless telephone to make emergency calls to a law enforcement agency, a medical provider, the fire department, or other emergency services agency.

Q: What are the fines(s) if I’m convicted?
A: The base fine for the FIRST offense is $20 and $50 for subsequent convictions. With the addition of penalty assessments, the fines can be more than triple the base fine amount.

Q: Will I receive a point on my driver license if I’m convicted for a violation of the wireless telephone law?
A: No. The violation is a reportable offense, however, DMV will not assign a violation point.

Q: Will the conviction appear on my driving record?
A: Yes, but the violation point will not be added.

Q: Will there be a grace period when motorists will only get a warning?
A: No. The law becomes effective July 1, 2008. Whether a citation is issued is always at the discretion of the officer based upon his or her determination of the most appropriate remedy for the situation.

Q: Are passengers affected by this law?
A: No. This law only applies to the person driving a motor vehicle.

Q: Do these laws apply to out-of-state drivers whose home states do not have such laws?
A: Yes.

Q: Can I be pulled over by a law enforcement officer for using my handheld wireless telephone?
A: Yes. A law enforcement officer can pull you over just for this infraction.

Q: What if my phone has a push-to-talk feature, can I use that?
A: No. The law does provide an exception for those operating a commercial motor truck or truck tractor (excluding pickups), implements of husbandry, farm vehicle or tow truck, to use a two-way radio operated by a “push-to-talk” feature. However, a push-to-talk feature attached to a hands-free ear piece or other hands-free device is acceptable.

Q: What other exceptions are there?
A: Operators of an authorized emergency vehicle during the course of employment are exempt, as are those motorists operating a vehicle on private property.

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DRIVERS 18 AND OVERDrivers 18 and over will be allowed to use a “hands-free” device to talk on their wireless telephone while driving. The following FAQs apply to those motorists 18 and over.Q: Does the new “hands-free” law prohibit you from dialing a wireless telephone while driving or just talking on it?
A: The new law does not prohibit dialing, but drivers are strongly urged not to dial while driving.

Q: Will it be legal to use a Bluetooth or other earpiece?
A: Yes, however you cannot have BOTH ears covered.

Q: Does the new “hands-free” law allow you to use the speaker phone function of your wireless telephone while driving?
A: Yes.

Q: Does the new “hands-free” law allow drivers 18 and over to text message while driving?
A: The law does not specifically prohibit that, but an officer can pull over and issue a citation to a driver of any age if, in the officer’s opinion, the driver was distracted and not operating the vehicle safely. Sending text messages while driving is unsafe at any speed and is strongly discouraged.

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DRIVERS UNDER 18Q: Am I allowed to use my wireless telephone “hands-free?”
A: No. Drivers under the age of 18 may not use a wireless telephone, pager, laptop or any other electronic communication or mobile services device to speak or text while driving in any manner, even “hands-free.” EXCEPTION: Permitted in emergency situations to call police, fire or medical authorities (VC §23124).Q: Why is the law stricter for provisional drivers?
A: Statistics show that teen drivers are more likely than older drivers to be involved in crashes because they lack driving experience and tend to take greater risks. Teen drivers are vulnerable to driving distractions such as talking with passengers, eating or drinking, and talking or texting on wireless devices, which increase the chance of getting involved in serious vehicle crashes.

Q: Can my parents give me permission to allow me to use my wireless telephone while driving?
A: No. The only exception is an emergency situation that requires you to call a law enforcement agency, a health care provider, the fire department or other emergency agency entity.

Q: Does the law apply to me if I’m an emancipated minor?
A: Yes. The restriction applies to all licensed drivers who are under the age of 18.

Q: If I have my parent(s) or someone age 25 years or older in the car with me, may I use my wireless telephone while driving?
A: No. You may only use your wireless telephone in an emergency situation.

Q: Will the restriction appear on my provisional license?
A: No.

Q: May I use the hands-free feature while driving if my car has the feature built in?
A: No. The law prohibits anyone under the age of 18 from using any type of wireless device while driving, except in an emergency situation.

Q: Can a law enforcement officer stop me for using my “hands-free” device while driving?
A: For drivers under the age of 18, this is considered a SECONDARY violation meaning that a law enforcement officer may cite you for using a “hands-free” wireless device if you were pulled over for another violation. However, the prohibition against using a handheld wireless device while driving is a PRIMARY violation for which a law enforcement officer can pull you over.
The two laws were the result of SB 1613 and SB 33, authored by Senator Joe Simitian and signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in September 2006.