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There are manuals on just about anything you can think of, now there’s even a manual for cell phone etiquette. Cell phones.org released the Official Guide to Cell Phone Etiquette in September of 2008. It’s not Emily Post but it is etiquette that anyone with a cell phone should rude.

Construction workers, deep sea fisherman and more, all professions that rely on their cell phones to work under extreme conditions and to continue to work if dropped or covered in dust. Up until now it was at best a wish. No more. Introducing the Sonim XP3, a rugged cell phone for people who use their phone for their livelihood and not their entertainment.

Every aspect of this cell phone was designed for rugged use. From the rubber molding cast to the scratch resistant screen, it appears no aspect was left to chance.

The good news is that cellular camera phones are small and you can take them anywhere. The bad news is that camera phones are small and you can take them anywhere! This good news/bad news scenario comes as the technology that supports both still and video photography continues to advance and society is now trying to figure out how to address privacy concerns.

People have been donating cell phones to the Donate a Phone® Call to Protect® campaign since as far back as 1998. In fact, more than 2 million cellular phone donations have been made to the foundation since then. Consumers donating cell phones, helps the organization in its work towards ending domestic violence.

After a potentially harmful glitch was discovered in the Siemens Series 65 cell phones, several vendors in Asia and Europe stopped selling the cellular handsets to consumers. It appears that when the battery charge is low, the cellular handsets launch into their battery-shutdown warning tune, but at such a high volume that the piercing noise is not only surprising, but also potentially harmful to a cellular users.