Sprint yesterday announced a new feature designed to make it easier for hearing-impaired subscribers to use their cell phone. Sprint WebCapTel is a free web-based service that allows Sprint users to read a near real-time captioned version of a phone call. Read the full story here.

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Levi's today unveiled The Original, a classic monoblock cell phone. The front and back panels and keypad are made of high-quality steel, while the top is manufactured from soft plastic to be pleasant against the speaker's ear. A diagonal pattern on the front and back ensures The Original doesn't slip out from hands, while 12 miniature steel bolts along the perimeter are reminiscent of rivets on jean pockets. On the bottom, a twisted in-steel bolt is the binding for the chain (included in the pac...

Americans have become more dependent on their cell phones than conventional phones. For the first time, they say they would have more trouble giving up a cell phone than a traditional phone, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said in a report. Less than two years earlier, respondents still considered their landlines the most crucial technology. According to Pew, the cell phone is the technological tool its users would have most difficulty giving up, followed by the Internet and televisio...

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Samsung and Adidas have jointly announced the miCoach fitness handset at an event in Valencia, Spain. This slider handset is designed to be the ultimate workout tool, and includes features such as a stride sensor and heart rate monitor. Read the full story here.

Apple today unveiled tools for outside developers to make software programs for its iPhone, a move intended to widen the appeal of the multifunction device. Previewing the iPhone 2.0 software, scheduled for release this June, Apple announced the beta release of the software, offering new enterprise features such as support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync to provide secure, over-the-air push email, contacts and calendars as well as remote wipe, and the addition of Cisco IPsec VPN for encrypted ...

Wireless customers can read their voice mail as email, exclusively from TELUS Read the full story here.

General Mobile has unveiled its M500 watch phone at CeBIT 2008. The M500 sports a 1.5" OLED touchscreen display, comes clad in silver, and also has organizer functions such as a world clock, stopwatch, and calculator, among others. Read the full story here.

Today Apple announced that the next version of the iPhone firmware will include push email support, thanks to Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync. The company also announced details about its iPhone SDK and the iTunes App Store that will sell the applications. Read the full story here.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Motorola's chief marketing officer resigned from his position on Friday of last week, amid ongoing problems at the mobile phone manufacturer. Read the full story here.