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...Although this is not a business phone - the Q lets you view Microsoft Office documents but not edit them and, unlike the new Treo 700p, can't be used as a wireless modem - it's not exactly an entertainment phone either. Verizon has yet to work out a pricing plan that allows the Q to work with its V Cast streaming videos and high-quality music downloads. Stuck in the middle, the Q is for sale at the $200 mark (provided you renew your contract, etc.), just above most V Cast phones and just below Verizon's duo of Treos...
...proportion of high-school students who own a mobile phone is 90% and rising, according to the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association. Partly because it's cheaper and partly for the reasons mentioned, texting rather than calling is the preference of most teens, who punched out more than half of the 5.1 billion text messages sent in Australia in 2003-04. For the occasional texter, tapping out a short message can take several minutes and is hardly worth the bother. But nimble-fingered teens churn them out like professional typists, lacing them with abbreviations such as 2moz (tomorrow), bf (boyfriend...
...country's worst natural disaster since the tsunami. The most horrific damage occurred in the district of Bantul, south of the city, where the tremor pulverized hundreds of houses, burying sleeping families beneath the rubble. Those lucky enough to escape dug for survivors with their bare hands. Electricity and phone lines throughout much of the city were disrupted, and Yogyakarta's airport was temporarily closed due to damage, diverting much-needed relief flights. Makeshift ambulances picked their way along cratered roads to hospitals and clinics choked with the injured. Nurses laid the wounded in folding beds outside the buildings...
Strolling the ramparts of the mountaintop pousada (inn) in his Army-issue shorts and thongs, rebel commander Alfredo Reinado is directing an effort to besiege Dili. Mobile phone glued to his ear, he mutters orders to subordinates 45 km away, who are fighting to recover the body of a fallen companion. "I want to see the battle," he says, "but my men will not let me. They are worried for my safety...
...most horrific damage occurred in the district of Bantul, south of the city, where the tremor pulverized hundreds of houses, burying sleeping families beneath the rubble. Those lucky enough to escape dug for survivors with their bare hands. Electricity and phone lines throughout much of the city were disrupted, and Yogyakarta's airport was temporarily closed due to damage, diverting much-needed relief flights. Makeshift ambulances picked their way along cratered roads to hospitals and clinics choked with the injured. Nurses laid the wounded in folding beds outside the buildings, for fear of aftershocks. Even more crowded were the morgues...