The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association has published commonsense rules for camera phone users, reminding them that they must respect the privacy of other people.
Orange is to launch third-generation mobile phone services in the UK on 19th July. Their first 3G product is expected to be a mobile datacard for laptop users.
Doctors at the British Medical Association conference have voted in favour of a motion that says patient care would improve if mobile phones were allowed in hospitals. The doctors suggest replacing outdated pager systems with mobiles.
A teenager suffered minor burns when her mobile phone caught fire, according to reports on CNN. The phone was manufactured by Kyocera. No further information about the possible cause of the fire has been made available.
Today's mobile phones promise too much, argues one newspaper columnist - whilst another reporter points out that they could replace personal music players.
New legislation in China enables the blocking or censoring of text messages from mobile phones. The government says the law is designed to restrict pornography and fraud, although critics claim that political messages could also be blocked.