Cell phones

After a customer backlash, Verizon Wireless is dropping a plan to start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit cards. Full story...

The National Transportation Safety Board says after completing its investigation into a deadly car crash in Missouri, it found that texting caused the accident that killed two people and injured 38 others. The NTSB is now recommending that every state ban the use of cell phones, hand-held or hands free, behind the wheel. Drivers in Wilmington say they don’t think it will work. Full story...

Federal accident investigators recommended states ban the use of cell phones and other electronic devices by all drivers except in emergencies. Full story...

A government test used to measure the radiation people absorb from their cellphones might underestimate the levels to which most adults and children are exposed, according to a group of doctors and researchers whose stated mission is to promote awareness of environmental health risks they believe may be linked to cancer. Full story...

A Mississippi woman has been charged in a cell phone scheme in North Carolina. Full story...

Chapel Hill town officials are tired of waiting for the state to decide whether to ban cell phone use while driving and will take up the question themselves. Full story...

North Carolina's booming population and the proliferation of cell phones mean people calling numbers in the Research Triangle region are going to have to get used to some new digits. Full story...

We discovered a disturbing loophole this week in New Hanover County policy that's allowing County Commissioners to conduct county business in secret on their county cell phone with no accountability. Full story...

New technology is all around us, and 2011 promises gadgets everyone will want to have. With those devices, many consumers may find they have a need for speed. Full story...

A ban on cell phones is in effect at a North Carolina courthouse after deputies confiscated about two dozen look-alike stun guns. Full story...

Have an Android smartphone and aren't sure how to get the most out of it? The Verizon Wireless Android Gathering was in town on Saturday to lend a hand. Full story...

July marks National Cell Phone Courtesy Month, reminding us to practice proper cell phone etiquette and think twice before we pick up a call in public. WWAY's Hailey Winslow is at the iDesk with more. Full story...

Wilmington Police and New Hanover County deputies have received calls saying there is a text message/email hoax going around again. Full story...

If you talk on a cell phone while you drive, a government watchdog group says you are being driven to distraction. Full story...

We all own one, and probably admit that we could not live without them. Full story...