The folks over at MobileCrunch posed a very interesting question today, who should be held responsible when an accident is caused by a cell phone? The obvious answer would be the driver, right? Well, MobileCrunch gives us this example from an accident that happened in 2008: the family of the deceased is suing Sprint and Samsung, because they feel the wireless carrier and the phone manufacturer is responsible for the accident because driver was distracted by a phone call. More »

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Since the Rickrolling phenomenon began, I’ve always found it to be funny as all get out. There’s something simultaneously diabolical and impish about the bait and switch tactic that has always put a smile on my face. It’s kind of like a cue to stop and smell the roses, especially when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi decides to get a piece of the rickroll action. More »

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From Girlybubble: Make your phone strap more functional with a Hello Kitty solar strap. Now you can charge your phone on-the-go with this Hello Kitty-approved device while helping the planet. It has an added bonus of cute-ifying your phone. It’s also available in other designs such as Doraemon and Mickey Mouse. More »

Last week London Telegraph reported that Deutsche Telekom was considering making a bid for Sprint Nextel. Sprint’s value has dwindled over the past few years with subscribers leaving in the thousands but a deal with Deutsch could bring together T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel to create the second biggest wireless carrier in the United States behind Verizon Wireless and ahead of AT&T wireless. There are some benefits if T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel were to combine but there are also some negative things to the deal as well. More »

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I used to be a pretty big fan of bluetooth headsets until the higher end models started to cost as much as cell phones. But here’s a new concept that might redefine (good or bad, it’s still up in the air) the headset craze. Argentinian design team BCK, has designed a ring concept in which the two rings are used to talk on the phone and end calls. More pics and details below. More »

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Japan’s largest phone manufacturer, Sharp, better start looking in the rear view mirror because NEC, Hitachi and Casio are creeping up from behind. According to news out of Japan, NEC, Hitachi and Casio are all in talks to merge their cell phone business into one massive division.

The media reports out of Japan are saying NEC is hoping to join a pact already created between Casio and Hitachi. The new joint venture is a way to cut costs and will be looking to get started sometime in 2010, most likely around April. Hopefully this means these companies can crank out phones to other parts of the world faster. More »

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It seems like complaints from customers don’t always fall on deaf ears. Today, AT&T said they’re making changes to their voicemail feature in a response to customer complaints. The feature customers want to get rid of is the long message you get before leaving a voicemail. The campaign to complain was started by David Pogue of New York Times, two weeks ago. More »

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LG needs to stop making iPhone “killers” and start making crazy designs like the cell phone that turns into headphones. At least it’s something innovative. The Hi-Fi, headphone turning cell phone was one of the winners among LG’s Design the Future competition. More »

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It’s that time of the week again. Time for our Monday poll.

Which phone carrier do you have? (Leave us a comment explaining why you chose your carrier)

A. Verizon B. AT&T C. Sprint D. T-Mobile E. Other

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As if smoking isn’t a problem around the world, now there’s a cell phone out that also lights up your cigarettes. The SB6309 Lighter Phone, has an integrated cigarette lighter built into the back of the phone that will help people continue on with that annoying habit. Details after the break More »

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If you love talking and dark places then Samsung has the phone for you. Today Samsung released the SCH-W760, their first night vision camera phone. More »

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Google announced this morning, that Google Voice invites are currently being emailed to those who are on their reservation list.

If you haven’t received your invite, do not panic. Google claims the invite list is pretty lengthy and will take some time before everyone on the list gets an invite. More »

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Talk about growing up in the technology age. An Irish cell phone company is releasing a new phone targeting children as young as four years-old. More »

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Google, the search engine leader, has apparently reserved one million new phone numbers for their upcoming Google Voice service.

Google Voice is the new feature Google is planning to launch that will allow cell phone users to have a second number with features such as calls, text messages and voicemails will be available on the same cell phone through their wireless carrier. More »

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A quiet yet significant milestone in the life of the HTC Dream - aka the G1 or the Google Phone, the first mobile device equipped with Google’s highly anticipated Android operating system - six months after its release in October, T-Mobile has sold their one millionth G1 in the US. Even though the iPhone sold a massive 1.6 million units just in the last quarter, More »

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