The people of Kenya hve come up with an innovative way to protect their crops: placing mobile phone cards on the collar of an elephant. Elephants in this part of the world have been known to destroy the crops of local residents, wiping out months and months and hard work and income. These phone cards allow rangers to be alerted through text when an elephant is coming into a residential area, and t...

The Nokia 5800 sports an eye-catching design. (Credit: Nokia) While LG and Samsung were quick to play their touch-screen phone cards after the release of the first iPhone, Nokia has been holding its hand close. That is, until now. On Thursday, the Finnish company announced the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, an eye-catching slim touch-screen phone that looks vaguely like you-know-what. Though Nokia is qu...

I picked up this news release from AT&T earlier: Phone home. For most U.S. troops stationed overseas, it's at the top of their to-do list. To help keep them connected with loved ones and celebrate Independence Day, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is donating 10,000 prepaid phone cards. This is the second installment of more than 30,000

Call me old, but I remember the days when cell phones were new and not everyone had one. School kids did not get into trouble because they had downloaded age restricted content or were using their cell phones in class. Phone cards were my portable means to a communication tool and mum and dad could not find out where I was by simply giving me a call on my cell. I mention all this because I recentl

AT&T Inc. has announced a new text messaging program that will support the USO and U.S. military families with free prepaid phone cards. The program launches at the AT&T Cotton Bowl in Dallas. Beginning Jan. 1, and running through March 31, 2008, customers can make a $2 donation in support of the USO by text messaging USO to short code 740 from their AT&T wireless devices. In addition to text mess

InfoWorld - Sandisk on Monday said it plans to start selling the Sansa digital music player, mobile phone cards and USB flash drives to people in Vietnam, citing a growing consumer class in the nation.

PC World - Sandisk on Monday said it plans to start selling the Sansa digital music player, mobile phone cards and USB flash drives to people in Vietnam, citing a growing consumer class in the nation.