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An Auckland, New Zealand church has been fined $1,250 after it used a cell phone jammer to prevent phone calls from interrupting services.
In August of this year, the country’s Economic Development Ministry banned the sale and manufacturing of jamming devices, which BTW require a licence to be used.
Commenting on the fine issues, the ministry said that “while prayers and ceremonies may not have been disturbed by the ringing of mobile phones”, the wider community was potentially at risk as emergency calls were blocked as well.
The Corrections Department is the only organization licensed to use jamming devices in New Zealand. It has had them since 2007 to prevent the unauthorised use of cellphones in prisons…
[Via: stuff.co.nz, textually]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
