We’ve already reported it’s illegal to use a cell phone in North Korea. In order to make sure everyone’s obeying the stupidest rule on planet, North Korean police is now increasingly using German cell phone signal detectors. Most noticeably it’s near the border with China where people are using mobile phones as they can connect…

Earlier last month CBS4’s entertainment reporter Lisa Petrillo accepted Sprint’s challenge which was trying to find the “Biggest Texter” in South Florida and award him/her with a check of $5,000 for their favorite cause. Believe it or not, she managed to send 21 thousand text messages in a single week! According to Petrillo, she sent…

It doesn’t happen that often that we see governments using mobile technology for their citizens’ benefit. Naturally, it’s Japan where this kind of approach is used, as most of the population has a mobile phone. Following the recent kidnapping of a Japanese student in Iran, Japan’s Foreign Ministry has decided to start using mobile phones…

We at IntoMobile love bringing you interesting stories about mobile technology. Lately we’ve spotted something that could fit in that “interesting stories” category. It’s a story about the House of Stone in Sao Paulo called “Casa de Pedra,” whose walls are covered with typewriters and (the interesting part) mobile phones, amongst many other objects. This…

Visa overstayers in New Zealand, who might once have been targeted in dawn raids by immigration officials, may in future receive kinder text and email reminders. Apparently, The Department of Labour, which incorporates the Immigration Service, has started sending personalised text and email messages to provide such immigration information as permit expiry reminders, policy and…

While there’s nothing new in the “newspapers are dying” phrase, we wanted to post Scott Adams’ thinking on the subject. According to the “Dilbert” creator, newspapers will die out within two upgrades of a cell phone. Looking at the iPhone, Adams commented: “When you have a web browser in your pocket, a printed newspaper is…

We already know that using a cellphone or any other mobile device is prohibited in many countries. Hack, we’ve even seen UK government passing the law under which drivers in the country may end-up in jail for using their devices while driving. And now, we have three men in Mumbai, India being jailed for driving…