It’s been nearly a year since I last wrote about the iPhone. After almost 15 months of daily use, it’s become an indispensable part of my life. Here are just a few of the apps, a couple of which I’ve just come across recently, that I use nearly every day and would hate to ever [...]

Effective today (1-26-10), the US Department of Transportation has announced a ban on texting for commercial drivers. Below is the text of the news release. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Announces Federal Ban on Texting for Commercial Truck Drivers U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced federal guidance to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of [...]

Summary: Turn phone off or put it on vibrate. Make/receive essential calls only. Keep it short and speak softly. A survey back in 2004 revealed the cell phone was both the most loved and most hated technological device of our time. I don’t think much has changed in the last five years, except many feel [...]

I’m smiling as I write this, but these are annoying issues bus drivers face nearly every day. Have you ever been guilty of one of these? Here are eight ways to annoy a motorcoach driver: As a motorcoach passenger …. Have the ringer turned up on your cell phone, and take a call while the [...]

For Christmas 2008 I received an Apple iPhone as a gift from my wife. Okay, I picked it out, but it really was a gift from her. I’d been eyeing them lustfully ever since Apple introduced the original iPhone in 2007. However, I was a long-time Verizon user, and of course the iPhone works only [...]