NEW YORK CITY -- On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on sixth avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men ...

In some places, 911 callers are waiting several minutes for help. Aug. 31, 2007 — -- In some parts of the country, desperate callers to 911 are waiting several minutes for help -- minutes that ...

The law that bans holding a cell phone to talk or text while driving doesn’t take effect in Washington state for a couple of months, but one mom has learned the hard way that no call is worth it. “I ...

On April 3, 1973 Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first ever call on the first ever truly portable telephone. But it wasn't until ten years later, in 1983, that Motorola sold its cellular phones ...

Cell phones are the technological equivalent of a Swiss Army knife. We can talk to friends, send text messages, play games and music, shoot photos and video, surf the Internet and do a whole lot more, ...

OMAHA It's possible to trace a cell phone call to its point of origination, but the technology that could have helped authorities find an Omaha couple lost in the snow is not in place in Nebraska. The ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. If you call 911 from a cell phone, don't assume dispatchers will know where you are. If you're in St. Charles County, they won't.