Cell Phone Pings and Pinging- December 5, 2007 A cell phone played a critical role in helping searchers find and rescue the wife and children of CNet senior editor James Kim after they had been stranded in the snowy Oregon wilderness for nine days, even though they were well out of cell phone range. (As of this writing, Kim himself -- who left his family on Saturday to find help -- is still missing.)CNet News.com explains just how in a story examining the cell phone's growing role as a crucial lifeline for many:Mobile devices are in...http://cellping.blogspot.com/2007/12/cell-phone-pings-and-pinging.html |