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Texting and the Distracted Driver

Enhancements in behavior and communication are directly associated with technology. Within the core of the technological aid, you find many benefits but there are also consequences. Using mobile phones for texting may be extremely handy and easy in virtually any passive situation. When active, such as driving a car, texting can be abusive and harmful to you and to others.

According to government figures, Driver distraction could present a serious and potentially deadly danger. In 2009, 5,474 people were killed in U.S. roadways and an estimated additional 448,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes that were reported to have involved distracted driving. Distracted driving comes in various forms, such as cell phone use, texting while driving, eating, drinking, talking with passengers, as well as using in-vehicle technologies and portable electronic devices.

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An iPhone That Prevents Speeding Tickets? Hello iRadar!

The iPhone is a truly smart phone. Cobra adds an app to the iPhone with a new task in mind: radar detection. Your iPhone becomes part of an award winning radar detector and may save you money on your long hauls.

Radar Detectors have been helping drivers act responsibly while driving the many highways and roads in the United States. One of the leading brands, Cobra Electronics, is releasing a new concept in radar detectors. Using a special app, you can use your smartphone to help detect alerts. It’s called iRadar.

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Motorola Xoom First Tablet To Run Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Having a 10.1″ screen, both front and rear facing cameras, 1GB of RAM and 32GB of storage space - the Motorola Xoom tablet is promised to be the greatest Android device to hit the market yet.

Expected to be released early this year, the Motorola Xoom is the first tablet that will run the highly anticipated operating platform known as Honeycomb.

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