May
31
2011
31
2011
Nokia Issues Profit Warning
jones_supa submitted an article in the Guardian. From the article "Shares in the Finnish phone maker Nokia plunged by 15% on Tuesday as the company warned that it may make no profit on phone sales in the quarter to the ...
May
31
2011
31
2011
WHO declares cellphones "possibly carcinogenic"
Those who are worried about the possible health risks of cellphones just received some backing from a significant source: the World Health Organization. ...
May
29
2011
29
2011
Samsung Wants To See iPhone 5 and iPad 3
tekgoblin writes "The suit against Samsung that Apple filed back in April has been full of surprises recently; Apple even asked to see some of Samsung's future devices. Now, Samsung is requesting to view Apple's upcoming devices such as the ...
May
24
2011
24
2011
T-Mobile Joins the Capped Data Bandwagon
NicknamesAreStupid writes "It looks like T-Mobile is following the lead of Verizon and AT&T in shifting from unlimited data plans to tiered pricing. It starts with their family plans which may be cheaper than unlimited depending on your family's usage. ...
May
21
2011
21
2011
Why IT Needs To Change for Gen Z
An anonymous reader writes "Staff will routinely be bringing their own devices to work in five years time, according to IT industry experts in the UK. Some companies might already allow a few iPhones and iPads, but CIOs and businesses ...
May
21
2011
21
2011
North Korean 3G Mobile Subscriptions Hit Half a Million
angry tapir writes "The number of 3G cellular subscriptions in North Korea passed half a million during the first quarter, according to the country's only 3G cellular operator. The Koryolink network had 535,133 subscriptions at the end of March, an ...
May
20
2011
20
2011
Verizon Customers: Say So Long To Unlimited Data
BogenDorpher writes "Verizon will be eliminating its unlimited smartphone data plan this summer. No longer will one be able to pay $30 a month to have unlimited data. This move is designed to 'force heavy data users to pay more ...
May
18
2011
18
2011
Apple Proposes Smaller SIM Card Design
An anonymous reader writes with word that Apple, as reported by Reuters, has proposed a smaller SIM card standard. Says the Orange executive quoted, "We were quite happy to see last week that Apple has submitted a new requirement to ...
May
04
2011
04
2011
Startup Wants To Put 64-Cores In Your Smartphone
angry tapir writes "Startup chip design company Adapteva has announced the multicore Epiphany processor, which is designed to accelerate applications in servers and low-power devices such as smartphones and tablets. The RISC-based processor is scalable to thousands of cores on ...
Apr
29
2011
29
2011
Why Users Don’t Trust Mobile Apps
snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister writes of the growing unease among consumers around mobile data privacy, and how this distrust will impact mobile app development. 'When every week seems to bring another news story about a data breach resulting ...
Apr
27
2011
27
2011
Apple comments on iPhone location storm, software update soon
Apple has finally commented on the iPhone and iPad location logging controversy that erupted last week, saying that a software update would be available ...
Apr
22
2011
22
2011
AT&T Admits Network Can’t Handle iPhone, iPad Traffic
RedEaredSlider writes "AT&T has admitted that the rise of tablets and smartphones like the iPad and iPhone has taken a major toll on its network. In its public filing to the Federal Communications Commission yesterday, the company admitted that its ...
Apr
20
2011
20
2011
How Apple tracks your location without consent, and why it matters
If you haven't yet enabled encrypted backups for your iPhone or iPad, now's definitely the time to start. Two security researchers have discovered a ...
Apr
12
2011
12
2011
DNA unlikely to explode in the presence of cellphone radiation
In recent years, people have claimed to suffer from a rather odd disorder. It takes the form of electrosensitivity, and its victims complain of ...
Apr
08
2011
08
2011
Quad-Core Mobile Chips Wasted On Mobiles?
An anonymous reader writes "Dual-core smartphones have only just hit the market, but mobile chipmakers Nvidia and Qualcomm are already turning their attention to quad-core chips. While it looks certain that tablets will be the first quad-core mobile devices in ...
Mar
30
2011
30
2011
Game Devs Weigh In On Windows Phone 7
The mobile games industry has exploded over the past few years, driven largely by titles built for iOS and Android. The Guardian's games blog decided to investigate the pros and cons of Windows Phone 7 as a game development platform ...
Mar
26
2011
26
2011
US ITC May Reverse Judge’s Ruling In Kodak vs. Apple
An anonymous reader writes "Going after Apple and RIM, Kodak says, 'every digital camera and phone with a camera' infringes on its patents. A judge sided against Kodak in January, but now the US International Trade Commission has agreed to ...
Mar
25
2011
25
2011
Inside a Verizon Wireless Superswitch
An anonymous reader writes "Geek.com has posted a walkthrough of a Verizon Wireless Superswitch, a 45,000 square foot, $50 million facility. From the article: 'The Superswitch we visited, located in Orlando, Fl., is one of about 25 across the US. ...
Mar
22
2011
22
2011
How the iPhone Led To the Sale of T-Mobile
Hugh Pickens writes "Kevin O'Brien writes that Deutsche Telekom's announcement to sell its American wireless unit, T-Mobile USA, to AT&T for $39 billion ended a decade-long foray into the American market that was undermined, in part, by the advent of ...
Mar
16
2011
16
2011
No Contactless Payment System In Next iPhone
RedEaredSlider writes "Citing fears over a lack of an industry standard, Apple has ditched plans to include near field communication technology in its next iPhone, The Independent reports. The technology, which allows users to make payments simply by waving their ...
Mar
15
2011
15
2011
Richard Stallman: Cell Phones Are ‘Stalin’s Dream’
jbrodkin writes "Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream,' says free software pioneer Richard Stallman, who refuses to own one. 'Cell phones are tools of Big Brother. I'm not going to carry a tracking device that records where I go all the ...
Mar
12
2011
12
2011
Apple vs. Microsoft: a Tale of Two Mobile Updates
snydeq writes "The latest mobile updates from Apple and Microsoft provide a stark contrast, one emblematic of the differences between the two companies, InfoWorld's Ted Samson writes. Militantly on time, Apple's iOS 4.3 update offers significant new functionality, total disregard ...
Mar
10
2011
10
2011
New Attack Can Disable Phones Via SMS
Trailrunner7 writes "A pair of security researchers from Germany demonstrated several techniques at the CanSecWest conference here Wednesday that enable them to remotely reboot, shut down or even completely disable many popular mobile phones with SMS messages. The technique that ...
Mar
10
2011
10
2011
Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden
99luftballon writes "Sweden and Denmark are running tests on replacing stamps with text messages. The writer sends a text message to a central server, which bills for the stamp and returns a code to be written on the letter. It's ...
Feb
25
2011
25
2011
Nokia and Open Source — a Trial By Fire
An anonymous reader writes "The H has a damning piece on Nokia's open source smart phone projects, Maemo and MeeGo, and why they failed. 'They did dumb stuff like re-writing the whole networking stack, duplicating as they went. So instead ...
Feb
23
2011
23
2011
Cell Phone Use Tied To Changes In Brain Activity
Takichi writes "The New York Times is reporting on research linking cell phone use and increased metabolism, with high statistical significance, in the areas of the brain close to the antenna. The study was led by Dr. Nora D. Volkow, ...
Feb
22
2011
22
2011
Chatting on your cell phone may boost brain metabolism
The concerns about the health impacts of cellphone use are likely to resurface today with the publication of a study in JAMA, the Journal ...
Feb
18
2011
18
2011
Sony Unveils First PlayStation Phone
KRK-TR writes "Sony Ericsson has unveiled the first 'PlayStation phone,' called the Xperia Play. The device resembles a regular smart phone but has gaming buttons that slide out from beneath the screen."
Eurogamer got some hands-on time with the device, and ...
Feb
12
2011
12
2011
Microsoft To Work With Windows Phone 7 Jailbreakers
markass530 writes "Microsoft had a sit down with the first people to jailbreak their Windows Phone 7. Seems like good progress was made. This seems like a good approach to me. It would be great if Sony, Apple, Microsoft, and ...
Feb
11
2011
11
2011
Nokia and Microsoft Make Smartphone Alliance
pbahra writes "The smart money was right. Nokia has jumped into bed with Microsoft and will produce phones running Windows Phone 7. The cynics would say that, here, we have two lumbering dinosaurs of the technology world clinging to each ...
Feb
10
2011
10
2011
HP Unveils WebOS Tablet, Plans WebOS Computer
jfruhlinger writes "As had been expected, Hewlett-Packard unveiled new webOS-based smartphones and a webOS tablet today. But in a bit of a shock, the company also announced that webOS would be coming to HP PCs. Whether this is happening in ...
Feb
09
2011
09
2011
HTC Invests $40 Million In OnLive
Smartphone-maker HTC has invested a significant chunk of change into cloud gaming service OnLive, raising speculation that the service could be headed for mobile devices. "At the D8 conference in June 2010, one of the most impressive demonstrations was a ...
Feb
08
2011
08
2011
Takedown Letters For WP7 Tetris Clones
karios writes "Today I received a takedown letter from a law firm representing the Tetris Company for copyright violations involving my game Tetrada, which I published on the Windows Phone 7 marketplace. The witch hunt, after hitting Android, iOS and ...
Feb
07
2011
07
2011
Alcatel-Lucent Shrinks Mobile Cell Tower To Small Cube
pbahra writes "French mobile telephone infrastructure manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent today unveiled technology that shrinks a mobile cell tower to a box the size of a Rubik's cube, potentially changing the structure of the cellular network, reducing greenhouse emissions and bringing mobile ...
Jan
25
2011
25
2011
Kongregate App Pulled From Android Market
itwbennett writes "Last week Google took a page from Apple's book and pulled the Arcade by Kongregate app from the Android Market for violating its terms of service. In particular, the part that forbids distributing 'any Product whose primary purpose ...

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