Topic: Smartphones

Amazon Is Reportedly Building a 3D Smartphone You Can Control with Your Eyeballs

Reuters

The Wall Street Journal says that Amazon is expanding its hardware offerings with a whole new line of gadgets, including a lame-sounding "audio streaming device" and a pair of next gen smartphones.

By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 28, 2013

Facebook Will Finally Resolve Rumors of the Fabled Facebook Phone in One Week

Cross your fingers, cross your legs. Cross your arms and bow your head. The seemingly never-ending rumor mill spinning around the idea of a Facebook phone may finally come to a stop at a just-announced event next week.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 12, 2013

Samsung's First Official Galaxy SIV Photo Is One Big Tease

Two days ahead of the Galaxy SIV big reveal, Samsung has posted this first official image of the new phone to Twitter, confirming two facts: It says Samsung and it has a screen.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 18, 2013

All the Rumors About the New Samsung Galaxy S IV

Now that Samsung has its own hype cycle, it seems only fair to keep track of what the tech rumormongers are saying about the upcoming Galaxy S IV.

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By David Wagner

Feb 8, 2013

How to Be an Online Blizzard Scientist

Calling all lazy nerds getting snowed in by "Nemo." Helping researchers collect snowstorm data has become so insanely easy, anyone with a smartphone and 30 seconds can be a citizen scientist during the blizzard.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 9, 2013

The Future of Phablets Cannot Be Denied

Everyone and their pockets hates the size. Everyone including the American Dialect Society hates the name. But so-called "phablets" are on the rise, because, well, everyone still wants a big-screen cellphone.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 27, 2012

Your Stolen Cellphone's Records Are Going Straight to the Cops

Without court orders of any sort, the NYPD has access to "a trove of telephone logs" — and in a somewhat frightening twist, it takes more paperwork to get a thief's cell records than it takes to get the victim's. Here's how it works.

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By Connor Simpson

Oct 27, 2012

Texting Is Turning Us Into a Nation of Flakes

Sometimes you just don't have time for a sit-down dinner at a restaurant and you have to resort to cancelling on the person you were going to meet with a text message. This very practice, as the New York Times explains, is destroying our ability to politely cancel plans.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Oct 23, 2012

Your Smartphone Is Profoundly Filthy

Your smartphone can do a lot of amazing things. It can call people. It can connect to the Internet. It can enable you to play fun games. It can also attract an ungodly amount of life-threatening germs.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Oct 15, 2012

The Shame of Being a BlackBerry Owner

After the iPhone and Android become the pocket computers of the masses, BlackBerries aren't cool any more, and The New York Times is on it.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Sep 17, 2012

Trimming the Times

Voter Fraud, Video Replay, and 'Revolution'

A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 20, 2012

There Is No Reasonable Explanation for Weather App Addiction

Smartphones are magical little computer boxes, capable of things both high tech and useful and yet the number one most popular thing people do with their amazing smartphones' technology is... Check the weather.

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By Jen Doll

Aug 6, 2012

Embracing the Age of Autocorrect

Of course you know autocorrect. You've probably found yourself a target of its accidentally rude, crude expressions at least once, possibly with unfortunate ends, sometimes with amusing ones.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 18, 2012

These Share Data Plans Aren't a Good Deal

Following Verizon's lead, AT&T has announced the data-centric plans it had threatened and they don't sound like money savers compared to the old solo subscriptions. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jun 1, 2012

The End of the Phone Is Nigh

These days our "phones" aren't really phones in the dictionary sense ("an instrument for reproducing sounds at a distance") any more. And soon enough, if the CEO of AT&T is correct, they won't even involve namesake capability anymore.

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By Dino Grandoni

May 24, 2012

Stat of the Day

26% of Executives Are Sleeping with Their Phones

If we've learned one thing from our Media Diets, it's that the first thing many people reach for in the morning is their smartphone. In fact, many of them sleep with them in their beds at night. In fact, many of them sleep with them in their beds at night.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 22, 2012

Auto-Correct Is Not Ruining Spelling

Today in studies that claim the Internet is ruining our lives, the BBC informs us that auto-correct and spellcheckers have turned us into a bunch of illiterate idiots.

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By Adam Clark Estes

May 16, 2012

Why Is Apple So Scared?

As Android widens its lead in the smartphone and tablet marketplace, Apple is starting to look a little frightened.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 1, 2012

Blackberry's New OS Met With Resounding 'Meh'

Today Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, held one of those standard tech press conferences that are supposed to get the bloggers all jazzed about their latest offering, inspiring them to write what basically turns into free PR. But no one got excited this time.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Apr 10, 2012

What to Do When Your Phone Is Stolen

It stinks to have your phone stolen and the government knows it. Now, a number of police departments and the Federal Communications Commission are teaming up to create a new federal database of cellphone information for theft prevention. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 4, 2012

Windows Phone: Good, But Not Good Enough

Reviewers are impressed by Microsoft's latest phone, the Nokia Lumia 900, but many still doubt that what some have called "a gorgeous device" and "a phone that every single person should consider owning" can overtake the iPhone or Android.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 28, 2012

The Stubborn Pride of Dumbphone Owners

Smartphones generally get all the tech press attention, but this week dumbphones and their loyal owners have popped up in two trend stories.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 27, 2012

Naming Phones Is Like Naming Babies

When naming one's child there are two ways to go: The risky character-building route, or the safe, but possibly lame, classic name path. The same goes for phones. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 5, 2012

The Insatiable American Appetite for Screens

When it comes to screens, the American way seems to be the more the better. One at a time doesn't cut it -- there's something about the glow of different sorts of screens that gets us going. But what is it?

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 5, 2012

No, We Won't Stop Calling Them Smartphones

BuzzFeed's newest vertical, a tech news section called FWD, looks great with its nice grey logo and BuzzFeed-y layout. But we're not sure the coverage so far goes beyond gimmick.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 1, 2012

AT&T Puts the 'Limit' in Unlimited Data

The data dependent army of tweeters are fuming over AT&T's announcing that it will cap its unlimited data plans.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 29, 2012

The Military Is Afraid of Your iPhone

The Pentagon's top researchers are getting nervous about the smartphones and tablets civilians are carrying around in their pockets, backpacks and cars, calling the devices dangerous for national security.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 27, 2012

It's Not Easy Predicting the End of the iPhone

Looking at the future of the iPhone, two articles, one from the Wall Street Journal's Anton Troianovski the other from The New York Times' Kevin J. O'Brien, out of the Barcelona's  Mobile World Congress reach some differing conclusions

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 22, 2012

The Reality of Augmented Reality

On the gut level, reactions to Google's recently leaked top secret augmented reality eyeglasses can be split into two broad camps: the WTF!?! crew (concerned with privacy) and the WHOA!!! crew (excited about the future). 

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By Ray Gustini

Feb 15, 2012

What the Tweet?

Wrestlers, Flower Buds, and Electric Cigarettes

After a long day spent staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that didn't make sense.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Feb 6, 2012

Not Ironically, Halliburton Will Now Use American Smartphones

It's unclear exactly how or why one of America's largest oil energy companies ever decided to require its employees to use Canadian smartphones, but starting this year, Halliburton is going to switch from BlackBerry to iPhone.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 25, 2012

iPhone Users Might Want to Consider Downgrading Their Texting Plans

Now that iMessage has been out for a couple of months, stats are revealing just how much the new service reduces the amount that people send traditional text messages.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 24, 2012

The History of the Smartphone Begins with Steve Jobs

As news emerged that the Obamas will honor Steve Jobs by inviting his wife Laurene Powell Jobs to sit with the First Lady during the State of the Union address, The Guardian's Charles Authur rolled out a simple timeline tracking the history of the smartphone.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 6, 2012

The Siri-Powered One Percent of Data Usage

Just like every precious finite resource in this world, data usage is relegated to the top one percent, with elite smartphone users consuming half of all the data.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 21, 2011

Hackers Plan to Figure Out How Carrier IQ Works Before the Government Does

The Electronic Frontier Foundation put out an open call for developers to help them figure out how the controversial, smartphone-spying Carrier IQ software actually works.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 8, 2011

Farewell to the Bling Phone

As Nokia moves to sell its luxury subsidiary, Vertu, it's time to shed a tear for the dying, gawking-worthy fad -- popular among rappers and Russian oil tycoons alike -- that we call the bling phone. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Dec 6, 2011

Sprint and T-Mobile in Damage Control Mode Over Carrier IQ

The two cell phone companies caught with their hands in the cookie jar for taking users' thought-to-be private data sent talking points to their service reps saying how exactly they should explain to customers that it's OK for them to secretly collect data.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Nov 7, 2011

The Hackers Are Coming for Your Smartphone

As attacks on mobile devices skyrocket, the prospect of falling victim to a hacker seems like it's no longer a question of "if" but rather "when." 

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By Adam Clark Estes

Oct 28, 2011

Read the Fine Print in Samsung's Apple-Squashing Smartphone Sales Figures

The tech blogs are abuzz with news that Samsung is now selling more smartphones than Apple, in a big win for the Korean company's press team. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 19, 2011

Google's Ice Cream Sandwich Will Make Android All Better

Alongside the new Galaxy Nexus phone, Google unveiled its latest: Ice Cream Sandwich. No, it's not a delectable summer treat, it's a jazzed up name for Google's latest Android update. 

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 13, 2011

Stat of the Day

40% of People Who Own Smartphones Use Them While Watching TV

Some people need to have two screens in front of them at all times

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Oct 12, 2011

RIM's Answers for the Great BlackBerry Outage

The company says you'll get your lost emails eventually and you didn't get hacked

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By Dino Grandoni

Oct 12, 2011

Stat of the Day

Wireless Devices Now Outnumber Humans in U.S.

There are now 1.05 wireless devices per person

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By Adam Clark Estes

Oct 6, 2011

A Sneak Peek at the Army's New Smartphone

The Army is going with an Android-powered device

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 23, 2011

Consensus: New Curves Aren't Good Enough to Save BlackBerry

Research In Motion announced a new line of their low-end models

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 16, 2011

BlackBerry Is Not Having a Great Month

Everything is going wrong for the Canadian mobile company lately

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By Adam Clark Estes

Aug 12, 2011

An Airbag for Your iPhone Is an Absurd Idea

Two Amazon executives want to fix the shattered screen problem

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By Dino Grandoni

Aug 5, 2011

Chart of the Day

A Smartphone Map of Our Nation

For different regions of the country, all smartphones are not created equal

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By Dino Grandoni

Aug 4, 2011

Stat of the Day

A Quarter of Toddlers Have Used a Smartphone

Mom and dad are learning to use their iPhones as babysitters

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By Dino Grandoni

Aug 1, 2011

Chart of the Day

Survey: iPhone Could Gain on Android, BlackBerry Very Quickly

Most Android users say they'll switch to another phone

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jul 14, 2011

The Army's Smartphone Problems Are Worse Than Yours

Wrapping up battlefield testing, the Army has some familiar issues with iPhones and Androids

Comments | 4,311 Views

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