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Mobiles no risk to planes, automobiles: AMTA

The mobile industry has reassured travellers that mobile phones don’t interfere with airplanes or ignite fires at automobile petrol stations.

By Adam Bender | 06 May, 2013 10:59

Tags: risk, petrol station, flight mode, wireless, airlines, FiRe, Phones, mobile, danger, airplane, gas
Ice Cream Sandwich destined for Samsung Galaxy S II in early 2012

Samsung Galaxy S II owners will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the first quarter of 2012, the Korean manufacturer has announced.

By Daniel Ionescu | 21 December, 2011 02:00

Tags: samsung, consumer electronics, Google, smartphones, Phones, Android
Facebook adds Timeline to iPhone app

Facebook now lets iPhone owners view its new Timeline layout and has added several extra handy features in an app update pushed out to iPhone users on Sunday. iPad users still can't view Facebook Timeline layouts.

By David Daw | 20 December, 2011 06:03

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, apple iphone, Phones, social networking, mobile, social networks, internet, Facebook, mobile applications
Android Market celebrates 10 billion downloads with 10-cent app sale

Guess what? Your favorite Android app may be just 10 cents right now, thanks to the Android Market's 10 billion downloads celebration.

By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 08 December, 2011 01:28

Tags: Phones, Google, mobile, smartphones, Android, SoundHound, Swift, Guess, apps, consumer electronics, app store, Mobile OSes
Smartphone reliability and satisfaction: iPhone tops the list

PC World readers like their iPhones. More survey participants own this model than any other phone, and an unusually high proportion of them praised its durability, ease-of-use, design, and camera quality in our 2011 Reliability and Service survey.

By Mark Sullivan | 07 December, 2011 01:49

Tags: consumer electronics, htc, smartphones, Phones, reliability and service

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iPhone 4 newbies: 10 essential tips and tricks

You soon-to-be Verizon iPhone 4 customers can learn from the experiences of others. Take it from iPhone old-timers, you're about to enter a magical world of awesome apps running on the most simplistic, addictive device on the planet.

By Tom Kaneshige | 09 February, 2011 07:33

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, iPhone, Phones, Verizon Wireless
Keeping track of your iPhone data usage

When users had unlimited data there was no reason to be concerned with how or where that data was being consumed. Since AT&T dropped unlimited data in favor of tiered data caps, though, users have struggled to understand data usage, and now AT&T is faced with a law suit accusing it of systematically overcharging customers.

By Tony Bradley | 09 February, 2011 08:26

Tags: consumer electronics, at&t, Cell Phones, Phones
Smartphone security: Keep your handset safe

Once upon a time, a phone was just a phone: It simply made and received calls. The only security you worried about was if someone had picked up in the other room to listen in.

By Brent Rose | 12 January, 2011 02:07

Tags: online security, tech support, consumer electronics, smartphones, Phones, windows phone 7, data protection, RIM BlackBerry
Overclock your smartphone, if you dare

WARNING: Overclocking is not for the faint of heart. Do not attempt to hack your phone unless you understand and accept the risks of turning it into a useless "brick."

By Keir Thomas | 05 January, 2011 12:56

Tags: open source, Linux, consumer electronics, Cell Phones, Phones, Android, software, non-Windows, operating systems
BlackBerry 6: Wipe Your Smartphone, Restore Factory Settings

Many reasons exist for why you might want or need to "security wipe" a BlackBerry, or completely erase all personal data stored on your handheld: You got a new smartphone and plan to retire the older device; you're trading in your existing BlackBerry for a new one from your wireless carrier; you and a friend are swapping devices; you loaded too many applications or media and just want to start over from scratch; etc.

By Al Sacco | 15 December, 2010 07:11

Tags: research in motion, consumer electronics, security, smartphones, Phones

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Features about Phones

What smartphones will be like in 2012

Since the advent of the first modern smartphone--arguably the original Apple iPhone in 2007--the power of these mobile computing devices that also happen to make phone calls has advanced by leaps and bounds.

By Jared Newman | 12 November, 2011 01:31

Tags: Batteries / fuel cells, Phones, Android, qualcomm, t-mobile, verimotorola, mobile, Siri, Apple, samsung, consumer electronics, apple iphone, htc, Google, Batteries, smartphones, Mobile OSes, Micro Express, Components, nvidia, iPhone 4S, Windows Phone
Want Siri on your Android phone? Try these apps

Wouldn't you like to have your very own gofer dedicated to doing all the menial tasks you hate? That's a big part of the appeal of the iPhone 4S: Siri, the voice-driven virtual assistant, turns anyone with a couple hundred bucks into a CEO attended by a full-time lackey. But can you get the same kind of slavish devotion from an Android phone?

By Edward N. Albro | 09 November, 2011 01:52

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, apple iphone, Google, smartphones, Phones, Android, software, voice recognition
Best free Android apps: For Twitter

As a self-proclaimed Twitter fiend, I like to tweet my thoughts and ramblings both at home and on the go. I used to just text my tweets to Twitter; soon, however, I discovered that I was missing out on a ton of high-quality tweets and conversations from the people I followed, since I couldn’t view the Twitter Newsfeed via text message and I wasn’t a huge fan of the Twitter mobile website. Thus I set out in search of a worthy Twitter Android app that would serve as my new way to tweet on the go.

By Armando Rodriguez | 18 September, 2011 01:01

Tags: consumer electronics, apps, smartphones, Phones, Android, twitter
Apple iOS: Why it's the most secure OS, period

In June 2007, Apple released the iPhone, and the device quickly took off to become a major brand in the smartphone market. Yet when the iPhone shipped, security on the mobile operating system was nearly nonexistent. Missing from the initial iOS (then called iPhone OS) were many of the security features that modern-day desktop software has as a matter of course, such as data-execution protection (DEP) and address-space layout randomization (ASLR). Apple's cachet lured security researchers to test the platform, and in less than a month, a trio had released details on the first vulnerability: an exploitable flaw in the mobile Safari browser.

By Robert Lemos | 06 June, 2011 20:04

Tags: ios, hardware systems, iPhone, Phones, iPad, Apple, mobile technology, consumer electronics, security, mobile security, smartphones, tablet PCs, laptops, twitter
HTC Android tablet: The pen makes it special

HTC has posted a new promotional video for its upcoming Android tablet, which will either be named the Flyer--its moniker in the video--or the smartphone-like Evo View 4G when it arrives this summer.

By Jeff Bertolucci | 01 April, 2011 09:28

Tags: tablet PC, consumer electronics, Google, htc, Phones, Android, tablets

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