300000 Android 'Phones' Roam a Virtual Town
New York Times (blog)
So far, the researchers have emulated the behavior of a network of 300,000
Android phones, down to details like sending text messages and transmitting
wireless data, and even the behavior of the phone's radios or sensors. In
the future, they hope that ...
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The RAZR M Is a Sharp Droid Phone
New York Times (blog)
The phone even accommodates near-field communications. That means it has a
super-short-distance radio that can be used for sharing data by bumping the
phone with other NFC phones. It may let you make purchases with Google
Wallet in the future, ...
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Study finds 36 cell phones, including iPhone 5, have toxic chemicals
Detroit Free Press
The study, from the Ann Arbor-based Ecology Center and www.ifixit.com did
not look at whether users are exposed to the chemicals, but instead
highlights the ways in which chemicals used in cell phones can pollute
throughout their life cycle. "We're not ...
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Cell Phones in a Featureless Landscape
The Atlantic
(Wikimedia Commons). At The Aporetic, a provocative post raises a vital
question: Are our undifferentiated and anonymous public spaces a response
to the ubiquity of cell phones -- or is it the other way around? Have cell
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NTT Docomo makes video phones hands free
EE Times
The prototype video phone, worn like a pair of glasses, is embedded with
several ultra-wide-angle cameras. All of the cameras except for one are
pointed to the user so that the cameras are there to take images of the
users' face in several different ...
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Android upgrade report card: Who failed in Q3?
Computerworld (blog)
The list goes on: HTC promised an ICS upgrade for its Evo 3D phone toward
the start of 2012 and didn't deliver it until late June to late July; it
promised "early 2012" upgrades for its Evo Design 4G and Rezound phones and
then didn't complete those ...
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Lawsuit: Child's cell phone had porn
Atlanta Journal Constitution
A DeKalb County mother believed she was purchasing two new cell phones for
herself and her 13-year-old daughter. But when the two got home, they found
pornographic images put on the phones by someone else, according to a civil
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From Unlikely Origins, ExchangeMyPhone Turns Old Phones Into a Force for
Good
PC Magazine
There's a lot to like about ExchangeMyPhone, a startup that buys used and
broken cell phones from people and offers them an option to turn the
payment into a charitable contribution. The fledgling company has handled
more than 10,000 phones so far and ...
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