Loading ...Predicting that Apple is going to release an updated version of its wildly popular smartphone this summer is a very safe bet. And some of the details of the iPhone 5 have already started to leak out. Apple does its best to keep information on its upcoming products under wraps, but it isn’t always successful. [...]
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Brighthand‘s Site Editor has always carried his smartphone around without any kind of a case, but a recent mishap has caused him to reconsider this. So he’s looking for reader opinions: are cases worth the extra expense and bulk? I’ve been carrying around a PDA or smartphone for well over ten years now, and I’ve [...]
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Egypt has cut off nearly all Internet traffic into and out of the country and disrupted cellphone service as it struggles to contain protests. Autocratic governments often limit phone and Internet access in tense times. But the Internet has never faced anything like what happened in Egypt on Friday, when the government of a country [...]
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It should come as a surprise to no one that AT&T is quietly offering iPhone customers its (previously discontinued) unlimited data for $30/month. The move is an effort to avert a possible wide-scale defection to Verizon when its iPhone arrives on the market. The move isn’t an official rate change and no statement has been [...]
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If you’ve ever fussed with a Bluetooth headset, you know that answering calls can sometimes be a tad complicated. Apparently, leading headset makers agree. A couple of nifty solutions arrive with the two premium headsets I’ve been testing. The Jawbone Era, which hit stores this week, lets you answer, end or switch calls by tapping [...]
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Apple limits aside, Google Voice is an amazing service that tops anything the four major U.S. mobile phone carriers have to offer. Combined. Switching to GV means being able to change phones and/or carriers on your schedule and as your needs change. Granted, you won’t be eligible for a subsidy on your next shiny new [...]
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Astronomers have pushed NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to its limits by finding what is likely to be the most distant object ever seen in the universe. The object’s light traveled 13.2 billion years to reach Hubble, roughly 150 million years longer than the previous record holder. The age of the universe is approximately 13.7 billion [...]
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E-cigarettes use the heat of an atomizer to deliver nicotine in vapor form. Thirty years after her first smoke, Stefanie Burns has joined the choir of more than 1 million ex-smokers who sing the praises of the electronic cigarette and credits it with her successful attempt to quit. The battery-powered device can resemble a cigarette [...]
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Is the smartphone really “the new PC,” or is it more like an “electronic Swiss Army knife”? Some are suggesting that — with the introduction of new software apps and hardware add-ons — the mobile phone is kind of akin to a jackknife with an ever-widening set of tools. These days, smartphones such as Verizon’s [...]
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