How to stamp out spam on your cell phone – The Register

20th May 2012 Cat: News with No Comments »

It’s 3 a.m., and your cellphone starts making its instantly recognizable you-just-got-a-text sound. You reach for the nightstand, pick up the phone and read: “Your number was selected as our iPad winner of the day! Enter ‘IPAD’ here to redeem!” Article source: Article Source

In Four Years, Most Cars Will Work With Smart Phones

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Roadshow: Over 61000 cell phone-texting tickets issued in April crackdown

20th May 2012 Cat: News with No Comments »

Q I was encouraged to see the “zombie” ads during April’s crackdown on the use of non-hands-free phone devices while driving. Did the stepped-up campaign to enforce the hands-free law yield a greater catch? Personally, I was menaced, annoyed and inconvenienced by violators in April just as much as any other month. Article source: Article [...]

Samsung’s S Voice available for Android 4.0 devices through leaked Galaxy S …

20th May 2012 Cat: Android with No Comments »

The firmware for Samsung’s Galaxy S III has leaked just over a week ahead of the device’s release. While you can’t flash the ROM to another phone just yet, developers are able to poke around inside and could be bringing elements of the TouchWiz Nature UX experience to a wider audience at some point. The [...]

This Tiny PC Runs Linux and Android 4.0–and Costs Just $74

20th May 2012 Cat: Android with No Comments »

Over the past few months there have been no fewer than three tiny, cheap Linux PCs making headlines, and now there’s a fourth to add to the list. Article source: Article Source

China to Google: Android must remain open

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2-Minute expert: Can I get a smartphone without a contract?

19th May 2012 Cat: News with No Comments »

Taxes, dental exams, cellphone contracts — things you hate but can’t avoid. Actually, you can skip the last one. Article source: Article Source

Parents get more options to control kid phones

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Last week Sprint announced Sprint Guardian ($9.99 for up to 5 lines), which will address all of these issues in one plan when it launches this summer (currently you have to subscribe to three separate services). And while Sprint may have the most comprehensive set of parental controls, including location tracking, alerts when your child [...]

Review: Lumia 900 a bargain at $99 [Video]

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The Nokia Lumia 900 clearly looks like no other smartphone of note on the market right now — and that’s a good thing. Article source: Article Source

Magid: Android offers lots of options and annoyances

19th May 2012 Cat: Android with No Comments »

I was an Android user for years and still have several Android devices. But last October I bought an iPhone 4S and I’m glad I did. I remember the exact date I bought it, because it was the last time Apple (AAPL) updated the iPhone. Unlike Android devices, there is only one new iPhone and [...]