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How to fight off aggravating cellphone spamNews from HeraldNet:Ding. Ding.It’s 3 a.m., and your cellphone starts making its instantly recognizable, impossible-to-ignore you-just-got-a-text sound.Your heart starts pounding. Is a loved one hurt? Is there some crisis at work?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!”As you probably know, you are not really a winner of the day, you are the victim of mobile phone spam, a modern, insidious annoyance growing at [...] Continue Reading…

Slain USC student’s cellphone signal led to suspected killersNews from Los Angeles Times:

The cellphone of one of two USC graduate student slain last month helped lead police to their alleged killers, law enforcement sources told The Times.
The sources said one of the suspects arrested Friday took a cellphone from one of the victims and detectives were able to locate him by tracking signals sent by the device.Authorities also identified a signal from a second cellphone in proximity to the victim’s phone, they said.The second phone was identified as belonging [...] Continue Reading…

APNewsBreak: Mother of student at Kansas military school claims cellphone …News from Washington Post:
WICHITA, Kan. — The mother of a 14-year-old boy says a cellphone video depicting her son struggling to stand on two broken legs is proof that her son was harmed while attending a Kansas military school and supports claims in a federal lawsuit that the school encouraged a culture of abuse.
The 3:39-minute video clip obtained exclusively by The Associated Press depicts Jesse Mactagone of Auburn, Calif., at St. John’s Military School wobbling and pleading for help [...] Continue Reading…

iPhone 5 and 10 Other Smartphones Offering Larger DisplaysNews from eWeek:

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Panasonic Eluga
This waterproof smartphone, currently available only in Europe, sports a massive 4.3-in quarter-high-definition (qHD) screen, and with a display area ratio of 66 percent, it offers the largest display area available.

ViewSonic ViewPhone 5e
This Google Android-based phone has a huge 5-inch screen, which sounds great until you take into account a rather humble 800×480 WVGA resolution quality.

LG Optimus Vu
Here’s another 5-inch screen device that almost edges into tablet territory, thanks to a wide-body design.

Samsung Galaxy III
A 4.8-inch [...] Continue Reading…

Cellphone of slain bride’s husband used in Texas, authorities sayNews from Chicago Tribune:The Chicago man accused of stabbing to death his new bride in Burbank might have traveled to a Texas town near the Mexican border, authorities said Thursday.According to details included in a federal warrant approved Thursday, Arnoldo Jimenez’s phone was tracked to Hidalgo, Texas, Sunday night, just hours after Estrella Carrera’s body was found in the bathtub of her apartment. She still was wearing the sparkly silver dress she had worn to celebrate her wedding Friday. The [...] Continue Reading…

Virgin Atlantic Allows In-Flight Cell Phone CallsNews from Huffington Post:

Should passengers be permitted to chat on cell phones during flights? Virgin Atlantic thinks so. The airline announced that it will let flyers make in-flight phone calls in plane cabins, where, undoubtedly, passengers seated mere inches from one another will be forced to hear the minutiae of nearby conversations.

According to a press release from the airline, fliers on A330 Airbus planes operated by Virgin will be able to use cell phones in the air, to text or talk. And if [...] Continue Reading…

Samsung top cell phone maker, though Apple’s no slouchNews from CNET:Samsung is outshining Nokia and Apple in mobile phone sales, but the iPhone maker saw its global market share more than double, says Gartner.
Samsung’s Galaxy S II
(Credit: Samsung)
Samsung has been crowned the king of mobile phones by yet another research firm.
The Korean handset maker sold 86.6 million mobile phones in the first quarter, according to the latest stats from Gartner, a 25.9 percent jump from the year-ago quarter. That gave Samsung a 20.7 percent share of the market and [...] Continue Reading…

Samsung Announces Updates for Android Smartphones on T-MobileNews from eWeek:
Smartphone manufacturer Samsung finally added T-Mobile to the list of carriers that will see Samsung devices upgraded to the latest version of Google’s open-source operating system, Android 4.0, or Ice Cream Sandwich. Devices include T-Mobile’s version of the Samsung Galaxy S II, the Galaxy S Blaze 4G, in addition to two tablets, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and the Galaxy Tab 10.1. T-Mobile now joins the other three major network operators—Verizon, Sprint and AT&T—in offering the operating system update, although [...] Continue Reading…

It’s Official: Cellphone Owners Love Apple HardwareNews from Wired News:

According to the latest ACSI report, cellphone users are most satisfied with Apple’s iPhone. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired

Hey, Apple — it turns out the world does love you. RIM? Not so much.
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) released its latest report on Tuesday, revealing customer satisfaction ratings for cellphone manufacturers and wireless carriers. The survey says cellphone users are most satisfied with Apple’s line of iPhones, and least satisfied with Research in Motion’s (RIM) Blackberry smartphones.
As for wireless carriers, Sprint [...] Continue Reading…

Cellphone Glove Brings Us One Step Closer to Being Iron ManNews from PCWorld:

By Elizabeth Fish, PCWorld    May 14, 2012 9:49 AM

“No, he’s not available now. Can I take a message?” [Credit: Bryan Cera]No one likes to fumble around for their phone when someone is calling. It would be pretty cool to have phones in the near future connected either to our clothing or some kind of accessory, better than an armband. So how about having your phone integrated into your body, Iron Man style?
Bryan Cera, a Master’s student [...] Continue Reading…