News tagged with smart phones
Facebook launches iPhone camera app (Update)
Facebook released a "camera" application Thursday that lets people take Instagram-style pictures that can be shared with iPhones.
May 24, 2012 |
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RIM loses another senior executive
(AP) -- Struggling BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Monday that it is losing another senior executive as its chief legal officer is retiring from the company after 12 years.
May 28, 2012 |
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Android vulnerability neutralised
Smart phones and tablet computers - once the latest must-have devices for technology geeks - are becoming increasingly more popular with the mainstream. The Android platform is now one of the most popular ...
May 24, 2012 |
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WalkSafe app shields smartphone pedestrians (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Smartphone users who as pedestrians are not very smart about crossing and looking both ways now have a protective shield in the form of an Android app which they can download for free. A research ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Japan's DoCoMo to launch smart phones for elderly
Leading Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo on Wednesday unveiled its first smart phone specially designed for elderly users, as the company bids to tap into an ageing consumer population.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 16, 2012 |
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One third of those surveyed said they will buy iPhone 5
According to Pricegrabber, of 2,852 online shoppers recently polled, thirty five percent of them plan to buy an Apple iPhone when it’s released sometime this fall. Furthermore, a full sixty nine percent ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Supercomputing on a cell phone
Many engineering disciplines rely on supercomputers to simulate complicated physical phenomena — how cracks form in building materials, for instance, or fluids flow through irregular channels. Now, researchers ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Researching graphene nanoelectronics for a post-silicon world
Copper's days are numbered, and a new study at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute could hasten the downfall of the ubiquitous metal in smart phones, tablet computers, and nearly all electronics. This is good ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 10, 2011 |
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An about-face on electrical conductivity at the interface
(PhysOrg.com) -- To improve the electronic devices that keep our modern, hyper-connected world organized, scientists are on the hunt for new semiconductor materials, which control the flow of electricity that ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Wi-Fi Direct allows P2P connections without Wi-Fi hot spots (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying laptop components incorporating the new Wi-Fi Direct technology, which provides peer-to-peer (P2P) Wi-Fi connections between devices such as cameras ...
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Intelligent software assigns appropriate background music for pictures
Previously, setting a picture or whole series of pictures to suitable music required expert knowledge and a great deal of time. Newly developed software called Picasso succeeds in arranging pictures with appropriate ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Smartphone users develop new concepts of privacy in public spaces: study
With endless applications, high-speed wireless Internet access, and free messaging services, smart phones have revolutionized the way we communicate. But at what cost? According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 10, 2012 |
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Global radio experts float new mobile phone standard
Global radio experts have approved radio standards that are to usher in a new mobile phone operating system to replace third generation or 3G technology, the International Telecommunication Union announced ...
Jan 20, 2012 |
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US scrambles to dig out of a rare earths hole
In the Mojave Desert just off Interstate 15 on the way to Las Vegas, workers are digging for dirt that may be worth far more than a casino full of chips.
Feb 24, 2011 |
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New understanding of how materials change when rapidly heated
Collaboration between the University of Southampton and the University of Cambridge has made ground-breaking advances in our understanding of the changes that materials undergo when rapidly heated.
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Smartphone
A smartphone is a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities, often with PC-like functionality (PC-mobile handset convergence). There is no industry standard definition of a smartphone. For some, a smartphone is a phone that runs complete operating system software providing a standardized interface and platform for application developers. For others, a smartphone is simply a phone with advanced features like e-mail, Internet and e-book reader capabilities, and/or a built-in full keyboard or external USB keyboard and VGA connector. In other words, it is a miniature computer that has phone capability.
Growth in demand for advanced mobile devices boasting powerful processors, abundant memory, large screens and open operating systems has outpaced the rest of the mobile phone market for several years.
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