News tagged with wireless phones

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 ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 12 | with audio podcast report

Breakthrough could double wireless capacity with no new towers

The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless phone companies to double throughput on their ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Researchers show how to use portable devices' built-in motion sensors to improve data rates on wireless networks

For most of the 20th century, the paradigm of wireless communication was a radio station with a single high-power transmitter. As long as you were within 20 miles or so of the transmitter, you could pick up ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop new wireless technology for faster, more efficient networks

"Wireless communication is a one-way street. Over." Radio traffic can flow in only one direction at a time on a specific frequency, hence the frequent use of "over" by pilots and air traffic controllers, walkie-talkie ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 16 | with audio podcast

Smart phones offer users a way to ditch pricey voice plans

Your monthly cell phone bill is way too expensive. No, it's not the fees or taxes or even text messages that are leaching your wallet. It's your voice plan.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Verizon says Droid smart phone goes on sale Nov. 6

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless' answer to the iPhone - the Droid - will go on sale for $200 next week as the company taps into the growing appetite for smart phones that go far beyond making calls.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Verizon Wireless Plans to Offer 4G Capability Next Year

(PhysOrg.com) -- In today's world, we want our information to travel faster. This is especially true as smart phones take over and we become used to using smaller devices to accomplish more while we are away ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4 weblog

One-eyed filmmaker conceals camera in prosthetic

(AP) -- A one-eyed documentary filmmaker is preparing to work with a video camera concealed inside a prosthetic eye, hoping to secretly record people for a project commenting on the global spread of surveillance ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Several antennas in one: A major innovation for mobile communications

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at EPFL have developed a single antenna that is capable of transmitting the same data as a two-antenna system. This achievement will be more than useful for future communication systems.

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Samsung coyness puts smartphone crown in dispute

Smartphones are the hottest gadgets in the world. But who's the biggest smartphone maker? We don't really know.

Technology / Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Wireless providers to disable stolen phones

(AP) -- Major wireless service companies have agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen under a strategy intended to deter the theft and resale of wireless devices.

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Review: Motorola revives Razr name with smartphone

With its super-slim, stylish frame, Motorola's Razr phone became incredibly popular in 2004 - a smash hit that Motorola hasn't been able to replicate. Now, many years later, the company is trying to recapture ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ambient electromagnetic energy harnessed for small electronic devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite communications systems. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Renesas creates a near-field wireless communication with no battery use

(PhysOrg.com) -- Renesas Electronics Corp has announced the development of a near-field wireless communication technology that can transmit data to Bluetooth- and wireless LAN-compatible devices without the use of a battery. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

NTT Docomo's new smartphone features wireless charger

(PhysOrg.com) -- Charging your cell phone can be a hassle, mostly because you have to find your cord, and if you are anything like most people, you don't have just one charging cord lying around your house. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog