Handhelds Stories for 2016

Yesterday Saw $3.3 Billion In Online Purchases 66
Barnes & Noble Announces A New $50 Android Tablet 41
How I Freed My Android Tablet: A Journey in Reverse Engineering 79
Steve Ballmer Says Smartphones Came Between Him and Bill Gates 114
Microsoft Offers $650 To MacBook Users Who Switch To A Surface Tablet 130
More NFL Players Attack Microsoft's $400M Surface Deal With The NFL 236
Samsung to Customers: Stop Using Note 7, Then Wait For Replacements 74
These Are the Six Crypto-Currencies Approved By Apple 74
RIP John Ellenby, Godfather of the Modern Laptop 33
New Cache Attack Can Monitor Keystrokes On Android Phones 36
900M Android Devices Vulnerable To New 'Quadrooter' Security Flaw 129
Turn Your Android Phone Into a Laptop For $99 With the Superbook 126
Ask Slashdot: Why Do Most Tablet Specs Suck? 231
Marketers Hunger For Data From Wearables 82
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deal With Glare On Cellphones? 135
Ubuntu Tablet Now Available For Pre-Order 81
Sony Is Bringing PlayStation Games To iOS and Android Devices 48
FBI Hires Cellebrite To Crack San Bernadino iPhone 237
Encryption Securing Mobile Money Transfers Can Be Broken 28
Apple Unveils Smaller iPhone SE, Starting At $399 158
Ask Slashdot: Are You Excited About Upcoming 4-inch iPhone or 9.7-inch iPad Pro? 310
Facebook and Whatsapp Discontinue Support For Blackberry 138
Is $699 Too Much For a 13.3-inch Android E-ink Reader? 195
Microsoft Finally Rolls Out Windows 10 Mobile To Older Phones 44
LG Releases First Smartphone With DAB+ Chip 53
Galaxy S7 vs iPhone 6S: Samsung Has the Upper-Hand, For Now 131
McAfee Says He Lied About iPhone Hacking Method To Get Public Attention 171
Samsung Galaxy S7's Moisture Warning Prevents Charging When Wet 74
Amazon Backpedals On Encryption, But Fire "Still Sucks" 66
Tracking Caucusgoers By Their Cell Phones 43
WhatsApp To End Support For BlackBerry, Nokia, and Other Older Operating Systems 188
Porn-Clicker Android Malware Hits Google Play Hard 47
Apple Is Said To Be Working On an iPhone Even It Can't Hack 405
E-book Museum At the Library of Congress? 19
World's First Modular Smart Phone Hits the Market 139
ARM: Mobile Graphics Will Surpass PlayStation 4, Xbox One In 2017 90
Indoor LTE Wireless: Not To Be Overlooked At Mobile World Congress 21
Bill Gates Sides With FBI In Apple Spat 389
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 Edge and Gear 360 VR Camera 142
Apple's iPhone Already Has a Backdoor 401
Why Are Apple's Competitors Staying Silent On the iPhone Unlocking Fight? 301
3-in-1 Android Malware Acts As Ransomware, Banking Trojan and Info Thief 25
Mobile Giant Three Group To Block Online Advertising 94
Ringing Bells' India-Only Android Phone To Run About $4 72
IETF's Tips For Network Admins On How To Avoid Draining Smartphone Batteries 65
Malware Targets All Android Phones — Except Those In Russia 78
Amazon Restores Some Heft To Helvetica For Kindle E-Ink Readers 85
Amazon's Thin Helvetica Syndrome: Font Anorexia vs. Kindle Readability 156
Canonical Reveals the BQ Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet 118
Google To Take 'Apple-Like' Control Over Nexus Phones 180
Ask Slashdot: How Do I Reduce Information Leakage From My Personal Devices? 261
Exploitable Backhole Accidentally Left In Some MediaTek-based Phones 79
LG G3 'Snap' Vulnerability Leaves Owners At Risk of Data Theft 39
Apple Developing Wireless Charging For Mobile Devices 133
WhatsApp Will Get Indicators To Highlight Encrypted Chats 27
iOS App Update Technique Puts Users At Risk 67
Microsoft's Windows Phone Platform Is Dead 456
Stingray Case Lawyers: "Everyone Knows Cell Phones Generate Location Data" 171
Which do You Prefer: Mobile Web Apps or Mobile Websites? (Video) 90
BlackBerry Will Continue Operations In Pakistan 36