Cellphones Stories for 2011

How the Year Looked On Slashdot 161
Speculating On What a Microsoft Superphone Might Mean 371
Researchers Demo New GSM Attacks at Chaos Communications Congress 17
HTC Unlocks Bootloader For All of Its Devices 133
Samsung Reconsidering Android 4.0 On the Galaxy S 192
Intel Medfield SoC Specs Leak 164
Charlie Kindel On Why Windows Phone Still Hasn't Taken Off 397
More Details On Drug Cartel's Clandestine Communications Network 84
Android Approved By Pentagon 160
Dell and Baidu Introduce a Smartphone With Forked Version of Android 146
Apple Increases Dominance of Mobile Shopping 136
FCC Approves AT&T's $1.9 Billion Qualcomm Spectrum Purchase 52
EFF Reverse Engineers Carrier IQ 103
Google Working On Siri Competitor Majel 360
AT&T Officially Ends Plans To Acquire T-Mobile USA 176
How To Thwart the High Priests In IT 417
Spectrum Fragmentation Means Pricier Mobile Networking 80
Google Rolls Out Official Android 4.0 ICS Update 92
Sprint Orders All OEMs To Strip Carrier IQ From Their Phones 156
Android Update Alliance Already Struggling 364
Why the NTSB Is Wrong About Cellphones 1003
Nokia Exec: Young People Fed Up With iPhone and Android 532
Carrier IQ Responds To FBI Drama, EFF Wants More Information 140
NTSB Recommends Cell Phone Ban For Drivers 938
FBI Rejects Freedom of Information Act Request About Carrier IQ 156
Tizen, webOS, & the Future of Mobile Open Source 94
Apple Transfers Patents Through Shell Company To Sue All Phone Makers 422
Why Android Upgrades Take So Long 226
AT&T Repeats As Lowest-Rated Wireless Carrier 201
Researchers Say Carrier IQ Isn't Logging Data, Texts 130
How To Avoid Infringing On Apple's Patents 323
Google Employees Are Receiving Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade 71
An Easy Way To Curb Smart-Phone Thieves, In Australia 234
Mexican Gov't Shuts Down Zetas' Secret Cell Network 300
Carrier IQ Drama Continues 244
Video Game Consoles Are 'Fundamentally Doomed,' Says Lord British 374
Researchers Find Big Leaks In Pre-installed Android Apps 136
OpenMoko's FreeRunner Rises From the Ashes 133
Carrier IQ Software May Be in iOS, Too 234
Android Dev Demonstrates CarrierIQ Phone Logging Software On Video 322
iPhone Auto-Combusts On Australian Airplane 277
CyanogenMod 9 Working On the Nexus S 218
How Even a Failed AT&T/T-Mobile Deal Hurts Rivals 51
IPCom Trying To Ban HTC's 3G Phone Sales In Germany 35
CarrierIQ Tries To Silence Security Researcher 216
AT&T/T-Mobile Merger 'Not In the Public Interest' 190
Facebook Said To Be Developing Phone With HTC 78
Are There Any Smartphones That Respect Privacy? 478
Controlling a Robot From a Smartphone's Headphone Jack 94
Intel's Plans For X86 Android, Smartphones, and Tablets 151
Syrian Protesters Roll Out New iPhone Apps 105
CarrierIQ: Most Phones Ship With "Rootkit" 447
Motorola Reinvents the RAZR 208
How Cell Phone Money Laundering Works 39
Windows Phone Unlock Tool Goes Official 118
How Android Phone Makers Are Missing the Marketing Boat 373
Hardware Running Android Fails More Than iPhone, BlackBerry Hardware 357
Mobile App Search: So Broken AltaVista Could Do It 86
Rare-Earth Mineral Supply Getting Boost From California, Australia 84
HTC Becomes Highest Shipping Smartphone Vendor In the US 151
Ubuntu Heads To Smartphones, and Tablets 281
Quiet Cellular Antenna Tech To Boost S. African SKA Bid 38
Nokia Unveils OLED Phone You Control By Bending 110
Samsung Takes the Lead In the Smartphone Market 406
Sony Buys Ericsson Out For $1.47 Billion 64
Android Orphans: a Sad History of Platform Abandonment 770
Nokia Unveils Its First Windows 7 Phone 349
Apple Granted Patent For Slide To Unlock 622
Sprint Cutting Unlimited 4G Data Plans 325
Study Finds No Link Between Mobile Phones and Cancer (Again) 150
Ballmer Slams Android As Cheap and Overcomplicated 645
iPhone Keylogger Can Snoop On Desktop Typing 103
RIM Unveils New OS Based On QNX 262
Ask Slashdot: Which Android Phone (and Carrier) For WiFi Proxy Support? 125
Making Sensitive Data Location Aware 69
Samsung Vs. Apple Tit-For-Tat Down Under 313
UAE Police Claim BlackBerry Outage Made Roads Safer 206
100,000 iPhones Overwhelm Activation Server 166
California Governor Vetoes Ban On Warrantless Phone Searches 462
Nexus Prime, And Ice Cream Sandwich, Go For a Video Tour 246
iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Sell Out 327
Sprint Details Shift To LTE 183
Sony In Talks To Buy Ericsson Out of Phone Venture 61
Calif. Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Searches 367
Ask Slashdot: Advice For Using a Cell Phone In China? 149
Sony Ericsson Helps Out FreeXperia Developers 50
Sprint Bets Big On the iPhone 366
Why Linux Is Good For Low-End Smartphones 163
Russian Software Company Says Its App Can Crack BlackBerry Security 78
Florida Reduces Penalties For 'Sexting' Teens 295
Nokia Preps Linux OS For Low-End Smartphones 199
Security Flaw Bypasses AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Screen Lock 49
Analyzing Data Retention By Wireless Carriers 25
Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones 619
The NSA Wants Its Own Smartphone 172
One Third of UK Kids Under 10 Own a Mobile Phone 184
Surveillance Case May Reveal FBI Cellphone Tracking Techniques 57
Verizon Chief Defends AT&T-T-Mobile Merger 128
Augmented Reality's Disruptive Potential 126
SMK Toughens Up Those Tiny Micro-USB Connections 137
Google Preps Devs For One-Size-Fits-All Android 228
AT&T and Verizon LTE Networks Compared 116
Google Wallet Launches With $10 Credit 170
RMS: 'Is Android Really Free Software?' 433
"Subconscious Mode" Could Boost Phone Battery Life 85
Inferno OS Running On Android Phones 109
Smartphones Becoming Computer of Choice in Developing Countries 187
Intel, Google Team To Optimize Android For Smartphones 187
Apple Bans Game App That Criticizes Smartphone Production 213
Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules 205
Android Tricorder Killed By CBS 247
Lawsuit Claims Windows Phone 7 Spies On Users 136
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile Bet Big On Mobile Payments 88
SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights 436
Mobile Carriers Impose Handicaps On Smartphones 174
Verizon Makes It Easy To Go Over Your Data Cap 166
Smartphones: the New Home of Crapware 308
Judge Nixes Warrantless Cell Phone Location Data 66
WebAPI: Mozilla Proposes Open App Interface For Smartphones 62
Microsoft Pursues WebOS Devs, Offers Free Phones 209
Jailbroken Devices Compromised By Charging Stations 93
HTC Unlocks Its Own Phones 145
$80 Android Phone Sells Like Hotcakes In Kenya 205
Microsoft Exec Responds To the Google-Motorola Deal 293
3DS and Vita Face Tough Battle Against Smartphones 138
Driver Using Two Cell Phones Gets Year-Long Driving Ban 478
Search the World's Smartphone Photos 67
After Cell-Phone Switch-Off, Anonymous Promises BART Protest 258
In Rural UK, Old 2G Phones Beat 3G Smarphones For Connectivity 88
Motorola To Collect Royalties For Android 176
Jeff Bezos Wants To Put an Airbag In Your iPhone 102
Ask Slashdot: Info On Upcoming Handhelds? 71
GPRS Can Be Hacked Easily, Claims German Researcher 50
4G and CDMA Reportedly Hacked At DEFCON 139
Nokia Killing Symbian and S40 In North America 148
Verizon Cracks Down On Jailbreak Tethering 286
PlayStation 3 Controller On Android Devices 133
Philly Answers Youth Flash Mobs With Curfew Enforcement 377
Android Trojan Records Phone Calls 74
AT&T To Start Data Throttling Heaviest Users 207
How Google Killing Accounts Can Leave Androids Orphaned 210
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Data On Android? 238
Another Cell Phone-Cancer Study Emerges 212
James Murdoch's Defense Crumbles 272
Senators Taking Sides In AT&T/T Mobile Merger 124
iPhone 4 Survives Fall From Skydiver's Pocket 233
BBC Crowdsources 3G Coverage Map 64
How To Jailbreak and Upgrade Old Android Phones 138
Customer Asks For Itemized Bill, Verizon Tells Her To Get a Subpoena 415
Online Collaboration Helps Mumbai Attack Victims 46
Police Increasingly Looking To Smartphones For Evidence 225
Vodafone Femtocells Rooted, Secret Keys Exposed 77
34% of iPhone Owners Think the 4 Is 4G 306
Sub-Centimeter Positioning Coming To Mobile Phones 70
An Inside Look At the Rise and Fall of RIM 267
Belgrade Hosts First Public Solar-Powered Cell Charging Station 106
Apple Wants To Block Some HTC Products From US Under Tariff Act of 1930 297
Nexus S To Serve As Brain For 3 Robots Aboard the ISS 82
Carmack: Mobile Gaming To Surpass Current Consoles 119
Microsoft Releases Mobile Data Collection Source Code 69
Researchers Track Cell Phones Indoors By Listening In 35
Another Android Device Maker Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft 203
Ask Slashdot: Mobile Data In Canada For a US Citizen? 270
Developers Defecting From BlackBerry 163
Video Games Expected To Drive 3D Mobile Phone Sales 39
Eight Major 3G & 4G Networks Tested Nationwide 123
Google Boots Transdroid From Android Market 276
LulzSec Document Dump Shows Cops' Fear of iPhones 391
Android Phones More Prone To Hardware Problems 220
Nokia Windows Phone Revealed 211
Nokia Introduces MeeGo-Powered N9 Phone 252
Sound-Based System Promises Chipless Phone Payment 186
FCC Plans To Stop Cell Phone Bill Mystery Fees 157
RIM Struggles Continue 197
Austin's Alamo Drafthouse Theater Gives Texters the Boot 370
Windows Phones Getting Buried At Carriers' Stores 412
Personal Electronics May Indeed Disrupt Avionics 505
Advocacy Group Files FCC Complaint Over Verizon Tethering Ban 190
New Projects Use Phone Data To Track Big Cities' Mass Transit Use 75
Ars Looks At In-Flight Internet — State of the Art vs. Things To Come 101
English Teenager Invents a Better Doorbell 363
Brain Cancer Worries? Look Up Your Phone's SAR 165
Sophisticated Voice Commands the Next Big Step For Smartphones, Says Woz 93
Apple Camera Patent Lets External Transmitters Disable Features 268
Motorola CEO Blames Open Android Store For Phone Performance Ills 384
Nokia Issues Profit Warning 158
ECS Shows Universal PadFone-Like Tablet 44
Samsung Wants To See iPhone 5 and iPad 3 136
Sprint Pushes FPS NOVA With Firmware — and Users Can't Remove It 182
HTC To Unlock Smartphones' Bootloader 166
Can Egypt's Telecom Giants Be Sued In the US? 105
T-Mobile Joins the Capped Data Bandwagon 112
CyanogenMod: the History of an Android Hack 118
Why IT Needs To Change for Gen Z 443
North Korean 3G Mobile Subscriptions Hit Half a Million 69
Ask Slashdot: Android Security Practices? 173
Verizon Customers: Say So Long To Unlimited Data 303
Apple Proposes Smaller SIM Card Design 198
Keeping a Cellphone System Going In a War 34
Netflix Available For Android 162
Android Honeycomb Will Not Be Open Sourced 295
Cellphones Get Government Chips For Disaster Alert 374
Sony Encourages Linux On Their Phones 212
NoScript Anywhere In Development For Android 57
Canadian Researchers Create Thin-Film Flexible Paperphone 81
Startup Wants To Put 64-Cores In Your Smartphone 142
RIM Announces BlackBerry 7 OS 129
Google Talk Enables Video Chat On Android Phones 83
More Windows Phone Update Problems 103
Verizon Plans Location Warning Sticker 79
RIM Collapse Beginning? 305
Why Users Don't Trust Mobile Apps 153
Nokia Outsources Symbian OS Work 179
Supreme Court: AT&T Can Force Arbitration 415
White iPhone 4 Coming Today 195
Police Using Apple iOS Tracking Data For Forensics 208
AT&T Admits Network Can't Handle iPhone, iPad Traffic 298
How People Broadcast Their Locations Without Meaning To 106
Microsoft and Nokia Finally Sign Definitive Agreement 95
50% of Apple's Revenue Comes From the iPhone 292
Dollar Apps Killing Traditional Gaming? 343
Michigan Police Could Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops 525
Bug Forces Android Devices Off Princeton Campus Network 309
Apple Sues Samsung Over Galaxy Phones and Tablets 465
Microsoft TouchStudio Uses Phone To Program Phone 162
Quad-Core Mobile Chips Wasted On Mobiles? 336
FCC Requires Data-Roaming Agreements 101
Salt Lake City To Launch Mobile Payment System 60
Pandora Subpoenaed In Probe of Mobile-App Privacy 50
Google Fights Back Against Android Fragmentation 373
Android Passes BlackBerry In US Market Share 250
Game Devs Weigh In On Windows Phone 7 189
Should Smartphones Be Allowed In Court? 218
Mobile Phone May Rot Your Bones 220
German Politician Demonstrates Extent of Cellphone Location Tracking 328
US ITC May Reverse Judge's Ruling In Kodak vs. Apple 101
Inside a Verizon Wireless Superswitch 107
Motorola May Ditch Android, Revive ARM Partnership 207
Ask Slashdot: Data-Only Android For Development? 203
How the iPhone Led To the Sale of T-Mobile 276
Why the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Is Bad For Consumers 367
Google Voice Teams Up With Sprint 115
Facebook Acquires Feature Phone App Maker Snaptu 62
AT&T To Acquire T-Mobile From Deutsche Telekom 748
Chinese Phone Maker ZTE Turns Down WP7 292
Android Game Devs Worry Over Ease of Copying 210
Nexus S Beats iPhone 4 In 'Real World' Web Browsing Tests 260
No Contactless Payment System In Next iPhone 239
Richard Stallman: Cell Phones Are 'Stalin's Dream' 792
Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model 251

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