Cellphones Stories for 2017

HTC, Motorola Say They Don't Slow Old Phones Like Apple Does 133
Is Google Home Fit For Elderly and Disabled Users? 93
Fleeing Google's Apps and iOS, Mandrake Linux Creator Launches 'eelo' Project 122
Apple Confirms iPhone With Older Batteries Will Take Hits On Performance 172
Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Alternatives To Android Or iOS? 304
Your Phone May Send You 'Blue Alerts' To Warn You When Local Police Are In Danger 318
'Loapi' Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Is Causing Phone Batteries To Bulge 55
Don't Keep Cellphones Next To Your Body, California Health Department Warns 344
Canadian Cellphone Bills Are Some of the Highest In the World, Says Report 184
France To Ban Mobile Phones In Schools 191
Qualcomm Announces Latest Snapdragon 845 Processor 38
Should Apple Share iPhone X Face Data With App Developers? 66
'App Truthers' Question the Accuracy of the Domino's Pizza Tracker 205
Controversial Study Claims 'Smartphone Addiction' Alters the Brain 64
Volunteers Around the World Build Surveillance-Free Cellular Network Called 'Sopranica' 77
The Pixel 2's Dormant 'Visual Core' Chip Gets Activated In Latest Android Developer Preview 32
Pokemon Go Led To Increase In Traffic Deaths and Accidents, Says Study 80
White House Weighs Personal Mobile Phone Ban For Staff 113
Motorola Ad Mocks Samsung Ad Mocking Apple 84
Samsung's Galaxy S9 Will Appear At CES In January, Says Report 41
10-Year-Old Boy Cracks the Face ID On Both Parents' IPhone X 300
Apple Fixes the iPhone X 'Unresponsive When It's Cold' Bug 42
CNBC: Google's New 'Pixel Buds' Suck 100
iPhone X Owners Experience 'Crackling' or 'Buzzing' Sounds From Earpiece Speaker 104
New Samsung Video Demos Linux on Galaxy Smartphones 100
The iPhone X Becomes Unresponsive When It Gets Cold 196
CopperheadOS Fights Unlicensed Installations On Nexus Phones 97
iOS 11 Passes 50 Percent Adoption In Under 2 Months 133
iPhone X Has the 'Most Innovative and High Performance' Smartphone Display Ever Tested 233
iFixit's iPhone X Teardown Reveals Two Battery Cells, 'Unprecedented' Logic Board 89
Razer Unveils Gaming Smartphone With 120Hz UltraMotion Display, 8GB RAM and No Headphone Jack 168
Apple Uses Machine Learning To Chronicle All the Bra Pics On Your iPhone 115
Apple Is Designing iPhones, iPads That Would Drop Qualcomm Components 131
Calgary Police Cellphone Surveillance Device Must Remain Top Secret, Judge Rules 89
Researchers Devise 2FA System That Relies On Taking Photos of Ordinary Objects 138
TechCrunch Argues Social Media News Feeds 'Need to Die' 154
Samsung Made a Bitcoin Mining Rig Out of 40 Old Galaxy S5s 73
PSA: Apple's iPhone X Screen Repair Will Cost You $279 144
Google Addresses Pixel 2 XL Display Issues, Pixel 2 Clicking Sounds With Software Updates 103
Essential Announces $200 (29%) Discount on Phones -- Price Dropped To $499 106
With Rising Database Breaches, Two-Factor Authentication Also At Risk 84
For Under $1,000, Mobile Ads Can Track Your Location 52
Android Oreo Helps Google's Pixel 2 Smartphones Outperform Other Android Flagships 91
Mobile Phone Companies Appear To Be Selling Your Location To Almost Anyone 149
Dutch Police Build a Pokemon Go-Style App For Hunting Wanted Criminals 62
Google Slashes Prices of Its USB-C Headphone Dongle Following Minor Outrage 198
Apple To Ditch Touch ID Altogether For All of Next Year's iPhones 137
OxygenOS Telemetry Lets OnePlus Tie Phones To Individual Users 164
Security, Privacy Focused Librem 5 Linux Smartphone Successfully Crowdfunded 82
PSA: Microsoft Is Using Cortana To Read Your Private Skype Conversations 180
Alphabet's Balloons Will Bring Cellphone Service To Puerto Rico 65
Apple Doesn't Deliberately Slow Down Older Devices According To Benchmark Analysis 163
White House Chief of Staff's Phone Was Reportedly Hacked Months Ago 138
US Prisons Have a Cellphone Smuggling Problem 275
Bill Gates Has An Android Phone. Has Microsoft Changed? 156
Solar Powered Smartwatch Successfully Crowdfunded on Kickstarter 69
The World's First Blockchain Smartphone Is In Development 95
Apple's Swift 4.0 Includes A Compatibility Mode For 'The Majority' Of Swift 3.x Code 122
Super-Accurate GPS Chips Coming To Smartphones In 2018 112
DC Court Rules Tracking Phones Without a Warrant Is Unconstitutional 84
Can An Individual Still Resist The Spread of Technology? 383
Essential Phone Now Supported By All Four Major Carriers (Including Verizon) 53
Apple Announces iPhone X With Edge-To-Edge Display, Wireless Charging and No Home Button 570
Leaks Reveal New Features In Apple's Next iPhone 224
Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do With An Old Windows Phone? 169
Hobbyist Gives iPhone 7 the Headphone Jack We've Always Wanted 194
Galaxy Note 8 Sets New Pre-Order Record For Samsung Despite Last Year's Disaster 39
Google Is Apparently Ready To Buy Smartphone Maker HTC 102
Huawei Surpasses Apple As the World's Second Largest Smartphone Brand 115
Slashdot Asks: How Do You Navigate Your Smartphone? 66
LG Announces V30 Smartphone With 'FullVision' OLED Display, Dual Cameras 45
Palm Devices Are Coming In 2018 Without WebOS, Says Report 81
New York City Cops Will Replace Their 36,000 Windows Phones With iPhones 215
Sony Loses Class Action Lawsuit In Waterproof Claims For Original Xperia Z Line 23
postmarketOS Pursues A Linux-Based, LTS OS For Android Phones 111
T-Mobile To Launch Its Own Branded Budget Smartphone 17
Maybe Americans Don't Need Fast Home Internet Service, FCC Suggests 378
Android 8.0's 'Streaming OS Updates' Will Work Even If Your Phone Is Full 40
Ask Slashdot: Are My Drone Apps Phoning Home? 132
BLU Claims Innocence, Gets Phones Reinstated On Amazon 43
Apple's Shares Rise On Better-Than-Expected iPhone Sales 60
New iPhone To Have Tap to Wake, Attention Detection, and Virtual Home Button, Says Report 59
Honolulu Targets 'Smartphone Zombies' With Crosswalk Ban 170
Will 'Smart Cities' Violate Our Privacy? 108
Do Kill Switches Deter Cellphone Theft? 97
Feds Crack Trump Protesters' Phones To Charge Them With Felony Rioting 465
China Forces Muslim Minority To Install Spyware On Their Phones 389
Motorola Unveils the Moto Z2 Force, a Smartphone With Double the Cameras and a Shatterproof Screen 47
Apple Sued By State Farm Over Alleged iPhone Fire 166
Disastrous 'Pokemon Go' Event Leads To Mass Refunds 196
Samsung's 'Bixby' Voice Assistant Finally Launches In US 40
Border Patrol Says It's Barred From Searching Cloud Data On Phones 74
Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? 561
Researchers Have Developed A Battery-Free Mobile Phone 83
Nest Founder 'Wakes Up In Cold Sweats' Fearing The Impact Of Mobile Technology 106
RED Launches a $1,200 Smartphone With a 'Hydrogen Holographic Display' 76
Software Developer Explains Why The Ubuntu Phone Failed 137
Texting While Driving Now Legal In Colorado -- In Some Cases 95
Remember When You Called Someone and Heard a Song? 152
Steve Jobs Wanted the First iPhone To Have a Permanent Back Button Like Android 208
A Colorado Group Wants To Ban Smartphones For Kids 389
T-Mobile Rolling Out 600 MHz Low-Band Wireless 47
Samsung's Bixby Voice Assistant Is Finally Coming to the US -- But Only As a Preview 21
We Could Have Had Cellphones Four Decades Earlier 263
Play Store Downloads Show Google Pixel Sales Limited To 1 Million Units 70
Delays In Unlocking Cellphones Seized In Inauguration Day Protests? 163
New iOS 11 Settings Will Stop Apps From Tracking Your Location 50
No, Your Phone Didn't Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer? 210
Police In Oklahoma Have Cracked Hundreds of People's Cell Phones 73
Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS Now Maintained By UBports 22
Malicious Apps Brought Ad-Clicking 'Judy' Malware To Millions Of Android Phones 55
UCF Research Could Bring 'Drastically' Higher Resolution To Your Phone and TV 108
Republicans Want To Leave You Voicemail -- Without Ever Ringing Your Cellphone 443
Samsung's Galaxy S8 Active Looks Like a Rugged LG G6 31
Soon You'll Be Able To Build Your Own 4G Network Over Wi-Fi Frequencies 52
Comcast's New Wireless Service Goes Live For Current Xfinity Subscribers 52
Apple Starts Assembling iPhones In India 56
HTC Launches 'U11' Squeezable Smartphone With Snapdragon 835 CPU, No Headphone Jack 69
Researcher Hacks Nine Sleep-Tracking Devices To Test Their Accuracy 44
UK Group Fights Arrest Over Refusing To Surrender Passwords At The Border 284
China Is On Track To Fully Phase Out Cash 212
BlackBerry KeyOne Review By The Verge: Part Productivity, Part Nostalgia 34
Majority of US Households Now Cellphone-Only, Government Says 133
Court Rules In 'Sextortion' Case That Phone PINs Are Not Protected By Fifth Amendment 410
NSA Collected Americans' Phone Records Despite Law Change, Says Report 122
Neowin: Microsoft's Windows Phone Business 'Is Dead' 180
Open Ports Create Backdoors In Millions of Smartphones 122
Slashdot Asks: Which Wireless Carrier Do You Prefer? 208
Samsung Will Fix the Galaxy S8 Red Tint Issue With a Software Update 31
Benchmarks Show Galaxy S8 With Snapdragon 835 Is a Much Faster Android Handset 82
'Breakthrough' LI-RAM Material Can Store Data With Light 104
Children As Young As 13 Attending 'Smartphone Rehab' As Concerns Grow Over Screen Time 152
Microsoft Confirms Only a Handful of Windows Phones Will Receive Windows 10 Creators Update 46
Researchers Develop Master Fingerprints That Can Break Into Smartphones 29
Samsung Is Delaying the 'Voice' Part of Its New Bixby Voice Assistant 38
Scientists Prove Your Phone's PIN Can Be Stolen Using Its Gyroscope Data 61
FCC Kills Plan To Allow Mobile Phone Conversations On Flights 99
Canada's RCMP National Police Force Reveals Use of Secretive Cellphone Surveillance Technology 38
Scientists Invent Smartphone Screen Material That Can Repair Its Own Scratches 55
'Extreme Vetting' Would Require Visitors To US To Share Contacts, Passwords 505
Smartphones May Be To Blame For Unprecedented Spike In Pedestrian Deaths, Says Report 200
The Galaxy S8 Will Be Samsung's Biggest Test Ever 90
Is Microsoft Building A Foldable 'Surface' Phone? 100
Feds: We're Pulling Data From 100 Phones Seized During Trump Inauguration 233
Wells Fargo: All ATMs Will Take Phone Codes, Not Just Cards 71
Samsung Announces Bixby, Its New Digital Assistant Launching With the Galaxy S8 71
Your Hotel Room Photos Could Help Catch Sex Traffickers 151
CBS Reports 'Suspicious' Cell Phone Tower Activity In Washington DC 188
YouTube To Discontinue Video Annotations Because They Never Worked On Mobile 61
Sony Patent Could Let You Wirelessly Charge Your Phone From Another Device 36
Class-Action Lawsuit Targets LG Over Legendary G4, V10 Bootloop Issues 31
Jolla Sailfish Will Build A Google-Free Mobile OS For China 60
California Government On the Dangers of Cellphones 237
UK: New Drivers Caught Using a Phone Will Lose Their License 180
Google Pulls the Plug On Its Pixel Laptops 44
LG Unveils G6 Android Nougat Smartphone With a Compact 5.7-Inch QHD+ 18:9 Display 111
Ask Slashdot: Would You Use A Cellphone With A Kill Code? 301
Cellphones As a Fifth-Order Elaboration of Maxwell's Theory 129
Samsung To Sell Refurbished Galaxy Note 7 With a Smaller Battery, Says Report 73
Wyden To Introduce Bill To Prohibit Warrantless Phone Searches At Border 193
Used Cars Can Still Be Controlled By Their Previous Owners' Apps 102
Fans Choose A New Football Team's Plays With Their Smartphones 47
Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? 514
Congressman Calls For Probe Into Trump's Unsecured Android Phone 507
99.6 Percent of New Smartphones Run Android or iOS 91
FCC Chairman Wants It To Be Easier To Listen To Free FM Radio On Your Smartphone 209
US-Born NASA Scientist Detained At The Border Until He Unlocked His Phone 627
Shamed In Super Bowl Ads, Verizon Introduces Unlimited Data Plans 172
Mission Possible: Self-Destructing Phones Are Now a Reality 142
All Three New 2017 iPhones To Feature Wireless Charging, Says Analyst 143
Sony's Latest Smartphone Camera Sensor Can Shoot At 1,000fps 86
DC Inauguration Protestors Are Being Hit With Facebook Data Searches 341
Razer Buys Nextbit 12
Remote Attackers Can Force Samsung Galaxy Devices Into Never-Ending Reboot Loop 71
Google's Pixel 2 To Feature Improved Camera, CPU and Higher Price, Says Report 105
Google Pressured 90,000 Android Developers Over Insecure Apps 50
FTC Dismantles Two Huge Robocall Organizations 121
Microsoft Patent Hints At Foldable Tablet Design For Surface Phone 26
Hamas 'Honey Trap' Dupes Israeli Soldiers 109
Headphone Users Rejoice: Samsung Reportedly Not Killing the Galaxy S8's Headphone Jack 79
Faulty Phone Battery May Have Caused Fire That Brought Down EgyptAir Flight MS80 142
AT&T Imposes Another $5 Rate Hike On Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans 58
Nokia Finally Returns To The Smartphone Market (In China) 23
Huawei Snubs Google, Ships An Android Phone With Alexa 63
LG Is Abandoning the Modular Smartphone Idea 78