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Dropped-Call Rage May Abate Thanks To Cellphone Signal Advances From MIT

By using the host of position-relating sensors in modern smartphones, scientists at MIT think they could make the phones and network perform better so your calls don't drop when you're on the move.READ MORE

Is Phone Company's Plan to Turn Music Pirates Into Paying Customers "Game Changing"?

A prepaid phone company thinks it can turn illegal music downloaders into legit buyers--without the use of computers or credit cards.READ MORE

Genuine White iPhone 4 On Sale--in China

If you don't have a friend at Cupertino, a trip to China may be what is needed to get your hands on a genuine white iPhone 4.READ MORE

Apple May Face Lawsuit From European Phone Carriers Over Built-in SIM Card iPhone

What would be the consequences of Apple cutting out mobile carriers if it does incorporate the SIM card into its iPhone?READ MORE

Transportation Secretary Muses on Idea of Blocking All Cellphones in Cars

Could 5,000 road deaths be avoided each year if the motoring industry were forced to put cellphone-blocking equipment in every car?READ MORE

iFive: Google Gifts Googlers, Facebook's Free Speech, RIM Tablet Priced, BP and Shell Under Fire, Apple iAd

Innovation served up every which way: over easy, sunny side up, with OJ on the side.READ MORE

AT&T's iPhone Boom, Nokia's Layoffs: A Tale of Two Mobile Titans

What could Nokia learn from AT&T's latest figures?READ MORE

UN Report: Cellphones a Ticket Out of Poverty for the World's Poor

Cellphones aren't all fun and games for the world's poor. For many, they make the difference between bringing home the bacon--or not.READ MORE

Oxfam and Nokia Partner for Mobile Donations App

Could a mobile app save the NGO world from a desperate reliance on endless, hands-on fundraising?READ MORE

Apple Declines to Take Part in Eco-Rating for Green Cellphones--Do You Blame Them?

Today, U.K. network provider O2 launched its Green Ranking scheme for cellphones. The scheme allows British residents, with a little help from Forum for the Future, to see just how eco-friendly their phones are. So, first up, the ...READ MORE

Mobile Ad Space Bursting With Potential but Few Experts

First smartphones were redefined as powerful social media/Net devices and then, Boom! The advertising industry grabbed on in search of cash. But the new ad business are finding everything a bit new and scary. READ MORE

A Stagnant Nokia Launches Search for New CEO

Though it's the top seller of cellphones worldwide, Nokia is losing ground fast. Sources now report the Finnish company has launched a search for a new CEO to take the company in a new direction.READ MORE

iFive: SF's Cellphone Radiation Law, Whale Poo Cleans CO2, OK GO on Facebook, LinkedIn Lawsuit, Maicon's Goal

After you put your book down and turned out the light last night, innovation was cramming hard for its exams today--and finding the time to score a goal from an impossible angle.1. San Francisco is the first city in the U.S. to pass a ...READ MORE

Political Polling Becomes Alarmingly Inaccurate as More Households Give Up Landlines

The problem of cellphone-only households is only increasing for political pollsters. Political stats expert Nate Silver says the problem now introduces a "statistically significant bias" for pollsters.READ MORE

One in Four U.S. Households Are Landline-Free

It's the 25- to 29-year-old age bracket that uses fixed lines the least, with 48.6% of them living in wireless-only households.READ MORE

HTC's Evo 4G: Everything You Like About This Smartphone Costs Extra

HTC's Evo 4G is the most exciting Android phone since...well, fine, I guess the Nexus One wasn't that long ago. But it does look amazing, and Sprint announced full pricing and release dates.READ MORE

Dumbphone Statistics: Oh Right, Not Everyone Has a Smartphone

It's easy to forget that smartphones don't dominate the mobile phone market. Here are the stats for the first quarter of 2010: The top cellphone sellers might surprise you. RIM (BlackBerry)? Nope. Apple? Forget about it. Keep guessing.READ MORE

Analysis Drives the Final Nail Into Dumbphone's Coffin

If you ever needed convincing that the future of cell-phone tech is more smartphones and less dumbphones, then AdMob's most recent statistics will change your mind: The smartphone is on the ascendant, and the "mobile internet device" ...READ MORE

AT&T Chief Blows U.S.'s 3G Trumpet, Conveniently Forgetting About Euroland

AT&T's chief of Mobility and Consumer Markets Ralph de la Vega, got on his soapbox today and spouted about the U.S.'s fabulous 3G networks, which are leading the World. The trouble is, de la Vega is spouting some cell-phone ...READ MORE