Smartphones

Archive: 07-2012

• Find the right data plan for your individual needs

  What’s the best data plan for your smartphone? Take a look at some findings, and then share your opinion in the discussion thread.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | July 30, 2012, 4:08 AM PDT

• London calling: More people at Olympics, more stupidity

  According to security experts at Venafi, an estimated 67,000 phones will be either lost or stolen at the London Olympics.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | July 27, 2012, 6:18 AM PDT

• RIM patent: Smartphone camera to capture thermal images

  RIM submitted a patent application that deals with thermographic augmented reality display in an electronic device. According to Gina Smith, this is one patent to watch.

  Posted by Gina Smith | July 26, 2012, 7:38 AM PDT

• Manage the Google Play Store on your new Android mobile

  Jack Wallen looks at some of the differences in the Google Play Store on newer Android phones that come with Ice Cream Sandwich preinstalled.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | July 24, 2012, 6:36 AM PDT

• HTC Incredible 4G LTE: Big phone in a little package

  Find out why Jack Wallen thinks the HTC Incredible 4G LTE might have one of the most suitable names of any mobile device.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | July 20, 2012, 5:53 AM PDT

• Infographic: How the iPhone is changing photojournalism

  This infographic by Frugal Dad examines how the iPhone and other smartphone cameras are changing the way we think about photojournalism.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | July 19, 2012, 5:38 AM PDT

• Manage your SkyDrive account from an iPhone

  The Microsoft SkyDrive iOS app is easy to use on the iPhone. Will Kelly highlights some of its useful features.

  Posted by Will Kelly | July 18, 2012, 6:58 AM PDT

• Manage call rejecting with your Android smartphone

  Jack Wallen walks you through two methods of blocking unwanted calls on your Android smartphone.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | July 16, 2012, 4:19 PM PDT

• Infographic: Windows Phone has stopped losing market share

  This Statista infographic by comSCore shows the recent stability of Microsoft Windows Phone market share in the United States.

  Posted by Sonja Thompson | July 13, 2012, 6:17 AM PDT

• Two apps for retrieving mobile network information

  Jack Wallen takes a look at IP Info and Network Info II, two free Android apps that put mobile networking information quickly at your fingertips.

  Posted by Jack Wallen | July 11, 2012, 7:08 AM PDT