Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: In the U.S., a complicated combination of corporate interests and pre-smartphone era legislation has resulted in more than two decades of back and forth about the legality of phone locking. It’s looking l… Continue reading The US Could Soon Ban the Selling of Carrier-Locked Phones
Earlier this week, the FCC fined T-Mobile $200 million for its abuse of Sprint’s Lifeline program for low-income consumers — the largest fine to be paid in commission history. Now, the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising (NAD) is telling T-M… Continue reading T-Mobile Will Stop Saying Its 5G Network Is Better Than It Actually Is
CNBC reports:
On September 24th, physician Dr. Ali Vaziri was unpleasantly surprised by a mobile alert from his bank, which said he had just purchased a $4,280 upgrade for his Tesla Model 3. The large transaction, he quickly surmised, was a “butt dial… Continue reading Tesla Owner: I Butt-Dialed a $4,280 Autopilot Upgrade — And They Haven’t Refunded Me
According to Taiwanese publication DigiTimes, Qualcomm is planning to launch new premium smartphones under its own brand name. It’s reportedly partnering with ASUS to manufacture and distribute the devices globally. HotHardware reports: It would appear… Continue reading Qualcomm To Launch Its Own Premium Snapdragon Branded Phones
The Fairphone 3+ is a $550 phone with modular parts that can easily be swapped out by users themselves. “In many ways, a Fairphone is the antithesis of the iPhone,” writes Catie Keck via Gizmodo. “It doesn’t benefit most retailers to allow you to easil… Continue reading The Fairphone 3+ Is a Repairable Dream That Takes Beautiful Photos
The apocalyptic orange sky in San Francisco Wednesday was the talk of the town — and well beyond. However, many people found their efforts to capture the surreal images stymied, as their iPhones “corrected” the smoke-filled sky to a more natural hue. … Continue reading Why Smartphone Cameras Struggle To Capture San Francisco’s Orange Sky
According to Engadget, Motorola’s brand-new Razr sports an improved design, support for 5G, and corrects many of the issues the first model was notorious for. Chris Velazco writes: Motorola was always clear that the Razr is a “design-first” device, and… Continue reading Motorola’s 5G Razr Is Better Than the Original In Almost Every Way
A review at the Android Police site calls Pine64’s new Linux-based PinePhone “the most interesting smartphone I’ve tried in years,” with 17 different operating systems available (including Fedora, Ubuntu Touch, SailfishOS, openSUSE, and Arch Linux ARM)… Continue reading Reviewer Calls Linux-based PinePhone ‘the Most Interesting Smartphone I’ve Tried in Years’
“The Wall Street Journal said it had obtained a Qualcomm presentation lobbying the U.S. government to remove restrictions and let it sell Snapdragon processors to Huawei,” reports Engadget:
The ban won’t prevent Huawei from obtaining necessary parts a… Continue reading WSJ: Qualcomm Asks US Government to Let it Sell Chips to Huawei
SuperKendall (Slashdot reader #25,149) shared this review of the recent 5G standards codified by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in Release 16 (finalized on July 3).
“5G just got weird,” writes IEEE Spectrum:
4G and other earlier genera… Continue reading ‘5G Just Got Weird’