Category Archives: cellphones

An anonymous reader quotes the Associated Press:
Federal legislation proposed Thursday would give state prison officials the ability they have long sought to jam the signals of cellphones smuggled to inmates within their walls… The legislation could … Continue reading US Lawmakers Propose Allowing Prisons To Jam Signals From Smuggled Cellphones→

Friday CNN reported on “what you can do right now to stop robocalls.”

“Short of throwing your phone in the garbage, there’s no way to avoid them altogether. But wireless providers and smartphone developers offer tools to filter out at least some unwa… Continue reading Phone Carrier Apps Can Help Fight Robocalls — Sometimes, Even For Free→

Xiaomi is teasing a new 100W quick-charging solution for mobile phones that can fully charge a large 4,000mAh battery in just 17 minutes. Ars Technica reports: The video shows a charging race between two phones, Xiaomi’s unnamed “100W” prototype and a … Continue reading Xiaomi’s ‘100W’ Quick Charging Goes From 0 To 100 In 17 Minutes→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Huawei officially announced the Huawei P30 Pro smartphone today. While it has a new Huawei-made SoC, an in-screen optical fingerprint reader, and lots of other high-end features, the highlight is d… Continue reading New Huawei Phone Has a 5x Optical Zoom, Thanks To a Periscope Lens→

“When your phone rings, there’s about a 50 percent chance it’s a spam robo-call,” reports the Washington Post. Now a computer science professor who’s researched robo-call technologies reveals the economics behind automatically dialing phone numbers “ei… Continue reading Why Robo-Calls Can’t Be Stopped→

According to a report from Yonhap News Agency, Samsung’s vice president of its display R&D group, Yang Byung-duk, said the company is working on making the entire front of its phones a screen, with no need for bezels or a camera cutout of any kind…. Continue reading Samsung Is Working On ‘Perfect Full-Screen’ Devices With Selfie Cameras Under the Display→

Samsung is working on a pair of new foldable smartphones to follow its Galaxy Fold, a smartphone with dual screens that fold in half like a notebook, and another that works just like any other. Bloomberg reports: The South Korean manufacturer is said t… Continue reading Samsung Is Working On Two More Foldable Smartphones→

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A bad security decision by Comcast on the company’s mobile phone service made it easier for attackers to port victims’ cell phone numbers to different carriers. Comcast in 2017 launched Xfinity Mob… Continue reading Comcast Set Mobile Pins To ‘0000,’ Helping Attackers Steal Phone Numbers→

LG’s flagship G8 smartphone has been officially launched today, bringing many expected features that were teased over the past few months and several not-so-expected features. One such unusual feature in the G8 is its palm vein recognition, dubbed Hand… Continue reading LG Announces G8 ThinQ Smartphone That Uses ‘Advanced Palm Vein Authentication’ Tech To Unlock→