Editorial: How to stop the choking of mobile phone contracts
So we've all probably notice all the major phone carriers recede from unlimited data plans, opting instead to tell consumers to resort to their home wi-fi networks and use the 250mb (on average) of data they receive on their contract 'as a back-up.'
There is, however, an option to this: we take it all back to how contracts were.
Pay for what you use. Charge by the minute, by the text, by the megabyte. Sounds scary doesn't it.
The Stingray: the mobile phone tracker the Government is keeping under wraps
A criminal court case in Arizona has revealed the U.S. Government's ability to track mobile phones using a portable device called the Stingray. But the lengths that have been striven to in this case to conceal the technology have been publicly disparate compared to your average Government cover-up.
London Police creates fake mobile network to trace calls and messages
London's Old Bill, The Met Police, have bought in a highly sophisticated mobile surveillance system. Through this, they can create a masquerade mobile network, coax your phone into connecting to it, then trace all communications and your IMEI number. Uncomfortable stuff to say the least.
Nokia Kinetic offers a new form of smartphone interaction
Nokia World 2011 hasn't just been about the Lumia line-up of Windows Phone 7 devices, as the Future Technology booth at th Expo prooved with a whole a practical use of a flexible display on a smartphone.
iPhone 4S review
To be perfectly honest: nothing's changed. This is simply the '3GS' to the iPhone 4. It was the natural progression that we all expected; but all that builds up to creating the same impact felt when we first opened the 4S's predecessor.
Disney Android Phone releases in Japan
Disney Mobile has released their first Android-powered smartphone in Japan through Softbank Mobile stores earlier this month.
Walt's top of the line, the DM010SH handset packs features that would, surprisingly, put many phones in the UK market to shame. Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), 4-inch 960 x 540 qHD display with 3D support, a 1GHz processor, and the usual suspects: 3G data, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and microSD card slot, and an 8 megapixel camera.