It seems that every day, there are new announcements purporting to redefine how we will use our cell phones: from the latest GPS-enabled gadget for social computing, to software to make your PC a phone. But what is the real future of telephony?
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 - Soul of a New Mobile Machine
- From conception to buzz, from three-way spring to soft-touch paint: inside the design of a multimedia communications gadget.
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The streets are packed with teens and 20-somethings--whose business is coveted by the mobile-communications startup, Helio. The company aspires to hook them on the ultimate multimedia device: something perfect for talking and messaging, gaming and Web searching, social networking and finding buddies via GPS. Read More
- Jott: Calling It In
- Ever had a great idea while you're stuck in traffic? No problem. Pick up your phone and Jott yourself an e-mail.
- The Evolution of Wireless
- New radio technologies could allow wireless handhelds to do more, and make updating cellular base stations quick and easy.
- TR10: Invisible Revolution
- Artificially structured metamaterials could transform telecommunications, data storage, and even solar energy, says David R. Smith.
- Encryption Software May Halt Wire Tapping
- The creator of the most popular e-mail encryption program has a new application for Voice-over-Internet-Protocol phone calls.
- A Sentinel to Screen Phone Calls
- New software could block voice spam.
- Return of the Porta-People
- In a new take on teleconferencing technologies, a rotating display holds forth at the weekly meeting.
- Motorola's Dumb Phone
- A new mobile phone that's rather simple bucks the trend toward more complicated, power-hungry devices.
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 - Q Is for Quixotic
A new metal film could help control terahertz radiation and lead to wireless devices that are thousands of times faster than today's Wi-Fi.
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- Mobile Web Searches Using Pictures
- A new Microsoft application lets people search the Internet on their cell phones using a camera instead of a keypad.
- The Promise of Personal Supercomputers
- What will it take to put thousands of microprocessors in cell phones and laptops?
- A New Platform for Social Computing: Cell Phones
- Google's voice interface patent gives life to rumors that voice-actived mobile search will soon be a reality.
- The Future of Cell Phones
- Nokia's head of R&D discusses technology that could shape the look, feel, and function of mobile devices in the next few years.
- Blogging on the Go
- Cell-phone blogging gets another boost.
- Golden Gate Lark
- Should San Franciscans trust Google and their mayor to improvise the city's Wi-Fi network?
- Phone a Friend over Wi-Fi
- A new Wi-Fi phone from Vonage is fun -- but it doesn’t make sense as a replacement for the cell phone.
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