Prototype: Software That Fills a Cellphone Gap
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Software radio could offer an elegant solution to what a vexing problem: how to have a single handset communicate across multiple networks.
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Some recent products are designed to improve cellular reception, and, in some cases, even extend coverage.
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The cellphone industry went to Barcelona to âshow off the latest and greatest phonesâ and, once again, hardware took center stage. But, Victoria Shannon (New York Times) points out, âsoftware is growing in importance as smartphones, capable of accessing the Web, become more popular.â So, Shannon continues, âit was no surprise that many of the phones were iPhone clones â with touch screens, sleek flat shapes and spare software interfaces. Apple was able to make a phone that paid equal attention to the software and the hardware. And the rest of the industry was following suit here.â
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Elements from more than a dozen different countries go into that magical comm unit in your pocket. Discover the origins of your orphaned mobile. By Se&#225;n Captain from Wired Test.
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SoonR connects mobile phones with the data on a remote Mac or PC.
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Review Fingerprint-scanning prototype
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By Oren Dorell  The same technology that keeps cellphone users in touch with their cellphone companies can also help locate people who are lost.
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Software radio could offer an elegant solution to a vexing problem: how to have a single handset communicate across multiple networks.
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A startup is giving enterprises a way to roll out one phone for use inside and outside the office without a mobile operator's help.
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By Colin Stewart, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Jun. 19--Editor's note: Second of two columns on new uses of mobile  phones. Last week: an info-on-demand service for cell phones.
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Three Silicon Valley entrepreneurs want a simple way for folks to populate their mobile devices with data. As cell phones become the one thing to carry -- part phone, part PDA, part camera, part MP3 player -- using Vazu might do the trick.
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The convergence of desktop and mobile phones into a single, go-anywhere gadget that works on multiple wireless networks may seem just around the corner, but large-scale deployments are still a long way off, said IT professionals and vendors at Interop.
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A new cell phone is loaded with software that turns text on photographed documents into speech
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In an attempt to become more useful, US researchers are developing new smartphone software which watches usersâ calling and usage patterns and tries to learn how best to âhelpâ.
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Cell phones in public are annoying--when other people use them. But how do we tackle the problem?
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This step towards easy portability of software from one Java-enabled mobile device to another, which is currently not the case because there is no standard specification, would ultimately provide mobile customers with a wide choice of feature rich Java
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Cell phone can respond to motion by dialing numbers or ending a call.