Charge your iPhone on the go with this incredible motion charger
Trying to charge your phone or tablet while you’re out and about is one of the most frustrating conundrums facing portable device owners today. If you’re …
Smartphones
Video: This crazy experimental smartphone has three foldable displays
Although we doubt you’ll be seeing it at your local Best Buy anytime soon, the PaperFold is one experimental smartphone design that really catches the …
Passenger captures video as airplane’s engine bursts into flames
Air travel is stressful enough when everything goes according to plan — now imagine being on a plane and having one of the aircraft’s engines burst …
What if the Motorola Atrix had it right all along?
Do you remember the Motorola Atrix? Probably not — it wasn’t the best smartphone around when it was released and it was basically a flop …
Banksy’s latest work ‘Mobile Lovers’ has been torn down – but for a good cause
One of famed graffiti artist Banksy’s most recent works is a commentary on how distracted we all are by constant connectivity. Dubbed “Mobile Lovers,” the piece …
Who are we to judge disaster selfies?
When camera phones begun proliferating back in 2002, many predictions were made about how they might shape future. But nobody really saw funeral selfies or post-crash ER …
The three worst phone names the world has ever seen
We live in an age of miracles for true connoisseurs of awful phone names. We have always been able to enjoy spectacularly dumb handset branding, but …
Smartphones may have gotten ‘boring’ but they’re still the most interesting tech around
It’s become fashionable lately to whine about how “boring” smartphones have become, especially among Wall Street analysts who insist on telling us that Apple/Samsung/Microsoft/Everyone is …
New innovation could put an end to smartphone thefts forever
Every other month it seems like researchers at some tech company or university come up with clever new ways to prevent or deter smartphone thieves. …
Video: This ad might scare you away from texting and driving forever
Texting while driving is something that everyone knows is a bad idea but that many people end up doing anyway simply because the temptation to …
Video: Incredible new technology can charge a smartphone in 30 seconds
How would you like to plug your battery-depleted smartphone into an outlet and have it charge up in under a minute? Well of course you’d …
This is what it looks like when 1,500 people all walk around staring at their phones
If you stop for a moment to really consider it, one of the most peculiar phenomena brought about by the proliferation of cell phones is what we …
How to find the perfect smartphone for your hand size
There are so many different sizes of smartphones these days that it can be tough to figure out which one is the best size for …
This is the real secret to making a killer smartphone display
The trouble with making a new smartphone stand out based on specifications such as pixels per inch is that by now most new devices have …
What is the perfect size for a smartphone?
It seems like smartphones keep getting bigger every year but at some point there’s a limit to the size of a device that people will …
As smartphone growth slows, Windows Phone could come out on top
Smartphone market saturation is fast approaching, but a winner may step forward once the dust settles after all. According to IDC, despite 39.2% growth in …
Almost free at last: House passes bill legalizing cellphone unlocking
It’s a rare but welcome sight: The United States House of Representatives has passed a commonsense bill by a wide margin. Reuters reports that the …
This is the thinnest smartphone money can buy
The Vivo X3 isn’t the slimmest phone out there anymore, Engadget reveals, as Gionee has launched the Elife S5.5, which appears to be the thinnest smartphone …
You won’t believe how easy it is for just about anyone to track your smartphone (updated)
It’s not just spy agencies that can track smartphone users… in fact, almost anybody can do it as long as they have the right equipment, a …
How a delicious fruit could change tech forever
Believe it or not, one tiny fruit could change consumer technology forever — and no, fanboys, we’re not talking about Apple. It turns out that …
This infographic shows why bezel-free smartphones aren’t as crazy as you think
A new infographic posted on Twitter by @somospostpc shows how much screen you’re getting out of current smartphones, with the LG G2 leading the pack. …
Proposed law could end smartphone and tablet theft once and for all
We know that thieves have been increasingly targeting people’s smartphones and tablets for theft in recent years and the problem has gotten so bad that …
New study says smartphones are wrecking our ability to work and sleep
Do you find that reading on your smartphone late at night ruins your ability to sleep? Well you’re not alone. The Wall Street Journal reports …
This is how careless we are with our smartphones
A new infographic from gadget insurance company Protect Your Bubble (via VentureBeat) shows the “top 10 most dangerous things people do with their smartphones,” revealing …
Why Super Bowl XLVIII is way more dangerous than you think
Football is a very dangerous sport but fans may face an even bigger risk than the players. What’s this terrifying danger that each and every …
We are about to see some incredibly sweet smartphone deals
Samsung’s fourth-quarter earnings report showed a 9% decline in mobile device sales from Q3, mirroring eerily the Nokia smartphone volume decline from autumn to holiday …
Why you should always back up your smartphone before telling off your boss
An unexpected side effect of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy many companies are adopting is that smart device owners who either quit their jobs or are …
Harvard students working on ways to send smells through smartphones
Imagine if you could not only post pictures of your meals on Instagram but post their odors as well? That seems to the premise that …
Smartphone thefts climbed in 2013 despite efforts to prevent them
Law enforcement agencies, smartphone makers and wireless service providers all placed a good deal of focus on finding news ways to curb smartphone thefts in …
One of the web’s best stores for unlocked phones is getting even better
Try searching for online retailers that stock unlocked smartphones. Go on, I’ll wait. Chances are, the results that emerged took you to some dark, dark …
