FDA Finds No Link Between Cell Phone Use and Cancer

By Kevin Bierfeldt | 5/18/2010

In the midst of ongoing research, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now saying that there is scientific evidence to suggest that cell phones do not pose a significant health risk as a result of radio frequency (RF) energy.

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Get 15% Off All Proporta's Accessories Today Only

By Ed Hardy | 1/27/2009

Today is Lewis Carroll's birthday, and to celebrate the British retailer Proporta is offering everyone 15% off the price of its entire line of smartphone and PDA accessories.

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Run Palm OS Software on an S60 or UIQ Device with StyleTap

By Ed Hardy | 1/16/2009

StyleTap Inc. has released a preview version of its emulator for Symbian OS, which allows smartphones running S60 and UIQ to run software written for the Palm OS.

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UIQ Technology Files for Bankruptcy

By Ed Hardy | 1/5/2009

UIQ Technology, the company responsible for developing and licensing the UIQ user interface for Symbian smartphones, has filed for bankruptcy.

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Brighthand's Predictions for 2009

By Ed Hardy | 1/4/2009

Continuing a long Brighthand tradition, Ed Hardy has once again made some predictions for what's going to happen in the mobile market during the next twelve months.

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Interview with Best Buy Mobile VP Scott Moore

By Ed Hardy | 12/10/2008

Brighthand's Ed Hardy recently spoke with a senior executive at Best Buy Mobile about shopping for mobile phones in the U.S.

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Nokia Now Owns the Symbian OS... Temporarily Anyway

By Ed Hardy | 12/3/2008

Nokia has completed its offer to acquire Symbian Limited, the company responsible for the development of the Symbian operating system. This is an important step in the process of making Symbian into an open-source OS.

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TiVo Users Can Now Schedule Recordings with their Phones

By Ed Hardy | 11/26/2008

A new website created for mobile devices gives TiVo subscribers the power to schedule recordings directly to their TiVo box.

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Opera Mini 4.2 Now Available

By Ed Hardy | 11/25/2008

Opera Mini 4.2, which appeared in beta form a few weeks ago, has had its official release. This web browser runs on a number of mobile platforms.

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T-Mobile Now Offering Digital Photo Frame with with Cellular-Wireless Access

By Ed Hardy | 11/22/2008

T-Mobile is now offering the cameo, a digital picture frame that can receive photos via MMS or email.

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Motorola Going to Focus on Android

By Ed Hardy | 10/29/2008

Motorola's future flagship phones will run Android. Going forward, Google's new operating system will be one of just three supported by this company.

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Head of the S60 Group To Be First Director of the Symbian Foundation

By Ed Hardy | 10/24/2008

Lee Williams has been nominated to be the Executive Director for the group that will make the Symbian OS, S60, and UIQ into an open-source operating system.

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