cell phones

This is more a community topic but it's a tech question too. I mislaid my phone again. I think I also turned the sound way down while playing a game, using the volume buttons on the side, which I fear turns down the ringer as well because when I call from the land line I don't hear ringing...

A Vermont senator proposed a ban on cell phones for anyone under 21. He says they're more dangerous than guns https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/politics/vermont-senator-cell-phone-ban-trnd/index.html Restricting access to information is never going to be popular. Posturing is usually a waste of...

I haven't looked this up but if its true could this lead the already bee to extinction?

I've created a YouTube playlist with both mainstream and conspiracy videos here: 5G Must Be Stopped. But this thread isn't meant to argue about why or if it should be stopped. I think this will be inherent during a cursory overview, and that 5G will fail [in the U.S., at least at the scale it's...

The three or four major cell providers mostly work on long-term contracts, although they also offer prepaid services. There are also numerous secondary providers that use the major networks, but sell their own services at a discount, mostly billed monthly without long-term contracts. Here's a...

First of all, if I am not a complete idiot will I be able to transfer the data from my iPhone 5 to my iPhone 8? A brief check online recommended I start by backing everything from the iPhone to the cloud. Although the articles I found didn't really deal with the iPhone 5, I did find tutorials...

Headlines all over the place today: "Study finds cell phones cause cancer in lab rats!" Here's the study: PDF of study! There's some stuff that the attention-grabbing articles aren't pointing out. This hasn't been peer reviewed. The full data isn't available. The "increased" cancer rate is...

I realize this is mostly a gadget-loving crowd and expect this to go over like a lead balloon, but throwing it out anyway: http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2007/10/how-cell-phones-are-killing-face-to-face-interactions295/ He says it better than I could but IMO doesn't go nearly far enough, even...

I had never given much thought to unlocking a cell phone for use internationally as I use a pre-paid Nokia (T-Mobile) phone that costs me about $100 per year. I entered the unlocking code a few years ago and found that it was already unlocked and should have worked in Thailand, but it didn't...

Study Shows Cell Phone Use Poses Danger to Fetuses Anyone heard about this? The headline is clearly misrepresenting things, but Doctor Taylor semms to think cell phone use may lead to a decrease in brain activity in a child exposed as a fetus. Also in the text of the link it says France has...

In the last week or so I started getting spotty Sprint 4G LTE service here in Chicago, supposedly should be complete in December. But holy crap is it fast where it's up and running! I noticed I was getting a 4G signal yesterday when I was out and about and ran a speed test and got my fastest...

I don't own a cell-phone, and have used one only a handful of times. I've had to ask my wife or kid what buttons to push. So I'm completely ignorant. The reason I'm asking about this is to get some simple answers that relate to the case of Franco Garcia, a Boston College student who went...

So, I'm seeing this study posted on a relative's FaceBook, and it looks like typical "OMG CELL PHONES ARE RADIOACTIVE" nonsense, but then I follow the link and it looks to my untrained eyes like they did a legit study. Could someone with better training take a peek at this and let me know if...

I just saw a Sanjay Gupta's report on AC360 about cell phones and cancer. His premise wasn't that cell phones cause cancer but that they haven't been around long enough to conclusively evaluate long term health risks. He compared it to asbestos and cigarettes saying that since those can take 20...

I'm getting spam on my cell phone from a lending company with multiple telephone numbers. (Get $1500 in 1 hour!!!!!). I thought this was illegal? What is the best way for me to handle this? Should I put my cell phone number on a do not call list? But I thought cell phone numbers were off...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110518/us_yblog_thelookout/loud-cell-phone-talker-removed-from-quiet-car-by-police Thoughts? Personally I feel assailed on all sides by a couple of generations of sociopaths that are self absorbed to the point of mania, and I applaud society reminding...

This again? I thought it had been discredited already. http //gizmodo com/5801066/cellphones-cause-bees-to-swarm-to-their-death-says-a-new-study Can anyone smarter then me discuss this? (Sorry still can't post linkies)

Definitive as the date of publication. :D Science man. Science. :th:

How does one go about turning a netbook or portable computer into a virtual cellphone to get free(and legal) cell phone service? I don't use my cell phone that much and seldom ever have to deal with emergencies, so this seems like a good way to save money. I hear that some people do this, but...

From here: http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-cell-phones-brain-20110223,0,4544944.story Choice quote: Does anyone else think this sounds a bit strange? I'm also wondering if they "artificially" heated up the phones in the control group as well to match the "active" phones, and if not...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/05/new-test-mobile-phones-diagnose-stds I heard this story on the radio the other day and it sounded a bit far-fetched to me, but I guess this technology is being developed.

I got my cell phone soaked today and I fear it is gone for good. You can see some water sloshing around inside the screen, the screen is blank, it won't charge when I plug it in and, when I put the battery in, it makes an angry nonstop purr- as if it is ringing. You can't even turn it on and off...

Sounds nutty to me. Discuss. http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/06/16/san.francisco.cell.radiation/index.html?hpt=T2

I apologize in advance if this post should have gone straight to humor but I do think that it may need some scientific support. That being said I am looking for investors in an idea to get rich. I work for a family that believes every woo idea there is and it seems to me that it shouldn't be...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7778401/Mobile-phones-responsible-for-disappearance-of-honey-bee.html I thought this was very interesting what with all the ruckus about microwave transmission. No one could see this one coming.

The UK National Health Service reports of possible media bias on reporting results of the INTERPHONE Study Group, supported by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) at the World Health Organization. The research in question was a well-conducted analysis of several international...

I found this pretty interesting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8443541.stm Hmm, anyone know what came out of this? Hmmmm?

Aww, nuts. :( Link.

My wife was listening to the Dr. Oz show on the radio while she was waiting to pick up the kids from school. Now she's afraid she's going to get brain cancer because she uses her cell phone. http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/link-between-cell-phones-and-cancer Bob Park, emeritus professor of...

NY Post reports cellphone & cancer "link", before the study has been published I wouldn't the big C on anyone of course, but I would love if this marked a sharp downtown in all the morons walking around with these damn things glued to their ears 24/7. Appears that the big companies might have...