Category Archives: cell/smartphones

Apple Watch/Apple Pay: Not The Disruptor We Were Expecting?

Posted on 14 June 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Apple Watch’s killer app/function may be Apple Pay, the ability to pay simply by tapping your wrist to a compatible POS terminal. But will there be enough retail locations who accept Watch-based Apple Pay to make a difference? I explore … Continue reading →

The Best Cameraphones for Summer 2015

Posted on 1 June 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

Every so often, I do a roundup of smartphone camera technology roundups for Photo Industry Reporter, a trade magazine distributed to photo retailers and professionals. This is one such roundup of cameras’ main competitors – smartphones, how good their cameras … Continue reading →

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Cellphone Services 2015: Talk, Text & Data

Posted on 11 April 2015 by Stewart Wolpin

My broad Consumers Digest look at how cell carrier services are mercurially changing almost day-t0-day in the face of aggressive competition, along with the best offers available – at least when this piece was being written.

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Hedy Lamarr

Posted on 10 November 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) Co-inventor, frequency hopping/spread spectrum How one of the world’s most beautiful women and most popular film stars of Hollywood’s golden era came to co-invent the most important wireless communications security technology – frequency hopping – is a … Continue reading →

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My Review of the iPhone 6 Plus

Posted on 22 September 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

My review of the new iPhone 6 Plus appears on Techlicious, and you can read it here. Preview: It’s a HUGE phone.

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4.7- or 5.5-inch — Which iPhone 6 Should You Buy?

Posted on 28 August 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

An answer to an upcoming dilemma, on Huffington Post.

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Smartphone Camera Features Versus Digital Camera Technology in 2014

Posted on 30 July 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

What, exactly, are smartphone makers putting in their devices that let us leave our actual cameras at home? Here’s a piece I did exploring smartphone camera technologies for Digital Imaging Reporter, a photo trade magazine. Smartphone Camera Features Versus Digital Camera … Continue reading →

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Hands On with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S

Posted on 13 June 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

I attended the grand unveiling of Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy S Tablet at The Theater @ Madison Square Garden, and wrote an initial impressions hands-on for Techlicious, which you can read here.

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T-Mobile’s ‘We’ll Pay Your ETF’ Problem

Posted on 8 June 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

T-Mobile screams from its TV commercials, billboard and subway ads and its Web site that it will pay your early termination fees (ETFs) when you switch from another carrier. While arguably symantically correct, this claim is extraordinarily misleading. Read why in … Continue reading →

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Will Cell Phones Prove as Cancerous as Cigarettes?

Posted on 17 March 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

My latest bloviation for the Huffington Post explores the potential for cell phones to one day prove to be as cancer-causing as cigarettes have proven to be.