Category Archives: cell/smartphones

The First Cellphone Went on Sale 30 Years Ago for $4,000

Posted on 17 March 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

Possibly the most read story I’ve ever written – a commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the first handheld cell phone (the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X) going on sale to the public – from Mashable.com.  

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Opinion: Why We Really Don’t Need More Cell Spectrum

Posted on 17 March 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

My buddy Marty Cooper, the father of the cell phone, explains why simply adding more spectrum isn’t the answer to crowded cellular super highways in this DVICE.com column.  

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Mobile’s End of the Beginning

Posted on 17 March 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

It’s official: mobile devices have taken over the consumer electronics business, ending the first phase of mobile tech’s ubiquitousness. Read how infrastructure technologies form the future of cool mobile advances here.

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The New Smartphone Normal

Posted on 17 March 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

An examination of potential smartphone/mobile futures, which you can read here.

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7 New Smartphone Features That Will Help Define Your Future

Posted on 17 March 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

My first (and hopefully not last) piece for CNN International on what smartphone technologies could become our new mobile normal. Read it here.

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10 Best Photo and Video Apps

Posted on 15 January 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

Here’s a round-up of the best (IMHO) photo/video smartphone/tablet apps I wrote for Digital Photo Industry, a trade magazine: 10 Best Photo and Video Apps

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DVICE: The (unnecessary?) smartphone wireless charging war

Posted on 15 January 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

Why are there so many different, incompatible yet infuriatingly similar smartphone wireless charging schemes? Patent royalty money, of course. Read all about this greedy stupidity in this DVICE column: DVICE: The (unnecessary?) smartphone wireless charging war

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DVICE: Smartphone scoliosis

Posted on 15 January 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

LG and Samsung both announced curved smartphones. Why? Who knows. But here’s my take on these bent devices from DVICE: Opinion: Smartphone scoliosis

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Your Smartphone in 2018: 15 Futuristic Features

Posted on 15 January 2014 by Stewart Wolpin

Here’s a piece I wrote for Laptop Magazine; the title is self-explanatory. Your Smartphone in 2018: 15 Futuristic Feature

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Your Smartphone in 2018: 15 Futuristic Features

Posted on 11 June 2013 by Stewart Wolpin

In many ways, the evolution of the smartphone since the debut of the original iPhone in 2007 has been a predictable straight line —bigger screen, more powerful processors, longer battery life, faster data connections, higher-resolution cameras and more apps. But … Continue reading →

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