Category Archives: cell/smartphones

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.

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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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