Posts tagged Cell phones
Do Cellular Phones Cause Brain Cancer?
May 18th
We eat, work, drive, run and sleep with them. If you are reading this blog, chances are you have a smartphone which you greatly rely on, and would feel naked if you ever left home without it. Since cellular phones came to be, I can remember news coverage indicating they might cause brain tumors and even cancer. If you’re anything like me, you just turned a blind eye and kept on with your day.
Back in February of this year, EWG (Environmental Working Group) posted Tech Expert rankings on Smartphones for 2010, which included radiation levels of various phones. My beloved Bold 9700 proved to have the highest radiation level of all devices tested. Guess what? I didn’t care. I said to myself, “Hey, maybe radiation is good.” Then went on with my day. Even though I brushed it off, I couldn’t help but think about it from time to time.
Today, I noticed an article on PRNewswire. The article is titled, “Biggest Study Ever Reports on Mobiles and Brain Cancer.” It covers a wide range data analysis published by The International Journal of Epidemiology. To cut to the chase, the story goes on to say that there is proof that heavy cellular phone use for 10 years does NOT show any increased health risks. Amen. The article goes on to say many studies are going to continue, but things are looking very positive. At least we now have some peace of mind.
You can click on the link to read: “Biggest Study Ever Reports on Mobiles and Brain Cancer.”
Who wants a digital camera that makes phone calls?
Feb 10th
I love technology as much as the next guy. Even seemingly useless technology catches my eye; I want to be able to control my PS3 from my laptop, my car from my phone, my lights and speakers from my iPod Touch. But still, sometimes I see technological “advances” that I just don’t understand.
Sony, makers of all things fancy, quality and expensive, has gone all out with their new XPERIA X10 phone. It has all the features of a high-end smart phone: huge touchscreen, Wifi, the Android OS and an absolutely absurd 8.1MP camera with up to 16X zoom. Yes, a phone with a camera better than many people’s stand-alone digital camera. While I don’t see why someone would need an 8.1MP, 16X zoom camera on a phone, that’s not even the technology I don’t get.
The XPERIA X10 has the coolest, less-practically-useful feature I’ve seen in a while: facial recognition software. Apparently, with this phone, when you take a picture of someone whom you’ve photographed in the past, the camera picks up on the face and gives you immediate access to all the other pictures of that person you’ve taken in the past. It also groups them together in the media folder. This sounds like a great idea and, according to the video I saw of it working, seems to function just as described.
Still, I can’t imagine a scenario where this would we necessary. If you take enough pictures to want an 8.1MP camera on your phone, why wouldn’t you just buy a decent digital camera? I take a decent number of pics from my phone, but simply using folders seems like enough organization for me.
Add that to the reported $850+ price tag (I’m sure it’s less with a contract) and I see this as another awesome Sony product that doesn’t quite fit anyone’s needs.
More about the phone here and watch the short video of this feature over here.
Follow me on twitterThe evolution of the cell phone! Look how far we’ve come…
Feb 9th
What’s up people!
I had to share this with all of you.
I stumbled across this video on Youtube and it’s absolutely crazy to see where this all began.
My life in a 3 minute video.
TCG
---TheCellularGuru
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