Qualcomm is expanding its Snapdragon lineup – adding chipsets to both the entry-level S1 line and the Krait lineup. Krait is a brand new design that will scale to up to 2.5GHz with one, two or four cores. It promises better power efficiency than current architectures. The S4 badge will be carried only by the best of the best Snapdragon chipsets with Krait CPU architecture and next-gen Adreno... 

Civil liberties group raises concerns over Met police purchase of technology to track public handsets over a targeted area. Britain’s largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network, transmitting a signal that allows authorities to shut off phones remotely, intercept communications and gather data about thousands of users in a targeted... 

WallStreet Journal reports that Sony Corp. is on its way to finish off the deal with Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson, which would make Sony the sole and primary shareholder of the Sony Ericsson joint venture. Created back in 2001, the Sony Ericsson 50-50 joint venture is one of the world’s leading mobile phone manufacturers (the 6th, actually) and has attracted many brand-loyal users through the years. Sony’s... 

Two weeks ago, the World Health Organisation warned for the first time that mobile phones may cause cancer – urging users to limit their use. The warning followed Interphone’s research from 13 countries that found that the even just using a phone for 15 minutes a day could substantially increase the risk of a brain tumour. But it could come to late for many mobile addicts, as it takes... 

(Brain) cell phone: Researchers in California have created a way to place a call on a mobile phone using just your thoughts. It seems even dialling a mobile number is becoming too time consuming for our fast-paced time precious society. But researchers in America have come up with a solution – a mobile phone which uses the power of thought to make a call – and you do not have to lift a... 

Look what we’ve found! This is the first image you’ll see anywhere of the early fruit of Microsoft and Nokia’s budding new partnership. We have it on good authority that the technicolor phones on show are conceptual devices produced by the two companies. You shouldn’t, therefore, go jumping to conclusions about retail hardware just yet, but hearts should be warmed by the familiarity... 

Waste: A universal phone charger will be available on all new handsets within months after the EC this week released technical specs for a standard design. The days of frantically searching for the correct mobile phone charger are finally set to end with the release of a universal charger compatible with almost all new handsets. The European Commission this week released technical specifications for... 

A Kolkata slum dweller talks on a mobile in India, where the phones have become more affordable. Council of elders feared women would use phones to arrange forbidden marriages. An Indian village has banned unmarried women from using mobile phones for fear they will arrange forbidden marriages that are often punished by death, a local official said today. The Lank village council decided unmarried boys...