New Phone Technology

Phone Technology

A mobile phone used to be a simple device for texting and calling. Then it became a smartphone boasting of Internet and camera functionalities. Now, the smartphone can be converted into a microscope through an attachable lens that can help magnify the object. One might wonder what the future would be like with a smartphone capable of projecting 3D holograms floating into thin air. Ostendo, a startup based in California, makes this possible following its creation of a hologram projector chip for smartphones with two versions rolling out in 2015 or 2016. The cost of the chipset is estimated at $30. I got this from this site. Samsung’s CEO Kwon Oh-hyun spoke about the future of its mobile phones. What can we look forward to? Well, the recently introduced Samsung Galaxy Round is just the beginning, as the curved phone will be joined by flexible and foldable hardware in the future. According to SammyHub.com, the first bendable phones will come in mid-2014, with foldable devices nearer the end of 2015. 

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Follow us: @digitaltrends on Twitter | digitaltrendsftw on Facebook. I got this from this site. The biggest names in electronics manufacturing have signed on to integrate "kill switch" tech into their new handsets.

As of July 2015, models built for retail sale in the U.S. will offer a baseline anti-theft tool which can render the device inoperable if lost or stolen.

Apple, AT&T, Google, HTC, Motorola, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon have already signed on to participate in a voluntary program from CTIA, the wireless industry trade group. Starting next summer, new smartphones will come preloaded with (or offer the option to download) the so-called "kill switch" function.

Left your Android device at the club? Had your iPhone swiped while waiting on the subway platform? Users will be able to remotely wipe all personal data—contacts, photos, emails—and render the smartphone inoperable to unauthorized users, a.k.a. anyone who doesn't know your password. I got this from this site.