Tawkon, a small Israeli start-up, announced Monday that its cell phone radiation detection application has arrived for Google Android phones. The company’s mobile application uses an algorithm that measures your specific absorption rate or SAR (See also: CNET’s Quick Guide: Cell phone radiation levels). This is the rate at which your whole body absorbs energy …

More than three years after it first came on the market, Apple’s iPhone is still one of the hottest smartphones out there. But new hardware designs and the unending software upgrades to the iPhone’s operating system, have left some iPhone subscribers scratching their heads. In this week’s Ask Maggie column I help explain to one reader why his data usage …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–As data traffic explodes on wireless networks thanks to smartphones and other connected mobile devices, 4G wireless technology is expected to solve mobile operators’ network congestion problems. But is 4G really the savior so many people expect it to be? At the Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT here this week, experts in the wireless industry warned that it will …

The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously approved new rules for the use of unlicensed white space spectrum in a move that could pave the way for more unused wireless spectrum to be released in the future. White space is unused spectrum that sits between TV channels. The 300MHz to 400MHz of unused spectrum is considered prime spectrum for offering wireless …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–Sprint Nextel has not ruled out a usage-based pricing model for its 4G wireless service, CEO Dan Hesse said Wednesday. Speaking at the Emerging Technology Conference hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology here, Hesse said the company, which offers an unlimited data plan for its 4G wireless service, may eventually need to go to a usage-based or tiered-service …

MetroPCS launched the nation’s first Long Term Evolution 4G wireless broadband network today in Las Vegas along with the first-ever commercial LTE handset. Like all MetroPCS services, the new 4G wireless broadband service is prepaid and it doesn’t require a contract. For $55 a month, users get unlimited talk, text, and data. And for an additional $5 a month, they …

A Facebook-branded smartphone isn’t as crazy as it sounds. Before you mock that conclusion (as our editor did at first), hear us out: a branded smartphone could be the social-networking king’s key to competing more aggressively with Apple and Google as the Internet heavyweights take turns competing, cooperating, and causing one another fits. Of course, Facebook has been denying reports …

You get what you pay for. At least that’s what you should expect when you’re asked to pay an additional $10 a month for a new smartphone that is supposed to get advanced network connectivity. The problem is that thousands of people who are buying Sprint Nextel’s new 4G smarpthones are paying $10 more a month for their data service, …

Samsung Electronics is expected to officially launch its new Android-based tablet PC on Thursday evening at an event in New York, likely naming three of the four major wireless operators in the United States as carrier partners. Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint Nextel had all reached agreements with Samsung to offer the …

NEW YORK–Samsung’s assault on Apple is under way, as the company unveils its plans for its new tablet PC as well as a new service that allows consumers to purchase or rent TV shows and movies on their Samsung mobile devices. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android-based tablet that will be launched in Europe in early fall and in …