February 2015 cell phone news

News Flip Phones Making Strong Comeback in Japan

Japan's flip phone shipments rose 5.7% to 10.58 million in 2014, the first increase in seven years, against the global smartphone trend.

News World’s First Hands-Free Smartphone Hits the Market

Sesame Enable shipped the first fully hands-free phone, using front-camera head tracking so people with spinal injuries or ALS can operate it.

News Kill Switches Drastically Cut Smartphone Theft

Phone theft fell by half in London, 40% in San Francisco and 25% in New York in the year after kill switches became standard.

News Washington Proposes Bill to Ban Smartphone Usage While Driving

Washington, the first state to ban texting behind the wheel, proposed extending the law to any handheld phone use in a moving car.

Archive Windows 10 Phone Could Be Released Later This Year

Microsoft's Terry Myerson said a flagship Windows 10 phone would arrive later in 2015, with Mobile World Congress and Build as the likely stages.

Archive One-Third of Americans Would Give Up Sex, Not Cell Phone

Boston Consulting Group found nearly a third of Americans would give up sex for a year before giving up their phone, and 55% would give up restaurants.

Archive By 2020, 90% of People over Six Will Have Mobile Phones

Ericsson projected 9.5 billion mobile subscriptions by 2020, 6.1 billion of them smartphones, with phones passing basic handsets by 2016.

News Weekly Cell Phone News in Review–February 2, 2015

The week of February 2, 2015: Google and Cablevision take aim at the carrier business model, the FCC moves to auto-locate 911 callers, and T-Mobile drops credit checks.