Entries tagged with “cell phones and disease” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

As much as we love the services cell phones and wireless services provide, we like to listen to warnings from scientists.  The Environmental Working Group cautions consumers to limit their exposure to cell phones. 

They note that studies find significantly higher risks for brain and salivary gland tumors among people using cell phones for 10 years or longer.EWG has created this user-friendly interactive online guide to cell phone emissions, covering over 1,000 phones currently on the market. The new fuller featured smartphones such as the myTouch 3G and BlackBerry Bold have higher radiation.

Samsung Juke SCH-U470 rated 3 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News Review of Reviews.

Although the Samsung Juke SCH-U470 (Verizon) has not been reviewed by many grammatically correct sources yet, it has been referred to as “sexy” for design, called the “funnest music phone” and a better music player than a phone. One reviewer called the Juke “a Star Trek Communicator with a fashion twist,” due to its GPS capabilites. The Juke has more of an MP3 player look and a very small screen, described as “too small for the Web.”

Problems pointed out in the reviews are that the Juke lacks 3G or V Cast support and it doesn’t have an expandable memory slot.

Which leads us to wonder “Should we rate the Juke as a phone or as a music player?” Surely, the new iPod Shuffle is smaller, cheaper and cuter and the iPod Touch is sexier. Therefore, until we find reviewers who rave about the phone aspects of the Juke, we will have to rate it 3 out of 5 as a phone. If however, you really want a music player and don’t have one yet, and need a new phone the $99 price after rebate with a two year contract may be a good deal for you.