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Apr 24, 2013
How Long Will the Phone Ring?
We wondered if the phenomena of letting your phone ring for extended periods of time before answering was culturally/geographically based, so we did some digging.
Apr 4, 2013
Radiation Info For New HTC First "Facebook Phone" Leaked
On Thursday April 4th Facebook will be making a huge announcement. Will we finally get to see the long rumored "Facebook Phone"?
All signs are pointing to yes.
All signs are pointing to yes.
Apr 1, 2013
FCC To Review Mobile Radiation Standards
We recognize that a great deal of scientific research has been completed in recent years and new research is currently underway, warranting a comprehensive examination of this and any other relevant information.
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Mar 24, 2013
Is Samsung Taking the Next Step in mHealth?
Samsung, in their infinite wisdom, embraced the “mHealth” movement by equipping its new phone, the Samsung Galaxy S4
Mar 13, 2013
Samsung Galaxy S4 Radiation Level Revealed
The official documents from the FCC have recently been made public. After doing some digging, we were able to find the SAR of the brand new Samsung Galaxy S4.
Mar 7, 2013
Top Samsung Phones and Their SAR (Radiation)
There have been plenty of articles about the various features of Samsung phones, but we wanted to give a uniquely tawkon point of view about these phones - their radiation.
Mar 7, 2013
Belgium: Health Minister Proposes Measures to Protect Children From Mobile Radiation
In Belgium, the Minister of Health proposed a series of measures to better protect children from mobile phone radiation.
Mar 6, 2013
Phone SAR Review: HTC One, Samsung Galaxy Grand, Samsung Galaxy Fame, Sony Xperia Z, Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
We decided to take a look at some of the snaziest new phones that were shown off at MWC 2013
Feb 25, 2013
tawkon Taps the Crowd for Largest Ever Network Coverage Map
Now provides mobile carriers with user experience insights in real time
Feb 18, 2013
LG Announces Optimus G Pro!
LG has finally confirmed that it will be releasing it's much anticipated 5.5 inch 1080p smartphone - The Optimus G Pro.
Feb 13, 2013
Windows Phone - Nokia Lumia 920 SAR
We have done several studies on the SAR values of various new phones, and with the great hype surronding the release Nokia Lumia 920, we decided we should include it in our list.
Feb 10, 2013
New Report on Precautionary Principle: Late lessons from early warnings
The European Environmental Agency has issued a press release reiterating the importance of the precautionary principle
Mar 4, 2013
HTC One X SAR
The One X is HTC's "Goldie Locks"; Not too big, not too small... just right.
Feb 8, 2013
3 Ways The Super Bowl Affected Peoples Phone Use
We wanted to know if Super Bowl had a significant impact on the way people used their mobile phones.
Feb 6, 2013
Review of The Telecom Council of Silicon Valley Mobile Forum
Last week I had the privilege of taking part in The Telecom Council of Silicon Valley Mobile Forum
Feb 3, 2013
Calcalist Interview: tawkon, the Retro Handset and Israeli Mobile Market
Recently Co-Founder and CEO of tawkon Gil Friedlander was interviewed for the Israeli business publication Calcalist (Hebrew).
Jan 31, 2013
Blackberry Z10 Radiation Levels (SAR)
The old Blackberry bold 9700 had an SAR value that was down right scary, coming quite close to the absolute limit set by the FCC, so we wanted to see if the Z10 faired any better:
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