Phone Wars

Everywhere one goes, phone companies are vying for our business. Android powered smartphones are gaining, RIM technology is declining.

Phone wars can also now be taken literally. “The idea is that the GhostRider’s crypto can allow secure phone calls and text messages; transmitted over the Army’s data net works, anywhere out in a war zone. A tap-and-hold of the smart phone’s touchscreen turns the phone display red, to signal that the security features are engaged. Send another GhostRider user a secure text, and she’ll be asked to enter a passcode before her phone can receive and decipher it. Its security standards have been certified by the crypto experts at the National Security Agency, ITT tells any visitor to its AUSA pavilion…” http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/begun-these-army-phone-wars-have/

But as valuable and versatile as cellphones are; are there different safety risks associated with cell phones? There is a lot of evidence out there that cell phones are dangerous.

This is the typical hype, but clearly we do not care since there are 5.9 billion mobile subscribers, which amounts to 87% of the world population. http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats#subscribers