To kill switch or not to kill switch? That is the question! by Derek D. Rosario

To kill switch or not to kill switch- that is the question! 

Kill switch feature for smartphones are being fiercely opposed by major U.S. wireless carriers! Why? 

Would you like a kill switch feature on your phone in case it gets stolen? That means if your beloved phone gets stolen, you can disable your device and render the phone completely useless, oh the sweet revenge, right?  Might as well put a Fisher Price label on it! Ha!

But wait, hold up? Now they might kill the kill switch feature??? Who's "they"? "They" would be the major U.S. wireless carriers who wouldn't be able to profit off of having such a feature on smartphones!

Ok, so now you're probably wondering:

"Well, why would they NOT want this feature if it will protect the person's smartphone from getting stolen, or at least diminishing the chance it could get stolen?"

Apparently some have allegedly said that "the feature could be exploited by hackers" & also that it "can't be undone". But is this true? Hmmm. Others, however, say that this is motivated by sheer profit! How? Well, wouldn't they lose out on money for Insurance plans? Or how about reactivation of resold phones and sales of replacement phones? Of course it probably wouldn't stop the carriers from using it themselves once your contract expires! Besides, if you wanted to sell your phone to ANYONE it should be to www.sell.rebootcharity.org so proceeds can go to charity and not to fund anymore corporate pockets!

Apple phones v.s. Android phones

While Android phones want none of that, Apple, however, is able to add the feature without carrier approval since they control all their devices and hardware to the operating systems! After all, they DID just include a kill switch option called "Activation Lock" to their iPhones and iPads with the release of iOS7. Thank goodness since half of the staff here at Reboot Charity have Apple iPhones!

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What do YOU think?

So what's your take on it? Do you think the phone carriers should "kill the kill switch"? Would you feel safer knowing if your smartphone ever got stolen (*shudder) that you could just use the kill switch feature and make sure all of your data is protected? I'm going to have to go on yes to that one, personally.

Derek D. Rosario
Reboot Charity


  
                           
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iPhone 5s, the fastest smartphone yet ?

According to benchmark testing the new iPhone 5s is the fastest smartphone ever.

The new 64-bit A7 (SoC), which features a dual core processor, is pretty impressive indeed.

Apple’s official claims were that the iPhone 5s delivers twice the CPU and graphics performance of the previous model and independent tests seem to verify that claim.  It was also confirmed that the device is about twice as fast as its predecessor. The new iPhone is also 50% faster than… sorry Samsung fans, the fourth generation Galaxy S smartphone, the Galaxy S4.

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The iPhone 5s took first place in the Geekbench performance test according to Which? Magazine. Researchers independently tested the processing speeds of Apple, Samsung, HTC and LG. The new iPhone 5s is fastest in how fast it can open apps, play videos and games multitask and more. Runner up was LG’s G2 and the Galaxy S4 in third.

The new iPhone uses a dual-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz, rather than the quad-core processors inside rival devices, but the test shows more cores do not always mean better performance.

Written by Brian Burke

Reboot Charity is a non-profit organization based in West Palm Beach, Fl. that is helping to reduce the amount of "e-Waste" going into our environment. 

Learn more at www.RebootCharity.org 

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