Startup Uses Radiation Fear To Map Cellphone Coverage

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday February 6, 2013 @10:05AM from the might-as-well-put-it-to-good-use dept.

judgecorp writes "Fears that mobile phones cause cancer have never had strong backing from scientific research, but Israeli startup Tawkon is using those fears for an interesting business model. Its free app (banned from Apple's App Store, but on Android, BlackBerry and unlocked iPhones) tracks how much radiation your phone is emitting. This lets concerned users hold their phones away from their heads or whatever — but it also gives Tawkon a useful map of cellphone coverage around the world, which is the real asset it is monetizing — for the benefit of everyone, it says."

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Re:Jailbreak vs Unlock by gnasher719 · 2013-02-06 10:34 · Score: 4, Funny

The summary should say "jailbroken iPhones" instead of "unlocked iPhones". Jailbreaking allows unauthorized apps, unlocking allows SIM freedom.
If you want to be guaranteed radiation free, you could by a broken iPhone instead of a jailbroken one. Just remove the battery, and you can hold it to year head and talk into it as much as you like.

You'll have to talk a bit louder so that the person you are calling hears you.