smartphone versus feature phone. smartphones now overtaking them. what is the significance of this development? >> the really big thing here is that people's mobile computing needs are really changing. people want computing needs on the go, so they are looking for pc functionality within a smartphone or tablet. that is why you're seeing smartphones overtakes feature phones right now. >> we know that has had a big impact on the pc market, with pc sales something -- tumbling quarter after quarter. our feature phones on their way to becoming obsolete? >> they're not going to be obsolete anytime soon, but they are on the decline. people really want more functionality on their phones. they can go on the internet, check e-mails, sports, stocks, what have you. they can even change the lights in their home from a smartphone. that is what they really want right now. >> who is still in the market for regular phones? >> people in underdeveloped countries, africa, parts of asia, even in america, people who either do not see the need for a smartphone or have not

there is even much more to do with the smartphone. just to give you one example, the less you have to pull the phone out of your purse or pocket and the less you have to hit icons and buttons, no matter how ingeniously designed they and the more convenient kind of natural the process will seem. so, there is a lot of orc going on in voice recognition, in what are called wearables. google class is a good example -- google glass is a good example. smart things you wear on your wrist. i am not talking about the fitness meters that are out there. significantly beyond that. they would tie back into the cell phone, the smartphone sitting in your pocket or purse and allow you to do a bunch of things. also, just sitting on the smartphone for a minute, giving it more capabilities and more intelligence in a way that is easier to use. picking a smartphone that is aware to some extent, not in a human sense, but aware of its surroundings, aware of what is going on. today, for instance, motorola which is now owned by google is announcing a new smart

a situation where some apps require a trade in of your smartphones g.p.s. location and more in order to be able to work for more on that the residence laurie harnessed. so you with the smartphone in your hands tweeting about how you hate the n.s.a. put down that new lie the one we're all addicted to for just a second because our smartphones are turning into big brother machines war and more every day looks like the next i phone is going to have fingerprints recognition in it the new i o. west seven operating software has references to a fingerprint scanner in it which would be able to read your thumb friends whenever you touch the i phone that could be used to prevent other people from using your phone to accept payments without having to type in a password that kind of thing so essentially apple will be booking you just like the cops do when you get arrested only in this case your volunteer e to be fingerprinted samsung galaxy s three had facial recognition built into it allowing you to i'm not the phone just by letting the phone look at you of virtual vol

plus: google unveils a new smartphone. a look at the moto-x. now for today's market update.e start on wall street. stock are back at record highs after better economic news sent the market sharply higher. numbers. the nasdaq composite rose 49 points. and the s-and-p 500 gained 21 points. closing above 17- hundred points for the first time. after lackluster results other companies, google is motorola mobility, which is owned by google, introduced a smartphone today.the "moto-x". the phone has standard smartphone features as well as the ability to control voice of its owner andthe department of southwest airlines 200- promoted fares for 100- have enough seats it's great having at&t u-verse high speed internet. walter likes to download fix-it videos... and watch "boardwalk empire." it helps sam with math... [ beeping ] ...and online gaming. and suze loves her smartphone for "social" studies... like video-chatting with sara. hi, ms. kelly. hi, sara. [ male announcer ] call to get the fastest internet for the price -- $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. on

. >> a new smartphone app and plug-in device could turn your phone in to a bio- sensor. a series of lenses and filters in the plug-in device mirror those found in larger, more expensive laboratory units. when pluged in to a smartphone then app can detect toxins and bacteria, spot water contamination and identify allergens in food like peanuts. the handheld biosensor was developed by researchers at

smartphone may be out of sight or in your pocket. i personally believe apple is working on this and not just apple but other people working on it. which will be something you wear on your wrist which does a lot more than tell the time. it would give you -- some have already brought them out but they are pretty crude. if you have something sophisticated that could deal with your e-mail and text and would've come a long way with voice recognition, it can let you do a lot of stuff without looking at your smart phone. i would not call it a post- smartphone world because it will be getting all of that connectivity from the internet and all of that rich stuff messaging and maps and navigation and whatever else it might do on your wrist, it will be getting all of that from your phone. it still needs your phone. it might be in eight or 10 years, technology you may not need the phone. it will be a post-smartphone world. not now. is there such a thing as too much technology? are you worried about any of the transit you are seeing? >> i think y

your smartphone into a portable karaoke machine. ♪ one way or another i'm going to find you ♪ ♪ i'm>> a pop-up karaoke bar. >> yes. >> entertainment on your smartphone. >> love it. >> tell us more how this works. we'll bring in our karaoke expert. >> karaoke legend. >> yeah. >> from what i've heard. >> zack. >> hey, zack. >> how exactly does this work? >> what happens is, it's a bluetooth microphone, bluetooth receiver and app on your ios or android. >> you sing into the microphone and then that comes out of the speaks are? >> exactly. great thing about it all songs are free. you stream them through video sites like youtube, others, you don't have to pay for all of the songs. >> not something you can buy at your local store, this is a connect starter project. >> is it a kick starter project. it will cost around $140. >> what else do you have? if a game that can entertain you. it's paper dude zr. an homage to -- >> play paper boy. >> using a riff to connect and a kick r together at once to make a virtual reality game. what happens, you can see what he's wearing on his head, visual re

and even save on our tablet and smartphone data usage. plus it's fast. and reliable.t's totally affordable. that's what i said. i know. yep. [ male announcer ] connect all your devices and even save on your tablet and smartphone data usage at home. so call now to get u-verse high speed internet, just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. and for no extra charge, i get access to over 30,000 wi-fi hot spots. so i can stay connected when i'm out... running errands. she's a regular. ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t customers say u-verse high speed internet is more reliable than cable. so call at&t now to get u-verse high speed internet, just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. now i can do the things i want to do, like e-mail my mother-in-law. or check celebrity gossip. ♪ [ male announcer ] with our newly expanded advanced digital network... thank you, daddy. thanks, dad. [ male announcer ] ...you get more connectivity, reliability, and speed options... you're welcome. [ male announcer ] ...to bring it all together. ♪ we are trac

>>big changes could be ahead for struggling smartphone maker blackberry. be a thing of the past? kron4's financial expert and losers on wall street -- next. new tonight at six. problems near disneyworld. we will be back after the break on kron 4 news weekend week. [ male announcer ] at montrose pet hospital, anarchy meets order. working with at&t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their business. so they can run the office... even when they're not in the office. where do you want to take your business? call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what you do... even better. ♪ 0 to 60? or 60 to 0? [ tires screech ] how a car performs in a quarter-mile? [ engine revs ] or a quarter-century? is performance about the joy of driving? or the importance... of surviving. to us, performance is not about doing one thing well. it is about doing everything well. because in the end... everything matters. the best or nothing. that is what drives us. now for today's market update. stocks are closin

old i-phones hold their worth better than any other smartphone on the market.that apple could announce a new version of its smartphone on september tenth. and just before any big values generally plunge about 15-20-percent. sites are offering upwards phone 5 in good condition. a 20-percent reduction means that same i-phone would go for 240-dollars. so consumers are trying to cash in now. the website 'gazelle' got one i-phone every five seconds last week. the previous week. it's great having at&t u-verse high speed internet. walter likes to download fix-it videos... and watch "boardwalk empire." it helps sam with his math... [ beeping ] ...and online gaming. and suze loves her smartphone for "social" studies... like video-chatting with sara. hi, ms. kelly. hi, sara. [ male announcer ] call at&t now to get the fastest internet for the price -- just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. on our newly expanded advanced digital network, you get more connectivity, more reliability and more speed options. and with at&t u-verse high speed interne

>> reporter: smartphone robberies have surged in the city. in many cases, students are the victims. >> people look at these kids as potential targets. and that is sad. >> reporter: the principal says teens can easily be distracted by their devices. >> there's a lot that kind of catches their attention. sometimes it is challenging to get them to look up, and be aware. >> reporter: the principal here says usually his students have their smartphones stolen during the trip to or from school. targeted by thieves, as they ride on muni, or other public transportation. >> they're very vulnerable. >> reporter: he told me he's seen kids as young as 6 attacked for their smartphones. part of why he's doing outreach in schools, and pressuring phone manufactures for a so- called kill switch, that can disable stolen devices and deture theft. >> this is one of those areas where you're dealing with crime, where you can actually fix the problem with technology. >> reporter: but a high-tech solution may take time. >> be aware. don't fixate yourself totally on t

>> reporter: smartphone robberies have surged in the city. in many cases, students are the victims. >> people look at these kids as potential targets. and that is sad. >> reporter: the principal says teens can easily be distracted by their devices. >> there's a lot that kind of catches their attention. sometimes it is challenging to get them to look up, and be aware. >> reporter: the principal here says usually his students have their smartphones stolen during the trip to or from school. targeted by thieves, as they ride on muni, or other public transportation. >> they're very vulnerable. >> reporter: he told me he's seen kids as young as 6 attacked for their smartphones. part of why he's doing outreach in schools, and pressuring phone manufactures for a so- called kill switch, that can disable stolen devices and deture theft. >> this is one of those areas where you're dealing with crime, where you can actually fix the problem with technology. >> reporter: but a high-tech solution may take time. >> be aware. don't fixate yourself totally on t

another problem with smartphones is how frequently we use them. been a 35% increase in nearsightedness since smartphones launched. >> one-third of all people who end up in the er in one city was were drinking alcohol. urq)ss studied patients in baltimore as part of a pilot study. 15% of those patients with alcohol in their systems has been drinking budweiser. there's a less popular brand that turns up almost as frequently. 14.7% has been drinking steel malt liquor. the researchers hope the expand the study in other large cities. >>> went out for a dinner break tonight, it was down right sultry. >> the tropical moves from southern california towards the bay area. it's not quite here yet. we have noticed the clouds streaming in across the bay area this evening. some of those high and mid level clouds just moving on in. we have the low cloudiness right near the coast and moving to the golden gate bridge. here's the low counterclockwise spin. right now, it is to the west of us. this is going to retro grade back towards the west and move right over the

on the consumerwatch, sue kwon wite latest in the smartphone wa. >>> apple's iphone is the smartphoneoto x might be the one to do it. on the consumerwatch, sue kwon with the latest in the smartphone wars. sue. >> reporter: liz, here at best buy, apple and samsung are the two most popular phones. but the moto x is coming out for $200, google's entry here. the question is, is it enough with all of its features to unseat the iphone? when it comes to smartphones -- >> but i'm a very comfortable -- >> can't wait to see the s3. >> would you switch? >> no. >> i don't even know -- let's see -- i do use it. it's a t-mobile. >> reporter: getting users to switch takes a gadget that can grab attention. >> i use an i.five and my last was an iphone 4. i would definitely consider switching, yeah. i saw reviews of the moto x. >> reporter: a year after google bought motorola, the moto x is born and this android baby has never-before-seen features. our rhonda rodriguez with pc world is among the first to test drive it. it doesn't look like much, but the phone is always listening. no need to hold down a

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so they have a smartphone that doesn't do anything.ssentially, they have invented a rectangle that you have to charge once in a while. they released photographs of kim jong un touring what they claim is the factory where the phones were built. you see there he is following his father's tradition of visiting places and looking at things. the workers in the funny blue lunch lady outfits are fantastic. they're either making cell phones or meatloaf. i'm not sure. what do you think the guy on the far left is weighing there? he's got -- is that sugar? there's one more. everyone has a little notepad and is taking notes. and then kim jong-un will spend the rest of the day at home, staring at his new phone, waiting for dennis rodman to call. and you know, what north korea may have to pretend they make smartphones but they make pickled cabbage like nobody's business. and that's -- you can't eat a smartphone. [ applause ] thank you. they'll be thrilled. some park rangers here in california made a surprising discovery in topanga state park, which

and that's -- you can't eat a smartphone. [ applause ] thank you. they'll be thrilled. some park rangers here in california made a surprising discovery in topanga state park, which is not -- it's right here in the middle of l.a. they found a huge pot farm. they found a farm that was split into seven plots on which someone grew 5,000 pounds of marijuana. that's just some of it. authorities loaded the pot into trucks and drove it to a willie nelson concert to be incinerated. and now no one will ever smoke pot in california again. you know, they assume this pot was grown by humans. but i wouldn't rule out bears, because -- well, think about it. they sleep three months out of the year. they're lazy. all you ever see them doing is rummaging through the trash trying to find food. and their leader's name is smokey. as far as i'm concerned, that is case closed. [ applause ] the ranger who i guess discovered the farm made a statement this morning. he gave some details. it really is amazing people grow this out in the open and it can go undiscovered for so long. >> i can confirm

the new thing in smartphone security.button will be scratched in favor of the sensor. several reports say phone owners will be able to use the sensor to get into the new i-phone 5-s, scrapping the 4-digit pin number used now. apple is set to announce the new i-phone 5-s and new i-pad at an event september 10th. (male announcer): now, here's stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. >> for the average person to cross the street it should not be this difficult but unfortunetly it is ... >> oh oh oh got a live one >> it happens so often that the castro valley office of the california highway patrol is cracking down on drivers not yielding to pedestrians because it's just that bad this driver rolled through the crosswalk while four people were still in it which is an all to common issue so the driver will have a chat with the officer. >> sir the reason i stopped you is that when the pedestrians are crossing you have to wait to continue until they have made it all the sidewalk or the center divide and your registration

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you can't eat a smartphone. they will be thrilled.e park rangers made a surprising discovery in topanga park. it is right here in california. they found a plot on which someone grew 500,000 pounds of marijuana. that is just some of it. authorities drove it to a willy nelson concert to be burned up. now nobody will smoke pot there again. they assume this pot was grown by humans. but i wouldn't rule out bears, think about it. they sleep three months out of the year, all you ever see them doing is rummaging through the trash, trying to find food. and their leader's name is smoky. as far as i'm concerned, that is case closed. the ranger who i guess discovered the farm made a statement and gave some details. it really is amazing people grow this out in the open and it can go undiscovered for so long. >> i can confirm that park rangers have seized and estimated 5,000 pounds of illegally grown marijuana in topanga in the state park. they are fully grown plants. we can report that the damage to the eco-park system is significant. and that the

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or sell off its struggling smartphone business. be too early, analysts at s&p capital iq expect management to wait until the company is further along in its turnaround strategy. blackberry says it's in part two of its three-part turnaround. its overall goal, being a leader in the mobile computing space. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. priceline is seeing a big bang today. the stock is soaring toward $1,000 a share. we'll tell you if it's time now to name your stock price. >>> and then, if your version of paradise comes with a good burger, then shake shack is your nirvana. coming up, the brains behind the fast-food sen investigation and how the restaurant philosophy is helping other businesses. we've got shake shack in the house coming next. stay with us. ♪ scheesbucheeseburger in parad♪ d every step of the process, making it easier to try filters and strategies... to get a list of equity options... evaluate them with our p&l calculator... and execute faster with our more intuitive trade ticket. i'm greg stevens, and

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i don't know if there's room for four big mass markets in the smartphone makers. >> as i said in my opening remarks, i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. snowden made these leaks. >> let's talk about some of these stories. some of them were big. look at blackberry shares, they finished the day 5%. they were up as 10% on this notion it could be taken private. it's a pretty big company, though, to be taken private. >> that's why you get into some of the shorts. the problem with blackberry, i've fallen prey to this, more bad bottoms than a kardashian fami family -- >> oh. take them all down. >> i thought the realtime scoop that scott had on the air, and i was on set that day, we were watching the stock just rocket

stock going higher. >> i think the smartphone market is really challenged.the technology i don't like. we are definitely seeing a deceleration in the high end smartphone market. and you are seeing a shift to the low end. and we have heard that from htc, samsung, several semiconductor companies and the foundries are cancelling orders and there is a clear trend. i don't think it is temporary as you suggest. i think it is more competition in general and saturation issue. i think that's going to have a big problem on their operating margins. they have already fallen 250 basis points from the mid-20s to upper betweens if you will and longer term the royalty revenue stream and longer term the royalty revenue stream, a third of their total revenues, actually is going to decline as they sell more of these units in developing markets versus developed, again, more pressure. >> i think the street has gotten comfortable there will be a mix shift between high end and low end and i think frankly it is a bigger pie. we could la meant the fact that there is going to be a lo

. >>> chances are you first heard about this amber alert through your smartphone. scott mcgrew takens a closer look at how that works. >> reporter: marla, it was a surprise to many of us because this is the first time we have ever seen the wireless emergency alert, or wea, in california. so, you heard an odd tone from your phone and then you got a message, probably looked a bit like this one. here's some other example of emergency messages. let me say now if you are just glancing at the screen, these are alerts but just examples, you do not need to take shelter. now, it is not a text message or an iphone notification. it's not nixl, which some police agencies and college campuses use it's a special government-created message. the wireless emergency alert system was created by fema in cooperation with wireless providers and when a special signal is sent out, all smartphones within the range of designated cell phone towers respond. you're not being tracked, just within range t can also set off phones by area code. now, you can turn the amber alert off, the setting is

though there's been a tremendous pickup, that it's not necessarily a result of smartphones?t's right. i mean, by the way, i think it's very much an open question if smartphone sales have peaked. you had a great debate on that during your "power lunch." >> and i raised the issue, because qualcomm was downgraded today in part for that very reason. >> well, and there was a very good debate over "power lunch" on exactly whether or not that is the case. what we do know for sure is mobile communications is just at its infancy, from connected homes to cars to the internet of things, we see mobile communications growing. and we see that as a very, very good demand driver for the semiconductor industry. >> where are we, brian, in the semiconductor cycle? because a lot of -- scott's talking about the qualcomm, and there have been a lot of people out there asking whether we've turned. there's been concern on the macro level about the slowdown in cap ex that we're seeing. and people pointing even to this survey saying despite the encouraging year-on-year gains, we're seeing signs we're

motorola mobility, which is owned by google, introduced a smartphone today.the "moto-x".features as well as the ability to control the phone by talking to it. the phone can learn voice of its owner and respond only to it. tiger woods is gearing up for next week's p-g-a championship by playing the bridgestone invitational. gary will show you how he finished the first round -- later in sports. anthony weiner just can't get away from his moniker of "carlos danger." we'll explain -- coming up next. break five >> temperatures will be warmer to marleau. >> to virtus will be warmer to marleau >> to the tourist tomorrow will be much warmer. >> will be back after the break on kron 4 news. >> will be back after the break on kron 4 news. we're new to town.ells. welcome to monroe. so you can move more effortlessly... we want to open a new account: checking and savings. well we can help with that. we tend to do a lot of banking online. you play? yeah discover a mobile app that lets you bank more freely... and feel at home more quickly. chase. so you can. some inquiring minds want to k

-somethings at your office may be costing your company and the economy big time and the hottest smartphone company in the world right now might just be a name that you certainly would not expect. and just now george clooney, that handsome fellow right there, slamming a very well-known hedge fund manager in the form of dan loeb. hear what george clooney had to say. bring you the headlines, just an excuse to show george clooney for all the ladies out there. hi, everybody, mandy is back on monday. the dow jones industrial average on this jobs friday not doing a big move here. look at that. we're down 13 points. the nasdaq is up. the nasdaq has become the story, folks. it is up nearly 2% this week alone. it is now up 22% this year, incredible run for tech. let's get right now to the trading floor. bob and rick. bob, today not a big move for the dow, but once again it's a week where we're shrugging off anything and everything and we're moving higher. what's going on? >> yeah, they are ready to guild the lily, disappointing report. whisper comments on the floor, all around, 200, 225, 162, a disa

smartphones may be destroying our eyesight.london says problems soared since 1997 when smartphones were introduced. he claims that excessive screen watching is putting young people at risk of permanently damaging their eyes calling it screen-sightedness. research in the u.s. shows it can damage vision. now you're caught up

another problem with smartphones is how frequently we use them.researchers say there's been a 35% increase in nearsightedness since smartphones launched in 1997. >>> it has already been a rough fire season, and it could be getting much worse. next at 5:00 a.m., the fire warning going out to all of us this morning. >>> also, speaking out. what the man considered a person of interest in the murder of an oakland woman is revealing about their relationship. >>> and here we go again. the new possibility of a transit strike facing east bay commuters this morning. stay with us. we're coming right back. >>> good morning. 5:00 a.m. on this monday. and we welcome you, the alarm clock went off much too early today. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. kristen sze is off. >> mike nicco is here with a look at the forecast which includes fire dangers. >> yes. why don't you get ama some coffee -- yeah, never mind. we do have a high fire danger, but not right now. we're looking at a few radar returns, maybe some sprinkles heading towards berkeley. they're so small.

. >> you have a smartphone. when did you decide to buy a smartphone, even though you know two years from now the next generation is much better. >> in stanford, abc7 news. >> the perseid meteor shower is underway. they will streak across the skies from tonight through tuesday. tonight's event they said could look brighter than usual because of the new moon and they say the best time begins at 11:10 tonight. will the weather cooperate so we can see it, lisa? >> we are definitely going to have the green layer back but it won't be as quick or widespread as we've had in the weeks past. it has been a cool couple of weeks. changes are beginning today that i think you will actually feel. in fact yesterday we had a couple of low 80s inland, and that was forecasted with the low clouds and fog hanging back toward the coast. but even temporarily a little bit of clearing. today we are looking at that deck of low clouds just under 2,000 feet. here's a look from our roof camera where temperatures are in the 50s. it's cool san

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