We’ve tested the speed of Android 2.2 versus Android 2.1 and 1.5. Now it’s time to talk about Flash Player 10.1, the delicious chocolate sprinkles that top off the Froyo release. Adobe spokesman Ryan Stewart has blogged about some “pretty close to clean-room tests” that give a glimpse of how Flash 10.1 affects battery life. …
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Palm has tweaked the Palm Pre and launched the Palm Pre Plus. The new phone doesn’t look much different to its predecessor, except that it’s ditched the round home-screen button on the front. The biggest difference in the Palm Pre Plus is on the inside. It doubles the storage of the Palm Pre from 8GB to 16GB, and it offers …
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We’ve been using Android 2.2 Froyo for a few days now, and as much as we like the new features — automatic syncing of Picasa Web albums, take a bow — the sweetest treat is its speed. For an incremental release, this feels like a huge improvement — and Android 2.1 was no slouch. But, as the mighty Boston once …
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Like the hamster we got when we were ten, we instantly fell in love with Maemo, the Linux-based operating system on the Nokia N900. But like that hamster, Maemo is destined for a life that is brutish and short — not because of a wayward hoover nozzle (sob), but because it’s been subsumed into Nokia and Intel’s MeeGo platform, seen …
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All energy and matter, in this universe and every other, is now part of T-Mobile and Orange’s merger — if you believe the mobile company’s bombastic new name: ‘Everything Everywhere’. The company’s pursuit of total ubiquity starts on 1 July, when all 16,500 UK employees of Orange and T-Mobile will officially become minions of the new omnipresence. That is, until …
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If you’re hungry for Firefox on your Android-powered mobile phone, you can satisfy your craving right now. An early version of Firefox Mobile, also known by its codename Fennec, is now free to download. Don’t get too excited, because this is a pre-alpha release — that means it’s too buggy to even be called an alpha. The developers say it …
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We loved the massive screen and Android power of the Google Nexus One, but until now you could only get one by ordering it unlocked from Google in the US, without a contract to help ease the trauma of paying full whack. As of today though, you can order the phone from Vodafone’s Web site, with Big Red estimating delivery …
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The Samsung Monte is a touchscreen phone that hopes to tempt you with its sinuous curves, in the manner of an unemployed Sheffield steel worker, for a price that won’t force to you pawn your trombone. The Monte’s touchscreen can be filled with social-networking widgets from Facebook, Twitter and Bebo, as well as your choice of instant messaging clients. The …
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If you’ve been waiting for a BlackBerry that’s just slightly different from all existing BlackBerries, you’re in luck. Two freshly picked BlackBerry smart phones have joined the ranks of the Qwerty cuties — the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and BlackBerry Pearl 3G — and neither rock the BlackBerry boat. According to a leak reported in TheStreet.com, the Bold 9650 has a 3.2-megapixel …
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Are you stuck under an ash cloud in Europe, with nothing but your iPhone to keep you company? Lonely Planet wants to take you out for some fun times, by knocking down its city guides to the low, low price of free. Apps for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Istanbul, London, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Rome, Stockholm and Vienna are all …
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