RIM has bought The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a user-interface design company that’s responsible for some downright kerr-azy mobile phone interfaces. TAT interfaces are used in mobile devices and in-car systems, but we love their out of the box concept designs. For example, TAT designed a UI for the Synaptics Fuse, a concept phone that has …
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Google Reader, the uber-searcher’s RSS reader, now has an official app for Android phones. There were already plenty of apps available on the Android Market that connected with Google Reader to grab your feeds, but it’s always nice to see an official app that can serve things up simply and reliably. The app syncs with your Google Reader account to …
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The ChevronWP7 tool that allowed people to unlock Windows Phone 7 phones has been withdrawn by the developers after Microsoft got in touch with a compromise over homebrew apps. Microsoft “has agreed to engage in further discussions with us about officially facilitating homebrew development on WP7,” the ChevronWP7 developers wrote on their blog. “To fast-track discussions, we are discontinuing the …
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Android 2.3 Gingerbread has been leaked on video, showing a glimpse of a redesigned, green-tinged user interface. The video, from Google’s Hong Kong-based YouTube account, has since been removed — but happily, the Android Police blog points us to another YouTube copy, which you can see below. Since we’re waiting on tenterhooks to bask in the sweet smell of freshly …
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Despite some initial bugs, the Samsung Galaxy S is a fantastic smart phone, especially since its recent update. So why not show it some love with a heap of great accessories? Although you won’t have the choice of swag you do with the iPhone, at least Samsung tends to put out some very cool official merch, from cases to cables. …
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Dig out the white USB cables, Apple fans — the iOS 4.2.1 update for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch drops in your iTunes today. The update brings a whole heap of features that were already on the iPhone to the iPad, including marvellous multitasking. In our hands-on review of iOS 4.2 on the iPad, we thought being able to switch between …
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iPhone 3G owners have been suffering since the iOS 4.0 update, which made the phone brain-meltingly slow. The pain continued with iOS 4.1, but now iOS 4.2 is finally here, and there’s a wee chink of light at the end of the tunnel. The iOS 4.2 update does bump up the speed of the iPhone 3G, according to our tests. You …
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The HTC Desire HD and the iPhone 4, like Mega Shark and Giant Octopus, are locked into a battle to the death for the crown of king of smart phones. They both boast HD video recording, but which one slaps the handycam in a virtual high-five of creativity? The iPhone 4 records 720p video up to 30 frames per second. …
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Despite sporting the latest 2.0 version of Palm’s webOS software, the Palm Pre 2 could beat the Sinclair X-1 to the title of this month’s least-wanted sequel. The Pre 2 has been met with withering indifference by British networks, failing to make it on to a single carrier so far. Statements from all the major UK networks indicate that it’s a No and …
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A Nobel prize-winning physicist says that graphene, the exotic material that won him the top science gong, could end up on touchscreen phones as early as next year. Last month, the Nobel prize in physics went to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselo, of Manchester University, for coming up with graphene, a one-atom-thick transparent sheet of carbon. Graphene is more conductive …
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