In opening up its Android operating system, Google ensured one thing: that handset-makers would have the room they needed to dress up Google’s little green OS however they please. With S Beam on the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung took a good feature, Android Beam, and made it great. For the uninitiated, Android Beam uses …
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Windows Phone 8, the successor to its Windows Phone 7.5 Mango mobile operating system, will ship on handsets starting this fall, according to Microsoft. Windows Phone 8, code-named Apollo, will feature support for multicore processors, NFC with a mobile payments wallet, and support for three screen resolutions and microSD card slots. Furthermore, the next Windows Phone OS will share a …
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Last month, Sprint introduced a new app for its customers that combines two suites of protective controls. Now Sprint Guardian is ready for launch. Mobile security company Lookout powers the Mobile Security apps, while Safely handles the Family Safety app, a bundle of Sprint Family Locator, parental controls, and an app you can use to monitor texting while driving. Both …
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Samsung’s goal for the Samsung Galaxy S III is clear: set in more hands around the world than any other phone. The electronics giant knows you can’t do that without a favorable price tag and handsets on almost every carrier. More importantly, Samsung understands that it can only reach great heights with a smartphone worthy of the hype. Related stories …
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Microsoft just pulled the wraps off its first tablet effort last night, and tomorrow, a different arm of the software giant could be preparing to do the same with Windows Phone. A month ago, the above invitation arrived for a developers summit here in San Francisco. This time, Redmond has been able to keep a fairly tight lid on its …
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The Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) and its 8-megapixel camera is coming out soon on five U.S. carriers, and you know what that means. That’s right, boys and girls, it’s time for another photo shoot-out! This time, the S3 takes on the HTC One X, and iPhone 4S for a test of the best. This shootout is all about the …
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commentary Raise your hand if you know what Symbian is. Now keep it raised if you ever expected to see another phone running Nokia’s mostly defunct OS in the U.S. It may be “popular demand” that’s bringing the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone to the U.S. by way of Amazon, but it sure as shooting isn’t because of its operating system. …
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If you have extra cash in your pocket, Nokia and Amazon are ready to bring your Nokia 808 PureView jealousy to an end. Today, Nokia announced that it will sell the Symbian OS phone, famous for its jaw-dropping 41-megapixel camera, via Amazon to U.S. customers. It’ll cost you $699.99 for the unlocked handset, in addition to the cost of a …
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Samsung’s free TecTile app can program NFC stickers. Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET Samsung may present its new TecTiles near-field communications (NFC) stickers-and-app combo as a campaign for consumers to do more with their phones, but in the long run, Samsung hopes for much more. The electronics-maker told CNET that TecTiles should ultimately help serve Samsung its slice of the mobile …
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Samsung It’s clear that Samsung wants its flagshipSamsung Galaxy S IIIto be ubiquitous. In addition to selling it on Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and U.S. Cellular in the upcoming weeks, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich phone will also sell on C Spire Wireless, formerly Cellular South. Today, the regional carrier announced the Galaxy S III as its debut handset …
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