The launch of the HTC One has been stymied by a limited supply of cameras. HTC chief marketing officer Benjamin Ho confirmed the component shortage in an interview with the Wall Street Journal yesterday. “Our friends in the media have been asking why there has been a delay in shipments for the new HTC One, …
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Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has certainly made clear his feelings about the iPhone. In an interview on Finnish TV this week, Elop is repeatedly asked about the Lumia 928, which will reportedly pop up next month via Verizon. Despite the interviewer’s persistence, the jovial Nokia chief keeps dodging questions about the 928, claiming he doesn’t know anything about it because …
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Pandora has tuned up a Windows Phone 8 app that’s both free and ad-free. Available as of today in the Windows Phone store, the app offers all the standard features for Pandora listeners. You can create up to 100 different stations based on your tastes in music. You can tell Pandora what you like and don’t like by giving each …
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Could Amazon offer a high-definition Kindle Fire tablet as cheap as $99? That’s the latest rumor coming from the folks at TechCrunch. Citing no specific sources, TechCrunch said it’s “now hearing” that a $99 7-inch Kindle Fire is on the production line, with plans to ship sometime this year. Reportedly, the new device would use a TI chip and offer …
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“Am I making myself clear?” takes on a whole new meaning now that Windows Phone 8 users can chat with their Skype contacts in high-definition video. Out today, version 2.4 of Skype for Windows Phone 8 taps into the hardware acceleration in Microsoft’s mobile OS to enable high-quality video calls. Lower-end phones will deliver VGA video. But higher-end devices, such …
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Samsung and LG Electronics could find themselves in another patent squabble, this time over eye-tracking technology. Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and LG’s Optimus G Pro both will offer an eye-recognition feature that automatically reacts to the movement of the user’s eyes. The Galaxy S4 already comes built with Smart Scroll, which lets people scroll through the screen and trigger certain actions …
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Sony today unveiled two new Xperia phones for people who may find the 5-inch Experia Z and ZL too big to handle. The Xperia SP offers a super-bright 4.6-inch 720-pixel HD Reality Display. Sony’s Reality Display borrows technology from the Bravia TV lineup, which the company says enhances the brightness and picture sharpness. Courtesy of the Mobile Bravia Engine 2, …
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LG is aiming to steal some of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 thunder with a copycat billboard in Times Square. In the heart of New York City, LG has updated its traditional billboard to tout its Optimus G phone. But the billboard is a virtual duplicate of the one for the Galaxy S4. LG’s billboard is a bit larger than Samsung’s and …
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Samsung tried to conjure up a bit of Fred Astaire for its latest Galaxy S4 promotion. As the new Galaxy phone gets ready for its big debut tomorrow, the smartphone maker took to Times Square to try to wow the crowds with a dance number. Outfitted with bowler hats and black suits with the number 4 on the back, the …
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AT&T may not have the largest 4G LTE network but it has the fastest, at least according to new data from Root Metrics. Among the top four U.S. mobile carriers measured by Root Metrics, AT&T took the top spot with an average LTE-only download speed of 18.6 megabits per second and an average upload speed of 9Mbps. Its maximum download …
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