BlackBerry, which has persisted in selling smartphones with hardware keyboards, has filed a patent infringement suit against Typo Products, which makes an iPhone case with a built-in keyboard. Typo’s $99 case, which is debuting at the CES conference next week, slips around an iPhone 5 or 5S and connects to it wirelessly via Bluetooth. It …
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In a move that should help fix a key performance bottleneck in mobile devices, Samsung announced Monday it’s developed a new 8Gb DRAM memory chip for high-end phones and tablets. The chip uses a low-power DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) interface that can transmit 3.2Gbps over each of its electrical connections, twice that of today’s DDR3 memory, Samsung said. And …
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CyanogenMod, a version of Android popular among those unhappy with the operating system that came with their phones, has now been installed more than 10 million times. That’s according to the CyanogenMod statistics site, which tracks installations. CyanogenMod got its start as an enthusiast project built from Google’s Android Open Source Project — the public releases of Android’s source code, …
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Yup, the upcoming Geeksphone Revolution, a handset that’ll run either Google’s Android or Mozilla’s Firefox OS, uses an Intel processor. Specifically Geeksphone Revolution will employ a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2560 processor when it ships in the first quarter of 2014, the Spanish company said Friday. The company teased the Geeksphone Revolution in November, with one employee hinting that it had …
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Cover has released its app for retooling the Android lock screen into a useful, adaptable launch pad for apps. Cover is available on Google Play in the US, Canada, and Europe, and the startup hopes to bring it to other countries soon. Those who can’t get it through Google Play can sideload the Cover software. Cover brings a number of …
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PARIS — Ubuntu Touch has its first customer, CNET has learned. Canonical has just signed its first deal to supply a smartphone with its mobile operating system, Canonical founder and product strategy leader Mark Shuttleworth revealed in an interview here at the LeWeb conference. He wouldn’t say which company has agreed to use the Linux-based OS, but said it will …
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Maybe it’s time for Broadcom Chief Technology Officer Henry Samueli to get a little of the limelight. For years, CPU makers like Intel, IBM, and Apple got the glory in the processor industry. But as mobile and cloud computing explodes, communication chips are getting more important, and that’s the market where the company Samueli co-founded is a dominant player. Wednesday, …
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The Oppo N1, an Android phone with an unusual swiveling camera design, now has a price: $599. The Chinese phone maker announced the price on Google+ on Sunday, along with a precise date, December 10, when it’ll start taking orders. In Europe, the phone will cost 449 euros. Related stories Best Android Smartwatch for 2022 Google’s Pixel Fold Rumors: Will …
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Geeksphone, the first Firefox OS phone maker, announced on Wednesday a new high-end smartphone called the Revolution. The Spanish company didn’t disclose details such as price, features, ship date, and appearance. But judging by the wording on the Geeksphone Revolution Web page, “a creation with a powerful heart,” we can expect a faster processor than what’s in the company’s first …
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The CyanogenMod app to more easily install the open-source Android variant only lasted two weeks on Google Play. CyanogenMod developers removed the installer because Google said it violates Google Play developer terms, but the startup has hopes it’ll be restored. Cyanogen explained the installer removal in a blog post Wednesday: They advised us to voluntarily remove the application, or they …
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