When you’re in the pub, lazing on a beach or just round at a mate’s place, your lazy landline is just sitting at home with its feet up doing nothing — but with Virgin Media SmartCall and a Wi-Fi connection you can put your landline’s free minutes to work wherever you roam. Wherever you are …
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ARM, which designs processors for smartphones and tablets, has disclosed a new graphics chip design with many more processor cores than in the current generation. A future Mali-T760 graphics processing unit (GPU) — due in products in the coming years — will have up to 16 processor cores, ARM said Tuesday in a statement. By comparison, the iPhone 5S’ A7 …
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The Australian government’s Attorney-General’s Department will not confirm whether it is discussing new policies against online copyright infringement with internet service providers (ISPs). Torrent search engine Isohunt recently shut down after a US court battle. (Credit: Isohunt.com) First reported by The Australian, the new Liberal government is alleged to have contacted Australian telecommunications providers and content creators to restart previously …
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NEW YORK — When Bang & Olufsen decides to go wireless, it doesn’t mess around. The company today unveiled a trio of new wireless speaker products: the BeoLab 17 bookshelf speaker, the BeoLab 18 tower speaker, and the BeoLab 19 subwoofer. The three are the first commercial speakers to utilize the new WiSA (Wireless Speaker and Audio) standard, which opens …
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Samsung on Monday confirmed that the child-friendly Galaxy Tab 3 Kids will soon be available for purchase in the United States. The 7-inch Android powered tablet is a brightly colored, youthful spin on the current generation of Samsung Galaxy Tabs. Related stories: Meet Samsung’s new toddler-friendly Galaxy Tab Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 review Samsung said to sign three-year, $100 million …
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Since both LG and Samsung confirmed that they were producing curved-screen smartphones, we’ve had just one question: why? We’ve yet to understand any real benefit to a curved phone. The companies making them can’t even agree on which way to curve them: the LG G Flex curves on the horizontal axis and the Samsung Galaxy Round on the vertical. With …
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The BlackBerry Z30 will finally make its way to the US via Verizon Wireless, but will anyone care? Vivek Bhardwaj, BlackBerry’s head of software portfolio, confirmed to reporters in a briefing Monday that Verizon would be the “exclusive” launch partner for the Z30, which launches sometime in November for $200 and a two-year contract. Related stories Best Password Manager to …
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SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung on Monday rolled out five software development kits to make it easier for developers to create apps for its various devices. The new SDKs include one for multiscreen capabilities and another for multiscreen gaming. Samsung also streamlined its mobile SDK, released a new version of its smart TV SDK, and updated its enterprise SDK. The SDK …
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Defying both the predictions of Wall Street and a commentariat that claimed reduced demand and poor sales, Apple has posted a Q4 profit that’s ahead of expectations. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Overnight, the company reported fourth-quarter earnings of US$8.26 per share on sales of US$37.5 billion. This is up from the average analyst estimate, which forecast earnings of US$7.92 per share …
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Stand by for the best glimpse yet of the Google Nexus 10, the 10-inch tablet that has the iPad Air in its sights. With the Google Nexus 5 smart phone and new Android KitKat software expected any day now, the next Nexus 10 has reportedly shown up on Google Play. Readers of PhoneArena claim to have spotted the new Nexus 10 appearing briefly on Google Play, the …
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With the hotly anticipated Nexus 5 and Nexus 10 hogging the headlines, the Google Nexus 7 must have felt left out — but now one retailer has slashed its price by 10 per cent to tussle with the Tesco Hudl in the cut-throat budget tablet market. Despite only being in shops for just over a month, the 16GB version of the new …
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Existing Google Glass Explorers will be able to trade in their Google Glass for an updated model that can fit prescription glasses and shades. (Credit: Google) Google has been working on making its headset more accessible, with a free trade-in for the upgraded model for existing Google Glass users who purchased their Google Glass before October 28, 2013. “Explorers will …
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Nvidia has opened its Shield gaming device up to the universe of Android games, adding console support to thousands of games originally designed for touch screens. The Santa Clara, Calif., graphics chipmaker said the Shield “Gamepad Mapper” allows users to create their own custom controls for thousands of games in the Google Play store, or users can use Nvidia’s default …
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Apple’s powerful iPhone 5S is still proving more popular than the iPhone 5C, according to fresh data from number-crunchers. Apple’s multi-coloured mobile lays claim to 1.7 per cent of the total global iPhone share, according to analyst firm Localytics, which gathers data by measuring online smart phone activity. The 5S meanwhile is estimated to represent a meatier 3.8 per cent of all the iPhones …
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Motorola has announced a new initiative to help smartphone users take handset customization beyond ringtones, wallpaper, and body colors to its very form and function. The Google-owned handset company on Monday announced Project Ara, a free, open hardware platform for creating highly modular smartphones. An endoskeleton, or structural frame, holds the smartphone modules of the owner’s choice, such as a …
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