Shiny smart phones running on Intel’s Atom Medfield chips will soon be landing in our hands, promises the company’s CEO, but what form these will take remains to be seen. During a conference call with investors, Intel CEO Paul Otellini stated that the new Intel-based smart phones will be arriving as soon as this week. …
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At a time when Facebook seems to keep adding apps, curating news feeds, and pushing users to connect with as many other users as possible, Path, the blossoming social-sharing app for iOS and Android, is doing just the opposite. It’s trying to keep things small and simple. While the idea of social networking on a smaller scale may seem strange, …
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Research In Motion introduced its latest low-cost BlackBerry for developing markets in India today as it tries to keep pace with its Google Android competitors. The new BlackBerry Curve 9220 is an upgrade to a previous low-cost version of the BlackBerry and will soon be rolled out all across Asia. The phone itself is basic when compared to smartphones sold …
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Earlier this week Google released an update to Chrome for Android. The update added some great new features, including the ability to request the desktop version of a Web site that just isn’t looking that great in its mobile form. Requesting the desktop version of a Web site can be done in just a couple of steps. Screenshot by Jason …
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T-Mobile USA may not have the iPhone or a slew of other cool Android phones, but next week it will start selling the HTC One S, one of HTC’s premiere smartphones that may finally give its subscribers a phone that excites them. The new HTC One S will go on sale in T-Mobile stores and online April 25 for $199.99 …
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A lot of people like the concept of being able to use a keyboard with their iPads but one of the problems with cases that integrate a built-in Bluetooth keyboard is they tend to be bulky. As you can guess from the name of Logitech’s new $99.99 Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for the third-generation iPad and iPad 2, the company is …
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Apple Though iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches are becoming less and less dependent on being connected to a computer, one important part of owning an iOS device still requires a Mac or PC — backup. The piece of mind that comes along with having an accessible backup for all your contacts, calendar events, texts, apps, and photos goes a long …
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Barclaycard has got tired of waiting for people to abandon cash and pay for every little odd and sod with one of its contactless credit cards. But it’s not sitting back on its lucrative laurels, oh no. The company has a cunning contactless plan: it’s sending out miniature sticky-backed contactless credit cards (pictured above on the rump of an iPhone) …
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The most powerful camera phone ever made is coming to Britain. An online shop is taking orders for the 41-megapixel Nokia 808 PureView — for £540. Clove is taking orders for the 808 PureView now, and will relieve you of £538.80 for the pleasure — surely making the 808 the most expensive Symbian phone ever. It’s worth taking that with …
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We may have only recently laid our eyes on the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 over at Mobile World Congress, but apparently Samsung has already stopped its production. Don’t worry though — it’s only so it can stuff a quad-core processor inside. The news comes via a Samsung insider, speaking to Netbook News. He wasn’t heavy on details, but indicated that …
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The iPhone 5 might arrive sporting a radical new design thanks to Liquidmetal, if new reports from Korean insiders are to be believed. Sadly, that doesn’t mean Apple’s next mobile will be able to morph into knives and stabbing weapons. Korean site ETNews claims to have insider sources that have confirmed Apple will be using Liquidmetal technology on the iPhone …
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A new smart phone dubbed the Motorola Droid Razr HD has been tipped, with photo image data pointing to the mystery mobile packing Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. Photos reportedly posted to photo-sharing site Picasa by a Motorola employee have been cracked open like coconuts, revealing the sweet EXIF milk within, droid-life reports, via Pocket-Lint. That image data points …
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Huawei has announced today that the Ascend P1 smartphone will be available in Australia by May, with Latin America and Europe to follow. (Credit: Huawei) It will be the first top-tier Huawei smartphone to be released in Australia, with previous models from the Chinese manufacturer all fitting into the prepaid segment. The Ascend P1 sports a dual-core 1.5GHz processor, has …
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Rumours are swirling that current Windows Phone blowers will be denied an upgrade to the next version of the software. With Windows 8 expected later this year, Windows Phone owners are itching to know whether their smart phones will be updated to the accompanying version of Microsoft’s mobile operating system. But according to The Verge, a source close to Microsoft has …
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Ace news! The Samsung Galaxy Ace is now just £135 at Asda, a very tasty price indeed for the popular Android smart phone. The Ace boasts a 3.5-inch touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera, and 6.5 hours of talk time. We awarded it a very decent four stars a year ago for its stylish looks and tasty price, which just became even …
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