Not content with reportedly making a quad-core smart phone, HTC is now beavering away on a quad-core tablet. (Though it looks no different to any other tablet, hence this picture of Audi-loving no-nonsense copper Gene Hunt.) HTC supremo Peter Chou revealed the tablet existed recently, and now there’s a full spec list to chew on, …
Read More »
US tellybox giant Roku is bringing its set-top boxes to the UK early next year, with region-specific channels and maybe even Angry Birds. Couch potatoes rejoice. It didn’t give a specific date when the boxes would be available, just “early 2012” for the UK and Canada, CNET News reports. And going on its success across the pond, it should prove …
Read More »
TiVo is teeing up a tasty update. Virgin Media is automatically updating TiVo boxes tonight and over the next week to bring you a raft of new features. The update to Virgin Media’s clever set-top telly recorder lets you search iPlayer, type more easily and record programmes with your iPad through a new TiVo iPad app. When you get the …
Read More »
(Updated November 17, 2011) In addition to the Kindle Fire tablet, Amazon has a new lineup of three e-ink readers for 2011 to update the Kindle released in 2010. The devices’ lower price points represent an aggressive push by Amazon to boost its lead in the e-book space as competitors like Barnes & Noble’s Nook, currently $99 for the latest …
Read More »
Image composite by Joe Aimonetti If you’re suffering from iPhone 4S envy, chances are you’re stuck in a contract on a non-iPhone network such as T-Mobile. Now, according to a developer’s post on Pastebin, users can unlock their iPhone 4S for use with any network, without any software or hardware hacks. Before we get started, this is one of those …
Read More »
The buzz surrounding Google’s release of its Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is similar to every release of the latest Android operating system on a single, debut device. The difference is: this one’s a doozy. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first to introduce the Android 4.0 OS, better known as Ice Cream Sandwich (or ICS). Google redesigned or recoded …
Read More »
Are all smartphones rubbish when compared with their ancestors? A spot of research from MyVoucherCodes.co.uk suggests that 24 percent of folks actually preferred their crusty old blowers to the glistening smartphones of modern times. Did phones used to be better? We need your help to settle the matter. Mobiles have changed a whole lot in the last few years–ever since …
Read More »
The dizzying pace of Google Android OS upgrades may leave many consumers scratching their heads in confusion and others pulling out their hair in frustration. The first smarpthone sporting the new Ice Cream Sandwich software, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, hit the market today in the U.K. The hotly anticipated device will be available in other markets around the world by …
Read More »
Nokia has given us a first glimpse of its rumoured top-of-the-range Windows Phone. A new video reveals the Nokia Lumia 900, also known as the Nokia Ace, the big brother to the Nokia Lumia 800. Meanwhile outside the smart phone world, Carla and Donna will follow Belle as the next Symbian updates. A Nokia boss hinted yesterday at a new …
Read More »
The Amazon Kindle Fire has lit a fire under the iPad and rival tablets — but with no UK launch in sight, is it worth waiting for? The Android-powered Amazon tablet has many of you asking us if you should save your pennies, but it isn’t due to go on sale outside the US for some time — so let’s …
Read More »
To: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop Re: Your U.S. market strategy I can barely remember when Nokia was relevant in the U.S., yet that’s exactly where you need to be successful for your company to thrive. It’s always been a tricky market, so let me provide you with a handy road map. There’s word that you’re in talks with AT&T to …
Read More »
Motorola Mobility stole and profited from unique source code related to mobile technology, a private technology firm alleged on a lawsuit filed yesterday. Lemko claimed Motorola hired away an engineer responsible for creating the source code, and sent the intellectual property to its operations in China. The complaint is part of a broader legal battle between the two companies that …
Read More »
No, that’s not a typo. Customers are reporting SIM card failures across all carriers, including CDMA-based Verizon and Sprint, which actually use the micro SIMs included in the iPhone 4S to roam on GSM networks as part of the “world phone” experience touted by Apple. AT&T customer and Apple Support Communities member “robsdoghouse” experienced SIM card failure just after purchasing …
Read More »
Time was a BlackBerry was as much part of the businessman’s get-up as a bowler hat, umbrella and copy of the FT. In this day and age however, you’re more likely to see the pin-striped brigade toting iPhones than BlackBerrys, as the Apple handset is now more popular with business types, according to one study. The thrillingly-titled Mobile Workforce Report …
Read More »
Here’s how much space my videos, music, apps, and books took up in preparation for an imaginary 8-hour trip. Eric Franklin/CNET First off, let’s be clear. When you get your brand-new Kindle Fire, you’re not getting 8GB of free storage. Not even 8GB?! Thanks to OS bloat, the Kindle Fire actually offers only 6.54GB of free storage, with an additional …
Read More »