SAN DIEGO–Plantronics has just announced its latest flagship headset, the Plantronics Voyager Pro HD. It’s essentially a more consumer-friendly version of its Voyager Pro UC product, which is currently for sale in certain business channels. Like the Pro UC, the Voyager Pro HD has a Smart Sensor technology that knows to automatically transfer calls to …
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RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie unveiled BlackBerry Tag today at the GITEX conference in Dubai. BlackBerry Tag is an NFC-based app that will let BlackBerry customers share information simply by tapping their BlackBerrys together. You can also add friends directly to your BBM list this way. This sounds a lot like Bump, an iOS and Android app that transfers information in …
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Good: The LG Esteem runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, taps into MetroPCS’ 4G LTE network, and has an impressive pair of front- and rear-facing cameras. Bad: Bulky and heavy, the LG Esteem’s worst offense is its poor battery life. Its slow data speeds keep it from working well outside of MetroPCS’ 4G LTE territory. Bottom Line: Specs-wise, the LG Esteem …
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The launch of the Galaxy Nexus has been postponed as a mark of respect to Steve Jobs, who died last week, Samsung has confirmed. The Galaxy Nexus, also known as the Nexus Prime, was to have been unveiled this week with a new version of Android, called Ice Cream Sandwich. “We believe this is not the right time to announce …
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BlackBerrys are broken. A BlackBerry outage has crippled BlackBerry Messenger and Internet connection for millions of users — and it’s all Slough’s fault. The problem started around 11am today due to a fault in the Slough-based servers of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, and has now spread around Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Ouch. Judging by updates posted to …
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BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa have been hit by a data outage that cut off access to e-mail, the Internet, and instant messaging, among other services. The outage began today around 10:20 a.m. BST and is still continuing, according to posts to Twitter by BlackBerry owners and service providers. Carriers in the UK are blaming Research …
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Despite record breaking pre-sales of the iPhone 4S, there are still many Apple iPhone fans who were disappointed that the company didn’t launch a newly designed, 4G-enabled iPhone 5. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I do my best to answer the unanswerable: when will the real iPhone 5 hit the market? I also offer some further explanation for why …
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Android smartphones and tablets are getting ready to go to work. Mobile devices running on Android such as the Droid Bionic will get enhanced security features thanks to 3LM. Josh Miller 3LM, a unit of Motorola Mobility, is ready to release a set of enterprise-grade security and management tools to a number of Android phone manufacturers. The tools allow corporate …
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Google and Samsung may have postponed Tuesday’s dual announcement of the Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android and the Galaxy Nexus, but it seems the two couldn’t stop screenshots of Ice Cream Sandwich leaking out. Look at it. It’s a beauty. The functionality looks pretty familiar, but it’s the graphics we can’t get over. It’s like they’ve put Tron in …
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The number of 4G smartphones being shipped annually is expected to hit 245 million in 2016, compared with just 4.6 million last year, according to data out today from ABI Research. Though tablets and other mobile gadgets will increasingly hop onto the 4G bandwagon, smartphones are likely to remain the dominant player as their shipments will far surpass those of …
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The HTC Jetstream is the company’s first 10-inch tablet — don’t worry if you haven’t heard of it though, as it hasn’t been announced for the UK yet. If it proves to be decent however, then who knows, it could well make its way over here. SlashGear has got its hands on the tablet and given its first impressions, and …
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Well, Monday just got a little more exciting around here. We just received an invitation from Motorola and Verizon Wireless to come “celebrate the next big innovation from Motorola Mobility” at an event on October 18 in New York. The words “Faster. Thinner. Smarter. Stronger” are also emblazoned on the invite, so perhaps we’ll finally see that rumored Droid Razr? …
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T-Mobile USA, despite being the only national wireless carrier without the iPhone, has found a way to get on Apple’s smash-hit smartphone. The carrier today launched a mobile version of its Bobsled Internet-based calling app. The app will work on any iOS device, from the iPhone to the iPad, as well as Android smartphones and tablets. T-Mobile is attempting to …
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It wasn’t until the posters for 1998 Broderick-em-up Godzilla came out that we, as a people, realised that size does matter. Skip forward to 2011 and we’re facing a tidal wave of supersized smart phones that reckon understated is over-rated, and hold portability in high contempt. Step forward the 4.7-inch HTC Titan and HTC Sensation XL, and the 5.3-inch Samsung …
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Windows Mango in action. Josh Miller/CNET In the face of disappointing sales of Windows smartphones, Microsoft plans to release dual-core and LTE phones. Windows Phone President Andy Lees told AllThingsD in a story posted yesterday that dual-core phones are coming, though he wouldn’t offer specifics. Lees also said the current collection of single-core Windows phones holds up well compared with …
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