Samsung’s wacky boffins have developed some zany audiovisual treats in time for upcoming annual tech fest CES. Among them are an asymmetric 3D TV, transparent and bendy AMOLED displays, and the world’s lightest 3D glasses. Samsung’s new 3D glasses weigh 28g. That’s 10g lighter than previous versions, and 9g lighter than the packet of Maltesers we just …
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What’s the No. 1 New Year’s resolution? To lose weight and get in shape, of course. What’s one of the best ways to do both? Running. If you’re a novice runner, an app like Couch to 5k is a great place to start. But for anyone who’s already accustomed to hitting the pavement, I’ve yet to find an app I …
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A Galaxy S smartphone Samsung Samsung has sold 10 million Galaxy S smartphones since their launch in June, according to the company. That means the Korean phone maker has reached its sales target for the Android-based phones, the company said yesterday in an e-mail to Bloomberg. The phones also helped Samsung boost overall sales and earnings for the third quarter. …
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The chairman of Clearwire’s board of directors will resign his position today, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Craig McCaw, who served as chairman for two years, did not resign over any disagreements with the company or over any matters pertaining to the company’s operations or practices, according to the filing. The company, which has visions …
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Apple will introduce an iPhone powered by the Verizon network “sometime after the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January.” That’s according to Bloomberg Businessweek, citing “a person familiar with Apple’s plans.” Although we’ve heard countless similar reports and rumors in the past, there’s mounting evidence that 2011 will be the year iPhone customers finally get a carrier …
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Apple Two European standardization bodies have agreed to make micro-USB the standard interface port for smartphones in Europe. Though Apple currently uses its proprietary 30-pin dock connector for transferring data and charging its iPhone, iPad, and iPods, CEN-CENELEC and ETSI announced yesterday they have agreed that an adapter is suitable for compliance. The commission “made available the harmonized standards needed …
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The word you’re looking for is “finally.” As in, “Oh look, Skype has finally stepped up to the competition by adding two-way video chatting to its VoIP iPhone app!” Indeed, this anticipated addition is one for which Skype-watchers and users have been thirsting since Fring’s two-way video calling app nosed into the iPhone app store this past July, following Apple’s …
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Apple With the bulk of the holiday shopping buzz dying down, rumors of Apple’s new iPad 2 have sprung to life. The most recent rumor, courtesy of the Mobile Review blog editor-in-chief Eldar Murtazin, says the iPad 2 will include a USB port. The tweet, discovered by AppleInsider, reads: “Talked with colleague which working with some ODM vendors connected with …
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Android Central Seeing that it’s already received the FCC’s blessing, the HTC Evo Shift 4G is hardly a secret, but in the days leading up to the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show more details are leaking out about the Andorid smartphone. Android Central yesterday intercepted an upcoming Radio Shack newspaper ad that points to a Sunday, January 9, release date for …
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AT&T is expanding Wi-Fi access in New York and San Francisco where customers have run into trouble with the carrier’s overcrowded celluar network, according to the Associated Press. The company is due to announce today that it will expand its Wi-Fi hot zone this week in New York City’s Times Square, which launched in May. “Hot zone” is a term …
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The Federal Communications Commission adopted this week new rules intended to protect consumers from nefarious broadband providers who in the future may monkey with rivals’ network traffic to boost usage of their own services. But what do these so-called Net neutrality rules mean for consumers? In this week’s Ask Maggie column, I try to answer a reader’s question about what …
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Join us as we foretell the future of Android. We discuss what will happen with GoogleTV, Android Market share in 2011, an Android Robot and of course an Android toaster. All that and more on this week’s 2011 prediction episode of Android Atlas Weekly. Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 29: The future of Android explained 32:41 Podcast Your browser does …
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The Federal Communications Commission is a step closer to approving the $37 billion joint venture between Comcast and General Electric’s NBC Universal. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gave his blessing today to the new joint venture, which was announced a year ago. He circulated an order among the four other FCC commissioners stating that he believes the venture, which will be …
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When Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg take the stage January 6 for a CES keynote, it’s expected that he’ll show off a broad range of LTE products and services. Both the dual-core LG smarpthone and the Motorola Honeycomb tablet should make an appearance, and we also look for the 4G LTE-ready HTC Thunderbolt. Previously known by other code names (Mecha and …
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Flash video on an iPad browser? You betcha. Skyfire has spent months creating browsers for iPhone and iPad that play back Flash video on the notoriously Flash-blocking devices. Skyfire for iPad is now available in the App Store for $4.99. The app follows the same path as its iPhone cousin in being able to play Flash video. The company uses …
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