High-quality, high-definition videoconferencing is coming to the living room, but consumers should expect to pay top dollar for it. Tomorrow not one but two major technology companies will be announcing new videoconferencing products for the home. Cisco Systems, which already has a well-established telepresence line of products for large companies, and Logitech, which makes Webcams …
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The Nokia N8 isn’t even in the shops yet, but contract tariffs are already being cut, with £25 per month two-year deals from Vodafone and Orange on Phones4u now giving the Symbian 3 smart phone for free. Before the N8 shipped, the only way that you could get the smart phone for free was if you signed up for a …
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Google Goggles is now part of Google Mobile App for iPhone. Google It’s been almost a year since Google released a beta of its Goggles visual search app for Android phones, and now it’s time for a new milestone in the product’s life cycle: Google Goggles for iPhone. Google Goggles (spell that 10 times fast) creates a visual search out …
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SAN FRANCISCO — In addition to the trio of new Android handsets for AT&T, Motorola also announced two new Android phones for Verizon Wireless. They are the Motorola Droid Pro and the Motorola Citrus. The Droid Pro is different from both the Droid X and the Droid 2 in that it is a candy-bar-style device with a QWERTY keyboard on …
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Skype has finally brought its full-fat VoIP goodness to Android. The popular service has officially launched an app for phones running Android 2.1 and higher, including the HTC Desire — but it doesn’t work on the Samsung Galaxy S. Skype details appear in your contacts book so you can see whether your friends are available and call them right from your address …
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Yahoo Up until this morning, Android users in need of up-to-the minute finance information were best served by the Google Finance app. Now, Yahoo’s aiming to offer another easily accessible option with its own popular Finance app, which finally made its way onto the mobile OS earlier today. Yahoo Finance for Android appears to carry over many of the most …
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If you need proof of the iPad’s unmatched acumen as an e-book reader, look no further than Smashing Ideas’ smashing version of the H.G. Wells classic, “The War of the Worlds.” The landscape-oriented app presents the full text of Wells’ chilling novel, with side-by-side pages that, to me, seem more book-like than if the words stretched from one side of …
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Windows tablet PCs could be in shops before Christmas, according to Steve Ballmer. The Microsoft muckamuck told London students that the company has “done work on a Windows tablet, and you’ll see slates with Windows on from this Christmas.” Ballmer dropped the hint in a presentation on cloud computing right here in Blighty at the London School of Economics. The …
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Not long ago, I wrote an article aimed at helping music fans enjoy free audio from a variety of online streaming sources. Of course, I’m a firm believer in using the Internet to discover new music. But there is a threshold between discovery and entertainment for many listeners, and I think paying for a subscription music service is a great …
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If you’re old enough to remember the crackling loading screens of the ZX Spectrum, take off your trousers and put a towel down, because you can now play its pixellated genius on your futuristic iPhone. For the princely sum of 59p in the iTunes App Store, you can buy the ZX Spectrum: Elite Collection (Vol.1), an application that emulates games …
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Motorola has pimped up its Milestone smart phone to make it look like a Ferrari. According to Boy Genius Report, which papped the handset, the limited-edition, shiny, red blowers have been given to Ferrari board members, and potentially executives and a couple of customers. Alas, that means there’s none for you. Assuage your disappointment with the fact that nothing has changed in terms …
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The launch of Microsoft’s overhauled mobile operating system is only a week away, so now is the time to ask us what you want to know about Windows Phone 7. (Credit: Microsoft) From the survey on smartphone usage we conducted recently, we know that web browsing is a top priority so we will be taking a very close look at …
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The Samsung Wave 2 has been released in Germany, and it has some tasty looking specs, including a a 1GHz processor and 5-megapixel camera. Its 3.7-inch touchscreen uses Super LCD technology, in contrast to the original Wave‘s Super AMOLED screen. The Samsung Wave 2 has a couple of unusual features which make it stand out from other smart phones. First, …
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Microsoft sure is drumming up excitement for its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 smartphones. In addition to next Monday’s big announcement in New York, a Microsoft team was here in San Francisco, showing off music apps as part of the Billboard Music Entertainment Live event preceding CTIA (see all CNET coverage). We got a private hands-on tour of Slacker Radio, I …
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If you bought a smartphone in the first eight months of 2010, chances are pretty good that you picked up an Android device. The Nielsen Co. reported today that roughly one in three (32 percent) of smartphones purchased from January to August were powered by Android. In the same time period, Apple’s iOS and BlackBerry’s RIM platform were virtually tied …
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