All right, this really isn’t fair. Though you’ve never liked it, iPhone users in the United States have accepted that your counterparts in other countries can use Apple’s handset on multiple carriers and (better yet) get an unlocked device. When those countries are far away–say across an ocean–it’s not so bad, but when you have …
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In Duck vs BP for iPhone, it’s your job to save the world’s last surviving duck by plugging oil-spewing pipes. If only life could imitate app. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could fix this catastrophe and rescue wildlife with a few screen taps? I suppose it was only a matter of time before an app directly referenced the BP …
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Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab tablet CNET TV Samsung will release its Galaxy Tab tablet no later than the third quarter of this year, revealed J.K. Shin, president of the company’s mobile communications division, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Tuesday. Based on the few specs and a photo leaked earlier this month, the Galaxy Tab will sport …
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The Apple iPhone 4 has popped up for pre-order on the Apple Store Web site. The 16GB model will cost £500, and the 32GB version £600 for an unlocked, SIM-free handset. That’s for the black version — the white handset may cost more. The new, ‘bargain’ 8GB iPhone 3GS will cost £419. The link doesn’t work yet, so you can’t …
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Samsung has been very busy lately pumping out a steady flow of Android handsets. Indeed, almost every time I open my RSS readers, I’m learning about another upcoming Galaxy model. Tuesday was no exception as I read that the i8520 Galaxy Beam will head to Singapore next month. Formerly known as the “Halo,” the Galaxy Beam will be the first …
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Just in time for Father’s Day, T-Mobile has announced a one-of-a-kind deal to take place on Saturday: for only one day, every single phone in every T-Mobile store across the nation will be free. The catch? A family plan is required; either sign up for a new one, or add another line to an existing plan. Individual plan subscribers are …
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Get your tin-foil hats on, because Samsung has three more Android phones coming down from the swirling galactic skies. The Samsung Galaxy 3, Samsung Galaxy 5 and Samsung Galaxy Beam all aim to bring reasonably-priced smart phones to our planet. The Galaxy Beam (pictured centre) has a little projector on board so you can share photos and video on the …
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Samsung’s first phone to run its new Bada operating system, the Samsung Wave, is only just out, but sequels are already in the air. The Samsung Wave 2 and Samsung Wave 2 Pro, the second and third phones to rock the new OS, were shown off in Singapore today. Both the Waves have 81mm (3.2-inch) touchscreens, while the Wave 2 (pictured) …
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“Reliability” is a word that comes to mind when I think of BlackBerry phones. Research in Motion may not have the flashiest smartphones around, but they’ve won a well-deserved reputation for being functional and user-friendly e-mail machines. And in the process, the company has garnered a loyal following. As time develops, however, I’m becoming a little concerned for RIM’s future. …
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Got a song stuck in your head that you can’t place? Instead of clicking up Shazam, music-ID app SoundHound may soon be the first stop for budget-conscious, Android-loving music aficionados. Today, SoundHound for Android, ordinarily $4.99, followed in the footsteps of its iPhone kin by debuting a free version. Like Shazam, SoundHound (known as Midomi, once upon a time) can …
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Well, well, well, look what just arrived in my in-box. Verizon Wireless has just sent out invites for a press event on Wednesday, June 23, at which it will unveil its next Droid device, and judging by the speakers list–Google Vice President of Engineering Andy Rubin, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha, and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen–it looks like it we’ll see …
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The iPhone 4 is sweeping into Tesco Mobile’s supermarket shopping cart on 24 June. Britain’s biggest retailer already stocks the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, and it offers some innovative Tesco iPhone tariffs. The shop hasn’t announced its prices for the iPhone 4 yet, but we hope that it’s going to have some similarly unique deals for Apple’s latest must-have mobile. …
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Samsung is set to make the an entry to the increasingly-crowded tablet computer market. The Samsung Galaxy Tape shares its name and Android operating system with its smartphone stablemates, and even makes phone calls. The Tape sports a 7-inch Super AMOLED screen, and will pack the tasty treat Android 2.2 Froyo with Samsung’s TouchWiz front end. Critics were being facetious …
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Google’s Android platform may only command 8 percent of the marketshare, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs in his keynote speech at WWDC 2010. But if you let the burgeoning number of Android smartphones in the market, Motorola’s commitment to Android phones, and the fact that Sprint stores sold out of the Android-powered HTC Evo 4G guide you, Android is …
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Tiered pricing for wireless plans could mean mobile apps are going to get squeezed down to size by their developers. As unlimited mobile data plans become a thing of the past for many wireless smartphone subscribers, developers will have to think more carefully about how efficiently their apps use network resources. For the past couple of years app developers haven’t …
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