The Apple iPhone is finally coming to Verizon Wireless, so what now? For years, CNET readers, my close and not-so-close friends, and my family have nagged me with the same: when will Verizon get the iPhone? Now, I can happily say February. Earlier this week, Verizon finally took the wraps of the long-awaited Verizon iPhone. …
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Photos of a Samsung phone that’s rumoured to be the Galaxy S Mini have leaked like a mouldy peach. The images of the S5830 handset were posted by the SamFirmware website, which claims to have received them from an “insider”. It does indeed look a miniature version of the rather delightful Samsung Galaxy S. Specs are thin on the ground, but …
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As you may have heard, Sprint is hosting an event in New York City on February 7 to unveil “yet another industry first.” Coming on the heels of a quiet CES 2011 for the carrier–it unveiled just the HTC Evo Shift 4G–we’re eagerly for some Sprint news before CTIA in late March. So what could Sprint have up its sleeve? …
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There’s a storm brewin’ — the BlackBerry Storm 3, that is. After the BlackBerry Curve Apollo and Dakota rained upon us earlier today, high pressure has swept photos of RiM’s newest Storm onto the interwebs. Boy Genius Report reveals the threequel to the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Storm 2, which introduced an unusual clicking touchscreen. The prototypes have been codenamed …
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The next version of Android is apparently called Ice Cream Sandwich, unless Googlechief Andy Rubin is having a right old laugh. The update that will follow Android 3.0 Honeycomb will share its name with a biscuity, ice-creamy treat. TechCrunch reports a chat with Rubin, in which he let slip the name of the update that will follow hotly anticipated Honeycomb. …
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Less than 3 years after its celebrated opening, despite pointed punditry and challenging growing pains, Apple’s App Store is about to claim 10 billion App downloads. To celebrate, as they did when iTunes reached 10 billion downloads, Apple is giving away a $10,000 iTunes gift card to the person that purchases the 10 billionth download. “As of today, nearly 10 …
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One of the surprising things about CES 2011 was the greatly reduced emphasis on Blu-ray. And while it’s not going away, the major manufacturers were definitely focusing much more on Internet content. Which makes us wonder: what future does Blu-ray have? Has it been a failure? Although every electronics company has a new range of Blu-ray players, neither of the …
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BALI–Research In Motion is looking to harness the best of today’s Web technologies including HTML5 and JavaScript, to bridge the gap between development efforts for its BlackBerry smartphones and the soon-to-be-released PlayBook tablet. Tyler Lessard, vice president of global alliances and developer relations at RIM, said the Canadian smartphone manufacturer is intent on bringing the “Web to mobile” by incorporating …
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T-Mobile UK has backtracked on its decision to drastically cut the mobile data use allowances for existing as well as new smartphone customers, following an explosion of public anger at the move. Yesterday the operator said it will now only offer the reduced levels of data to new and upgrading customers, while existing customers will get the 1GB to 3GB …
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Android has surged ahead of Apple for the first time as the most popular smartphone OS, according to Millennial Media’s mobile ad network. In Millennial Media’s December report, Google’s mobile operating system won 46 percent of all ad impressions (the number of times an ad is displayed), compared with 32 percent for Apple’s iOS. In November, the two operating systems …
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