It may still be licking its wounds after its BBM outage woes last week, but BlackBerry has just unveiled its next-gen operating system for mobiles and tablets. Named BBX, it promises to combine the best of the BlackBerry and QNX platforms to “connect people, devices, content and services,” according to RIM. An operating system that …
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It may or may not be the iPad 3, but Apple has received sample tablets with 7.85-inch screens and the same 1,024×768 resolution as the standard iPad 2, according to Taiwan’s United Daily News, hinting that a smaller model is on the way. Unwired View is also claiming that Au Optronics and LG Display have sent display samples to Apple, …
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commentary If I’m a Droid Bionic owner, I have to be pretty peeved. The Bionic was supposed to be positioned as Verizon Wireless’ flagship 4G LTE smartphone–the first with a dual-core processor–when it launched in early September. But its reign barely lasted a month, and following several recent announcements, it may not even rank as the third-best Android phone in …
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Motorola’s new Droid Razr phone is even thinner than we dared hope — just 7.1mm. That’s more than 2mm slimmer than the iPhone 4S, and according to Motorola, it’s the world’s thinnest smart phone. Now that’s slim. We saw leaks, leaks and more leaks, so we can’t exactly say the Droid Razr is a surprise. The specs are exactly as …
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If you thought HTC was going to sit back and let Samsung and Motorola soak up all attention, think again. Today, HTC and Sprint introduced the HTC Evo 4G Design, the fifth model in their Evo series and the first to offer world roaming capabilities and a wallet-friendly price tag. On sale October 23 for $99.99 with a two-year contract …
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The patent wars continue. Apple has just won a patent infringement complaint HTC filed last year. It’s just a preliminary decision, but it bodes well for Apple. The decision was made at the US International Trade Commission on Monday, reports Reuters. HTC accused Apple of copying four of its patents relating to, among others, power management and phone dialling. HTC …
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The exclusive iPhone 4S club isn’t so hard to get into after all. Regional carrier C Spire Wireless, formerly known as Celllular South, said it will be offering Apple’s latest iPhone in coming weeks. Exact timing and pricing information wasn’t yet available. C Spire marks the fourth U.S. carrier to offer the iPhone, after Sprint Nextel joined AT&T and Verizon …
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The iPhone has always had a camera, but it wasn’t until the iPhone 4 that it became a serious shooter. That model increased the resolution from 2 to 5 megapixels and it added a powerful flash to brighten dim shots. With the combination of third-party photo-editing apps and subsequent iOS upgrades, the iPhone 4 developed into one of the better …
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It was just over two years ago that I wrote about Line2, a clever VoIP app that adds a second phone number to your iPhone. Now developer Toktumi has released Line2 HD, an iPad-specific version of the app, which should prove popular among business users. It not only turns your tablet into a full-featured phone, but also provides a nice …
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What do we have here? Could that be an official shot of the upcoming Motorola Droid Razr? It could indeed. Droid-Life has snaffled the image, which shows the handset from its front, back, and, for the first time, side. And this thing looks slim. The image is apparently from a teaser site put up by US operator Verizon. The Droid …
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