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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