Huawei has form when it comes to cobbling together ultra-cheap Android mobiles, and now the author of the budget-buoying Ascend G300 is making another wallet-friendly blower. Enter the Ascend Y201, strutting into the spotlight from stage right. This affordable gadget has a 3.5-inch display, a 3.2-megapixel camera and is powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread. In other …
Read More »TimeLine Layout
September, 2012
-
25 September
BlackBerry 10 to launch with Facebook, Foursquare, more
Related stories: RIM pushes BlackBerry 10 into the spotlight at BlackBerry Jam RIM fixes BlackBerry outage that hit Europe, Middle East, Africa Yahoo’s free phone offer snubs RIM’s BlackBerry SAN JOSE, CA.–At today’s BlackBerry Jam Americas conference in San Jose, attendees got the inside scoop on some of the apps expected to be available by the time the oft-delayed BlackBerry …
Read More » -
25 September
Multiple Samsung handsets vulnerable to remote wipe hack
A number of Samsung smartphones have been found to be vulnerable to a remote factory reset, according to details surfacing today. The hack, which was detailed at a recent Ekoparty security conference, shows that the Galaxy S3 is susceptible to the simple reset. As Slashgear tells us, the process can be enabled in multiple ways, including NFC, QR code, or …
Read More » -
25 September
How to trim your SIM to iPhone 5 nano
If you’re lucky enough to have bagged an iPhone 5 and are wondering how to squeeze your current SIM card or micro-SIM into that teeny-tiny slot, then you’ll need artistic precision and the slicey dicey skills you picked up in biology class, as well as a head for geometry. I took this exam, passed with flying colours and will show …
Read More » -
25 September
iPhone 5 sales top 5 million in first weekend
It may have only gone on sale last Friday, but Apple announced today that over 5 million people worldwide shelled out for an iPhone 5 during its first three on sale. At the weekend we reported that the iPhone 5 sold as well in its first two days as the iPhone 4S did in its first month on shelves Stateside. …
Read More » -
25 September
Alliance of rival carriers bashes AT&T
LAS VEGAS — Competitive wireless carriers say a AT&T-Verizon Wireless “duopoly” is threatening mobile competition in the U.S., and they want regulators in Washington, D.C., to “level the playing field.” At a conference here Tuesday hosted by the newly branded Competitive Carrier Association, nationwide carriers T-Mobile USA, Sprint, and Clearwire joined forces with more than 100 smaller rural carriers that …
Read More » -
25 September
Google has done nothing yet to bring Google Maps to iOS 6
Are you lost without Google Maps on your iPhone 5, iPad or iPod? Bad news, I’m afraid — Google is not working on bringing a Google Maps app to iOS 6. Since ditching Google maps with the new iPhone 5 and latest iOS software update, Apple has faced a storm of criticism over its incomplete own brand Apple Maps app. …
Read More » -
25 September
FCC to look at AT&T’s FaceTime limits, says report
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission made remarks today that indicate the agency may review complaints filed about AT&T’s decision to limit the use of FaceTime video chat over its cell network, The Verge reported. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said he couldn’t comment on AT&T specifically, but if efforts to resolve any disputes aren’t resolved and a complaint is …
Read More » -
25 September
Data speeds: iPhone 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S3 vs. iPhone 4S
Though its thinner profile and longer screen are two of the iPhone 5’s top draws, I’m more interested in what’s inside Apple’s newest handset. Yes, after a long wait, the iPhone 5 finally adds support for 4G LTE data networks. Of course, I have to point out that a galaxy of Android phones (get it!) have long offered the feature, …
Read More » -
25 September
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 in shops on Monday, still no price
Make a note in your calendar: the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 hits shops on 1 October, Samsung has officially confirmed. You can be the first person in the country to get your hands on the Note 2 this very Monday, if you beat a path to the Samsung Store at Westfield, the enormoshopomall in Stratford in East London. You know …
Read More »