August, 2012

• 9 August

  San Francisco cell phone law may be tip of legislative iceberg

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Inside Scoop: Cell phone radiation warnings up in the… 2:55 Later today, a Federal Appeals Court judge in San Francisco will hear arguments in the long-simmering legal battle between the city and the wireless industry. The outcome will be significant, not only for San Francisco, but also for states and other …

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• 9 August

  Nokia dumps Qt unit on Digia

  

  Nokia Nokia has finally gotten Qt off its hands. The company announced today that it has sold Qt, its cross-platform development framework business, to Finland-based software services company, Digia. The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal or a sales price. Digia acquired a portion of Qt from Nokia last year. This transaction completes the changeover. Qt allows …

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• 9 August

  iPhone 5 tops iPad Mini as more desirable product, survey says

  

  The next iPhone and the iPad Mini haven’t even been announced, but some people are already looking to see which will come out ahead. By a wide margin, more customers want to buy an iPhone 5 than an iPad Mini, according to a survey conducted by coupon site CouponCodes4u. Related stories iPhone 14 Review: A Good Upgrade for Most People …

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• 9 August

  Android Jelly Bean shown running on first ever Android phone

  

  Here’s a mid-week feat of heroic hacking — ambitious Android tinkerers have successfully got Android 4.1 Jelly Bean running on a T-Mobile G1, the first ever Android phone. The SoCal Devs collective posted about their success on XDA-Developers, and uploaded a video to YouTube. The clip shows the very latest version of Android chugging along on the first phone to …

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• 9 August

  Google Translate for Android adds OCR

  

  The newest update to Google Translate for Android adds Google Goggles‘ optical character recognition (OCR) technology, so you can translate text using only your device’s camera lens. Whereas previously you had to type, hand-write (onscreen), or say your text aloud in order to use the app, this new feature requires none of the above. To use the new OCR feature, …

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• 9 August

  Samsung Galaxy S3 coming back in black, Facebook snaps hint

  

  A black version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has been revealed on Samsung’s own Facebook page, with the South Korean tech giant uploading a photo that appears to show a noir-hued edition of its quad-core smart phone. The picture, spied by ITProPortal, was uploaded to Samsung Mobile’s page and shows what looks very much like a black S3 next to a …

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• 9 August

  San Francisco faces wireless industry in court over radiation warnings

  

  The City of San Francisco will face off in court with the wireless industry today in a hearing that may determine if the local government will be allowed to force retailers selling cell phones within city limits to disclose possible health risks to consumers before they buy mobile devices. In 2010, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and then-mayor Gavin …

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• 9 August

  iPhone 4S Olympics snaps put pro camera shots to shame

  

  It’s no secret that mobile cameras are getting better and better, but a series of incredible Olympic snaps from one photojournalist prove just how far smart phone snappers have come. The Guardian‘s Dan Chung has been collecting his podium-placing pics on one page, documenting the London 2012 games in an effort to test how well a tiny mobile would fare. …

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• 9 August

  Sonos adds Amazon Cloud Player

  

  Sonos has announced that its streaming-music players now support Amazon Cloud Player, which joins other supported services including Spotify, Mog, and Songza. In July, after an agreement with the four major record companies, Amazon announced iTunes and Windows Media Player library “matching,” meaning users of the Amazon Cloud Player service can upload their libraries to the cloud. Amazon is offering …

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• 8 August

  Samsung Galaxy S III Jelly Bean update as soon as September?

  

  If a renowned Samsung fan site is to be believed, Samsung could be first with the Jelly Bean update, with new firmware planned for the Galaxy S III, Galaxy S II, Galaxy Note and the unannounced Galaxy Note 2. (Credit: Google) SamMobile is reporting that the Galaxy phone maker is close to finishing the update, which would advance the software …

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