July, 2012

• 27 July

  Samsung Galaxy S3 London 2012 Olympic phone goes for gold

  

  From Olympic rings to giving people a ring… if you think that was a strained segue, it’s time for an even more tenuous tie-up: the Samsung Galaxy S3 London 2012 Olympic edition! Samsung is a big sponsor of the Olympics, and if there’s one thing the British public loves right now it’s sponsors of the Olympics. They’re …

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• 27 July

  Sony cans Jelly Bean for last year’s Xperia Arc S and others

  

  Bad news if you bought a Sony Ericsson Xperia phone last year, I’m afraid — the most powerful of the 2011 crop, the Xperia Arc S, will not be upgraded to the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software, Sony has confirmed. “Unfortunately Arc S won’t be getting the Jelly Bean update,” Sony product manager John Cooper posted on Sony’s Facebook …

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• 27 July

  Windows Phone 8 SDK leaks, reveals unannounced goodies

  

  The software developer kit (SDK) for Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 release has leaked to online forums, revealing numerous features and enhancements before Microsoft can officially announce them. The new Camera Lenses feature found in the Windows Phone 8 SDK. (Credit: WPCentral) A Chinese blog scored the code first, with the WPCentral team the first to sift through its contents. …

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• 27 July

  iPhone and iPad prototypes reveal Apple design process

  

  Early iPhone designs have emerged, showing what the people at Apple were thinking when they designed the iPhone and iPad. The early designs for the iPhone and iPad have emerged in court documents submitted for the legal spat between Apple and Samsung, which reveal that Apple was inspired by Sony, of all people. The Verge has collected various versions of …

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• 27 July

  Google lets you handwrite searches on Android and iOS

  

  Here’s a fun thing to try last thing on a Friday. Go to Google.com on your phone’s browser, go to settings, hit enable handwriting, save and refresh the page, and boom! You can now write searches with handwritten letters, scrawling over your screen like a toddler who hasn’t yet learned about personal property. “Say you’re standing on a busy street …

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• 27 July

  HTC One X will drop to $99 July 29

  

  Now playing: Watch this: The powerful HTC One X on AT&T 2:39 Radio Shack announced today it is cutting the price of AT&T’s HTC One X in half to just $99.99 this Sunday, July 29. And as of this afternoon, AT&T has matched that price online. This new price matches up with similar reports hitting the Internet in the early …

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• 27 July

  Virgin Mobile adds $80 PCD Chaser to Android roster

  

  Virgin Mobile USA has added another Android smartphone to its lineup, today unveiling the PCD Chaser. Priced at just $79.99 without a contract, the handset has plenty of hardware for folks ready to make the jump from a feature phone to a smartphone. Powered by Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread, the Chaser has a 3.2-inch display, a 3-megapixel camera, and an 800MHz …

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• 27 July

  Follow the 2012 Olympic games on your iOS or Android phone

  

  There are few events quite as exciting as the Olympics. With athletes from all over the world competing for their respective countries, it’s easy to get excited as you root for your country to win. Obviously, I’ll be rooting for my American compatriots, but seeing the drama of each event, no matter who the winner is, can be appreciated by …

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• 27 July

  Will mobile technology hold up under Olympic strain?

  

  With hundreds of thousands of spectators, staff, and athletes expected in the densely populated city of London during the Olympics, questions have been raised over how well the Big Smoke is going to cope. Additional security scrutiny, restricted access to roads, added congestion and more traffic resulting from the Games are all being felt by London’s locals. But will the …

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• 27 July

  Sony buttonless with fresh Mint

  

  Sony’s next major Xperia smartphone release will ditch the hardware buttons on previous releases and use Google’s on-screen controls instead. The new, buttonless Sony Xperia, codenamed “Mint”. (Credit: mobile-review.com) Going by the codename Mint, images of the new phone have leaked, showing a softer design compared with the Xperia range we’ve seen so far this year. The phone shown in …

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