commentary A year from now, Research in Motion may not exist. A little while ago, that might have been a controversial call. Sure, RIM had its share of problems, but many were willing to give it some space to possibly turn itself around. But after today’s first-quarter warning and disclosure that it hired bankers to …
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29 May
Nokia Lumia 900 Batman edition swooping into shops this week
A Dark Knight edition of the Windows Phone-powered Nokia Lumia 900 is going on sale this week, tying in with the Batman movie hitting silver screens this summer. The bat-powered blower is available exclusively from Phones 4u from 1 June, and has the iconic Batman logo etched into its matte-black rear. Not the most subtle calling card for a masked …
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29 May
Samsung Galaxy S3’s S Voice vs Siri on iPhone 4S
When Apple unboxed the iPhone 4S it also uncorked Siri — the sometimes smart-arsed robotic genie/butler that can fetch stuff from your calendar, tell you what the weather’s like or do a web search for Kevin Costner’s age. Now it has a challenger — the Galaxy S3‘s S Voice. Siri was not the first voice-control app on a phone — …
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29 May
iPad prototype with two docks sells for £6,500
An old iPad has gone under the hammer for $10,200 (£6,500) — and it doesn’t even work. But what’s interesting about this first generation iPad is that it’s a prototype, sporting not one but two dock connectors. The prototype tablet proves that Apple seriously considered giving the iPad a second dock connector in the side for landscape docking, allowing you …
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29 May
Samsung’s blue Galaxy S III faces delay due to paint issues
Samsung apparently has difficulties with the color blue. The “pebble blue” variant of its highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone faces delays due to issues with getting the color and its newly invented “hyper-glaze” process, according to several reports. Despite launching today in various markets in Europe and the Middle East, the blue version faces delays of two to three …
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29 May
Samsung Galaxy S3 Music Hub fights iTunes and Spotify
Samsung’s new iTunes-fighting music app lets customers stream music, as well as matching music catalogues to Samsung’s own library of ‘choons. The new bit of software, humbly dubbed Samsung Music Hub, lets you stream unlimited tracks from Samsung’s library of 19 million songs, so long as you splash out £10 per month for the premium version. Forking over a monthly …
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29 May
Monotype releases font suite for mobile developers
Monotype Imaging today announced a new mobile font suite designed for Android Ice Cream Sandwich devices. The suite, which offers a slew of tools and services for developers and manufacturers, is called “Type Enhancements for Android.” Though some of the tools in the suite have been previously available to developers, it is the first time they have all been offered …
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29 May
Six things to know about smartphone batteries
Editors’ note: This is a guest post. See Noam Kedem’s bio at the bottom. The smartphone market revolves around one question: how do you fit all-day access to all of a consumer’s favorite applications and services comfortably into one hand? (The tablet market? Two hands.) The rest is commentary. No smartphone manufacturer has managed to answer the question fully, because …
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29 May
Android eBay listings skyrocket ahead of Galaxy S3 launch
Auction site eBay says UK listings of Android phones have increased by 119 per cent in the last month, a spike the site blames on smart phone owners trying to sell their existing or older mobiles to swap for the Samsung Galaxy S3. It’s not just Android phones people are especially keen to flog this month — eBay says iPhone …
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29 May
Virgin Mobile Venture: An Android introduction
Now playing: Watch this: Venture out with the Virgin Mobile Venture 1:33 With its 2.8-inch touch screen, physical QWERTY keyboard, and 2-megapixel camera, the Virgin Mobile Venture was designed for first-time Android users. Seriously — the ad copy surrounding it states that it wants you to “break into the world of Android-powered phones with the Venture by PCD.” Though it …
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