You might be thinking Nokia has gone a little quiet since announcing its tie-in with Microsoft to produce Windows Phone handsets. And you’d be right, seeing as the announcement was all the way back in February. But now Stephen Elop has said we will see Nokia Windows Phone handsets before the end of the year. …
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October, 2011
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4 October
LG Optimus LTE brings high
The LG Optimus LTE, announced today, is another new Android 2.3 phone we in the U.S. can only dream about from afar, at least for now. The Gingerbread handset has a 4.5-inch touch screen with a 1,280×720-pixel HD LCD display. LG claims it’s the “highest-resolution IPS (in-plane switching) display” available on a smartphone. The Optimus LTE also has a dual-core …
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4 October
HTC investigating security flaw on Android phones
Well this isn’t good news for anyone with an HTC smart phone. HTC is looking into a security flaw exposed by Android Police that means your data could well be at risk. Your emails, GPS position, texts and more could all be vulnerable. Be afraid… Apparently the cause is recent software updates to HTC handsets. HTC introduced a suite of logging tools …
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4 October
Hard Candy bet on iPhone 5 goes south
The Bubble Shell cases for the iPhone 5 from Hard Candy that could have been. Hard Candy Cases There you go; there’s no iPhone 5, at least not yet. For most of us, this is a typical case of much ado about nothing, a huge hype followed by a letdown. For Tim Hickman, the CEO of Hard Candy Cases, it’s …
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4 October
Stop whining, this *is* the iPhone 5
The headlines were flying fast and furious online, even before Apple’s iPhone press event ended. With only an updated iPhone 4, called the 4S, and no iPhone 5, today’s news was labeled a “big disappointment,” and it was said that the iPhone 4S “disappoints Apple fans (and Wall Street).” On Twitter and Facebook, comments included: “The S in iPhone 4S …
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4 October
UK government to spend £150m on phone signal boost
The government is to spend £150m on bars — signal bars. Chancellor George Osborne plans to invest the cash in better mobile phone reception in areas where signal leaves something to be desired. Osborne promised to improve coverage for “up to 6 million people” in areas where there is little or no mobile phone signal, in a speech to the …
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4 October
New iPhone reportedly won’t get 4G
Apple’s new iPhone apparently won’t be paired with a speedier next-generation wireless network. Just like the iPhone 4, the next version of the handset reportedly will not offer 4G. Apple The upcoming smartphone won’t have access to the Long-Term Evolution or WiMax 4G networks that are available in the U.S., according to the Dow Jones Newswires. That will likely come …
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4 October
iPhone 4S gets Siri for intelligent voice control
Apple has been showing off Siri — a new voice-control feature on the iPhone 4S that may very well be magic — at its otherwise pretty disappointing product unveiling in Cupertino. It’s called Siri after the company that originally made the software, rather than the less friendly ‘Assistant’ that was rumoured. Rather than poke around like a chump on your …
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4 October
Samsung Nexus Prime leaks, looks massive
The iPhone 4S is yesterday’s news — literally — so let’s look to Android for some rather more cheering fare. Here’s the first leaked shot of the Samsung Nexus Prime, the perfect antidote if you were holding out hope for an iPhone 5. GSMArena nabbed the shot, and while it shows only part of the handset, it does reveal some …
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4 October
New iOS 5 features compared to Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone
This article was originally posted June 6, 2011, and updated on October 4, 2011. Apple has unveiled the next iPhoneat long last, and with it comes iOS 5, which we first learned of in June. We got demos of 10 of the 200 additions and enhancements, including the hotly anticipated over-the-air system updates, new message notifications, and group messaging. The …
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