June, 2011

• 2 June

  Red Pop adds camera button to your iPhone

  

  As every iPhone owner knows, taking photos with the device can be a hassle. Unless you’re looking straight into the screen and holding the phone with two hands, it’s downright tricky to hit that tiny shutter-release button. And if you’re trying to snap a self-portrait, forget about it. With any luck, Apple will do something …

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• 2 June

  Apple iPad 3 to launch in early 2012, say industry sources in Taiwan

  

  The iPad 3 could be released early next year, according to Taiwanese industry sources. While many had hoped we’d see an update to the wonder tablet towards the end of this year, it’s likely Apple is still certifying components for use in the device, DigiTimes reports. Sources claim that a number of companies have already been approved and can look …

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• 1 June

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  Just a day after it announced release dates for the HTC Sensation 4G, T-Mobile is back for more Android fun with the new Exhibit 4G and Gravity Smart. Both smartphones carry a budget price tag and will be out in June. The Exhibit 4G sports a slim candy bar design in violet or black. The touch screen takes up most …

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• 1 June

  Samsung Galaxy S3 to launch in early 2012, 4G tablet coming sooner

  

  The Samsung Galaxy S3 will be available in the first half of 2012, according to the president of Samsung’s mobile division, JK Shin, speaking to Dow Jones Newswires. The original Galaxy S and recently launched Galaxy S2 have been wildly popular phones for Samsung, thanks to the unbeatable combination of top-notch hardware and the app-happy Android platform. Though we can’t …

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• 1 June

  Wired for iPad now free for subscribers

  

  Happy day! Just a few weeks after Fortune, Sports Illustrated, and Time Magazine offered free iPad access to print subscribers, technology mag Wired has made the same move: if you subscribe to the print edition, you get current and back issues in the iPad app, no extra charge. (Full disclosure: I’m an occasional contributor to Wired.) That is, of course, …

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• 1 June

  Android users download the most data

  

  Nielsen Users of Apple’s iPhone typically do a bit more with their phones, but Android owners are grabbing the largest amount of data each month, according to a study released yesterday by Nielsen. Analzying almost 65,000 cell phone bills in the U.S. during the first quarter of the year, Nielsen found that Android users on average gulped 582MB of data …

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• 1 June

  Motorola Xoom 2 hinted at in website gaffe, along with new phones

  

  Motorola may soon be launching the Xoom 2 Android tablet and a few other devices, if a brief hiccup on its website is any indication. It seems that someone on the US company’s Web team accidentally (on purpose?) put up some product images during a redesign of its site. The site appeared to show the successor to Moto’s popular Xoom …

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• 1 June

  Oovoo video conferencing app comes to iPhone (hands

  

  Video calling apps are still fairly few and far between on the iPhone, but Oovoo for iPhone is already a step ahead in offering video conference calls with Oovoo for iPhone. Features-wise, Oovoo on iPhone, which quietly entered the app store last week as a beta, closely resembles its Android cousin. It has a clean design that shows off the …

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• 1 June

  Dialed In #176: Take a penny, leave a penny

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In #176: Take a penny, leave a penny 39:53 Your loyal mobile reviews crew takes a look this week at a bold smartphone-within-a-tablet, and Sprint’s latest FCC punch at AT&T. We also debate the consequences of refusing to pay for a phone that costs you just a penny. Join us for all the news, reviews, …

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• 1 June

  Mobile phones ‘possibly’ cause cancer, says World Health Organisation

  

  Scientists at the World Health Organisation claim mobile phones pose a possible risk of causing cancer. Researchers from the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer sussed out hundreds of scientific studies and articles to conclude that radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, as given off by mobile phones, are “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. The IARC panel was made up of 31 scientists …

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