More photos of the Sony Ericsson PlayStation phone have emerged. The snaps suggest the phone is code-named Zeus, and show that it sports a solid chrome exterior that’s reminiscent of the BlackBerry Torch 9800‘s. Engadget, which posted the photos, also mentioned a few other titbits. There are apparently multiple handsets in existence, running different versions of the …
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November, 2010
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1 November
Apple releases iOS 4.2 Gold Master for developers
Apple has released the final testing version of ira next update to iOS–iOS 4.2 Gold Master–to developers for a final look before public consumption. The update to iOS promises to catch iPad users up to the features that have existed on iPhones and iPod touches running iOS 4 for the last several months. Highlights of the expected update include Multitasking, …
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1 November
Android 2.1 roll
Halloween wasn’t just a day when the ghosts and ghouls came out to play — Sony Ericsson finally started rolling out its long-awaited Android 2.1 upgrade for the Xperia X10 phones. After several delays, Sony Ericsson confirmed that Android 2.1 updates for the Xperia X10, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro started yesterday evening. The very first updates hit the …
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1 November
Facebook phone inbound? We’ll find out on Wednesday
Facebook is holding a mobile-themed press conference this Wednesday. Journalists have been invited to the social network’s command centre in California, for what could be the announcement of a Facebook-branded mobile phone. The invitation shows a string and cup phone, suggesting a phone-related announcement. Could it be the Facebook phone that set the Web’s rumour mill spinning like a Catherine …
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1 November
VLC for iPhone may get pulled from App Store
News of the weird: Remi Denis-Courmont, one of the developers of the VLC Media Player app, has apparently sent Apple a “formal notification of copyright infringement” and asked that the app be removed from the App Store. Yes, we have apparently crossed over into Bizarro World. Better get VLC Media Player before it’s gone. The developer says Apple’s use of …
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October, 2010
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31 October
Would you buy a Facebook phone?
Facebook has invited press to its Palo Alto HQ in the US on Wednesday to unveil some big mobile news, with some speculating that this might be when the social-networking company introduces the world to a Facebook-branded smartphone. (Credit: CBSi) At first blush this may seem like an ill-advised move in a market where renowned manufacturers, like Nokia and Sony …
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30 October
Apple sues Motorola: A look at the complaints
Apple has sued Motorola over multitouch patents in two separate lawsuits. The complaints, first reported by Patently Apple, were filed Oct. 29 and cover six patents. In the first complaint, the main document is only 9 pages, but one exhibit–patent 7,479,949–is broken into two parts and weighs in at a whopping 362 pages. Motorola on Oct. 6 sued Apple for …
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29 October
Samsung
A Samsung-made Google Nexus Two will launch on 8 November and be sold exclusively through the Carphone Warehouse, if various reports this week are to be believed. The first suggestion of a sequel to the Google Nexus One was from London free paper City AM, which reported an ‘industry source’ saying the second Google phone will hit the UK before …
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29 October
Sprint ID destined for the Galaxy Tab, Epic 4G
So far Sprint ID (review) has been available on only a trio of Android phones, but CEO Dan Hesse announced at a Sprint developer conference early this week that Sprint ID is spreading to two more high profile devices, the Samsung Galaxy Tab and the Samsung Epic 4G. In addition, Notre Dame University is a launch partner for the Galaxy …
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29 October
Is wireless better in Europe?
If you live in the United States and have used your cell phone on a European holiday, it’s very likely you became acquainted with Orange. I’m not talking about the color or the fruit, but rather the cell phone carrier. Incorporated in 1994 and now a division of France Telecom, Orange is the fifth largest telecom operator in the world …
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