Samsung is opening up its cheaper smartphones to third-party application developers with the launch of a new software platform it is calling Bada. The first phone running the software will go on sale during the first half of next year, with more products to follow later in the year, the company said on Tuesday.
REVIEW: Verizon Motorola XOOM Android Tablet – Can Honeycomb Take On The iPad?
February 24, 2011 by admin
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By now it’s clear that tablet devices are no fad and that the legion of Android-powered tablets aren’t going to let Apple
and its iPad hog the burgeoning tablet market any longer. The Samsung Galaxy Tab proved that an Android tablet can give Apple reason to worry, but the Verizon-bound Motorola XOOM is the first Android tablet to really be considered a proper iPad killer. The XOOM is similar in size and shape to the iPad, is made from similar high-quality materials, bears an Apple-esque minimal design aesthetic, and has enough power to put your laptop to shame. So, naturally, we just had to take the XOOM for a spin.
CES: Verizon to debut 4G Android smartphones
January 4, 2011 by admin
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Verizon Wireless will use this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as the coming out party for its 4G wireless network.
Apple readying three versions of the iPad for 2011?
December 29, 2010 by admin
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We’ve heard a lot of rumors regarding the second generation Apple iPad now, or the iPad 2, and we have another to throw onto the pile. Last month, it was said that the next generation iPad would be getting GSM and CDMA radios. According to a more recent rumor, there will be three different types of iPads coming soon that feature a combination of Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA radios.
Meet the HTC Thunderbolt – Verizon’s first LTE handset poses for the camera
December 29, 2010 by admin
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How nice of you to join us, HTC Thunderbolt, we’ve been expecting you. Actually, we weren’t expecting the Verizon-bound Thunderbolt specifically, but we knew something like this LTE-capable Android phone was due to show its face sometime soon. Today, Verizon’s first LTE device, poses for the camera in newly leaked product photos.
Google Nexus S – Does this Android phone live up to the Nexus name?
December 29, 2010 by admin
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The latest addition to Google’s Nexus superphone lineup is the Samsung Nexus S, and it’s the first Android handset to sport the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. It’s loaded with bells and whistles. Google’s Android 2.3 OS brings a refreshed user interface to the table, trimmed with new apps, new icons, and a snazzy new keyboard. Samsung endowed the Nexus S with a first-of-its-kind concave display and an NFC chip that’s capable of reading those new-fangled NFC tags that the folks over in Mountain View are starting to seed to businesses in the US. The Nexus S is clearly a force to be reckoned with. Read more
Samsung Wants to Put Third-party Apps on Cheap Smartphones
November 10, 2009 by admin
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Garmin-Asus Launches First Windows Mobile Smartphone
August 19, 2009 by admin
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Garmin-Asus, the mobile phone joint venture between GPS device maker Garmin and electronics vendor Asustek Computer, launched its first smartphone with the Windows Mobile operating system on Wednesday in Taiwan.
The Nuvifone M20, which has a 2.8-inch touchscreen and runs Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, will be sold in by Taiwan’s largest phone company, Chunghwa Telecom, the companies said. The smartphones are also currently available in Hong Kong and will soon launch in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, with a debut in Europe later this year.
Touchscreens Dominate Smartphone Interfaces
August 18, 2009 by admin
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More than 15 million of the 38.1 million mobile phones sold during the second quarter used a touchscreen as the primary interface, according to market research company Canalys.
That’s much more than a year ago, when just 3.9 million of the 33.6 million phones sold in the second quarter of 2008 had touchscreens. The success of touchscreens is of course tightly coupled with the success of Apple’s iPhone, which has ignited user interest, said Mike Welch, vice president at Canalys. The number of smartphones that use a keyboard as its primary interface also increased, with 10.7 million sold in the quarter.
Photos: Dell’s first smartphone, the Mini 3i for the Chinese market, spotted in the wild
August 17, 2009 by admin
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Mr. Blurry Cam is in the hospital after beating beat up by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) employees for posting photos of the new iPhone before it was announced, but luckily his wife, Mrs. Image Stabilization, is taking his place. She is in China and has snapped some clear photos of Dell’s first entry into the smartphone. The Mini 3i is powered by the Chinese version of Android called oPhone and has a 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen with 360 x 640 resolution. It has a 3 megapixel camera, but unlike modern smartphones it lacks WiFi or 3G. Whether or not this device will come out in Europe and America is unknown at the current moment, but if I was a gambling man, I’d bet we’re going to see Android powered smartphones from Dell in the first half of 2010. Six more photos after the jump.
Wi-Fi Now a Smartphone Must-Have
August 17, 2009 by admin
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Though some operators are still not inclined to let Wi-Fi-equipped handsets into their networks, consumers nowadays are demanding the technology to be a standard part of smartphones, according to global consulting and advisory firm Ovum.