Archive for March, 2010
Apple iPhone OS, now with true multi-tasking?
If there is one thing that the Apple iPhone lacks, it is true multi-tasking, sure Steve Jobs has been saying that you “can” multi-task on the iPhone but everyone agrees that it is not truly multi-tasking. Other mobile operating systems, particularly the Android OS which does have multi-tasking have often made this point to indicate [...]
Mobiado Classic 712GCB Review
Mobiado is a luxury mobile phone company that was founded in Vancouver, Canada in 2004. Known for its distinctive straight lines and circular buttons, Mobiado also has the distinction of being the first company to use rare materials such as meteorites, aircraft aluminium, sapphire crystal, mother of pearl, etc in their cell phones. The Mobiado [...]
LG GD350 flip phone released in Russia
LG has been in a mad rush to launch cellphones left and right this past month for some reason (strangely enough, after the CES and the MWC). Unlike all the smart phones with 3G, touchscreens and S-Class UI. The LG GD350, on the other hand, has limited features and for the most part, the LG [...]
Bing search for Motorola Android Phones in China and Motorola i1 update
After Google threatened to pull out of China, Motorola started to search (yes, weak but glorious pun) out a new partner to provide search and maps on their Android devices sold in China. The result, though slightly unexpected, can perhaps be labeled the logical step as Microsoft’s Bing search is the second largest search engine [...]
LG showcases new cellphones in the Netherlands: LG Cookie Music, LG Pure, LG Jacquar 5, LG Viewty Smile and others
There’s too many to count! Alright so there’s only nine but that’s still a lot considering all the new phones that LG has been launching recently. A comprehensive list goes as follows: LG Cookie Music, LG Pure, LG Jacquar 5, LG GT405, LG GT400 Viewty Smile, LG GW370 Shannon, LG KS365, LG GM205 and LG [...]
Motorola Backflip Android smart phone review
The Motorola BACKFLIP is the first Android based smart phone available in the AT&T line-up and while it isn’t exactly cutting edge, it still has some interesting features, foremost of which is the Motorola BACKFLIP‘s uncommon design with the screen and keyboard remaining on the outside when the phone is flipped close. Below we take [...]
Opera Mini 5 Beta 2 now available for Android, Symbian^3 demo video
Opera Mini is one of the most common mobile browsers available if not the most popular and besides providing compatibility for almost all kinds of phones from different manufacturers, also helps out with your budget by cutting data costs and improving speeds and this latest release sees it available for the Android on the Android [...]
Microsoft Pure and Microsoft Turtle headed to Verizon
This story initially reported by Gizmodo has since been all but confirmed and most folks are now waiting for an official confirmation from Microsoft and Verizon. Few specifications are available for the Microsoft Pure and Microsoft Turtle, both of which are QWERTY style phones based on Microsoft Pink although the Microsoft Pure smart phone looks [...]
Vodafone 845 in the UK, Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 in Canada and LG KH5200 in South Korea, new Android phones
Rogers is launching the Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700 in Canada and the most important news with regards to this is that an Android 2.1 update is expected soon. Vodafone on the other hand is set to launch an Android based phone (which we speculate will be made by Huawei), the Vodafone 845 that should be [...]
Samsung Super AMOLED display explanation video
The Samsung Super AMOLED was first showcased at the MWC this year with the Samsung S8500 Wave smartphone which featured many other innovations as well (including Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11 n Wi-Fi and the first Bada OS based phone). In this video which you can find after the break, Samsung shows off the Super AMOLED display [...]
Samsung SHW-M120S mobile phone, bringing Bluetooth 3.0 to Android
Samsung has been making some waves recently what with the release of Samsung Bada (its new mobile operating system), then the Samsung Wave, the first Bada phone and also the first to have Bluetooth 3.0 and also the first to have Wi-Fi 802.11 n. Now it seems Samsung is likely to reach a new first, [...]
Free EA Games *Gasp* on the Palm Pre
Yes ladies and gentleman, with this special limited time offer from O2 you can actually get free games from EA (Electronic Arts). EA which is one of the world’s largest game publishers is not the type of company that gives things away for free so you may well be shocked but on the other hand [...]
Nokia Patents Kinetic Energy Harvester
Ok, so its not a harvester in the sense of combine harvesters used on farms but Nokia‘s latest patent sees them ready to harvest the kinetic energy employed in using phones everyday to recharge your battery at least partially by using piezoelectric technology. While this concept is not exactly new (case in point kinetic watches) [...]