Saturday, September 15, 2012

Samsung attacks iPhone 5 in new Galaxy S3 print ad

Samsung drops all pretence of class and shamelessly targets Apple's iPhone 5 in new Galaxy S3 print ad. Set to hit newspapers across the USA tomorrow, Samsung’s latest print advertisement aims to make the iPhone 5 look low-end in contrast to the Galaxy S3. The new advertisement claims “The next big thing is already here.” From the looks of the ad, Samsung...

Silence your phone by ‘whacking it off’, describes Microsoft’s new patent

Microsoft may be developing a way for you to "whack" your Windows Phone to shut off unwanted noise. In a rather hilarious move, Microsoft filed a patent to make “whacking” your Windows Phone a part of popular vocabulary. There are numerous ways in which the term “whacking off” can cause immature laughter, but we’re going to leave those specific interpretations...

Intel’s ‘Moore’s Law Radio’ could transform the wireless world

Intel's Wi-Fi-on-a-chip technology moves us several steps closer to "the Internet of Things," where everything from your toaster to your garage door opener is on a network. A better radio might not sound like an exciting new technology. The very word “radio” conjures images of Fibber McGee & Molly gabbing about Herbert Hoover while Pop relaxes from a...

Oppo's Find 5 flagship will pack 1080 screen with 441ppi

It looks like the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo Mobile has something amazing in the making. The company’s CEO Chen Mingyong teased the Oppo Find 5 quad-core flagship with 1080p display, sporting the mind-blowing pixel density of 441ppi. Such pixel density puts the upcoming 5" device in an entirely different league from the current crop of top shelf smartphones....

Mobile wrap up: The week of Apple news, New app & game picks

Apple dominated the news cycle this week, but there are a few other little tidbits worth noting. Plus, there's plenty of great apps and games from the week of September 9-14, 2012. We’re not sure if you heard, but Apple made some sort of announcement this week. The tech world swarmed Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California to listen to Tim Cook and crew...

Android booting HP Bender surfaces in benchmark tests

It appears that HP might be looking for a way back into the smartphone game, people . Immediately after the computer giant's CEO Meg Whitman spoke about the company releasing a smartphone eventually, an HP branded, Android ICS booting handset, dubbed Bender has appeared in GLBenchmark test result database. The mysterious handset sports some seriously beefy specs,...

The Sony Xperia T: the heart of your connected home

Bring the best of your Sony smartphone to your home entertainment system Control your TV with a smartphone; stream content directly from your tablet to your PS3. The connected home is coming, and the Xperia T is at its heart. The days when our homes were filled with disparate devices are gone – the future of technology is connection, and Sony offers you...

Apple 'completely blown away' by iPhone 5 demand

Opening day sell-out 20 times faster than iPhone 4S After completely selling out of its available pre-order stock on day-one, Apple says it has been blown away by the demand for the new iPhone 5. As we reported yesterday, those wishing to pre-order the device now face shipping times of 2-3 weeks before they'll receive the new 4-inch, iOS 6 device. In a...