Friday, November 23, 2012

Any.g.ood? Will.i.am to launch iPhone add-on to boost camera to 14MP

Will.i.am is about to launch the i.am+ iPhone add-on, a device that'll allow owners of Apple's smartphone to take 14-megapixel photos with their handset. Songwriter, rapper, producer, DJ and self-proclaimed “chic geek” will.i.am is about to launch a piece of iPhone hardware that’ll  boost the handset’s pixel count to 14 million. Will.i.am told the Telegraph...

Nokia imaging boss Damian Dinning quits company

Nokia loses its camera tech chief Damian Dinning, Nokia's head of imaging, has decided to leave the struggling mobile company. The man behind the camera technology on handsets like the headline-making, 41-megapixel Nokia 808 Pureview and the new Nokia Lumia 920 device will leave at the end of this month. A statement from Nokia UK hinted that Dinning, who...

Nokia imaging boss Damian Dinning leaves company

Nokia loses its camera tech chief Damian Dinning, Nokia's head of imaging, has decided to leave the struggling mobile company. The man behind the camera technology on handsets like the headline-making, 41-megapixel Nokia 808 Pureview and the new Nokia Lumia 920 device will leave at the end of this month. A statement from Nokia UK hinted that Dinning, who...

Mobile data traffic doubled over the last year

Mobile data usage continues to grow exponentially Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson has released its new Mobility Report for the third quarter of 2012, and has discovered some staggering new numbers. First and foremost, mobile data usage has doubled from where it was a year ago, and is expected to have a compound annual growth of at least 50 percent...

Black Friday fights erupt at retail stores over smartphones, HDTVs, video games

Definitely the ugly side of shopping during Black Friday, threats of violence and fights over low priced electronics have been reported yet again. With plenty of YouTube videos being posted recording the retail chaos of snagging doorbusters, shoppers around the United States have continued the tradition of fighting on Black Friday at various retail locations...

Latest mobile phones 2012: hottest handsets reviewed

Check out our list of the latest mobile phones around In the ever-changing mobile market, it can be hard to keep pace with the latest mobile phones. That's why we've put together this hub for our latest mobile phone reviews and hands on: to give you the ideal jumping-on point for choosing the best handset for you out of the most current models around. We...

Damian Dinning leaves Nokia effective November 30

As if the poor market performance as of late wasn't enough, Nokia just took another hit. Damian Dinning has decided to leave the company effective November 30. Dinning started working at Nokia in April 2004 and took the role as the company's lead program manager for Imaging Experience and worked closely on devices like the Nokia 808 PureView and Lumia 920. Reportedly,...

Three to offer Nexus 4… but it'll cost ya

The Nexus 4. How much would YOU pay? The unlucky majority who were unable to snap the brilliant Nexus 4 from Google after its release last week will soon be able to pick up the handset from Three…as long as they're willing to cough up 400 smackers for it. From December 13 - which marks the end of O2's Nexus 4 exclusive offer - the service provider will be...

LG Optimus 7 won't get WP7.8 update says LG Poland

We got a lot of good news about the Windows Phone 7.8 update lately, but every streak comes to an end as we now have a particularly unpleasant piece of information to share with you. The LG Optimus 7, which was one of the first Windows Phone handsets and is currently running version 7.5 of the OS, will not be getting updated to version 7.8. This info comes from LG’s...

Red Lumia 920T for China Mobile poses for the camera

Sohu Digital News has obtained a red Lumia 920T and made some photos of it. The Lumia 920T is destined for China Mobile and the unit in the photos is a prototype. There's no word when the device will actually launch on China Mobile's network. The smartphone sports a glossy red polycarbonate unibody and has TD-SCDMA support. The other (still not officially confirmed)...

There could be trouble ahead, as the LG Optimus 7 may miss out on Windows Phone 7.8

A communication between LG and an Optimus 7 Windows Phone 7 device owner has cast doubt over whether the aging phone will see the Windows Phone 7.8 update. If it's correct, will the Optimus 7 be the only one to suffer? While Windows Phone 7 device owners wait patiently for news of the Windows Phone 7.8 software update, there could be trouble brewing, as according...

Which is the best HTC phone?

All the info on the HTC smartphone line-up Our constantly updated list of the best HTC phones. So you've decided that HTC is the brand you want to spend the next 24 months of your life with - but that's not the end of the quest. You have a plethora of devices, price points and operating systems to choose from and it can all get a little bewildering. But...

Nokia Lumia 920 may have reached 2.5M orders worldwide

According to a Yahoo China report Nokia has received more than 2.5 million orders for the Lumia 920 across the globe, which is more than the entire Lumia lineup sold in Q3 of 2012. The report also says the Lumia 920 and 820 have been sold out in the United States, Germany, Australia and elsewhere, which goes in check with previous reports of the Lumia 920 being sold...

Hands on: Huawei Ascend G330 review

Hands on: Huawei Ascend G330 review The Huawei Ascend G330 is a fairly uninspiring phone, but is designed to appeal to those that want to spend only a little on a smartphone. These people may want something more than a £70 effort from the bargain bin, but won't break the bank. Which makes the G330 a little bit of an oddity, especially when compared to the barnstorming...

BlackBerry 10 L Series phone leaked again, still weeks away from launch

Research in Motion's touchscreen BlackBerry 10 handset, the L Series, has been leaked again, this time showing it compared to a BlackBerry Bold 9700. RIM will officially announce BlackBerry 10 and its hardware on January 30 next year. The L Series BlackBerry 10 phone has been leaked again, this time appearing in CrackBerry.com’s forums, where a handful of pictures...

Budget Huawei Ascend G330 arrives in time for Christmas

Is this all you want for Christmas? The Chinese firm is mounting an assault on the budget end of the market with the Ascend G330 landing in the UK at the start of December. The Ascend G330 builds of the successful Huawei Ascend G300 which offered impressive specs for a smartphone sporting a £100 price tag. TalkTalk will be the first, and only, network...

LTE can be enabled on the Nexus 4, works on Canadian networks

Remember when people were disappointed that the Nexus 4 doesn’t have LTE? And then iFixit dug up an LTE chip in the phone? Well, it turns out that the chip can be enabled surprisingly easy. Several people are reporting that the LTE connectivity works in Canada on Band 4 (1700Mhz / 2100MHz), which the one what all LTE carriers in the country use. To enable LTE, you...

HTC Deluxe pics surface: want a 5-inch wonder?

It's big, it's white, it's flipping dynamite: HTC DELUXE (credit: GSM Arena) The trend towards the larger screen is increasing, as now pictures have appeared of the HTC Deluxe DLX. This is the same phone we heard about from Twitter last week, and is set to be the global edition of the HTC Butterfly J – or its twin, the HTC Droid DNA. Well, that's the...

Blue Microphones Mikey Digital review

Blue Microphones Mikey Digital review This microphone connects to your iOS device's 30-pin dock connector. Though it mimics the iPhone 4's aesthetic, its plastic silver trim doesn't immediately scream quality. On the bottom edge is a headphone socket to take input from devices - including musical instruments - with a line out. On the right side is a mini USB port,...

Dual-SIM Samsung Galaxy Note II launches in China

Source : http://www.gsmarena.com/dualsim_samsung_galaxy_note_ii_launches_in_china-news-5115....