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Sad times for Consumer Reports. After being so fickle with its stance on Apple’s iPhone 4, calling it the best smartphone on the market and essentially praising it as some technological work of art, then retracting nearly everything it said by saying it can’t recommend the phone, the company still can’t vouch for the iPhone…
When the economy took a steep nosedive in the fall of 2008, lots of manufacturers and companies announced restructurings and layoffs. One of them was Sony Ericsson, where 4,000 employees left the company or were let go during the downturn. It has been nearly two years since the start of the company’s restructuring, and Sony…
Remember that iPhone 4 app that took advantage of the front-facing camera for Chatroulette-style video chats? The app was called iChatr and it allowed you to connect with random strangers to chat with each other face-to-face. Swiping across the screen would take you to another person once you got bored with whomever you were currently…
When Apple gave its press conference on Friday to address the iPhone 4 antenna issue, it gave a little demo showing other phones allegedly facing similar signal attenuation problems. Included were the BlackBerry Bold 9700, which RIM wasn’t terribly pleased about, the Samsung Omnia II and the HTC Droid Eris. The idea behind the demo…
Is there anything the iPhone 4 can’t do these days? It has a gorgeous display, a front-facing camera for video chatting and a fickle antenna whose reception can be attenuated just by touching it. Oh, wait, skip that last part. Anyway, we all know just how awesome the iPhone 4 camera is–it takes great photos…
Unwired View caught more Symbian^4 screenshots from Symbian Developer Wiki and we are glad to show them to you, too. What you’re about see won’t be available in any device sold this year. As we know, the first Symbian^4 phones are set to hit the market at some point next year. In the meantime, we’ll…
The world’s single most popular octopus Paul, who predicted all 7 games Germany has played in the 2010 World Cup, got not one but two of its iPhone apps, allowing you to ask questions and get yes/no answers. If it works for you, you can think of it as a single most important app you’ll…
Apple’s event yesterday dived into some of the nuances regarding the dreaded iPhone 4 Death Grip, and part of that statement involved spreading some blame to other manufacturers, like RIM, HTC, Samsung, and Nokia, for having the exact same problems. Apple claims that signal attenuation and dropping calls due to tightly holding a phone is…
If you’ve been following the eFuse news surrounding the new Verizon Motorola Droid X and the upcoming Motorola Droid 2, you’re probably well aware of rumors that say the firmware protection technology could potentially turn your shiny (or matte-finished, in this case) new Android phone into a brick if you attempt to mess around with…
Good news for our readers with Nokia devices. The Finnish giant is discounting 26 games on the Ovi Store, all of which are now offered for a single EUR, USD or GBP, depending where you live. That’s kinda not fair as those living in the U.S. will get a much better deal than British, for…