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The wireless modem, arguably the most important part in a mobile phone since without it you’d basically have an oddly shaped device that can act as a personal digital assistant and less than stellar camera, has always been one of Nokia’s strongest assets. Say what you will about Nokia’s S30, S40, Symbian, or MeeGo/Maemo devices,…
According to a Nexus One user, the Flash 10.1 player on Android will play sound no matter what mode the phone is on, even silent mode. It seems like it doesn’t matter if your device is on silent mode, if you’re watching a Flash-enabled video in the browser, the audio will still play. So, if…
Most of the hardware in the T-Mobile messaging phone lineup comes from Samsung, but the recently discovered Motorola Charm is the most interesting exception to that rule. Today, we get off-hand confirmation that the QWERTY square will be bringing Android OS to Magenta’s stable of affordable messaging phones. And, to make the Charm that much…
While the Android Market is far from perfect, it’s still gets the job done just fine. And, with recent performance charts popping up from all mobile app stores, it looks like the Market stands out in a couple different ways when compared to competition. Whether or not these differences are good or bad is up…
In news that should shock absolutely no one, an analyst said T-Mobile’s Garminfone is not selling well. Hmmm, maybe consumers don’t want a relatively limited GPS-centric handset, even if it does run Android. On paper, the Garminfone looks okay. It sports a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera with no flash, 3G, WiFi and a microSD…
In many ways, Palm’s acquisition by Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the end of an era because the handset maker was critical in building early demand for smartphones. At these moments, it’s common for some in the industry to wax nostalgically about the accomplishments of the company and that’s exactly what Palm’s ex-CEO Donna Dubinsky did in…
One of the drawbacks of Apple’s “magical” iPad is that Apple and Steve Jobs have vehemently kept Adobe’s Flash technology from running in the Mobile Safari browser. Jobs & Co. argue that the open HTML5 standard is more than capable of delivering much of the rich online media that we’ve gotten used to over the…
While visiting Canada for our national holiday on the 1st., Queen Elizabeth II swung by Waterloo to visit our country’s most successful company, Research in Motion. She got a white BlackBerry Bold 9700, and stayed at the RIM assembling facilities for less than a half hour. The Queen’s not the first one in the royal…
Android fans on T-Mobile UK can now get the HTC Desire for a good price. The carrier now offers the HTC Desire for about $55 when you sign up for a contract (about $30 per month) that includes 100 text messages, 100 minutes and 3 GB of data. You can also get the Android-powered handset…
Expected to be released in early 2011, here is a render and supposed specifications of what’s going to be the Samsung Galaxy S2. The Samsung Galaxy S2 is supposed to be the successor to the Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant, Epic 4G, Captivate, or Fascinate depending on your operator) that’s only now hitting the market, and…