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The Chevrolet Volt, which we’ve seen with a reasonably impressive smartphone app for managing the car’s charging schedule, will have one more phone-friendly addition: a wireless charging mat built right into the vehicle. As a part of the agreement, GM is squeezing $5 million of investment capital into Powermat, which will not only enable phones…
We had heard a whisper earlier this week that RIM was holding out on a 4G BlackBerry until costs and power consumption for the related chips were lower, and from a recent interview with Mike Lazaridis at CES, we’re hearing similar logic applied to dual-core processors. When asked about why a dual-core strategy was good…
As if we didn’t have enough new Android phones at CES 2011… On top of a tablet, Acer has announced two lower-end handsets, both running Android 2.2. The first is the Liquid Mini, which is significantly tinier than the original Liquid, runs on a 600 MHz processor with 512 MB of RAM, includes a 5…
Yet another addition to Verizon’s lineup was announced at CES today: a little mobile hotspot puck from Samsung that’s LTE 4G compatible. If you’re worried about crummy 4G coverage, don’t worry, it’s dual-mode so can drop down to EV-DO if need be. Verizon promises 2 – 12 Mbps up, and 2 – 5 Mbps down…
Verizon and Samsung announced in their CES press conference today a handful of devices, including a one referred to as simply a 4G LTE smartphone. A little bland in the naming department, but maybe the specs will impress you. Besides obviously being compatible with Verizon’s burgeoning LTE network, the Samsung 4G smartphone runs Android 2.2,…
In one of today’s many press conferences at CES 2011, T-Mobile announced the Dell Steak 7. We had seen plenty of hints that Dell would be enlarging their tablet/smartphone hybrid, but it’s still good to see join all of the other Android tablets launched at the show. No info on pricing or release dates, but…
Rumour has it video chat app developer Skype has acquired competing Qik for something to the tune of $100 million. Apparently an announcement at CES is forthcoming, though we haven’t heard anything yet. Skype recently added video calling to their iPhone app, but Qik had actually beat them to the punch in the summer. Qik…
The Motorola Atrix will probably cost a pretty penny when it comes out on Bell, so any Canadians looking for something a little more affordable will be interested in hearing about the LG Optimus Chic coming our on January 14. The suggested retail price is $249.95, meaning it’ll probably be free once you sign on…
After being previewed and leaked for some time, the first instance of a carrier-approved BlackBerry 6 operating system for the Bold 9700 is now available for download. OS 6 has a wide variety of new features, but is still very recognizable. Universal search lets you get to local and web content simply by typing from…
Nielsen released a really great infographic the other day, going over a variety of U.S. media usage statistics, including mobile internet use. Among the stats they had gathered was how folks spend time on the internet using their phone, what phones were popular, which mobile video sites were the most visited, and who were sending…