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A little over a month ago we brought you images of Nokia’s yet to be announced Touch and Type Slider. The “Touch and Type” brand name is what Nokia calls their feature phones that run the S40 operating system and also pack a resistive touch screen. You don’t get things like pinch to zoom, and…
The European Commission has ruled that EU countries must allow operators to use the spectrum they already own in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands to roll out 4G networks, in this case LTE or WiMAX. This is a fairly significant decision for multiple reasons. First, the LTE networks that are already live in…
Wireless charging has long been a wet dream for many in the industry, but it wasn’t until 2008 when over 60 companies got together and formed the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) with the express goal of creating a standard that would work across various devices and across different vendors that people actually started believing that…
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the consumer electronics industry, and by that we mean laptops, mobile phones, televisions, nearly everything that runs off of electricity and isn’t considered a kitchen appliance, releases better products year after year. Improvements can be small and subtle, such as a decrease in the thickness…
OmniVision, a company you’ve probably never heard of, but who are responsible for making the camera sensors that go in millions of mobile phones, has just announced the OV12825. It’s able to take 12 megapixels photos, which may not be impressive if you’re a size queen and are waiting for HTC’s 16 megapixel monster, but…
HP, like most other handset makers, have a bad habit of announcing devices up to half a year before they even hit the market. The Veer, which was announced on February 9th of this year, is rumored to launch on May 2nd according to PreCentral, which is just under 3 months of…
When you become one of the hottest companies in the world, you can pretty much hire anyone you want since talent comes to you. We’ve seen several new hires at Apple during the past month. One guy from Nintendo, another from Activision, one who has been building bikes made out of carbon fiber for 20…
Google Translate is a modern marvel, seamlessly taking snippets of text, or even complete websites, and translating them in milliseconds from one language to the other. It may not be an exact translation, but it’s good enough to get the general idea of what’s being said. Users of Apple’s iPhone and devices running Google’s Android…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system is due to get an upgrade later this year called “Mango”. Among the many features, the two that stand out are an improved web browser that’s built with the same engine that powers Internet Explorer 9, and multitasking, which should have been in the platform since day one. While all…
According to a YouTube video of questionable authenticity it appears that HTC is planning to release a Windows Phone device with a 16 megapixel camera sensor and dual LED flash. If true, then this would be not only be the highest megapixel count we’ve seen on a mobile phone, but proof that HTC actually gives…