Thanks to high speed mobile networks, smartphones with large high resolution screens, and social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, the way we consume news today is remarkably different to the way things used to be just 10 years ago. According to a survey done by the Pew Research Center on 2,251 people during January,…
Video: Nokia Shoot and Tag Beta [It’s like DVD chapters, but for the videos you capture]
Ever been in a situation where a friend of yours is trying to show you a video of something that happened to him at a party and the two of you end up standing far too close to each for 10 minutes as he tries to find the exact frame to point out to you,…
Benchmarks show the GPU inside the iPad 2 is ridiculously quick [Not 9x as fast, more like 3x to 7x]
Back in January when we saw a glut of Android 3.0 powered tablets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show, one thing that made all of them seem magical was the hardware inside. Thanks to NVIDIA and their Tegra 2, dual core processors and ultra quick graphic performance became something we knew we wanted. Immediately. What…
Clearwire CEO resigns citing personal reasons [That’s corporate code for you’ve been sacked]
Bill Morrow, the CEO of Clearwire, has formally announced his resignation citing personal reasons. Clearwire, the WiMAX operator that Sprint owns a 54% stake in, has yet to post a profit and has been experiencing trouble delivering on their promise of building a competitive 4G network. It all began before even a single tower was…
Hot Deal: Nokia N8 in vomit green for just $330 from Dell [4 days only!]
Forget about Android versus iOS versus Symbian for a moment and think about cost considerations. If you could pick up one of the best cameraphones on the market for less than $350, would you? Dell has Nokia’s N8 on sale for an astonishingly low price of just $330. You have to get the vomit green…
Nokia starts talking with employees about the coming changes [Finnish unions fear 5,000 job cuts]
Nokia has recently begun consultative talks with employees about the coming changes that the organization will face under the reign of Stephen Elop. Elop, who became the CEO of Nokia in September 2010 after his predecessor Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo failed to keep the Finnish firm competitive after the launch of both the iPhone and Google’s Android…
Leak: New Nokia E6 image shows strong E71 roots with Symbian^3 software
An image of Nokia’s yet to be announced E6 has recently sprung onto the internet and while it’s a little bit blurry, it shows a lot of promise. First thing you’ll notice is the full metal body that has a striking resemblance to the E71. The E72, the successor to the E71, felt a little…
Apple opening a temporary store in Austin for SXSW and the iPad 2 launch
Apple is planning to open a temporary 5,000 square foot store in downtown Austin that will open on the day the iPad 2 launches, that’s tomorrow by the way, and that just so happens to be the first day of South by Southwest (SXSW). Geeks, musicians, and other creative types typically flock to SXSW by…
Apple may stop asking Samsung to build their processors, to go with TSMC instead
If you use an iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, or Apple TV, then chances are that the processor inside is what the marketing machine in Cupertino likes to call the “A4”. In reality it’s something that’s been designed by Samsung, tweaked by Apple, and then built by Samsung for Apple to use in their products. Considering…
TeliaSonera and ZTE partnering to launch the first multi band LTE USB modem
TeliaSonera rocked the world in December 2009 when they became the first wireless operator to launch a commercial LTE network. Coverage was limited to central Stockholm and Oslo, but since going live their coverage map has greatly expanded. Initial benchmarks showed them delivering speeds at over 30 Mbps on average and peaking at around 80…









