Motorola’s announcement the Droid RAZR in October 2011 was awkward at best. Less than 24 hours later, on a stage half way around the world, Samsung showed off the Galaxy Nexus. Not only did the Nexus have better hardware specifications, but it also ran the latest and greatest version of Android. Then, just a few…
Rumor: Microsoft has begun testing Windows Phone 8 internally
Microsoft is going to release two major pieces of software this year: Windows 8, the desktop and tablet operating system; and Windows Phone 8, codenamed Apollo, their smartphone operating system. We’re eager to find out what’s new in Apollo, because Mango, today’s version of Windows Phone, just doesn’t cut it for us. We’re not alone…
Is Samsung going to announce the Galaxy S III on May 2nd?
Look, starting rumors isn’t something I particularly enjoy doing since at the end of the day it doesn’t matter if you have press images and a spec sheet of a device that you can’t buy, but I’m going to make an exception for this “hunch”. Samsung’s Galaxy S III is easily one of the most…
Pebble: Yet another Bluetooth enabled watch, but this time it doesn’t suck
“Wearable computing” is going to be a buzz phrase you’re going to be hearing over and over again over the next few months. Thanks to devices like the Jawbone UP and the Nike+ Fuelband, 2012 and 2013 are going to be all about the “quantified self”, which is yet another buzz phrase that basically means…
After 14 years of being the leader in mobile phones, Nokia has lost their crown
Two articles were published today that everyone should read. The first, from Reuters, says that analysts have come to the conclusion that Nokia is no longer the leader of the mobile phone market in terms of volume. Yesterday the Finnish handset maker issued a press release saying they shipped 12 million smartphones and 71 feature…
Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 now available for owners of the Nokia 603, 700, and 701
It boggles the mind that 14 months ago the CEO of Nokia, Stephen Elop, got up on a stage in London and announced the death of Symbian, yet during these past 14 months we’ve seen more software updates issued to the dying OS than we’ve ever seen in Symbian’s history. Symbian Anna came out in…
The A5 chip in the $399 iPad 2 is 40% smaller thanks to Samsung’s 32 nm technology
Apple’s A4, A5, and A5X chips have all been made using 45 nanometer transistors. At least that’s what we thought. According to a report from Chipworks, the $399 iPad 2 and the new 1080p enabled Apple TV are using a 32 nanometer version of the A5. Why is this important? Smaller transistors translate to smaller…
Nokia spends more money on making a Lumia 900 than Apple does on making an iPhone 4S
Anyone who has ever picked up an iPhone knows how incredibly well built the device is compared to everything else on the market. Sure, the decision to make the back of the iPhone out of glass was a mistake, but barring that … the thing is built like a German tank. The same can be…
Nokia announces 2 million Windows Phone sales in Q1 2012
Nokia is going to announce their Q1 2012 financial results on April 19th, today though they issued a press release that gives investors and analysts a hint of what sort of numbers they should be expecting. Here are the important figures: 83 million mobile phones were sold during the quarter, of which 71 million were…
Intel shows off a rugged 7 inch table reference design that’ll cost less than $200
Intel’s desperate to get into the mobile game. Their chips power desktops and laptops, but the future is obviously smartphones and tablets. When it comes to that space, Intel has 0% market share. Now that’s going to change this year thanks to Orange, an operator who has committed to launching a smartphone based on an…