Yesterday morning Microsoft announced on their Microsoft on the Issues blog that Compal has just become the 10th company to sign a deal that ensures that they’ll be able to build devices that use Google’s Android software without getting sued. Never heard of Compal? Like Foxconn, the company that Apple uses to build their iPhone,…
Video: LG turns a building into a robot to promote the original Optimus
It’s Friday, the weekend is so close you can taste it, so we thought you’d enjoy this ~ 7 minute video below that depicts a building pulling a Michael Bay stunt by transforming into a robot. It’s over a year old and has over 2 million views, but we don’t remember ever seeing it. The…
Leak: HTC Rezound images surface, you may want to grab a barf bag before looking
HTC is set to introduce a new super-phone next month called the Rezound. From the leaked information that’s been floating around the internet, this bad boy is supposed to ship with a 4.3 inch screen that pushes 1280 x 720 pixels, it’ll have a dual core 1.5 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM, an 8…
Video: Breaking into an iPad 2 with nothing more than an Apple Smart Cover [Security Flaw]
Earlier this week our very own Marin Perez demonstrated, on video, how easy it is to access Siri on the iPhone 4S despite the device being locked. It’s a very easy problem to fix, just change a setting, but by default your iPhone 4S is open to anyone who has enough malice in their system…
Leak: Nokia Sabre, the second Nokia Windows Phone Mango device we know we’ll see next week
Earlier the week we got a sneak peak at the Nokia 800, codename Sea Ray, thanks to a set of press images that were leaked by the folks at PocketNow. Today they’ve one-upped themselves by releasing an image of yet another Nokia Windows Phone device, the Nokia Sabre. When we first brought you news of…
Nokia Q3 2011: 70 million Euros in the hole, yet a 20% increase in devices sold
Nokia’s just published their Q3 2011 financial results, and while they’re not great, they’re better than a lot of us thought they’d turn out. When it comes to profits, Nokia didn’t make any between July and September of this year. They lost 71 million Euros. Compared with the 487 million Euro loss in Q2 2011,…
New Jersey Transit to add Google Wallet support [One less card to carry in your wallet]
New Jersey’s public transit system, the 3rd largest in the U.S., has just announced that they’ve given Google a big bear hug and will soon start supporting Google Wallet. According to the press release, customers will be able to buy tickets from “New York Penn Station ticket vending machines and ticket windows, Newark Liberty International…
ZTE Warp: 4.3 inch Android smartphone for $250 on Boost Mobile, shipping next month
Boost Mobile, better known as Sprint’s brand for prepaid customers, has introduced a new Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone from ZTE called the Warp. For $250, and you have to remember this is off contract, you’ll get a handset with a 4.3 inch screen, likely with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, a 1 GHz…
Photos: Microsoft shows off AT&T’s new Samsung Windows Phone Mango devices
Last month AT&T announced that they were going to launch several new Windows Phone Mango handsets this fall, but they failed to provide images of said devices. Today Microsoft rectified that problem by finally showing off the Samsung Focus S and the Samsung Flash. The Focus S will sport a massive 4.3 inch Super AMOLED…
Nokia 800 press shots leak, it’s basically the Nokia N9 running Windows Phone Mango
Next Wednesday Nokia is set to hold their annual Nokia World event in London where it’s expected that they’ll reveal multiple smartphones running Windows Phone. At least that’s what Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, said in an interview earlier this week at the Web 2.0 Summit. We’ve taken the time to scour the internet…









