HTC has seemingly fallen in love with Google’s Android mobile operating system – they’ve been launching Android phones left and right, as of late – but the company that got its start building smartphones powered by Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform hasn’t forgotten its roots. At Mobile World Congress, HTC CEO Peter Chou reiterated his company’s…
Motorola posts Motorola Devour video tour
After getting a chance to put hands on the Motorola Devour’s sharp-angled, metallic body, we can’t wait to see the Devour going live on Verizon Wireless. To help us pass that anxious time between discovering a new handset and actually getting to put one in our pockets, Motorola has posted a new demonstration video that…
Hack Alert: Beware the Twitter phishing attack that asks ‘LOL is this you’
We interrupt your daily scheduled programming to bring you breaking news of a new Twitter phishing attack that might just pilfer your Twitter account and hand it over to would-be hackers. Twitter users would be wise to not click on any Twitter direct messages (DMs) that asks “LOL, is this you?” Clicking on the link…
PMSBuddy for iPhone has your back when Aunt Flo comes to town
Good news for those of you living in constant fear of your significant other’s potentially volatile menstrual cycles – you now have a friend in the new PMS-tracking PMSBuddy iPhone app. Just as the name implies, the PMSBuddy is an iPhone app that keeps track of when your lady friend’s “Aunt Flo” comes into town,…
Sprint: First WiMAX phone coming within months (Supersonic?)
Sprint may not yet have a truly nationwide WiMAX network up and running in the US, but they’re making preparations to launch the first WiMAX phone in the US this year. Sprint has confirmed to Forbes that the No. 4 3 US wireless carrier will drop some sort of WiMAX phone on the American people…
Sony Ericsson rejected Google’s request to make Nexus One
Google would like you believe that the Nexus One was entirely their creation – the ultimate fruit of their Android loins – and ignore the fact that the Android superphone was developed and manufactured with a good deal of help from HTC. But, things could have gone differently if Sony Ericsson had accepted Google’s initial…
Line2 v2.0 iPhone app enables phone calls over cellular, 3G, and WiFi
It seems Apple has changed their tune on the way VoIP apps are allowed to make calls on its iPhone. Apple has just approved an update to the Line2 app that actually allows the iPhone to make and receive phone calls over a 3G or WiFi internet connection. That’s a stark departure from Apple’s previous…
Video demo of HTC’s updated Sense UI
HTC never rests on laurels that they may or may not think are good enough at any given time, and HTC Sense is no exception. The smartphone maker’s Sense UI creates a custom homescreen that replaces the vanilla Android homescreen with all kinds of widgets that put important information at your fingertips. With the unveiling…
Video: Playing with the Android-powered Samsung i8520 Beam (Halo) and its pico projector
When it comes to phones with pico projectors, we’re used to seeing mobile phones with unsightly projector add-ons or, at the very best, bulky projector housings that are seemingly slapped onto the top of the phone. That all changed when we put hands on the Samsung i8520 Beam (Halo). The Samsung i8520 isn’t just an…
A look at how the HTC Legend’s aluminum unibody takes shape
HTC’s booth at Mobile World Congress 2010 wasn’t all that big this year, but it did have one incredibly interesting display that we just had to show you – the HTC Legend‘s aluminum unibody. We had a chance to put hands on the device at the show, and we can’t say enough about how striking…