On February 17, 2009 the GSMA issued a press release announcing that “17 leading mobile operators and manufacturers” agreed to standardize the interface to charge the devices they’d sell in the future to microUSB by the year 2012. Now I’ve been a Nokia man my whole life, until February of this year that is when…
Samsung have a smartphone with a 3D display?
Well yes, if the rumours are to be believed! TechDigest picked up on a story that came from Samsung Hub, regarding the SCH-W960 – apparently this device can do 3D via its screen, and not only that, can up-convert from 2D to 3D (now I think I’ve heard it all!). The device is apparently packing a…
INQ Mobile To Launch on India’s Aircel
INQ Mobile will be made available for the first time to Indian consumers this week. INQ has linked up with Aircel to launch its innovative range of mobile phones in India. The phones will be available in over 5,000 outlets, and Aircel are supporting the launch with a high-profile campaign fronted by cricket legend and company…
Hardware Hands-on: INQ Chat 3G
The INQ Chat 3G – a budget-range device from INQ – is from a company that is a division of the huge multinational that is Hutchison Whampoa (who also happen to own the ‘3‘ networks in various countries). Budget in price this device may be, but budget in features it is not! Social networking-a-plenty is…
CLIQ XT to be released tomorrow! (Confirmed)
Supposedly the Cliq XT will be released tomorrow for $99 dollars on T-mobile. Say what? We’ve seen this keyboardless Cliq follow up device a couple times now, and knew it was going to be released soon, but with seemingly no announcement? We’ve seen this baby hands on, and in the wild a couple of times,…
Apple gives more details about iPad’s 3G
Apple let gadget-hungry fans pre-order the iPad this morning, but it also gave some more details regarding the device’s connectivity options and content. As Steve Jobs said when he introduced the device in January, iPad users can sign up for no-contract 3G data with AT&T. You can sign up for the $29.99 version for unlimited…
Dell Mini 5 ad leaks – Renamed to Streak?
The Dell Mini 5 has been an interesting development from the company, extending from the Dell Mini 10 netbook. Initially, it was thought that the Dell Mini 3 would be the first device from the manufacturer to hit the U.S. shores, but it looks like the newly named “Streak” will be the first, as a…
Thoughts on the Motorola Devour: Good try, but no need to taste this one
If you’ve been watching my Twitter feed, you’d know I’ve been playing with the Motorola Devour. The Devour is Motorola’s second Android phone for Verizon Wireless and it’s the first to bring MotoBlur to Big Red. The handset is a decent mid-range smartphone for social networking fanatics, but it is underpowered and is nowhere near…
Aiptek announces new pico-projector camcoder
A fairly brief one this… the Aiptek PocketCinema Z20 is a 5Mp still and video camera and a pico-projector, all rolled in to one! It can record HD video (720p) and comes with 2GB of internal memory and also a microSD card slot. There’s an A/V jack (that also supports VGA input) and an HDMI…
Samsung’s Freeform focuses on heavy texters — Comes to U.S. Cellular
Today Samsung and U.S. Cellular announced a new device for the carrier, the Freeform. A sleek, candy-bar shaped, texting machine that’s quite easy on the eyes. The slim design makes it very pocketable, while still maintaining a decent sized full QWERTY keyboard. The specs of the device are dismal, but it shouldn’t be an issue,…