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Ladies and gents, it is my great pleasure to spread the good great news – T-Mobile has started rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S II. Unfortunately though, it’s not an over-the-air things, rather requiring that you have Samsung Kies software installed on your computer. Then again, that shouldn’t be…
When people talk about mobile phone vendors they typically cite three to five companies, but truth is there are many, many more. There’s a countless number of brands in China that most consumers will never hear about because those firms are ultra focused on feeding local demand. Xiaomi is one of those companies. This month…
When Asus first announced the Padfone, most of us were amazed. The idea to make a single device that’s both a smartphone and tablet is great, or at least I think so. Then at Mobile World Congress, the company went one step forward, unveiling the keyboard dock and the super-cool Bluetooth headset-stylus. The problem, however,…
Most of us don’t remember what we’ve been dreaming hours or even minutes after we wake up. Sure you can write it up but why would use a pencil when you have a smartphone and now a dedicated app to do so. Called Dreamt It, it’s an iOS application dubbed as the simplest way to…
Samsung prepared an interesting smartphone for China Unicom, which is the second-largest mobile operator in the world’s most populous country. Model number GT-B9120 sports a clamshell form factor and, get this – two 3.5-inch WVGA Super AMOLED touchscreens! To be fair, we’ve already seen a similar Samsung product though it wasn’t running Android — Samsung…
These days Brits have quite a few mobile deals to choose from, some of which we’ve already covered in the past. The new deal we caught involves the HTC One S, with The Carphone Warehouse offering this particular Android smartphone for free on a 16 GBP/month contract from Talkmobile. That money gets you 200 minutes,…
In case you haven’t heard, Apple held an event yesterday where they announced new personal computers and showed off the next version of both their desktop operating system (OS X 10.8) and mobile operating system (iOS 6). Now new features are what make geeks foam at the mouth, but this writer cares more about optimizations…
As part of its WWDC kickoff, Apple announced the winners of the 2012 Apple Design Awards. This annual competition highlights professional and student developers who created top-tier apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The list of winners for 2012 includes: iPhone Awards Jetpack Joyride National Parks by National Geographic Where’s my Water? iPad Awards…
Apple unveiled all of the latest and greatest features of iOS 6 today at WWDC and most people will be more than pleased with the additions. From Siri updates to the new Maps application, the latest update for iOS is definitely something to look forward to. We’ll walk you through each new or updated feature…
If you want to watch Apple’s WWDC keynote and not just read about it, then point your browser to Apple’s event website. The full WWDC presentation can be streamed to anyone using a Mac with OS X Snow Leopard or Lion, Mobile Safari on iOS 3 or later, or QuickTime 7 on Windows. There’s not…