The Apple Tablet has proven to be this month’s hottest rumor topic. With Apple set to unveil something fresh and new at their Jan. 27th event in San Francisco, the rumor mill is churning out juicy tidbits on the daily. The latest whispers surrounding the fabled Apple Tablet (iSlate?) have both Verizon and AT&T picking…
Gigabyte working on its first Android phone; Leaked photos as a proof
Gigabyte is working on its first Android phone which will most probably become a part in their GSmart series. The name is still unknown, meaning we’ll have to wait for the Mobile World Congress to get all the details. From what we’ve heard, it will be a low-end smartphone that will compete with the HTC…
Prototype BlackBerry Magnum/Dakota Seen Sans Trackpad
Word has been spreading about RIM’s touchscreen/QWERTY device code-named Magnum (or, more recently, Dakota) for some time, with little other than whispers to corroborate the information. This image of the rumoured BlackBerry has popped up on twitter, and looks just about exactly as you’d expect – Bold stylings, minus any sign of a trackpad or…
Another Apple patent for solar powered iPhones
Apple has their sights set on making their iPhone as green as possible, it seems. A newly discovered patent application from the Cupertino-based iPhone maker hints at the company’s ongoing interest in powering their iPhone with solar cells. The patent describes power management methods that would allow portable media devices, like the iPhone, to draw…
HTC launching Obsesssion Windows Phone as HTC Diamond3?
The upgraded HTC HD2 Windows Phone will soon launch as the HTC Diamond3, continuing HTC’s tradition of high-powered, high-style Windows Mobile smartphones bearing the “Diamond” brand. According to “reliable sources,” WMPowerUser is reporting that the HTC Obsession will bring its 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, 1Ghz processor, 4GB of onboard memory, and HD video-capable 5-megapixel camera…
Sega Ultimate Genesis Collection Coming to iPhone
Retro gamers will be happy to hear that classics like Sonic the Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, Shining Force, and yes, Golden Axe, will be available on the iPhone in February through an official Sega Genesis app. It’s been possible to get this kind of stuff through jailbreaking and loading illegal ROMs into an emulator, but…
Motorola Devour/Calgary Spotted in Verizon Inventory
The next Android device from Motorola has been seen live on more than one occasion, and is now popping up in Verizon’s CelleBrite system. This signals an impending retail presence, or at least an announcement – Mobile World Congress maybe? The Calgary (a.k.a. droid Devour) has all the same blur social networking enhancements as the…
Bing to Oust Google as iPhone Search Engine of Choice?
Rumour has it Apple is in the early stages of talks with Microsoft about getting Bing onto the iPhone as the default search engine, replacing Google. It’s hard not to revel in the sheer irony of a such a close potential partnership, but considering Google poses a significant threat to both companies on a number…
Official BlackBerry Twitter Client Shows its Face, Pegged for February
At a Mexican Bold launch, this picture of RIM’s work-in-progress Twitter client for BlackBerry slipped out. We’ve been hearing about this project for awhile now, and even seen traces of it being used in the wild, but this is the first proper screenshot to surface. As you can see, it’s nothing mind-blowing, including the usual…
Analyst: Project Pink Launching in Two Months?
More Zunephone rumours? Right on, I’m sick of this iTablet noise anyway. Katherine Egbert, an analyst at Jefferies & Company, is saying that Microsoft’s mythical Project Pink will be released within the next two months, likely at with an announcement at Mobile World Congress in February. Even if the device itself isn’t the spitting image…