Jawbone’s latest Bluetooth headset is called ERA and it’s touted as the “world’s first motion-controlled Bluetooth headset with HD audio.” That HD audio part is especially emphasized and is said to deliver the “richest, most life-like and clear sound to date.” Moreover, the headset boasts a 25% larger wideband speaker as well as Jawbone’s famous…
Novatel Wireless 4G MiFi wins CES 2011 Best in Show Award from Notebooks.com
Novatel Wireless keeps getting accolades for its MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot product. We love the way it works but at the same time wonder whether such a device has a future considering that pretty much any Android smartphone sold today is able to turn your 3G/4G connection into a hotspot. Then again, having a dedicated…
Asahi Glass Unveils ‘Dragontrail’ to Rival Corning’s ‘Gorilla Glass’
On Thursday, Japan’s Asahi Glass demoed their new ‘Dragontrail’ glass aimed at smartphones and tablets. The glass is said to be 6 times as tough as the conventional stuff we’re used to seeing on today’s devices. Asahi put their product through the typical key scratch test, but went on to punish the Dragontrail via various…
Verizon appeals FCC net neutrality ruling in federal court
Big Red, or Verizon, is not too happy with the recent net neutrality ruling by the FCC, and has gone to the Court of Appeals to combat it. We’re not sure what will come of this, but the largest mobile carrier in the US isn’t going to take the FCC’s newfound regulatory authority laying down.…
Google search grew 4 times on mobile devices, 10 times on Android devices
Android wasn’t much of a focus on Google’s fourth-quarter earnings conference call, as there were bigger fish to fry, but there were a few interesting nuggets along the way. At the end of 2010, search on mobile devices grew four times more than the previous year. That’s good news indeed, but it was Android devices…
T-Mobile officially announces Samsung Galaxy S 4G with HSPA+ support
After rumors and leaks coming down the pipe for some time now, T-Mobile has officially announced their Samsung Vibrant successor, the Galaxy S 4G. So what’s this thing do that the original Vibrant can not? Well, for starters, the Galaxy S 4G supports Magenta’s 4G HSPA+ network. And, the handset ships with Android 2.2 Froyo…
Samsung acquires Liquavista, maker of the electrowetting display technology
Samsung Electronics announced it has acquired display technology firm Liquavista BV. Based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Liquavista is a spin-out from the Philips Research Labs that offers a new type of electronic display technology known as electrowetting for applications in mobile devices. Here’s how that technology works (from the press release): The electrowetting technology, which…
Strategy Analytics: 15% of smartphones sold in 2011 will have multi core processors [45% in 2015]
The bean counters at Strategy Analytics have whipped out their abacuses and tabulated that 15% of the smartphones sold this year will have multi core processors and that by 2015 that figure is likely to sky rocket to 45%. They go on to say that this year Samsung and Qualcomm will be shipping the most…
Mobile cloud service provider Netbiscuits raises several million euros from T-Venture and Creathor Venture
Netbiscuits announced that it has raised expansion capital of “several million” euros from T-Venture and Creathor Venture. The former company is the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom, while the latter is a leading German VC that originally backed Netbiscuits in 2007. As you may know from the previous two posts on the company, Netbiscuits…
Telmap-powered MTS Navigator launches in Russia
Telmap announced that yet another carrier has decided to implement and offer their navigation solution. Russia’s MTS launched MTS Navigator, which provides full Russian language support and includes in-car navigation with 3D moving maps, voice guidance directions that announce street names, and a dedicated pedestrian mode. Additionally, user can also access to thousands of points…