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Ever since we caught a first glimpse at the HTC EVO 3D and the EVO View at CTIA 2011, we’ve been drooling. The EVO 3D is Sprint’s first 3D smartphone and it isn’t a slouch in the hardware department. It shoots 3D photos and video and allows your to view 3D content, too. It’s running…
Michael Hurlston (pictured above), Senior Vice Oresident of Home and Wireless Networking at Broadcom, told journalists at a press briefing held last week in San Francisco that by this time next year 10% to 15% of all mobile phones on the market will feature support for near field communications, better known as NFC. His prediction,…
In yet another BlackBerry Torch 2 hands-on, the 9810’s 5 megapixel camera has been given a whirl to see how well it captures 720p video. There’s also a bunch of hands-on impressions, mainly glowing over the 3.2-inch 640 x 480 touchscreen’s responsiveness. The form factor is more or less identical otherwise, but packs a 1.2…
Nokia has just announced a new app in their Beta Labs called Play To, which brings video, music, and photo sharing to home electronics over the local Wi-Fi network. Nokia Play To is based on the DLNA standard, so your TV and/or stereo system will need to be compatible to work. Phones like the N8,…
We’ve already talked about liquid lens technology in the past. The company that promised to use it in the camera phones, Varioptic, has been sold to French Parrot S.A. and the new entity called Optilux emerged in the process. While Parrot will use this technology in industrial, medical and other consumer applications – Optilux, formed…
We’ve been hearing that the HTC EVO 3D for Sprint would be landing sometime this month, but it looks like June 4th won’t be the date. Radio Shack has gone live with a pre-order of the handset and you can walk into a store on the 24th and pick one up for yourself. One of…
Qualcomm is taking some subtle jabs at its competitors in its latest video, as the company is showing off how well the Snapdragon processor can work with 4G LTE networks for a better user experience. I’ll let you watch the video below, you’ll see the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8660 in a Verizon 4G LTE device against…
This afternoon RIM has released a beta version of their developer toolset for BlackBerry OS 7, the new software running on the Bold 9900. Developer APIs include new access to the magnetic compass, UI overlay, near-field communications, and video capture, as well as the 3D rendering power of OpenGL ES 2.0. APIs for BlackBerry Maps,…
The 3D screen technology company MasterImage 3D announced its new CELL reference tablet with Autostereoscopic glasses-free 3D display, giving developers and designers access to the patented Cell-Matrix Parallax Barrier technology. Based on PandaBoard (the TI OMAP4430 applications processor), the CELL tablet is currently available in 4.3-inch and 7.0-inch versions, with 10.1-inch version coming later in…
In addition the handful of new handsets coming from Samsung lately, the manufacturer will be producing another budget Android device and it’s set to land on Sprint sometime in the future. While this wouldn’t challenge the EVO 3D or Nexus S 4G, the D600 has a decent spec sheet that should appeal to the demographic…