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Nokia has announced three new phones today, all of them running their proprietary Series 40 featurephone operating system. Starting with the Asha 305 and 306, they’re both the same device, except that the latter has only one SIM card slot while the former has two. And as for the Asha 311 (pictured above), it’s the…
Elisa, the largest operator in Finland, has had me as a customer since I first landed in this country nearly half a decade ago. Now this might shock some of you, but I’m actually a prepaid user. Back in 2007, Elisa’s prepaid brand was called “Columbus”, but a few years ago it was rebranded as…
When Motorola launched the Android powered RAZR last year it had an extremely impressive piece of software onboard called “Smart Actions”. It let you “program” your phone to do things at certain times or at certain locations. For example, say you’re about to go to bed. With Smart Actions you can tell your RAZR to…
In a video recorded at Alan Stone’s Southern California Investment Forum, Liquidmetal CEO talks his company and the future of the technology. Of interest to Apple fans is the quick blurb he includes about Apple. Steipp says, Our technology has been commercialized in a number of accounts, most recently by Apple computer, which took a…
As per usual, Amazon Wireless is throwing up some great deals on smartphones and is offering the Samsung Galaxy Nexus for a mere penny. While the handset may be 6 months old at this point (Ancient in Android phone years), it’s still a great phone and grabbing it for a penny is a steal. Of…
The iPhone is sweeping across the United States, coming to several smaller, regional carriers. Just a few days back, the iPhone was tipped for Cricket Wireless, marking the first time Apple’s top-selling smartphone was available on the prepaid market. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sprint will announce later this week that their Virgin Mobile…
Tactus Technology thinks it has the perfect solution for smartphone users who want a touchscreen device, but don’t want to have to sacrifice the tactile feedback and accuracy advantages that come with a physical keyboard. Demoed at Society for Information Display’s Display Week 2012 and reported by The Verge, this microfluidic prototype display features a keyboard that…
ChangeWave Research took a survey last month of 2,893 people asking a series of questions about their satisfaction with tablets and which manufacturer they plan on buying from in the future. I’ll give you three guesses at the name of the top-ranking tablet vendor and the first two don’t count — yep, it’s Apple. Only…
While there are already handfuls of great games optimized and available for NVIDIA Tegra 3 devices, expect five new titles to land in the new future. Today at E3 2012, NVIDIA announced the new additions to it’s Tegra Zone portfolio, giving users a nice helping of awesome. We’ve already seen what the Tegra 3 is…
Game of Thrones season 2 finished with a bang, as expected, this past Sunday. If you haven’t seen the show, you’re missing out but we decided to liken some of the houses to some of the most popular mobile operating systems around today. It’s all in fun (obviously), so feel free to drop in your…