smartphones

Is Google’s tablet strategy clear enough?

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Debating the importance of the tablet space is probably not necessary nowadays. Arguments that can be brought in its favor would be as notorious as is Apple itself. But it is important to know that it is not enough at all to only have a new device and simply throwing it on the market. And [...]

Smartphone payments from Visa and Bank of America

Published on: 24th August, 2010

Visa and Bank of America have recently announced their joint plan to trial a new smartphone payment system for making purchases in the New York region starting September. Even if this technology has already been used for a while in other countries, such as Japan, this would be the first time that this technology has [...]

White iPhone 4 is delayed due to capacity and precision problems

Published on: 22nd July, 2010

A report released a few days ago may explain the month-long delay of the white iPhone 4 delivery. It seems, according to explanations given by 21st Century Herald, that Lens Technology, the supposed contractor, is having difficulties in getting the right thickness and opacity for the white paint that Apple intends to use for the [...]

Study confirms declining interest in Nokia versus Android and iPhone

Published on: 18th July, 2010

According to a YouGov new study, the demand of the customers for Nokia smartphones had shown a new minimum in the United Kingdom. The number of the customers expecting to get Nokia phones has dropped to half, i.e. 10 percent only in June versus 19 percent last year in December. While 46 percent of potential [...]

AT&T may release the Dell Streak on July 19

Published on: 18th July, 2010

According to an unnamed source who talked for the Boy Genius Report, AT&T seems to be preparing the release of the Dell Streak on July 19. This unconfirmed report does not provide, though, any other details regarding subsidized pricing, for example. It is known that the new device will be sold for $500 as an [...]

Garmin scares drivers who use free smartphone GPS

Published on: 14th July, 2010

The GPS maker Garmin has tried to scare European travellers who used smartphone navigation by saying it would be very expensive. It also claimed that services provided free of charge like, for example, Google Maps Navigation, would actually be more expensive due to costly international data fees that are needed to maintain the maps updated. [...]

Fring for iPhone 4 allows video calling with Android and Symbian

Published on: 14th July, 2010

On July 8, 2010, Fring updated its namesake iPhone application (available for free in the App Store) to facilitate some of the first multi-platform video calling on Apple’s iPhone 4. This new addition is using the front camera, even over 3G, for two-way video and is able to support it with any device which can [...]

Lack of coating may be the cause of iPhone 4’s antenna issue

Published on: 6th July, 2010

A recent unnoticed rumor has raised some doubts in the iPhone 4’s antenna problem – the reception issues could have been caused by production problems. This, along other report, are claiming that Apple’s support representatives were told that there was a problem with a coating; this was meant to prevent accidentally bridging the handset’s antenna, [...]

Apple’s iPhone 4 – 1.7 million devices sold on launch, record crushed

Published on: 2nd July, 2010

Apple claims to have broken any previous record by having sold 1.7 million iPhone 4s on the device’s launch. This was the most successful launch ever for Apple and it had to scale back the rollout to five other countries. Steve Jobs, the company’s chief, had to acknowledge that there were shortages even in this [...]

Steve Jobs teases a soon to be released iPhone 4 antenna fix

Published on: 2nd July, 2010

Through an e-mail to a fan, Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief, may have just confirmed a firmware-based solution to the supposed reception issues of the iPhone 4. The executive said in the e-mail that there is no reception problem and that the reader should stay tuned for more details. This update contrasts against earlier responses to [...]

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