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Test Notes: FaceTime

Videocalling has been a sci-fi staple for decades. From 2001 to Back to the Future people chatting face-to-face from great distances was a way of saying “Hey, look, it’s the future!” So does Facetime mean we’re in the future? FaceTime is Apple’s stab at making videocalling a reality. They’re certainly not the first: European and…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Give Your Ancient Android Sparkling New Features With This Free App

Around 50 per cent of Androids still run under 1.6, making this ADW.Launcher app a must-download app. It brings some of the later features of Android to the early OS versions, such as multiple screens. Need more convincing? It’s free. EuroDroid.com tested the app and said it was “honestly like getting a new mobile phone,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Incredibly Slow, Incredibly Hot Soho iPhone 4 Line

I got to the line at the NYC Soho Apple Store at about 6:40 this morning, 20 minutes before they opened the doors. I knew I’d be far back, but I figured it would move relatively quickly. I was wrong! I ended up spending about 5 hours in that blasted line in 95 degree heat,…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Nokia Ditching Symbian for N-Series Phones

Symbian is being retired for Nokia’s flagship range of phones, with the 720p-shooting N8 being the last phone to see the dated OS running on its little body. From now on, it’s MeeGo all the way. MeeGo, if you remember, is the offspring from Nokia’s Maemo platform and Intel’s Moblin, and is intended for tablets…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Swype is Developing an App for iPhone, But Will Apple Allow It?

It’s not just Android that Swype, the company which pioneered an ultra-fast texting method, has its eyes on—they’re apparently developing an iPhone version, which they’re hoping Apple will have no objections to. Considering it’s in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest way to text message, Apple shouldn’t have any problems with OK-ing…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

One In Five Android Apps Access Your Private Data

The Android Market’s openness comes with a significant hitch: a full 20% of its app offerings can access and share your private data. Some can even make calls and send texts from your phone without your knowledge or consent. UPDATED: The report, from security firm SMobile Systems, also found that dozens of apps in the…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Shooting Challenge: Cellphone Photography

The iPhone 4 comes out this week—it’s got a 5MP backlit sensor. But it’s only one of many new, usable, higher megapixel cameras making their way into cellphones. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we celebrate the new era. The Challenge Capture a photo with a cameraphone that you don’t edit on a computer. (In-cellphone manipulation…

Tech News Mark Wilson

No Joke: Samsung’s New Messaging Phone is called the :)

Normally, we don’t take much notice of low-level Samsung messaging phones, but when they call it the :), it’s tough to ignore. Yes, Samsung has named one of their phones an emoticon. They hear the kids just love ’em! Beyond being absolutely impossible to search for, the Samsung 🙂 is a QWERTY slider with a 1.3-megapixel…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

How to Enable 802.11n On the HTC Evo

The Evo has an 802.11n-capable chip inside, but it’s gimped to run slower 802.11g. If you’ve rooted your Evo (a serious task in itself), modders can help you remedy this limitation by changing just two lines of code. Using a hex editor, you follow the instructions seen here—pretty much just copying and pasting some new…

Tech News Mark Wilson

True Love Means Turning Off Your Cellphone

I’m no stranger to the hurt, annoyed, and surprised looks that cross a man’s face when he sees me whip out my phone during a date. It’s not that he’s dull, it’s just that he’s not The One. By The One I don’t mean that mythical fellow who’ll sweep me off my feet as I…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

iPhone 3G Owners, You Might Want to Hold Off on iOS4

The iPhone 3G is now about two years old, and it’s nearing the end of its lifecycle. The proof? Installing the latest iOS4 on it causes it to slow to a crawl, and that’s with half of its features missing. Judging on the performance of both my and Mark Wilson’s 3Gs as well as based…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Google Voice No Longer Requires Invites

Google Voice has always been somewhat available to the public, but now it’s really available to the public in that it doesn’t require you to beg random strangers for an invite code over Twitter to sign up. [Google]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Question of the Day: How Long Did Your iOS4 Update Take?

The new iPhone OS4 just dropped today, allowing people with an iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS or iPod Touch to update their devices. But man, this has taken a lot of us here forever. My 3G is on hour 3! How long did it take you to update to iOS 4?online survey

Tech News Adam Frucci

Primo Cube: A Wee Secondary Battery for MicroUSB and MiniUSB Phones

Phones with gigantic screens, such as the HTC Evo, have a tough time lasting a full day on one battery charge. This makes having a secondary charger almost essential if you’re going to be out and about all day. The Primo Cube is a little square charger that plugs directly into either a MicroUSB or…

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Droid X Transforms Tweens Into Terminators

According to this teaser—which I wholeheartedly endorse to be built upon sound science—the Droid X will rewrite your fundamental biology into that of a freaking robot! Well, one of your eyeballs, at least. This is just a cellphone.

Tech News Mark Wilson

Pandora’s iOS4-Compatible Version 3.1 App Arrives, Bringing Multitasking

The latest version of Pandora’s iPhone app just hit the App Store, bringing with it the promised multitasking support that’ll let you stream music in the background on iOS4. It’s free, so go get it! [iTunes; Thanks, Jason!]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Droid 2 Versus Droid In Hands-On Benchmark Video

Android and Me has a hands-on video comparison of Droid and Droid 2, along with plenty of benchmarks. It’s not far off from the original impressions we saw, but it’s the best tale of the tape we’ve seen yet. The moral of the story: on the outside, Droid 2 and Droid aren’t all that different.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Samsung Galaxy S Pro Specs Leak

We assumed the leaked Galaxy S Pro would have Samsung’s Super AMOLED screens, but thankfully one of AndroidCentral‘s tipsters has gone the whole hog and blabbed the specs of what’s thought to be Sprint’s second 4G phone. I’ve not been a fan of Samsung’s phones so far. Cheap, plasticky hardware, horrendous TouchWiz UI, and a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

White HTC Evo Completely Misses the Point

This newly announced white HTC Evo goes on sale starting July 11 at Best Buy (pre-orders begin today). But you know what? HTC could do better if they just showed us the masculinity going on under the hood: That’s right, the Evo has a sports car red interior, as HTC traditionally hides the best parts…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Palm Teases New Phones and “New Version of the OS”

After two phones (and two spin-offs) running webOS, you’d think Palm and its new owner HP would be keen to get some new devices to market. All we’ve got to go on for now is a Palm rep’s comments, confirming that they “are working on future devices,” and a “new version of the OS.” Apparently,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Test Notes: FaceTime

Give Your Ancient Android Sparkling New Features With This Free App

The Incredibly Slow, Incredibly Hot Soho iPhone 4 Line

Nokia Ditching Symbian for N-Series Phones

Swype is Developing an App for iPhone, But Will Apple Allow It?

One In Five Android Apps Access Your Private Data

Shooting Challenge: Cellphone Photography

No Joke: Samsung’s New Messaging Phone is called the :)

How to Enable 802.11n On the HTC Evo

True Love Means Turning Off Your Cellphone

iPhone 3G Owners, You Might Want to Hold Off on iOS4

Google Voice No Longer Requires Invites

Question of the Day: How Long Did Your iOS4 Update Take?

Primo Cube: A Wee Secondary Battery for MicroUSB and MiniUSB Phones

The Droid X Transforms Tweens Into Terminators

Pandora’s iOS4-Compatible Version 3.1 App Arrives, Bringing Multitasking

Droid 2 Versus Droid In Hands-On Benchmark Video

Samsung Galaxy S Pro Specs Leak

White HTC Evo Completely Misses the Point

Palm Teases New Phones and “New Version of the OS”

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