New Sony Xperia Sola Offers “Floating Touch” For When Touching the Screen Is Too Much Effort
Sony’s new phone line has been making waves – we quite liked the Xperia S. Now we’ve got another entry, the Xperia Sola aka the Pepper, touting something called “floating touch” for “magic web browsing without touching the screen”, because dragging your finger on glass is just so last year. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-new-xperia-phones-hands-on-they-go-right-for-the-5873656 The Sola fits nicely…
Can VMware Put a Virtual Machine On Your iPhone?
Steve Herrod wants to put a virtual machine on your phone. Even if your phone is an iPhone. Herrod is the chief technology officer at VMware, a company famous for virtual machines – machines that exist only as software. VMware made its name in the data center, helping big businesses save both money and space…
Nokia 808 Pure View Phone Has a 41-Megapixel Camera. FORTY-ONE ACTUAL MEGAPIXELS.
Forgive our capitals-explosion, but we’re a little shocked right now. Nokia just announced a cameraphone with a 41-megapixel sensor. FORTY-ONE MEGAPIXELS. Naturally Nokia’s sticking with Carl Zeiss lenses, but that 41-megapixel camera can shoot 7728 x 5354 photos in 16:9 format, or if you prefer 4:3, in 7152 x 5368. There’s just one thing: It…
Nokia Lumia 610 Is Windows Phone 7 On the Cheap
Thought the Lumia 710 was aimed at the shallower-pocketed amongst us? The Lumia 610 goes even further in bringing the price down, with Nokia itself saying it’s for the “younger audience.” Calling it “confident,” with “generous curves,” I was scratching my head waiting for Nokia to introduce Christina Hendricks to the stage instead. Alas… Still,…
Panasonic’s Second Eluga, the Eluga Power, Has a Better Battery and Ice Cream Sandwich
It may not be Lumix-branded as we’d hoped, but Panasonic’s second Eluga phone has a 5-inch 1280×720 HD screen so photos shot with the 8-megapixel camera should look crisp and bright. Theoretically. Inside, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor ticks away, powering the Ice Cream Sandwich flavour of Android. Along with many phones announced at MWC this…