Smartphones

Here’s Proof Your Windows Phone Will Look Great Even if You’re “Screwed” Out of the Upgrade

Following Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 reveal, plenty of owners were salty over what they considered the ultimate betrayal: not a single WP on the market was eligible for the super upgrade. But please, don’t fret! The consolation prize is awesome. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-8-looks-great-but-it-screws-existing-use-5919915 If you can’t get Windows Phone 8, many of you can still upgrade to…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 26

Sony Xperia Ion Review: High On Style, Low On Brains

Let’s get in our time machines. It’s the Summer of 2011. Dual-core phones running Android 2.3 are all the rage. Nobody’s seen an 720p screen on a phone yet. Manufacturer skins slow phones down, but oh well. Flash forward to today. You’re holding what would have been last summer’s best phone. What Is It? It’s…

Reviews Brent Rose Jun 24

Yep, Jeans With a See-Through Pocket For Your Phone Sadly Do Exist

Humanity sadly takes a collective step backwards with Alphyn Industries’ new DELTA415 Wearcom jeans that feature a zippered pocket with a see-through pouch for accessing your smartphone without having to remove it first. We’ve already addressed the issue of bigger and bigger smartphones being harder and harder to carry in a pair of skinny jeans.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jun 23

Flipboard Finally Arrives for Android Users

Though Flipboard was originally supposed to be a Samsung Galaxy S III exclusive, the social reading app landed on Android today. It showed up last month on the XDA-Developers forum, but now Flipboard is official. It’s available now as a free download from Google Play. It also works on the Nook and the Kindle Fire,…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 22

Leaked HTC Roadmap Gives Windows Phone 8 Specs and Timing Clues

Now that we’ve gotten a look at Windows Phone 8, The Verge has gotten ahold of a reported HTC roadmap that’s giving some clues as to the specs and timing of the debut of Microsoft’s next-gen operating system. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-8-gets-a-spec-bump-dual-core-720p-sd-s-5919923 On the lower-end is the “Rio,” not to be confused with the animated movie about a…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 21

Microsoft Boots Bing Maps for Nokia in Windows Phone 8

We saw this coming, and we’re glad it’s true: Windows Phone 8 will replace Bing Maps with Nokia’s stellar mapping tech. The Nokia data will be available offline—a huge perk—and include turn by turn directions, 3D, and fast transit planning. It takes a big man to admit his own son is terrible, and replace that…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 20

Nine Things We Really, Really Want from Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone has a great premise—a set of beautiful, minimalist tiles take the place of a million apps. It’s brilliant in its simplicity. But it needs to get its shit together. Today, we could get a first look at Windows Phone 8. Here’s what it needs to deliver. Social skills WinPho’s People tile is one…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 20

1-in-4 Moms Now Pacifies Her Baby With a Cold, Hard Gadget

The Daily Mail (my favorite Paper of Record, if you hadn’t guessed by now) is reporting that more than 1 in 4 mothers—27% to be precise—will hand her cranky or bored baby a cellphone—rather than, you know, something whose name literally means to pacify. But, while such a statistic to some may seem like an…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 20

All the Windows Phone 8 Rumors Fit to Print

Unwilling to give up the spotlight just yet, Microsoft has planned another Big Announcement for tomorrow, June 20. The Redmond, Washington-based company is flying out to San Francisco, for what will be a two-day developers summit full of surprises. One such surprise, which is generating a lot of eleventh-hour excitement, is the anticipated Windows Phone…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Jun 19

You Can Get Nokia’s Mega-Major 41MP 808 PureView Phone in the US After All

Nokia’s 808 PureView may be more of a oddity than anything you’d actually want to buy, but at least now it’s our oddity, too. The 41MP camera with a phone attached to it will finally wash up on America’s shores at the end of this week, although like all good curios it comes at a…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 19

Giant Smartphones in Skinny Jeans: A Photoshoot

Huge smartphones are, against all sanity, in—and they’re only getting bigger. And jeans are getting smaller. Can humans and the big phones of today coexist? The HTC Titan II is 5.18 inches tall, 2.78 inches wide, and sports a 4.7-inch screen. Our model, Tess: 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 25 inches wide, 107 pounds. It…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jun 14

Samsung’s TecTiles Put NFC Anywhere You Want It

NFC (that’s near field communication) is a slick mobile technology that’s in its infancy. To grow it up in a hurry Samsung will be selling sets of little NFC stickers called TecTiles along side the Galaxy S III. What can they do? A lot, actually. TecTiles are innocuous little stickers (about one square inch) that…

Tech News Brent Rose Jun 13

iOS Vs. Android Fragmentation: Apple Users Stay Current

Here’s a little factoid from WWDC that the Android Community is sure to hate. 80 percent of iOS users are using iOS 5 (Apple’s latest and greatest). Look at that little slice of pie for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Ouch. To be fair, Apple had a head start here, but it’s indicative of a…

Tech News Brent Rose Jun 11

HTC Media Link HD Lightning Review: Little Box, Big Disappointment (UPDATED)

When HTC announced its stellar One line, one of the most exciting details was this little accessory called the Media Link HD. It promised to wirelessly stream content to your TV, easily and beautifully. It broke that promise. What Is It? It’s a portable device measuring 3.3 x 2 x 0.5 inches. It plugs in…

Reviews Brent Rose Jun 7

Nuance’s Dragon ID Understands the Unique Properties of Your Voice

Nuance already has some solutions for speech recognition—they’ve got a voice control app for both iOS and Android called Dragon Go! Now it’s taking that a step further with Dragon ID, an even smarter tool that actually can decipher the sound of your voice. You can talk to Dragon in a similar way you would…

Tech News Leslie Horn Jun 5

HTC One X Available Online Now and in Stores June 10 for $200

It’s been a long strange trip, with a delay at the docks over a patent scuffle with Apple, but the HTC One X is finally up for sale. It’s $200 on contract from AT&T, and available online now, and will be in stores on Sunday June 10, well before the June 21 date set for…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jun 5

This Physical Keyboard Magically Appears and Disappears on Top of Touchscreens

Someday in the future—let’s say the year 2043—you might be using a tablet. Maybe it’s the iPad 33, or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 10.7857342. One second, you’re browsing the internet, sliding your finger across the screens smooth surface. Then you realize need to fire off an email. At your command, a 3D, physical, haptic keyboard…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 5

How Durable Is the Samsung Galaxy S III?

The Samsung Galaxy S III could very well be the Android phone to own when it lands in the US later this month. Curious to see how its 4.8-inch screen—a Gorilla Glass 2 screen, no less—performs, gadget insurers SquareTrade conducted a few real world drop tests to find out. From the looks of things, the…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Jun 4

Samsung Galaxy S III Will Be Out This Month for $200 (Updated)

The Samsung Galaxy S III, third of its name and new king of Android phones, will be out in the US this month on all four major carriers (plus US Cellular). It’ll start at $200 for the 16GB version, and scale up from there. The 4.8-inch Galaxy S III arrives a bit after the HTC…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jun 4

Nano-SIMs Given Official Approval to Replace Micro-SIMs in Cellphones

Remember nano-SIM cards? The ones which make micro-SIMs look gargantuan and are so small that it’s almost like what’s the point? Well they’ve just been approved by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute, which means at some point in the future, they’ll likely be in your smartphone. According to The Verge, the new design is 40…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jun 1

Here’s Proof Your Windows Phone Will Look Great Even if You’re “Screwed” Out of the Upgrade

Sony Xperia Ion Review: High On Style, Low On Brains

Yep, Jeans With a See-Through Pocket For Your Phone Sadly Do Exist

Flipboard Finally Arrives for Android Users

Leaked HTC Roadmap Gives Windows Phone 8 Specs and Timing Clues

Microsoft Boots Bing Maps for Nokia in Windows Phone 8

Nine Things We Really, Really Want from Windows Phone 8

1-in-4 Moms Now Pacifies Her Baby With a Cold, Hard Gadget

All the Windows Phone 8 Rumors Fit to Print

You Can Get Nokia’s Mega-Major 41MP 808 PureView Phone in the US After All

Giant Smartphones in Skinny Jeans: A Photoshoot

Samsung’s TecTiles Put NFC Anywhere You Want It

iOS Vs. Android Fragmentation: Apple Users Stay Current

HTC Media Link HD Lightning Review: Little Box, Big Disappointment (UPDATED)

Nuance’s Dragon ID Understands the Unique Properties of Your Voice

HTC One X Available Online Now and in Stores June 10 for $200

This Physical Keyboard Magically Appears and Disappears on Top of Touchscreens

How Durable Is the Samsung Galaxy S III?

Samsung Galaxy S III Will Be Out This Month for $200 (Updated)

Nano-SIMs Given Official Approval to Replace Micro-SIMs in Cellphones

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