Review of News: iPhone 5 vs Samsung Galaxy S II vs Droid Bionic vs Nexus Prime …
During the dog/shark days of summer, many bloggers are speculating what will be happening in the fall and what will be the top ideal smartphones this fall.
More Windows Phone Mango news; Facebook Chat, WiFi hotspot, Office 365
There will be a Windows Phone event in New York on 24 May, but up until that date it seems we are going to hear more and more leaks about what is coming with Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango) later this year.
Samsung Exhibit Coming to T-Mobile
Exhibit 4G Via T-Mo News Word via ninjas over at T-Mo news this day is that T-Mobile USA is about to get a new mid-range Samsung device with some super-nice features! There’s an FCC filing that gives a few details about what we can expect, but the majority of the specs are still under wraps.
Apple plan over-the-air updates for iPhone
News Apple are reported to be planning to issue over-the-air updates for the iPhone in the near future.
BlackBerry PlayBook updates “every few weeks” as RIM refines tablet
RIM made life difficult for early reviewers of the BlackBerry PlayBook with nearly daily updates of the QNX OS the tablet is based on, improving and tweaking in the run up to launch. The company isn’t threatening quite the same pace now that the PlayBook is on the market, but it is committing to very frequent updates: every few weeks, in fact.
Samsung Phone Sales Drop 14% To 70 Million Units
File under: News Korean smartphone manufacturer Samsung has posted its results for the winter period and surprisingly the numbers are lower than many would have expected.
Nokia Loses Ground In Smartphone Market
Nokia has lost key ground in its smartphone war with Apple ahead of job cuts later this month. The firm is still the world’s largest mobile phone maker, but has been slipping badly in the smartphone market, where it now has a 26% share – down from 42% a year ago. Its profits in the three months to March were £302m, down only slightly from £307m in the same period last year.
Playbook launch day sales may be as high as 50,000
Projections show good news for the Blackberry tablet. Research in Motion needs the Playbook to bring the entire company back to relevance in this ever-changing mobile market, and RBC Capital Markets states it may be well on its way. The financial firm anticipates that as many as 50,000 Playbook units were bought from retail stores within the device’s first day on the market, when combined with pre-order numbers.
Man Dressed As Mannequin Took Pictures In Women's Bathrooms
News A 22-year-old man in Birmingham, England, was arrested recently. His crime? Dressing up like a mannequin, stationing himself in women’s restrooms at the local shopping centre, and snapping smartphone photos of their feet under the stalls.
CNN App launches for Android Phones around the World
CNN announced that the CNN App for Android Phones is available globally for free on Android Market™. The CNN App combines intuitive navigation with an immersive news experience, giving users direct access to CNN’s global resources – from live field reporting to user-generated content and a variety of enterprise interviews and podcasts.
