Sony teases new Xperia smartphone with power button pic saying 'not long now'
Sony has already been in the news this week with rumors that the Sony Xperia i1, a.k.a. Honami, might actually be called the Sony Xperia Z1.Now today, just a few weeks before a possible Sept. 4 reveal...
View ArticleCall-making, GPS-capable smartwatch scores Kickstarter backing
A new smartwatch that can make calls, send texts, access web content and do GPS navigation, independently of a smartphone, has achieved its modest Kickstarter funding goal. The Omate TrueSmart, which...
View ArticleIntel reportedly blazing new 'Trails' for tablet processors in 2014
Even before Intel ramps up production of its 22nm Bay Trail-based processors with Silvermont, the chip maker is already looking ahead to its line of new processors for 2014, according to a report this...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 3 may delay octa-core love for UK
After hearing that Samsung was planning two variants of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 – the quad-core Snapdragon 800 version and the Exynos 5 Octa – we're now told that the latter is being put on hold.This...
View ArticleEE 'confirms' it's picking up Sony Xperia Z1
EE has dropped a big hint that it will be stocking the much-rumoured flagship smartphone from Sony, with a retweet likely confirming specs too.The Sony Xperia Z1 / Honami / i1 has been touted around...
View ArticleExplained: What is BYOD and why is it important?
As many IT departments struggle to keep up with yearly technology changes, company employees increasingly want to use their own devices to access corporate data.It's part of a growing trend dubbed...
View ArticleBlip: Windows Phone set to be hipster hero as Instagram app confirmed
Windows Phone is surely already a pull for the hipster crowd what with it not being mainstream, dull as dishwasher Android or iOS, but it's about to gain another feather in its incredibly trendy hat in...
View ArticleAnalysis: Ballmer leaves Microsoft. But in what shape?
So the recent Microsoft reorganisation really was Steve Ballmer's last throw of the dice. In the biggest news to hit the PC industry for some time, the CEO has decided now's the time to go.But in what...
View ArticleFighting Talk: Please, please Samsung: don't screw up the Galaxy Gear!
I'm excited. Really excited. I'm looking at my watch constantly – not because I'm counting down to something, but because I'm trying to get my money's worth before it gets chucked.Because I just know...
View ArticleApple vs Samsung judge wants no more delays, retrial moving full steam ahead
Despite Samsung's recent attempts to delay a November retrial to resolve two lawsuits with Apple, the federal judge overseeing those cases says enough is enough.Foss Patents today reported that Judge...
View ArticleWill Sony be riding the waves at IFA 2013 with a water-resistant Honami?
Sony looks certain to abide by its recent preference for making mobile gadgets resistant to the wet stuff, judging by a Twitter teaser posted to the social network today.The Japanese company is...
View ArticleTizen OS might manifest during Samsung's Oct. dev conference
It's been a long time since we received any official word on Tizen, the open source smartphone OS based on Linux.Unofficial word will have to do, then, and the blog Tizen Indonesia has just...
View ArticleBBM for iOS and Android user manuals bumble about online
It's been a long time coming, but BlackBerry Messaging looks ready to ripen on iOS and Android.The company formerly known as Research in Motion published the manuals for BBM on iOS and Android online...
View ArticleiPhone 5S, iPhone 5C allegedly appear in side-by-side comparison snaps
If Sept. 10 is too long of a wait to see how the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C look next to each other, leakers are more than happy to help spoil Tim Cook's surprise with a sneak peek.Side-by-side photos of...
View ArticleIn Depth: The 10 moments that defined BlackBerry's rise and fall
Once a pioneer and leading light in the smartphone market, BlackBerry is in a potentially terminal downward spiral. The Canadian company, formerly known as RIM, established an iron grip on the...
View ArticleInstagram tools up to improve video editing with Luma acquisition
It wasn't so long ago that Instagram was the start-up being courted by the web's big boys, but now the shoe is on the other foot, with the video and photo-sharing app making an acquisition of its...
View ArticleLife in the old Droid yet? Qwerty slider Droid 5 reportedly snapped
Motorola may be planning to launch a fifth version of its classic Droid QWERTY slider handset, judging by pictures leaked online this weekend.Snaps posted on Chinese social networking site Weibo, show...
View ArticleCould Apple pull the trigger on a 'gunmetal' iPhone 5S?
Could Apple possibly be planning to add another colour to its iPhone 5S line up? A reportedly leaked SIM card tray has offered the slightest suggestion that a 'gunmetal' grey option may be in the...
View ArticleApple A7 chipset to make iPhone 5S 31% faster than iPhone 5?
With just over two weeks until the supposed September 10 iPhone 5S launch event, rumours of what to expect from the new iPhone are flowing in thick and fast. The latest report comes from Fox News...
View ArticleIn Depth: 10 amazing things you never knew a smartphone could do
Today's smartphones are blank canvases: manufacturers provide the hardware, and we turn them into magical machines with apps that transform them into musical instruments or games consoles, business...
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