The Nokia 808 Pureview UK release date and price has been revealed online, although it is yet to be confirmed by Nokia.The 808 Pureview stunned MWC 2012 when Nokia unveiled the monster 41MP camera which it had squeezed into the Symbian-toting handset.Online retailer Unlocked Mobiles outed the Nokia 808 Pureview release date and price after making the phone available for pre-order on its website. Tweet Vote on HN ...
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Samsung bites back at new iPad with Galaxy Note 10.1
Rankled by Tim Cook’s use of a Galaxy Tab to demonstrate Android’s weak Twitter app during the iPad launch event last night, Samsung has retaliated by sending out a comparison chart pitting the new iPad versus the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1.In an argument that essentially boils down to ‘we’ve got a stylus and Apple hasn’t’, Samsung points out that the Note 10.1 is “optimised for precision writing/drawing” and allows you to “write as you would with pen/pencil and paper” using the bundled S Pen.It also bigs up the Note’s ability ...
iTunes Match Now Supports Movies, iOS 5.1 Announced
Apple today announced during a keynote address in San Francisco that its iTunes in the Cloud — or iTunes Match — service now supports 1080p movies. iOS device users will be able to access and sync their movies and television shows across Macs, iPads, iPhones, and iPods. Apple also announced a new version of the Apple TV that includes PhotoStream support. iPhone users can take pictures and the photos will be uploaded to the owner’s Apple TV automatically. Apple also announced iOS 5.1, which will be available for download starting today. The chief new feature in iOS 5.1 is ...
iPhoto Available for iPhone and iPad
Apple today announced a new version of iPhoto, its desktop photo editing and management software, for iOS devices including the iPhone and iPad. iPhoto for iOS supports a wide range of photo-editing features, including scrollable thumbnails, crop, rotate, exposure, contrast, saturation, and other multi-touch editing functions. The app supports “Brush Mode,” which can be used to add effects, remove blemishes, as well as sharpen or soften images. The app also can be used to create photo journals, which can be pieced together within the app and then shared via the web. iPhoto for ...
Nokia Discontinuing Ovi Share
Nokia today announced that it plans to shutter its Ovi Share service on May 30, 2012. Users will have until then to download any content stored in Ovi Share. Nokia said that users can download their content in small pieces as well as in one large zip file, depending on their needs. The system will not be accessible after May 30. Nokia said the decision to shut Ovi Share was made so that it could focus on its core services offerings. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Nokia Says ‘PureView’ Tech Headed to Lumia Smartphones
Nokia has confirmed that the PureView camera technology first revealed in the 808 PureView Symbian smartphone will eventually make its way to the Finnish phone company’s Lumia Windows Phones. “PureView imaging technologies [will] be used to deliver high end imaging experiences in future Nokia products,” said Nokia representative Chris Hollis to Phone Scoop in an email. “Since Nokia is committed to Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform, that includes plans to bring PureView imaging experiences to Lumia over time. No details of products or timelines have ...
Motorola Forced to Give Apple Android Data
A judge has ordered Google and Motorola to deliver information concerning how the Android operating system was developed to Apple. The two companies must also give Apple information about Google’s planned acquisition of Motorola. The cases relating to this action hail from 2010, when Apple sued Motorola over smartphone patents. Motorola counter-sued. Motorola and Google had hoped to prevent Apple from gaining access to this information. The first case, addressing Apple’s patent claims against Motorola, begins June 11, and will be followed immediately by the Motorola v. Apple ...
LG Connect 4G for MetroPCS
MetroPCS’s latest LTE 4G smartphone comes from LG. The Connect 4G offers a decent spec list, but stumbles a a few times on the road to smartphone nirvana. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Opera Mini Hits BlackBerry App World
Opera Software today announced that Opera Mini 6.5 is now available to BlackBerry smartphones via BlackBerry App World. It includes most of the features available in Opera Mini on other platforms, such as social network integration, speed dial, data compression, and full HTML site support. The application is free, and can also be downloaded directly from Opera’s web site. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 review
Samsung isn’t messing about with its tablets range, having unveiled all manner of differently-sized tablets over the past months, not least the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 at MWC 2012 – but what of its equally sized Note-less sibling, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1?Arithmophobes should steer clear of a product with all those numbers in its name, perhaps, but we’re burdened with no such phobia so we spent a bit of time with the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 to see what’s what. ...