Owners of the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY smartphone, the world’s first PlayStation-certified smartphone, have something new to play with, as OnLive has announced that it has built compatibility with the PLAY’s game pad into the latest version of its Android app Tweet Vote on HN ...
C Spire picks up Motorola Milestone X2
C Spire Wireless has announced that is now offering the Motorola Milestone X2 smartphone. The Milestone X2 is a re-branded version of the DROID X2 that Verizon Wireless released earlier this year. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Dell Streak 5 updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread
The Dell Streak 5, Dell’s original smartphone/tablet hybrid, may be discontinued, but the company is doing good to support its customers, as it has just released the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the 5-inch devices. We will excuse the tardiness of the update since the Streak 5 is dead product. The update offers version 1.5.1 of Dell’s Stage UI interface and version 2.27 of the Swype keyboard. Owners can head to Dell’s website to download the update now. Tweet Vote on ...
LG to upgrade high-end Optimus smartphones to Android 4.0 ICS starting in Q2 2012
LG already revealed that it plans to upgrade its high-end Optimus smartphones released in 2011 to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but now we have a more concrete time period that users can expect to get the upgrades delivered to their phones. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung expects to sell 374 million mobile phones in 2012
According to the Korea Economic Daily, citing industry officials, Samsung expects to sell 15 percent more mobile phones in 2012 than it did in 2011. The company projects that it will move 374 million cellphones next year, 49 million more than its projections for 2011. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung reportedly reevaluating Android 4.0 ICS upgrade plans for Galaxy S, Tab
Last week, Samsung caused quite a ripple in the blogosphere when it announced that it would not be upgrading the original Galaxy S smartphone or the 7-inch Galaxy Tab to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich because of hardware constraints. Now reports are coming in from Korea stating that Samsung is reevaluating its position, and that it is going back to the drawing board to see if it can make the upgrade work on the older hardware. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Samsung DoubleTime for AT&T
Samsung hopes the DoubleTime will coax the QMD faithful to make the leap to Android smartphones. But is that a smart decision? Tweet Vote on HN ...
HTC Android handset sales banned in US
Apple has won a legal case which, in theory, bans the sale of some HTC Android phones in the United States from April 2012.According to the International Trade Commission’s findings, the Taiwanese smartphone titan has infringed upon an Apple patent.The patent in question, US594667, relates to how the phone deals with an email or phone number. The method of clicking on the number/address to bring up the dialer or a new email belongs to Apple.HTC now has until April 19 2012 to rectify the issue or handsets like the Evo 4G, and Droid Incredible will be banned from ...
LG Magic Remote adds voice control to smart TVs
LG has taken the wrapper off of its latest remote control, which is set to bring voice control to the company’s Cinema 3D TV range.LG is not stranger to creating innovative, and also slightly wacky, controllers for its television range.In 2010 it launched its first-generation wand-like Magic Remote, which added Wii style motion control to help users navigate their way round their TV’s online functionality. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Nokia to Discontinue Contacts Back-Up Service
Nokia today said that it plans to shut down the Nokia Contacts web site on January 24, 2012. Nokia Contacts allowed users fo Symbian smartphones to sync their contact data with Nokia’s servers for safe keeping. Nokia says that the change won’t affect the contacts stored on user devices, but Nokia recommends that users who want to back their contacts up to a web service export them from Nokia Contacts and choose Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook 2010, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, or Apple Address Book instead. Nokia said it has made this decision due to the company’s shift to Windows Phone ...