Tag Archives : Smartphone

iPhone Despite the snags in online pre-ordering iPhone 4 in U.K, the launch day  delivery in U.K. of Apple’s iPhone 4 has sold out in 24 hours leaving late pre-orders to wait until July for delivery. As of 11 :00 am BST this morning – when we tried pre-ordering an iPhone 4 –  the UK  customers will have to wait until July 2 to get their hands on iPhone 4. As reported by us yesterday, [...]

If you own a HTC’s manufactured Google’s Nexus One phone and envy the option of shooting videos in high definition in the iPhone 4 do not despair, now your Google Nexus One could do the same If its running on Eclair ( Android 2.1 ). Xda-developers.com has managed to hack the Nexus One and upgrade it to 720p HD video in an obvious effort to keep up with the iPhone 4.  The hack is for [...]

Smartphones on display Mobile Software Developers are obviously not impressed or affected with Android based smart phones taking over iPhone in sales figures for the last quarter in the United States this is vouched by the fact iPhone and iPad has the largest number of developers working for iPhone and iPad platform. The iPhone dominates mobile app development with more than half of mobile developers [...]

Image via Wikipedia HTC Wildfire smart phone which  is a lower cost alternative to the Taiwan based company’s  HTC Desire and HTC Legend models will now be available on mobile carrier Vodafone as well along with Virgin Media, Three and T-Mobile. Vodafone has announced that  it’s going to be selling the all-new HTC Wildfire.it has created a dedicated webpage giving  the lowdown [...]

Image via CrunchBase Apple may not have thought that launching its Tablet PC iPad in UK along with its US was a good idea, Dell apparently does not agree with this as it is launching a direct competitor to iPad (if you overlook the size) , its 5-inch tablet PC labeled Streak -formerly Mini 5 – in UK in June, which will be followed by rest of Europe launch, and then hit US stores later this [...]

Image via CrunchBase With Developers, users and product companies preferring Android, iPhone and even Blackberry OS, Windows Mobile software is getting royally ignored, even in its updated and glorified revision – Windows Phone 7.  The latest to join this list is Skype who has  revealed that they don’t have any development plans for bringing their popular Skype Mobile  service to [...]

Image via Wikipedia If you think just because iPhone is still every where it tops the sales chart – think again. For the first time since its launch, Android-based smart phones outsold the iPhone in the U.S. in the first quarter  of 2010.  Android  continues to shake up the U.S. mobile phone market, it moved past Apple to take the number-two position among smartphone operating systems, [...]

Google added a fully featured GPS satellite navigation service to its Google Maps application for mobile phones running its Android operating system 1.6 and higher, including the Nexus One. Google Maps Navigation which is an internet-connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance which was until now available only in the United States on Android phones. Speaking at the launch Steve Lee, [...]

If rumors are to believed there are strong indications that Apple, makers of immensely popular one and iPad are on the verge of accquiring UK based ARM,the leading maker of mobile chips. ARM’s microchips can be found in most of the world’s mobile phones, including Apple’s iPhone. Last year almost 4bn chips based on Arm’s designs were shipped worldwide which talks volumes [...]

Image via Wikipedia Skype is no longer a beta app for Nokia Symbian OS. Yesterday, the free Skype service for Nokia Symbian phones was moved to the Nokia Ovi Store. It is also available for download through the Skype website. The timing of this announcement is very interesting to say the least. Yesterday, Skype had made a huge announcement to shelve its application for Windows and Java based mobile [...]