Apple iPhone 4G ‘to be unveiled by Steve Jobs on June 7
April 29, 2010
Apple boss Steve Jobs is expected to unveil the iPhone 4G on June 7, ending weeks of controversy surrounding a missing prototype of the model.
He is due to make the key note address at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, where the company has traditionally launched their latest products.
The third-generation iPhone was unveiled at last year’s conference and went on sale less than two weeks later.
Gizmodo posted a number of pictures alongside details of what appears to be the new iPhone 4G
Technology experts are expecting fewer surprises this time round after a prototype of the fourth-generation smartphone found its way into the hands of a blogger on the website Gizmodo.
HP buys Palm
April 29, 2010
HP has just announced that it’s acquiring Palm to the tune of $1.2 billion, which works out to $5.70 per share of Palm common stock. The deal is planned to close by July 31, which marks the end of HP’s third fiscal quarter of the year. Current Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein is “expected to remain with the company,” though it’s not said in what capacity. Press release after the break. There’ll be a call to discuss the acquisition in more detail (well, we hope in more detail) at 5PM ET, so we’ll keep you abreast as we learn more.
SOURCE: Engadget
Google decides Nexus One won’t work with Verizon
April 27, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO – Google has scrapped its plan to sell a Nexus One phone that works on Verizon Wireless’ network, the most widely used in the U.S.
The about-face announced Tuesday shrinks the potential market for the Nexus One, a mobile phone that Google unveiled to much fanfare in early January.
At that time, Google said a Nexus One compatible with Verizon’s network would be coming in the spring.
Now Google is advising Verizon customers who wanted a Nexus One to buy a mobile phone called Incredible that’s scheduled to go on sale Thursday. The Incredible is made by HTC and relies on Google’s Android operating system, just like the Nexus One.
Google sells versions of the Nexus One that work on the U.S. wireless networks of T-Mobile and AT&T.
SOURCE: Yahoo
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Dell enters the smartphone market
April 23, 2010
I am not talking about a magical setup where you see lightning, thunder, flash and smoke while the object of anticipation appears in front of a large audience. One of the most loved computer brand is marking its entry into the super hot smartphone market with phones named Lightning, Thunder, Flash and Smoke and more. Dell is one of the most successful names in the computer world and smartphones from Dell were just a matter of time.
Detailed description and pictures of these highly anticipated phones have leaked on Engadget. Dell fans would be delighted to see the Dell mobile collection at different range.
‘Lightning’ is a high end Windows 7 slider phone with keyboard sliding out from the bottom and not the usual side.
Eco ATM to pay you instantly for recycling mobile phones
April 23, 2010
Not many of us pay attention to the fact that recycling mobile phones is also a way towards greener earth. We could give many reasons for never recycling your phone but now we have a reason for recycling phone. 
EcoATM, a kiosk which pays you for your old mobile instantly. This intelligent machine inspects the phones automatically and evaluates its market value and pays you right then and there. If the mobile is not worth any money, you can choose to recycle the phone by assigning it to the recycling bin. Read more
Smartphone problems hurt Nokia, shares dive
April 22, 2010
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia (NOK1V.HE) on Thursday cut the profit outlook for its key phone unit as the world’s top cellphone maker struggles in the market for more expensive handsets, sending its shares sharply lower.
Nokia still lacks a top-range model to challenge Apple’s (AAPL.O) iPhone three years after its launch. It’s last high-end hit phone was the N95, which was unveiled in 2006.
“Everyone wants an iPhone and their competitors have now made it impossible for them,” said David Buik, partner at BGC Partners.
Shares in Nokia were 12.7 percent lower at 9.85 euros by 1036 GMT, dragging the STOXX Europe 600 Technology Index (.SX8P) 3.4 percent lower. Read more
Meet Apple’s Next iPhone
April 19, 2010
It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS.
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The Google Android Tablet: Coming Soon?
April 13, 2010
Watch out, iPad: Google may be getting into the tablet game. In a move reminiscent of its recent step into mobile phone design, Google is reportedly working on its own custom Android-powered tablet.
Most of the specifics are still unknown — what features a Google tablet would include, for example, or who would manufacture it — but if there’s one thing we can count on, it’s with whom a Google-made tablet would compete.
Google Android Tablet: What We Know
The Google Android tablet news comes by way of a story published in The New York Times on Sunday. The story, a piece about upcoming competition to Apple’s iPad, states that Google is currently “exploring the idea” of creating its own tablet computing device. The gadget is described as “an e-reader that would function like a computer.”
The info, according to The Times, comes straight from the big dog’s mouth: Google CEO Eric Schmidt is said to have divulged the Google tablet scoop while chatting with friends at a recent party in L.A. Other insiders supposedly confirmed the concept.
“People with direct knowledge of the project — who did not want to be named because they said they were unauthorized to speak publicly about the device — said the company had been experimenting in ‘stealth mode’ with a few publishers to explore delivery of books, magazines and other content on a tablet,” The Times reports. Read more
Microsoft Gets Social With 2 New Phones
April 12, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO — If you’re on Facebook 24/7, love music and take photos constantly, you’re probably under 25 — and you’re right in the demographic bull’s-eye for Microsoft’s two new social-media–centric phones.
The company launched the two phones Monday that are based on a new flavor of Microsoft’s upcoming mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7. The phones, called the Kin One and Kin Two, come with an entirely new interface that puts social services such as Facebook, Twitter and newsfeeds at its core.
“If you are focused on social connection, self expression and a digital life, how do you bring that to a phone?” says Robbie Bach, president for entertainment and devices division at Microsoft. “As we were working on Windows Phone 7, we decided we had an opportunity to go after this social group of people?”
The phones have been manufactured by Sharp and will be available on Verizon’s Wireless network in May and on Vodafone in Europe later this year. Kin One is a petite, rounded device with a 2.1-inch screen. Kin Two is a larger, palm-sized device with a 3.5-inch display.
Kin One has a 5-megapixel camera, while Kin Two sports an 8-megapixel camera. Both phones have multitouch displays, an accelerometer and video-recording capability, as well as hardware keyboards that slide out from underneath the screen.
Phones that integrate closely with social networking sites have been a huge trend with handset makers in the last two years. Almost every major phone maker, including Motorola and HTC, has phones that integrate Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, MySpace and newsfeeds into a single stream on the phone’s display.
Microsoft’s latest phones are based on the concept of sharing, and try to bring the PC and the phone closer, say company reps.
The phones use some components from the company’s latest operating system, Windows Phone 7. But it isn’t exactly the same OS that powers this device, says Bach.
Think of it as a fork in the road for Windows Mobile 7, where Microsoft has taken some components from the OS and added a new interface layer to create the Kin phone, says Microsoft.
Kin phones will have three home screens. The first includes access to e-mail, phone, newsfeeds, photos and browser. Swipe to the left and the next screen throws up a stream of status messages updated from contacts and newsfeeds. Swipe to the left once more and the third screen is a list of favorites marked by the phone users and what their social status says right then.
Microsoft is late to this party. though. Rivals such as Motorola and HTC have already done this with the MotoBlur and the HTC Sense interface, respectively.
What makes the Kin different, says Microsoft, is that it automatically backs up all its contents on a password-protected website. This idea of storing information in the cloud means users can access their photos, videos, messages and even call history from a browser anywhere and don’t have to just depend on their phone.
The service offers unlimited storage, says Microsoft and will be free.
Kin also integrates Microsoft’s Zune digital music service. The phone’s music player has the same interface as the Zune HD. It also includes access only to Bing search.
Developers, however, won’t be able to create apps for the new phones.
Microsoft has not yet announced prices for the two new phones, which will be available from Verizon in May.
This closeup of the Kin One shows it with the keyboard hidden. Photo courtesy Microsoft.
And here’s the Kin One with keyboard open. Photo courtesy Microsoft.
Kin One can be used to compose text messages. Photo courtesy Microsoft.
A Kin Two with keyboard closed sits in its hoped-for natural habitat: a coffeeshop table. Photo courtesy Microsoft.
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