February 14 2010
Categorized Under: Cell Phones
Tags; 2010, Bada OS, MWC, samsung, smartphones, touchwiz, Wave S8500
Samsung has finally launched the Bada mobile OS and the first ever phone to run on it at the Mobile World Congress happening at Barcelona, Spain right now. The phone is called Wave, just as the rumors said it was. Officially it is the Wave S8500 — the first phone to have the Bada OS. As a piece of a hardware, it is easy to see that it is pretty good. But when it comes to the OS, opinions don’t seem to differ much amongst the attendees. The general vibe is ‘meh’ and worse. But that doesn’t mean that the phone does not have potential. Anything that has that great a screen is bound to have some potential!
Continue reading “Samsung’s S8500 AKA WAVE SmartPhone Impresses But The Bada OS Doesn’t [Smarpthones]” »
December 10 2009
Categorized Under: Cell Phones
Tags; 1Ghz, 2010, android, Bravo, Buzz, candybar, design, htc, Legend, lifestyle, performance, photon, productivity, qualcomm, Salsa, smartphones, snapdragon, social, tera, Tide, trophy, windows mobile 6.5
HTC has successfully completed its transformation from a company that makes handsets for others to rebrand to a company that is known for simply making great handsets. Over the past one year or so, HTC handsets have really impressed the mass market.
Their knack for making really great software and hardware combos have won them many a fan in the past one year. With the launch of the HD2, they have proved that they can hold their own against the big players like Apple, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and also Nokia.
Continue reading “HTC’s 2010 Road Map Leaked, Snapdragon Android Phone Lives!” »
November 22 2009
Categorized Under: Cell Phones, netbooks
Tags; android, developer, future gadgets, google, Mobile OS, smartphones
Google has been running completely rampant all over the tech industry of late. In their quest to bring everything you do on your computer online, they have released their latest creation – the Chrome OS. It is still in development but it is really amazing what they have done so far. And in the middle of all this, it is easy to momentarily forget about the lovable green robot – the Android.
If Chrome OS is the future of netbooks, smartbooks and then desktops, then Android is definitely the future of all but few smartphones. The Chrome OS might fail to deliver but Android has already taken a strong hold over the smartphone market in general and over the tech community to be specific. Everyone who understands what the Android is, sees limitless potential for innovative handheld devices. This is the only current platform that can fully compete with the sophistication of the iPhone – the phone that started it all. And it is an open platform, which means anyone can taker it up and innovate over it.
Continue reading “The Future With Android” »
November 19 2009
Categorized Under: Cell Phones
Tags; blackberry curve 8520, dragon, google, google branded phone, htc, Kurara, microsoft, n900, nokia, PALM PRE, passion, rumors, smartphones, Sony Ericsson, spy shots
When it comes to phones, the last few days have been particularly exciting. It seems like all the companies coordinated their leaks and rumors to be in succession or tandem. We have updates in the elusive HTC Dragon/Passion, the Sony Ericsson Kurara and even the Google Phone. Yes, apparently Google is making a phone. Plus, we have two super deals in smarpthones – Palm Pre and BlackBerry Curve on the cheap!
Get over to the other side to get updated on the latest in the phones.
October 12 2009
Categorized Under: Cell Phones, Computer Monitors, Desktop Computers, Entertainment, Peripherals, netbooks
Tags; 1mm, ad agency, batteries, bluetooth pen, ceatec, cloth speakers, concept, concept phones, cp-a100j, docnomo, dual screen netbook, flexible oled screen, fuel cell co-genration, fuel cells, fujitsu, hitachi, kohjinsha, l01, lithium-ion, mitsubishi, modular netbook, modular oled display, more trees, ntt docomo, oled display, olympus, panasonic, protoype, scalable oled display, sharp, short throw projector, smartphones, sony, stylus, toshiba, touchscreen, unidirectional, UPIC Plus Wireless Interactive Panel 56M, wooden phones, yamaha
The last week has been quite exciting for the techies in Japan. The annual gadget extravaganza, CEATEC Japan, had some pretty mind-boggling stuff and the usual futuristic concepts that you would expect at such an event. Even though the gadgets that drew the most attention were mostly prototypes, they still generated enough buzz for the tech world to turn their short attention span to them for longer than usual.
So here’s a special CEATEC version of Catch Up Monday for you. Get to the other side to catch up on the latest in tech.
October 8 2009
Categorized Under: Cell Phones
Tags; 1.6, 2012, 3g, acer, android, apple, at-t, ceatec, concept phones, dell, docomo, donut, dragon, e72, forecast, fujitsu, g1, gartner, google voice, hd2, htc, iphone, mini 3i, moment, more tree, motorola, mytouch 3g, neotouch, nokia, ntt, phone, phones, pure, qualcomm, rumor, samsung, sharp, sholes, smartphones, snapdragon, sprint, spy shots, t-mobile, tao, tilt 2, toshiba, touch wood, verizon, voip
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There was a time, not too long ago, when smartphones meant bulky phones with QWERTY keypads, clumsy UI, limited features and sky-high price tags. Not much has changed on the price tag side but the bulk is considerably lower now and the various UIs on the market are going from great to greater. Plus the features have pretty much hit the other side of limited in this category. So I thought it right to start a weekly section that cuts through all the noise and brings you the main stories that you need to hear.