By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 4:47 pm
Nokia and Intel have combined forces and are working on creating 3D applications for smartphones that run with their MeeGo software, in hopes of boosting sales of their products. Both companies support MeeGo; a mobile operating system, and have been working at a new Intel lab at the University of Oulu in Finland. "We could look into technologies that allow displaying a 3D hologram of the...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 3:58 pm
Currently Apple is working on a technology patent that would detect unauthorized iPhone usage and remotely wipe sensitive data to Apple devices. The Cupertino company filed a patent with the Trademark Office in February and has created a technology that will be able to identify an unauthorized user and will be able to shut down an iPhone or an iPad. "A photograph of the current user can be...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 3:17 pm
Recently Verizon has invested in CardStar; a start up firm that develops a mobile customer loyalty card application. The Basking Ridge company telecoms said it invested $400,000 in mobile applications that are available for the iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry. This application allows customers to consolidate their shopping reward and membership cards all in one spot. Merchants can launch their...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 2:53 pm
In the next month Bank of America joined with Visa will run a pilot program that will allow customers to pay for purchases using their cell phones. The Charlotte, N.C. based company said that it will allow New York area customers to install a small chip into their cell phones to be able to pass information to point of sale readers in stores and will start in September and go through until...
By Tommy Rebik - 25 August, 2010, 2:24 pm
Every now and then the perks of this job actually pay off, and by pay off I mean free stuff. Most of the items that we review and test are loaners. Now don't get me wrong it actually works out better this way because if I got to keep all these sweet phones I’d probably drown in them. However, Mr. FedEx delivered a package just moment ago and it was a bit thin. By thin, I mean letter size. The...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 2:08 pm
The National Association of Broadcaster (NAB) have been in an ongoing dispute with music companies and recording artists over the payment of music royalties. Now they are asking Congress to require FM radios on all mobile phones because of this dispute. After many bills that have being going back and forth in Congress, a compromise may include a federal rule that everyone mobile phone out...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 1:37 pm
At the University of Washington; engineers are testing a system that will use motion detection to help deaf people communicate with smart phones. The first phase of the study called "Mobile ASL," identifies images from the American Sign Language and transmits them with a video chat that exist in 3G networks. "The point is to provide real-time video cellular communication for deaf people," said...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 12:19 pm
According to sources HTC is developing a tablet computer that will run Google's Chrome operating system and will be released for Verizon during the upcoming holiday season. The device has a 1280 by 720 pixel touch screen display with a built in web cam, 2GB of Ram and 32 GB of storage space. "Chrome OS is one of the few future operating systems for which there are already millions of...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 11:50 am
Now FaceBook is allowing for smart phone users to show their actual location online to all their friends and family. The a California based company that came up with this, Palo Alto calls the feature "Places" and allows users to "check in" when they are businesses addresses, concerts, parks, and restaurants. This optional feature will also allow you to tag friends in this post or find who is...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 11:41 am
T-Mobile has posted up a teaser page for the T-Mobile G2; which will be an Android smart phone with HSPA- plus connectivity, and will be released this coming fall. The G2 (formerly know as the G1 Blaze) is the first device to run on a high-speed 3.5G network. Not much is know about this device, but in the coming weeks T-Mobile is said to release more information. T-Mobile has said that...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 11:30 am
Recently researchers released an iPhone application that can track a user's "happiness level," which in turn they hope will be able to give them some insight on how people are affected by their surroundings. This research project was lead by the London School of Economics and Political Science. The project which is called " Mappiness," will allow them to see how emotions are changed and...
By Gisela Ayala - 25 August, 2010, 11:08 am
BlackBerry has created an instant messaging application only for BlackBerry smart phone owners. The application comes in a chat style layout with unlimited characters. BlackBerry says that this instant messaging will make it easier to get in contact with people. At first this all sounds good, however the application only works for people with a BlackBerry of their own. If you have a...
By Erika Galeano - 24 August, 2010, 5:08 pm
Here we go again, reporting another tablet said to be released. I think companies are craving to be part of the tablet generation. Who would have known that so many are planning to release tablets within this year and the next. On the bright side there is going to be so much competition that they're going to feel almost obliged to lower prices. But lets get back on track here, The...
By Mark Zalewski - 24 August, 2010, 3:03 pm
Huawei? Yes surprisingly Huawei is introducing a new Android 2.2 phone at the IFA conference being held in September. Although many do not expect the phone to be anywhere close to compare to the Motorola DROID X or the EVO 4G, but at least be a solid mid-range device. The device is said to include a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen, GPS, 528 MHz processor, 3.2-megapixel camera and 802.11n...
By Sara Brown - 24 August, 2010, 1:39 pm
The new Motorola DROID 2 has only been on the market for about 2 weeks and has been a hit. Now the phone is finally receiving its first OS update. Although the update is minor its still going to improve some parts of the system. The minor upgrade will be sent out OTA but will not address the main problem that that DROID 2 owners have been complaining about. The popular handset has...
