Articles By Alex Angove
Apple iOS 5 Update Announced
Apple finally announced iOS 5 at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) and it seems that they’ve actually been listening to their fans. If you’ll remember a while back we posted our iOS 5 wish list and detailed most of our issues with the now iconic mobile operating system (OS) employed by Apple. So you can imagine our surprise and pleasure when we discovered that many of our hopes for the iOS platform had come true.
WP Mango Media Player Update
The Windws Phone platform is a mobile operating system (OS) with a great amount of potential. While it failed to convert too many iOS and Android enthusiasts upon its initial release, it is still a good foundation on which we hope Microsoft will build a solid platform.
Motorola DROID 3 Videos Leaked
The Motorola DROID 3 has been the subject of much rumor and speculation in recent months. As the expected successor to the Motorola DROID’s legacy, the DROID 3 is aimed to sell its fair share of units come its release date. When the original DROID was released, it was seen as Verizon’s only convincing answer to (at the time) AT&T’s exclusivity deal with the iPhone line. It was fast, responsive, sported a slider QWERTY keypad and ran on Android 2.0. Since then the DROID has been upgraded to run on Android 2.1 and finally 2.2.
HTC Sensation Preview
The HTC Sensation is soon set to become HTC’s new flagship phone just about everywhere but the US. The Dual-core 1.2GHz handset boasts some impressive hardware specs, as well as the Android Gingerbread OS and new Sense 3.0 user interface (UI). It’s basically the very definition of the new generation of smartphones and should emerge as a solid competitor for Samsung’s much awaited Galaxy S II.
12MP HTC Windows Phone Leaked
HTC hasn’t given up on the Windows Phone platform just yet, according to a leaked video of a new HTC Handset running the Windows Phone 7 Mango update. It seems that with Nokia soon to be making its debut in to the Windows Phone family HTC has taken the initiative and gone all-out in the hardware department, including a whopping 12MP camera on this device. While a 12MP camera isn’t anything new to the smartphone world, this will be the first time HTC has tried their hand at providing such a powerful camera.
Symbian: is the End Nigh?
It seems that our days of quietly encouraging Nokia’s Symbian OS while sneaking an insult or two through the back door might finally have been given a used-by date. Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has delivered an ominous statement regarding the future of Symbian.
1st Nokia Windows Phone is a Mango
At the recent WP keynote Microsoft announced that the first Nokia Windows Phone handset is on its way and it’ll be running on the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update. This excites us for 2 main reasons: 1) The joint venture between Nokia and Microsoft appears to have been successful, despite some belief that it would fall through before any major release could be made.
iOS 5 Not Coming to iPhone 3GS?
A new rumor has crept up on the web and it’s that Apple’s upcoming iOS5 update will not be made available to iPhone 3GS users. The comment originated from renowned tech-news insider Eldar Murtazin’s Twitter account. “Just one comment. Apple iPhone 3GS won’t be upgradable to iOS5.x. iPhone 4 will.”
HTC Salsa Preview
The HTC Salsa is set to be released soon and carry on the strong-chinned legacy of the HTC Hero and HTC Legend, although with somewhat less focus on the unique case design and more on social networking (the iconic chin has seen a definite decrease in size when compared previous models). Also noticeable is the lack of any trackball or touchpad at the base of the device, HTC opting to instead include a dedicated Facebook button that lights up at different times, but more on that later.
Toshiba Bests Apple’s Retina Display
Toshiba has entered the fight for pixilation supremacy with a bang, showing off a range of LCD screens for smartphones with a whopping density of 367 pixels per inch (ppi). In other terms that’s a resolution of 720 x 1280 crammed on to a 4 inch screen.
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