Cell Phone News
No Flash Support in ICS Confirmed
The other week Adobe stunned the tech world by effectively admitting defeat in its war against Apple over mobile Flash for smartphones. In what was a pretty huge announcement Adobe stated that support for Android Flash would be terminated in order to focus on HTML5.
Batteries Could Soon Last 10x Longer
We commented the other week in our post about the rumored quad-core HTC Zeta that we’d like to see a bit more of a focus in areas like RAM and battery-life improvement and it looks like researchers at Northwestern University have answered our prayers. In an impressive piece of engineering a team at Northwestern has managed to increase both energy capacity and charge speeds of lithium-ion batteries ten-fold.
Motorola RAZR Review (Euro)
The Motorola RAZR is basically the European version of Motora's new DROID RAZR handset. It's a high end Android 2.3.5 device that takes a slightly different approach to physical design that some of the handsets we’ve previously seen from Motorola. Its sharp edges with just slightly contoured corners make for a more intriguing first impression than a device like the Motorola Atrix, but where the RAZR truly sets itself aesthetically apart is with its profile.
Google Music Cloud Announcement
A couple of hours ago Google held its official Google Music announcement live over the web. We tuned in to see what kind of goodies Google would be offering with its new cloud tunes service and whether or not it could potentially contend with the other cloud options that are cropping up everywhere. From what we heard we found ourselves tentatively impressed.
HTC Zeta a 2.5GHz Quad Core?
Some pics have cropped up on Engadget about a mysterious phone that’s rumored to be coming from HTC. Specs include Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a 4.5 inch display, 32GB of storage, an impressive 1830mAh battery, an 8MP camera and 1.3MP front-facing camera. Most intriguingly the HTC ‘Zeta’ is said to be on its way with an absolutely astonishing quad-core 2.5GHz processor.
BlackBerry Colt to Run BES
There’s been a lot of debate as to when, or even if the upcoming BlackBerry Phones running on RIM’s new BBX platform will have support for BlackBerry Email Services (BES). Most tended to focus around whether or not the upcoming BBX device, the BlackBerry Colt, will be able to support BES.
HTC Might Not Have First Quad-Core
Earlier this week we did a post about how HTC could be the first manufacturer with a quad-core handset in reference to leaked information about the HTC Edge. Now information is starting to hit the web about quad-core research being conducted by LG, Samsung and Motorola, all of whom are trying to be the first on the market with the next gen of super-phones.
Say Goodbye to Android Flash
Adobe has kicked in the towel when it comes to its mobile Flash service, finally admitting that a focus on HTML5 makes more sense when it comes to mobile video content. It won’t mean much to iPhone users, but for many Android fans Flash support was one of the bigger reasons to make the switch between the two competing Android and iOS operating systems (OSes).
More iOS Rumors
Let’s face it, the iOS rumor mill is never going to stop. This week we’ve got a few new ones to report on. If you haven’t heard of Siri then we’d usually ask you where you’ve been hiding yourself for the last couple of months, but seeing as we have a bit to go through we’ll just quickly fill you in. Siri is Apple’s brand new Native Talk app, that allows users an impressive range of functionality simply by speaking to their iPhone 4S handsets. We know what you’re thinking; that you’ve heard this all before and voice-command interfaces always turn out to be all talk and no action. Well by all accounts Siri actually works really well and seems to be the most impressive voice recognition integration anyone has yet seen on a smartphone.
HTC Edge: First Quad-core Phone?
Some snapshots of the HTC Edge have made their way on to the web along with some already wide-spread rumors that it will be HTC’s very first quad-core phone. Interestingly enough the rumors state that the Edge will be sporting a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 chip, rather than a Qualcomm CPU.
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