Articles tagged with: analysis
LG to announce “next generation” of Optimus line tomorrow with two new Android phones
Back in April of this year, LG launched the Android-powered LG Optimus. Bearing “Optimal performance for first time smartphone users” as its slogan, it was built for the lower-end of the smartphone market — it was fancy, but not too fancy. Kind of a disappointing use of the “Optimus” name — but hey, it’s their trademark. Come 6 o’clock tomorrow evening in Seoul, LG will be launching what they call “the next generation of LG Optimus smartphones”. How mysterious! Alas, LG’s not too good at keeping secrets; ...
Back in April of this year, LG launched the Android-powered LG Optimus. Bearing “Optimal performance for first time smartphone users” as its slogan, it was built for the lower-end of the smartphone market — it was fancy, but not too fancy. Kind of a disappointing use of the “Optimus” name — but hey, it’s their trademark. Come 6 o’clock tomorrow evening in Seoul, LG will be launching what they call “the next generation of LG Optimus smartphones”. How mysterious! Alas, LG’s not too good at keeping secrets; ...
Android’s newest flavour: Tapas
While Google has a history of giving Android tasty names for its version names, it seems that they aren’t the only ones that equate green robots with food. Today, ex-Google China president, Kai-Fu Lee, announced in the Wall Street Journal that he will launch a whole new mobile operating system based on Android, to be known as “ Tapas “. This isn’t the first not-quite-Android OS that China has produced — that credit goes to China Mobile’s OPhone — but Kai-Fu Lee believes that the new modifications ...
While Google has a history of giving Android tasty names for its version names, it seems that they aren’t the only ones that equate green robots with food. Today, ex-Google China president, Kai-Fu Lee, announced in the Wall Street Journal that he will launch a whole new mobile operating system based on Android, to be known as “ Tapas “. This isn’t the first not-quite-Android OS that China has produced — that credit goes to China Mobile’s OPhone — but Kai-Fu Lee believes that the new modifications ...
For the detail obsessed: up close images of the T-Mobile G2 keyboard
If you’re as eager for the upcoming T-Mobile G2 as everyone else was for its older brother , then you’re probably keen for any info you can get on its crowning feature: the QWERTY keyboard. So it is with much joy that I inform you that His And Hers Android today posted some up-close images of the device’s QWERTY keyboard. Sadly, there isn’t any info on how usable the keyboard is, but at least you get a good look at all the buttons, including the three customisable ...
If you’re as eager for the upcoming T-Mobile G2 as everyone else was for its older brother , then you’re probably keen for any info you can get on its crowning feature: the QWERTY keyboard. So it is with much joy that I inform you that His And Hers Android today posted some up-close images of the device’s QWERTY keyboard. Sadly, there isn’t any info on how usable the keyboard is, but at least you get a good look at all the buttons, including the three customisable ...
Got 10 bucks and 5 minutes? Turn your iPhone 4 into a 12X Microscope
See that shot above? That was taken with an iPhone 4. Don’t believe it? See how in the video after the jump. Armed with nothing but a $7 mini-microscope and the cheapest (around $3) back-protecting iPhone case they could find, the guys over at Crabfu managed to convert their iPhone 4 into an on-the-go microscope camera capable of taking shots at a 12x zoom level. Ten bucks for at least a few hours of wandering around my house looking at everything way closer than I probably should? ...
See that shot above? That was taken with an iPhone 4. Don’t believe it? See how in the video after the jump. Armed with nothing but a $7 mini-microscope and the cheapest (around $3) back-protecting iPhone case they could find, the guys over at Crabfu managed to convert their iPhone 4 into an on-the-go microscope camera capable of taking shots at a 12x zoom level. Ten bucks for at least a few hours of wandering around my house looking at everything way closer than I probably should? ...
World Record texting speed broken — and once again, it’s with Swype
Back in March of this year, Guiness opened up their big book o’ World Records to anyone willing to claim that they were the fastest touchscreen texter on the block. The first contender to step up to the plate was a gent named Franklin Page , who used Swype’s slide-to-type tech to blast out Guiness’ headache-inducing pre-set sentence in just 35.54 seconds. Surely by no coincidence, Page was a Swype employee. Five months later, someone else has come forward for their shot at the heavyweight belt fancy ...
Back in March of this year, Guiness opened up their big book o’ World Records to anyone willing to claim that they were the fastest touchscreen texter on the block. The first contender to step up to the plate was a gent named Franklin Page , who used Swype’s slide-to-type tech to blast out Guiness’ headache-inducing pre-set sentence in just 35.54 seconds. Surely by no coincidence, Page was a Swype employee. Five months later, someone else has come forward for their shot at the heavyweight belt fancy ...
Details of the Motorola MB520 “Kobe” leak
Soon there’ll be a new Android phone in AT&T Town. A phone goin’ by the name of Kobe. Moto Kobe. Details have leaked of the device from both the UPnP Forum , and the Wi-Fi Alliance , but today, Engadget got some insider knowledge on the matter, including a couple of benchmark screenshots, and a run down of the specs. The device will be a slate form-factor running a Droid 2 / X style Motoblur UI, on a 3.5″ 480 x 854 LCD screen. Under the hood ...
Soon there’ll be a new Android phone in AT&T Town. A phone goin’ by the name of Kobe. Moto Kobe. Details have leaked of the device from both the UPnP Forum , and the Wi-Fi Alliance , but today, Engadget got some insider knowledge on the matter, including a couple of benchmark screenshots, and a run down of the specs. The device will be a slate form-factor running a Droid 2 / X style Motoblur UI, on a 3.5″ 480 x 854 LCD screen. Under the hood ...
Palm working on a high-res device called the “RoadRunner HD”?
This is just the most micro-sized of clues we’re going on here, but some analytics have logged a device running webOS 2.0 on a 960
This is just the most micro-sized of clues we’re going on here, but some analytics have logged a device running webOS 2.0 on a 960
Nokia Executive Vice President To Field Questions On Twitter Tomorrow
Do you have any burning questions for Nokia? (For example: “How many N900s did you guys sell?”, or “Is it really worth it to shell countless resources into building your own platforms at this point?”, or “What’s a Nokia?”) Well, get’em ready — and make sure you’ve got a Twitter account. Tomorrow, Nokia’s Executive Vice President of Markets, Niklas Savander, will be taking questions from the Twitterverse on anything and everything, big or small. Well, probably not too big. He is limited to 140 characters, after all. ...
Do you have any burning questions for Nokia? (For example: “How many N900s did you guys sell?”, or “Is it really worth it to shell countless resources into building your own platforms at this point?”, or “What’s a Nokia?”) Well, get’em ready — and make sure you’ve got a Twitter account. Tomorrow, Nokia’s Executive Vice President of Markets, Niklas Savander, will be taking questions from the Twitterverse on anything and everything, big or small. Well, probably not too big. He is limited to 140 characters, after all. ...
Random App Plug: Typography Manual
If you spend a lot of time in a web publishing environment, it pays to be aware of all the little things that make writing and layouts work — and not work. The wrong line height or kerning/font combination can be disastrous to readability. You can, of course, read books on the subject, but a ready reference tool can be had in this Typography Manual app , which looks about as to-the-point as such things can get. It does in fact comprise a short book, along with ...
If you spend a lot of time in a web publishing environment, it pays to be aware of all the little things that make writing and layouts work — and not work. The wrong line height or kerning/font combination can be disastrous to readability. You can, of course, read books on the subject, but a ready reference tool can be had in this Typography Manual app , which looks about as to-the-point as such things can get. It does in fact comprise a short book, along with ...
Palm HP gives away Pres to everyone at Brainstorm conference
The giveaways continue! Google , Microsoft , now HP — apparently, the cool thing to do is to get your product in the hands of people who may or may not even want it. HP’s Todd Bradley and Jon Rubenstein just gave away Pres to everyone in the audience at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference. I think it’s a great idea, personally. It’s important to Microsoft to do serious mass testing of its product before putting it out there, and it’s important to HP to keep webOS fresh ...
The giveaways continue! Google , Microsoft , now HP — apparently, the cool thing to do is to get your product in the hands of people who may or may not even want it. HP’s Todd Bradley and Jon Rubenstein just gave away Pres to everyone in the audience at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference. I think it’s a great idea, personally. It’s important to Microsoft to do serious mass testing of its product before putting it out there, and it’s important to HP to keep webOS fresh ... 
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