iPhone Trade-in Program Now Available at Apple Retailers
Apple has officially started its trade-in program at its retail locations, offering gift cards to users trading in their old iPhones.
BlackBerry exec outlines need to trim the fat, aims to become “niche company”
Over the past month, we’ve seen BlackBerry finally start facing some hard realities about its place in the market. While in the past, the idea of selling off parts of the company might have been solely the stuff of gossip, news that the company is now looking to “explore strategic alternatives” to the way it’s done business in the past has made it seem like anything was a possibility – that maybe desperation was beginning to rear its ugly head and force BlackBerry to admit the precarious situation ...
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How to get Moto X-esque Active Notifications on your Android (Video)
Motorola‘s Moto X might not wow you with its specs, but it brings some fresh new features. I don’t yet own a Moto X, but I do want to take advantage of some of the cool new stuff it does. One of my favorites is Active Notifications. Luckily the Android development community is very active, and a developer called Great Bytes Software has come up with something very similar to what the Moto X does and put it in the Play Store. It’s called DynamicNotifications. The “problem” ...
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iPhone 5S name gets carrier support
For all the talk we’ve been making about the iPhone 5S (and 5C), it’s important to remember that these names are far from official. That 5C packaging we saw was pretty suspect, and there’s been little assurance that either phone would definitely arrive with these names. As we lean forward into September, and that anticipated launch event on the tenth, we’re beginning to see signs that these names could be confirmed. Japanese carrier au by KDDI is one that even we ...
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BBM Release for iPhone and Android May Finally Be Getting Close
Blackberry has redesigned its BBM webpage, hinting that the service will be making its way onto Android and iPhone devices soon.
Nokia announces Here Auto and smartphone companion app
Nokia’s been teasing some kind of auto-related news, and this morning the company finally got around to spilling the beans, revealing its Here Auto in-car navigation system, alongside a companion app for both Windows Phone (of course) and Android. Considering all the interest Nokia has in mapping, and its other efforts with the Here brand, seeing this development – though a step outside the company’s comfort zone – isn’t entirely surprising. The in-car Here Auto bit will be integrated with cars ...
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Samsung ATIV S Neo review: the best of limited options
Sometimes, as a tech reviewer, you encounter a smartphone so good that you don’t want to send it back to the manufacturer at the end of the review period. Other times, you can’t wait to drop it in the mail and scurry back to the safety of your daily driver. For this reviewer, Samsung’s ATIV S Neo is, unfortunately, an example of the latter. Not because it does much wrong, necessarily, but because it’s almost totally unremarkable – and it fails to live up to a promise Sprint made its users back in January
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Businesses moving from BlackBerry to Windows Phone?
Enterprise clients have long been BlackBerry’s strength. The company offers some fantastic tools for administrating devices, earning favor with IT professionals. However, all the other major smartphone players have been eying the enterprise market as well, and competition is now fiercer than ever. With the release of BlackBerry 10, will we see companies upgrade from their employees’ BBOS 7 devices to new BlackBerrys? One report suggests that it’s Windows Phone that may actually be stealing ...
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HTC intros new smartphone accessories: Fetch, Mini+
A little earlier this week, we saw HTC appear to be gearing-up for the release of the Mini+, the follow-up to the Bluetooth handset accessory we first saw released alongside the Butterfly back at the start of the year. It looks like that guy wasn’t alone, and today HTC hosted a little launch event to introduce not only this new Mini+, but a pocket-sized Bluetooth-based tracking device as well, the HTC Fetch. We learn a little new about the Mini+, but after seeing the product’s page on HTC’s site already, there really ...
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Skype thinks 3D phones are the future for some reason
The BBC was able to interview Microsoft’s corporate vice-president for Skype, Mark Gillett recently and revealed a few interesting things on the road-map for the future of Skype. One thing that I found odd was when Gillett was quoted as saying “I can imagine a day when you have a 3D-cellphone screen that doesn’t need 3D-glasses to use it, It’s less clear to me that we’re close to having 3D cameras on cellphones.” I think we can all imagine that day and it was back in the summer of 2011 when ...
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Nintendo’s Reggie: ‘meh’ to Xbox One, PS4 launch line-ups
Reggie Fils-Aime is unimpressed with the Xbox One and PS4 launch games, even as he admits the Wii U has suffered from a lack of regular releases Xbox One exclusivity deals defended by EA’s Peter Moore
EA's Peter Moore has said there are "a lot of partnership opportunities with Sony" waiting to be announced, but defended his company's Xbox One exclusives iPhone 6 release date, price, features, specs & new rumours
iPhone 6 release date, price, features, specs & new rumours - everything you need to know about Apple's next-generation smartphone New ASUS PadFone Infinity smiles for the camera
Remember the ASUS PadFone Infinity? It’s the third iteration of the PadFone concept and it was unveiled at this year’s MWC, where we made sure to check it out up-close and personal (that was the A80 model, powered by a Snapdragon 600 processor). Rumors have recently mentioned a possible refresh, with a Snapdragon 800 processor, and model number A86. Apparently, this follow-up will fit in its tablet housing/docking station perfectly, since ASUS maintained the exact outer aspect of the ...
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Microsoft in talks with Foursquare, interested in equity stake, claims report
The latest rumors mention Microsoft in talks with Foursquare, but the Redmond-based company isn’t the only one interested in an equity stake, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. American Express is also mentioned as a potential future partner. Different, unnamed, sources unveiled different pieces of information, from the fact that Microsoft and AMEX are competing on this one, instead of joining forces for a single bid, to the fact that Foursquare is in talks with others too, but it does not mean a deal will be actually in place. Neither Foursquare nor Microsoft have ...
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