When Michael told me he was looking forward to reviewing the iPhone 5C, I frankly got exited with him. He’s always been a fan of “the underdog” platforms, and if we all remember, that’s precisely what iPhones were back in 2007. Obviously times have changed dramatically even for Apple’s own estimates, and I guess that’s just another one of the reasons why he feels that the iPhone is just not for him after he finished
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We often compare mobile platforms by various metrics – market share, user-friendliness, the size of their respective app catalogs, and much more. But rarely do we take the time to compare the cost of owning one mobile platform versus another. It’s no secret that applications sometimes cost more or less on opposing platforms. Some games cost more on Android ...
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HTC broke into the 1080p game last year with the Butterfly, the international version of the Droid DNA. We saw the company follow things up this summer with the Butterfly S, updating the handset’s hardware to be more in line with the HTC One. It really felt like that might be it for the Butterfly lineup for a while – until HTC had a new flagship to replace the One, at least. But now we get word that a Butterfly 2 is already in development, with the leak of this new imagery arriving to support the theory. First off, we can see that ...
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When are we finally going to get the skinny on lower-cost version of the Motorola Moto X we’ve heard rumored for so long, the Motorola DVX? Last time we were talking about the handset, it sounded like a mid-September launch could have been possible, but that clearly hasn’t actually happened. Back at the beginning of the month, we saw the FCC publish the test documentation for the XT1032, XT1033, and XT1035 – the three carrier variants of the DVX of which we’re ...
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As we get this week started, there’s a lot of Nexus 5 info floating around – mainly specs, and some ones we’ve seen before, but still acting as confirmation and keeping this handset fresh in our minds. One aspect to some of these rumors has been getting a lot of attention, but it’s not one we’re sure means quite what people think it does: the idea that Android 4.4 might impose a nano-SIM requirement on new phones. Where’s this notion coming from in the first place? A website for Ukrainian carrier “life ...
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We just brought you the latest development concerning Nokia’s six-inch 1520 phablet, showing the FCC its stuff, but that’s far from the only Nokia model we’ve been tracking. A whole mess of new products are expected for next month’s event, and while we can’t say if these two will be joining them, this afternoon we get some new info on both the Lumia 929 (above) and the previously unnumbered model known only by the codename Glee. Supposedly, Glee will arrive as the
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September is just about to leave us behind for October, which means that Nokia’s October 22 event is finally in sight. While there’s bound to be some lower-end Asha business, we’re also expecting to finally see Nokia launch some much more prominent devices, including the Lumia 1520 phablet and maybe even that 2520 tablet. Over the weekend, we had the opportunity to check out just such a Nokia tablet in ...
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Japan has itself a serious love affair with the vending machine. Far beyond the assortment of snacks and sodas you might find in the West, Japanese vending machines will sell you eggs, shoes, rice – pretty much anything under the sun. Certainly, you can already buy phones from vending machines, but now Google’s taking things one step further, introducing Google Play vending machines in Japan that present users with an assortment of apps. “But wait,” you begin to ask, “why do you need an app vending machine when ...
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A little over a month ago, right before IFA, we checked out an image purporting to depict Sony’s Honami Mini. We’ve since seen Honami itself go official as the Xperia Z1, but what of this pint-sized version? Now it’s making a reappearance in some leaked carrier docs, which seem to reveal its launch name as the Xperia Z1 f. The best part is that the Z1′s great camera appears to be returning, apparently unchanged. Where we do see sacrifices made with ...
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So far, LG’s had an interesting relationship with phablets. The devices we’ve seen have either seemed a little odd, like the whole Vu series and their 4:3 displays, or like pale imitations of the Galaxy Note, like we saw with the Optimus G Pro. One big way LG’s efforts have fallen short of Samsung’s has concerned the absence of a stylus; certainly, the S pen has become a key component of the phablet experience Samsung brings users. With the new Vu III ...
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Many consider Android and iOS to be the two biggest competitors in the mobile space. And while that’s not technically wrong, there is a lot separating the two platforms. Surprisingly, there’s far less between the global popularity of iOS 7 and Windows Phone. There’s only roughly 10 percent separating them in terms of global market share, whereas Android has nearly a 60 percent lead on iOS. With the new face of iOS and Windows Phone 8 finally ...
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Mobile users not as tech savvy as they think they are, according to new research into UK smartphone users' habits 
Issues must be resolved with stalled rollout of Android and iOS version of BBM messenger service before BlackBerry can start work on a Windows Phone version 
A watch that simply tells the time just doesn’t do much for me. I’ve been using smart watches since the early Microsoft S.P.O.T. devices hit the market in 2004. If you include the Casio calculator watches from the 1980′s and 1990′s, my experience predates the time I’ve spent with smartphones and even PDAs. I tried a few of the Sony “smartwatch” offerings, but wasn’t too impressed. Then the Pebble came along and it’s adorned my wrist ever since. ...
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Sony has announced its new flagship 4K projector, the VPL-VW1100ES, which improves the brightness of its predecessor and adds HDMI 2.0 support