On the iPhone 4S launch date just a couple of weeks ago, we broke the news that developer Steven Troughton-Smith had successfully ported the Siri user-interface and some of the underlying code from the iPhone 4S onto the iPhone 4. The port was functional except for the most important part: talking to Apple’s servers. Now, [...]
Samsung is now officially the world’s largest maker of smartphones, shipping around 28 million of the devices — almost all Android-powered – in the third quarter, compared to Apple’s 17.1 million phones. This is just the latest milestone that helps put an end to the fallacy that iPhones will rule the world. When Android phones [...]
Steve Jobs final words? Really, just a final phrase, repeated in triplicate: “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.” That’s but the capstone of a gripping eulogy delivered by Steve Jobs’ biological sister, author Mona Simpson, at Jobs’ October 16 memorial service at Stanford University. The New York Times printed a transcript of Simpson’s thoughts today, [...]
Despite being obvious competitors, Apple and Nokia face similar challenges ahead as Apple tries to crack the competitive TV market and Nokia gasps for survival in smartphones. While Apple is clearly at the top of its game and Nokia is at other end of the spectrum, struggling to be relevant again, both have very similar [...]
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The iPhone 4S is a bit of a tough sell for phone show-offs: there are literally no external distinctions to set it apart from an iPhone 4, not even a “4S” logo. Therefore, if you really want to demonstrate what your iPhone 4S can do, you’re best off either taking a picture, demoing Siri, or [...]
It’s no secret that the world of high-end mobile phones is currently dominated by the iOS and Android operating systems. To help you get a perspective on their latest releases, we gave you head-to-head spec comparisons between the iPhone 4S and the Galaxy Nexus, and then between the Droid Razr next to the Galaxy Nexus. [...]
When Amazon announced the Kindle Fire last month, the device that it most reminded people of was the Nook Color. The Fire may be getting some extra competition soon, as a sequel to the Barnes & Noble’s seven inch device is expected to arrive on November 7. B&N’s eReader/tablet hybrid has been a surprise hit [...]
The BlackBerry PlayBook didn’t sell as well as hoped at the $499 starting price RIM slapped on it, so recently they tried deep price cuts to see if that would help. Even at $299 in the U.S. and Canada, the PlayBook didn’t fly off shelves. Now, RIM’s trying grocery store tactics: buy two, get one [...]
Google has always been the type of company to release a product in beta and let their audience help them fine tune it. This practice worked great when the products were all free. After all, how could you complain about something that’s free? When the products started to cost money, and not insignificant amounts of [...]
