By Mike Wheeler There is no way we’re going to call the Samsung Galaxy Note a Phablet. What is a Phablet supposed to be? A cross between a smartphone and a tablet. To be fair, this is what the Galaxy Note is, but we think we’ll stick with it being…
…and Motorola give up details on the development of the Android system to Apple. From a purely neutral point of view, this cannot be good for the consumer. Apple is already on its way to world domination in the tablet arena, and has made huge inroads into the smartphone field,…
…PayPal payments via their smartphone, completing transactions wherever they are. Claimed to be simple to use, the encrypted card reader is a lightweight device that attaches to a smartphone. Combined with the application, PayPal Here accepts credit card and PayPal payments, in addition to tracking cash transactions and allowing merchants…
View multiple pages Range of new apps Handwriting recognition software Samsung says its Galaxy Note fits within its own product category, combining the on-the-go features of a tablet while maintaining smartphone functionality. It has a 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED display – a high-resolution screen that provides an immersive viewing experience….
…Xbox Controller often feels like it’s limited in its range of motion and you just can’t seem to tip the screen far enough, where as a tilt controlled handheld device like a smartphone seems ideal for this concept. There are levels when you know if you can tip it a…
…percent on their smartphone, with indications are that slate usage will only increase. Currently Australians use their laptop and desktop PCs 28 percent of their device time, with slates looking to make inroads into that figure over the next few years, too. But why the popularity with the iPad in…
Nokia Lumia uses mobile Windows Phone O/S Available from March 13 Comes with Nokia Drive Nokia has finally dumped its Symbian operating system in an attempt to win back its shrinking marketshare. It has gone for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 operating system for its Lumia 800 handset. The Nokia Lumia…
…anagram apps on my smartphone and cheating to get to a more reasonable opponent. Likewise online, I suspect I am not the only one doing this as it seems we all have amazing vocabularies. The game itself is fun, fast and has plenty of variations. The troops cheer and shout…
Uses K3V2 processor 30 percent energy savings Up to two-day battery life Huawei claims to have released the world’s fastest quad-core smartphone, the Huawei Ascend D quad. Powered by the Huawei’s K3V2 quad-core 1.2GHz/1.5GHz processor, it also comes with the Android 4.0 operating system and Huawei’s proprietary power management system…
…wall or be used by a battery. It can be used either as a hard-wired unit or wireless, and works with any smartphone, laptop, iPad, iPod or mobile gaming system. Listen wirelessly from any Bluetooth A2DP device; with aptX-equipped devices (or optional adapter) and your signal will be reproduced with…
…larger tablets – on devices running Android’s Honeycomb 3.0 operating system and above. Smaller 7.1-inch tablets will continue to receive the smartphone app. The BBC News app on Android tablets delivers global news, business, politics, health, education, science and environment, technology and entertainment stories, as well as correspondent features and…
…trying to stop the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphone. One of the first handsets to utilise Google’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the Nexus is claimed to have violated several patents owned by Apple. Whether Apple is successful is neither here nor there, but what we find interesting…