Microsoft,Microsoft, Microsoft. They call it Microsoft. Perhaps the name rings a bell. Pretty good at software, services, that kind of thing.(They've spent the last five years getting absolutely obliterated on the most important software platform of our time: the mobile phone. Just obliterated, as arch competitors Google, Apple, even Palm (Palm!) have whizzed past, slipping the occasional kick in the ribs to Windows Mobile 6.5, laying in the gutter there. Bleeding pretty badly.
But it seems as if the hemorrhaging may have finally stopped.
The N8 is Nokia's attempt to compete with the Androids and iPhones of the world--but it's nowhere near up to the task
Nokia's N8 comes with lots of firsts for the venerable Finnish phone-maker. It's the first Nokia multitouch phone, the first with a 12MP camera--even the first with a nigh-indestructible Gorilla Glass screen. But what's notable about the N8 isn't one of its firsts, but its lasts: It's the last N-series phone to use the aging Symbian mobile operating system. And that's a very, very good thing.
read more about > android,
cameras,
cellphones,
iphone,
nokia,
nokia n8,
nokia n8 review,
phones,
reviews,
smartphones,
symbian There are all kinds of ways to check your phone for updates like new email, ranging from audible alarms to vibrations to little blinking lights. But how about something more...tactile? A new casing for cellphones encourages you to squeeze your phone--the level of turgidity or flaccidity indicates what's happening inside. It's not as erotic as it sounds.I don't think a sqeezable phone is such a good idea
Tired of that spotty AT&T network coverage? The carrier is offering a satellite backstop to its network, but you’ll have to give up your iPhone for an even pricier option. AT&T has announced that on Tuesday it will begin selling its
first satellite phone that works anywhere in the U.S., including in wilderness areas or hundreds of miles offshore. And the TerreStar Genus will only run you $799.OMG $799!!! that's 3 times as much as an iphone costs!!! Anyway, I don't like blackberry because of it's small keyboard and screen size.
Unless you’ve been living underneath a Zune, you’re likely aware that Steve Jobs and his Apple empire held a
music-centric event in San Francisco today in which the company's best-selling line of portable musical devices received yet another refresh (the holidays are coming up, you know). And while some of the updates were the usual benign, tech trickle-down one might expect, Jobs did break some new ground with an Apple TV do-over and an iTunes update that’s more social network than music store.
Modern technology has created some thorny problems (Can a particle accelerator open up a cataclysmic black hole that will destroy the Earth? What the hell should we do with all of these nuclear weapons anyhow?), but perhaps none is so persistent as a (predominantly) female problem known as the little black dress conundrum. As in, "where will I keep my cell phone if I wear this incredibly form-fitting, irresistibly sexy but pocket-less little black dress?" High-tech high-fashion purveyors CuteCircuit have finally found the solution: a dress that IS a cell phone.
Apple has begun their program to distribute free cases to those suffering from the
iPhone 4's antenna flaw--the solution reluctantly offered a week ago in a
special news conference
It's done via the app store--download the "iPhone 4 Case Program" app, enter your Apple Store ID, and pick your free case--an Apple bumper or one of a few other third-party cases. All are currently backordered 3-5 weeks.
Rather than continuing to communicate only with Steve Jobs's contradictory, condescending emails, Apple has called a short-notice press conference to address the growing problem that is the
iPhone 4's faulty antenna design. Will there be a recall? Free bumper cases? Follow along with one of many liveblogs (we liked
Ars Technica and
GDGT last time) and check back here for analysis after.
Update: Apple kinda sorta admitted there is a problem, and will pay for an Apple "bumper" or another third-party case for any current iPhone 4 owner who requests one via the web.
The iPhone 4 is the best smartphone on the market, but a potentially serious flaw could be indicative of bigger problems
A long, long time ago, Icarus and his father Daedalus did something pretty incredible: they constructed wings out of wax and feathers and flew. Apple too has achieved remarkable greatness--after proving themselves consistently capable of pushing mobile gadgets further than anyone else, here lands the iPhone 4, the best smartphone ever made. Onwards and upwards, to the sun.
But what's that faint honey smell? And the feathers slowly peeling off, drifting lazily back down to Earth on the wind? There are problems. The wax is starting to melt.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment