Tag: phones
Watch in horror as Samsung torture a Galaxy Note 2 in the name of stress testing
Reading this on a Samsung Galaxy S3 or Samsung Galaxy Note 2 smartphone? Spare a thought for the brave little handsets who made it possible by enduring Samsung's torturous stress testing regime. As shown in the video above, Samsung's smartphones…
Microsoft's Ballmer calls Apple "controlling", Android "wild"
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer has laid into his competition in the mobile space, calling Apple's iPhone and iPad ecosystem "highly priced" and "highly controlled", while he considers Android to be "wild" and "uncontrolled". Speaking to LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, a…
Samsung preparing to push bendy phones for 2013
What do you do next when you've pretty much got the Android smartphone market all sewn up? Make a range of madcap bendy phones, that's what. Or at least that's what you do if you're Samsung; according to a new…
RIM add free Wi-Fi voice calls to BlackBerry BBM messaging service
RIM have today announced that they're updating their super-popular BBM messaging service to version 7, with the update bringing with it the new BBM Voice feature; the ability to hold free voice calls over a Wi-Fi connection. Offering a split…
BlackBerry 10 launch confirmed for 30 January 2013
RIM have finally confirmed January 30th 2013 as the long-awaited launch date for BlackBerry 10, the company's next-generation smartphone operating system. Billed as the launch that will boost RIM's smartphone fortunes in the wake of the rise of iOS and…
5-inch HD Sony Yuga smartphone appears online
Sony's great-big smartphone hope for 2013, the Sony Yuga, has leaked online, spilling the ebans on its specs as well as a handful of images of the device. Also known as the Sony C6603, it features a 5-inch touchscreen display…
Samsung Galaxy S3: 30 million handsets sold in 5 months
Are you reading this on a Samsung Galaxy S3 handset? Then you're one of the THIRTY MILLION who coughed up the cash for Samsung's flagship smartphone in the past 5 months since it launched. Samsung confirmed the gigantic sales milestone…
HTC Facebook Phone codenamed HTC Opera UL on the way?
The rumours of a Facebook phone once again rear their heads, with news again coming in that HTC may be making a phone for the social networking giants. A Taiwanese source for Pocket-Lint has revealed the HTC Opera UL, billed…
Samsung confirm Galaxy S3 Mini 8 November UK release
Samsung have confirmed that their Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini handset will hit UK stores on 8 November, as previously stated by Expansys. Expansys is listing the 8GB Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini for £314.99, but you can find it for £300…
Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Smart Dock turns your big phone into a desktop PC
It's barely able to fit in a pocket, so why confine the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to a denim dungeon in your jeans? That's partly the thinking behind Samsung's latest accessory, the Galaxy Note 2 Smart Dock, which turns the…