Remember the whole Sony Ericsson Paris P5i story? The handset was canceled and never released, but somehow, a bunch of prototypes managed to get stolen/borrowed and sold on the web, then pictured. Now, this has happened to a BlackBerry prototype… well, at least the pictured part.
Turns out that this mystery phone was canned before it was even...
AdLocal is a location-based mobile ad platform, available in Japan ever since 2006 and getting the most important share of the $1 billion local market of this advertising niche. Thus, it’s no wonder the platform has now reached the US and it has big plans for the future.
Sunnyvale company Cirius Technologies USA aided AdLocal to enter the US...
The folks of ZDNet managed to get their copy of the Nokia N900 handset back in October and now they released a review describing the very cool Maemo-based product. This is a powerful device, marketed as portable mobile PC and if you want to find out the features the reviewer love the most, feel free to check out the video below:
The N900 is a compact...
Last we heard, HTC was readying a Sense UI update, to be present on the Espresso handset model, that got its ROM hacked and messed with. The ROM was then ported onto a HTC Hero and tested, as you can see in the video below. This version seems to be cleaner and we notice a new launcher bar at the bottom, that should come in handy.
Less convincing are...
Google is certainly doing its very own product, the Chrome browser a huge favour by displaying a banner that advises users to download and install it on the main search page. This might prove to be a crucial factor in the browser wars and the strategy seems to be working, since Chrome already has a 4.4% browser market share, after 15 months of existence.
Chrome...
If you want to create a WiFi hotspot with the aid of your Windows 7 computer, you can now use Connectify, a free application available for download from here. This Windows 7 product allows users to share Internet connection wirelessly without extra hardware, chargers or wires.
Connectify also connects to any WiFi enabled devices in the network near...
CNET reporter Natali Del Conte decided to test the Windows Mobile “My Phone” service and instead of having a handset stolen, she decided to leave a HTC Pure phone in the back of a taxi. The device was left there with the sound off and the quest began for Microsoft’s service…
The reporter mentions that 8 to 10 million phones...
There’s been a recent spree of Apple Tablet rumours, culminating with the supposed leak of the device’s name, that should be “iSlate”, as far as we know. Also, we’ve learned that Apple has an event scheduled for January 26th at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California, so this could mark the debut...
After the UStream release, we learn that Qik has just been updated, in its iPhone version, now supporting live broadcasting, no matter what version of the Apple handset you’re using (EDGE, 3G, 3GS). The app allows the user to save the videos on the device and then view it at any time.
You can consider this an alternative for other similar live...
Apple seems to have been planning a tablet launch ever since 2007, since they’ve acquired the iSlate.com domain name back then. This means that the device will have said domain associated, unless we’re mistaking.
The story is quite interesting: the domain was purchased by Eurobox Ltd. in October 2004, then reaching the folks of Data Docket,...