smartphones

Is Intel Gunning For the iPhone?

BY Kit EatonFri Feb 13, 2009 at 9:46 AM

Many devices have been labelled "iPhone killer"--the BlackBerry Storm and T-Mobile G1 among them. And now, even Intel has its sights on bettering Apple's all-in-one media player smartphone? "iPhone killer" is a description that ...READ»

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Garmin-Asus Outs Its M20 Smartphone, Doesn't Herald GPSphone Revolution

BY Kit EatonThu Feb 12, 2009 at 10:02 AM

News that Garmin and Asus were teaming up to produce the other type of convergence smartphone--marrying serious navigation power with a cellphone--only hit the other week, but the alliance has just stumped up with news on its first ...READ»

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Modu Modular Phone To Show its Tricks At MWC Tradeshow

BY Kit EatonWed Feb 11, 2009 at 10:29 AM

The Modu, with its extremely lateral-thinking approach to cellphone design, created something of an Internet sensation when its maker revealed plans for a modular cellphone last year. And now, 12 months later, it looks like the device ...READ»

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Samsung's Ultra Touch S8300 is a Smarter Slider

BY Kit EatonMon Feb 9, 2009 at 6:02 AM

Samsung's Memoir phone was an interesting mashup of a phone strapped to the back of an 8-megapixel digital camera. But the company's new Ultra Touch S8300 cellphone flips the problem around, bolting a high-end smart cellphone onto a ...READ»

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Microsoft's Cloud-Based Skybox Gets Early Showing, New Name

BY Kit EatonFri Feb 6, 2009 at 10:52 AM

We talked about Microsoft's SkyBox cloud-based data service recently, and now it looks like the wraps have begun to come off SkyBox, and an initial website has gone live. But, strangely, it isn't quite what it seemed like it would ...READ»

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Samsung Memoir: 8MP Camera, Touchscreen Smartphone Mashup

BY Kit EatonThu Feb 5, 2009 at 6:04 AM

Although the megapixel war continues, stupidly, in cameraphones, Samsung's Memoir gets a pass. It's a sweet mashup of an 8-megapixel camera married to a cellphone with a huge touchscreen. The camera module behaves much like a ...READ»

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Google Latitude Makes History

BY Chris DannenWed Feb 4, 2009 at 7:31 PM

Yesterday Google [GOOG] announced a nifty mapping feature called Latitude, soon to be available for every major mobile phone platform that supports Google Maps. Latitude keeps track of your friends like so many tagged woodland ...READ»

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Asus, Garmin Join to Build GPS-Centric Smartphones

BY Kit EatonWed Feb 4, 2009 at 7:58 AM

Garmin's been teasing its entry into the smartphone market, the Nuvifone, for ages. And there had been suggestions that Asus was building an Eee phone. But the two companies have now revealed they're joining forces to make cellphones ...READ»

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Microsoft's Desktop Smartphone Isn't a Stupid Idea, If You Really Think About It

BY Kit EatonFri Jan 30, 2009 at 5:13 AM

On first sight, Microsoft's recent patent application makes little sense: A super-smart smartphone mated into a desktop cradle that hooks it up to peripherals like a common all-garden PC. But that's only until you really think about ...READ»

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Palm Brushes-Off Apple's iPhone Patent, Says it Can Defend Itself

BY Kit EatonWed Jan 28, 2009 at 12:13 PM

The Apple versus Palm debate is beginning to develop some heat. After Apple was awarded the so-called "iPhone patent" yesterday, in which multitouch and many other aspects of the iPhone's design were detailed, Palm has responded with ...READ»

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Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic Launch Brings Out Crowds

BY Kit EatonFri Jan 23, 2009 at 8:46 AM

When we warned Apple to look out for Nokia's XpressMusic cellphones, it seems we were pretty near the mark: At the launch event in London yesterday for the 5800 XpressMusic cell phone some 150 people turned up -- with a line going ...READ»

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Why Your Next-Gen Smartphone Will Do Proper Augmented Reality

BY Kit EatonWed Jan 21, 2009 at 6:35 AM

Lastminute.com has launched an app for the T-Mobile G1 that does a pretty amazing job of creating an "augmented reality" interface on a cellphone. But, amazing as it is, it's just a flavor of what next-gen cellphones will deliver as ...READ»

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BlackBerry Application Store Opens with Fanfare of Meaningless Brandspeak

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 20, 2009 at 11:12 AM

RIM's BlackBerry Application Storefront is now officially open for developer submissions, ahead of Microsoft's efforts and lagging far behind Apple's store--now running to 15,000 apps and 500,000,000 downloads. But that didn't stop ...READ»

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SkyBox: Microsoft's Answer to MobileMe?

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 20, 2009 at 5:19 AM

Windows Mobile is the oft-forgotten prince of Smartphoneland, with millions of smartphone handsets carrying at least one version of the OS, sometimes behind the scenes. But to counter the rising threat from the iPhone and Android, it ...READ»

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Will the Palm Pre Be Crippled By Its Battery?

BY Kit EatonFri Jan 16, 2009 at 5:42 AM

Palm's very promising Pre smartphone looks like it may reuse battery tech from it's older Centro sibling. And while this is probably good news as far as pricing is concerned, the decision has people asking: "is the battery big enough ...READ»

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Palm Pre Might Be A Best Buy Exclusive

BY Kit EatonThu Jan 15, 2009 at 12:32 PM

We got a little excited about the Palm Pre smartphone the other day, with its great specs and surprisingly neat design, and thought it might be a sign that Palm is re-inventing itself. And today there's an interesting spin on the Pre ...READ»

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Android G2 Outed

BY Kit EatonTue Jan 13, 2009 at 7:06 AM

Oops--looks like someone from smartphone makers HTC leaked its 2009 handset lineup. Included in the details is what appears to be the second Android phone, which may or may not end up being called the G2.Look at the shape of the ...READ»

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Palm's New OS To Go Nova at CES, Possibly on New Hardware

BY Kit EatonMon Dec 15, 2008 at 5:32 AM

Palm was once king of the PDA, but the rise of the smartphone and Windows-powered PDAs led to its crown slipping a long way. But this year the hot-hardware Centro smartphone helped bring Palm more success, and now there's news that ...READ»

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Sony Ericsson To Launch An Android Phone

BY Kit EatonThu Dec 11, 2008 at 7:20 AM

T-mobile's G1 cellphone was the first handset to use the Google-friendly Android open-source OS, but now the Open Handset Alliance has gained a powerful new member in Sony Ericsson.The electronics giant confirmed it had joined the ...READ»

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That Darned Microsoft Zune Phone Rumor Pops Up Again

BY Kit EatonWed Dec 10, 2008 at 7:53 AM

CES2009 is fast approaching, which may be why rumors are again circulating that Microsoft [MSFT] will soon launch a Zune-based iPhone rival. Despite the fact that Steve Ballmer, in referring to the iPhone said "It's not a concept ...READ»

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Tech Gear of the Year

BY Chris DannenTue Nov 25, 2008 at 6:30 PM

Smartphones, flat-screens, robots, green tech: We wade through it all to ID the coolest innovations, including Sony's absurdly svelte, impressively vibrant XEL01 TV screen and the newly customizable Flip Mino video camera.READ»

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The Mobile-Web Connection

BY Rachel KingFri Oct 17, 2008 at 11:20 AM

Applications or apps have revolutionized the social media market in the last year, both on the web and on mobile phones. However, few applications allow users to access their personalized content between platforms. Sonic Boom, ...READ»

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