29Jan2012

The BlackBerry Mania

Blackberry is one of the cellphone companies around the world that produces reliable smartphones in the market. Latest Blackberry models feature touch screen display. Here's a list of top Blackberry models in the market: Blackberry Bold 9780- This smartphone is bigger than other Blackberry Bold series. It's full QWERTY keyboard is suitable for Internet surfing and typing. Another great feature of this model is the 5-mega pixels high-definition camera. Some disadvantages of this model include

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Ice Cream Sandwich on the Samsung Galaxy S2 – A Refined and Evolved UI

Since the Galaxy Nexus is the first handset to run the latest iteration of Android, the Korean tech giant Samsung has confirmed the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) will be rolling out to its flagship the Galaxy S2. Sadly, it has not confirmed when the highly popular smartphone will be receiving the update other than the fact that it will be rolling out early in 2012. Despite not announcing when exactly ICS will go live for the phone, we do know what it will do for the phone's user interface.

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German court dismisses second Samsung patent suit against Apple

In an early morning ruling on Friday, the Mannheim Regional Court dismissed the second of five 3G/UMTS standards patent suits Samsung leveled against Apple. Judge Andreas Voss handed down the ruling that echoed the German court's rejection to a similar suit one week ago, though he stopped short of announcing the reason behind the decision, reports Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents. Mueller, who attended the hearing, explains that the outcome may be based on the validity of specific details

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28Jan2012
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Before he died, Steve Jobs kept a letter from Bill Gates by his bed

In a new interview, Microsoft founder Bill Gates reveals he wrote a letter to Steve Jobs before he passed away, and the letter apparently meant so much to Jobs that he kept it at his bedside. Gates spoke this week with students at a school in South London, where he acknowledged that Jobs had said critical things about him in the past. But according to The Telegraph, Gates said the two were comfortable with one another by the time Jobs became gravely ill late last year. "There was no peace to

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Facebook IPO filing expected within weeks, could reach $100B valuation

Facebook is making plans to file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week with a valuation that is expected to range between $75 and $100 billion, a new report claims. After putting off an IPO for years, the world's largest social networking website is nearly ready to submit its papers, people familiar with the matter revealed to The Wall Street Journal. The deal will likely raise as much as $10 billion dollars for the company, sources added. Facebook is reportedly close to

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28Jan2012

The Samsung Galaxy S2 Proves A Key Model For The Company In 2011

In 2010, we saw the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S, a model that made the company one the key names within the smartphone market. In 2011, Samsung have extended the Galaxy range with some impressive new models such as the Galaxy S2 that have resulted in sales figures for 2011 surpassing what was achieved in the previous year.Thanks to the hugely popular Galaxy S device, Samsung managed to sell over 280 million units in 2010, a big improvement on the 235 million shifted in 2009. This year

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The HTC Titan – A Windows Phone That Offers Big Screen Entertainment

When we think of handsets pre-installed with the Windows Phone platform, the first smartphone that comes to mind is the Nokia Lumia 800. This is not surprising since the Finnish phone manufacturer has spent a lot on advertising and marketing. However, if you're looking for a phone that offers big screen entertainment, there is one phone that you might be interested in. This is the HTC Titan. One unique feature on this handset is its display. It comes with a 4.7 inch S-LCD capacitive touch

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27Jan2012

The New Blackberry Curve 9380

> The new Blackberry Curve 9380 is similar in several respects to the Torch 9860, largely because it has a full sized touchscreen which dominates the front of the handset and does away with the Qwerty keyboard which Blackberry devices have become known for. The handset offers a number of decent features, and although it may not be up to the standard of some new higher end smartphones, the majority of users will surely be pleased with the experience it provides. The handset measures up at 109x

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The Galaxy Nexus – Further Popularizing Samsung

The Korean tech giant Samsung has proven to be a force to be reckoned with this 2011. Around the world, it has sold approximately 20 million units of the i9000. This early smartphone has been in the market since June of 2010. It has also successfully sold over 10 million units of the highly popular S2. This is a milestone achievement for the company. It has only been around since April of this year and still remains to be the most desired phone in the market. Between the two handsets alone, the

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25Jan2012

There Is More To The HTC Evo 3D Than Just Its 3D Credentials

> The HTC Evo 3D is well known as the company's first foray into the 3D smartphone market, and many are impressed with its abilities as a 3D device. In this article though, I will take a closer look at the other features of the handset as it offers a lot more than just 3D functionality. The operating system of choice for the HTC Evo 3D is the highly popular Android platform, and in this case it is version 2.3 (aka Gingerbread) which is the latest instalment. Android powered smartphone have

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