Tagged "Cell Phones"

The carrier has announced the launch of the Z10, the first phone to launch with the new BB 10 software. They are charging $199 with a two-year contract. AT&T’s first BlackBerry 10 device will be for sale at stores and online on March 22. Pre-orders will be accepted starting March 12. Aside from being the first smartphone which uses the new BlackBerry 10 software, the Z10 is also the first BlackBerry device on AT&T’s 4G [...]

There is a way to get past the Galaxy Note 2 lock screen if you have nimble fingers. If you know the trick to getting past the lock scree of Samsung Electronics’ smartphone/tablet hybrid, you could briefly gain access to certain apps and widgets. The flaw was discovered by Terence Eden who discovered that a few well-timed taps can get you past the lock screen. All the user needs to do is press the “Emergency [...]

The New York Times reported today that experiments with curved glass have commenced for Apple’s wristwatch-like iOS device or “iWatch” as some call it. This will definitely set it apart from its competitors. Smart wristwatches aren’t exactly the newest and latest as smart watches and fitness bands came up in a discussion last month at CES. The Pebble wristwatch, for example, made its first appearance at the conference. The 007-inspired Martian Passport is another contender. [...]

Be careful of certain Android apps, in particular Superclean and DroidCleaner, as they are not what they appear to be. These apps are posing as cleanup tools for your Android smartphone or tablet but in reality, they are malware made to infect your computer using its microphone to snoop in on your conversations. These apps contain downloadable files that automatically execute after you plug your device into a Windows PC, according to Kaspersky’s blog. After [...]

Diamonds have been replaced by graphene as the world’s hardest material. Developers have been competing to get their hands on it, but it Nokia has been leading the race. The Finnish mobile-phone developer has recently received a $1.35 billion grant from the European Union to do research and development for the next 10 years. Jani Kivioja, a research leader at Nokia Research Center, said in a statement, “When we talk about graphene, we’ve reached a [...]

Android users are probably familiar with Google Now, a handy feature that acts as a personal assistant; keeping you up-to-date on things like traffic conditions, weather reports, and even restaurant menu recommendations. All of this can be accessed with an upward swipe on your Android smartphone. Recent reports indicate that Google Chrome programmers are at work integrating Google Now into Chrome. The integration is still in its early stages, but so far everything points to [...]

Voxer is here, and its going to help transform the way you do business. Do you remember the good ole days of Nextel? Back when it was cutting edge? Oh wait, but then I’m sure you also remember the good ole days of the horrible “beeeeeeeeeeeeep” mid-sentence with your speech being cut off and having to start over. True, Nextel had many flaws like that, and audio quality was not much better. Fast forward to [...]

There has been a lot of hoopla recently about Android and the apparent (now proved false) reports of massive malware infestations in the Android Market. Thats been proved false by no-less than Symantec themselves (The ones who reported it originally!), but Google is indeed bumping up their efforts to keep the Android Market clean with Bouncer as well as reinforcing through words the security that’s already in place and has been for some time with [...]