Mobile

Nokia Corp. on Monday introduced its first smartphones based on highly-modified Google Android operating system. Designed for customers in budget, Nokia X-series handsets feature Windows Phone-like user interface, Microsoft services, Nokia maps, navigation and so on. The family of Nokia smartphones based on Google Android OS consists of three models …

Google Android operating system will officially become a 64-bit OS in the third quarter of 2014, according to a high-ranking executive from MediaTek. The new version of the mobile platform will take advantage of the latest application processor and will be able to demonstrate significantly better performance in multimedia applications …

Intel Corp. on Monday introduced its new Atom Z3400-series system-on-chip code-named “Merrifield” designed for smartphones and tablets. The new application processor is powered by the latest low-power Silvermont micro-architecture, features Imagination Technologies PowerVR 6-series “Rogue” graphics and integrates a host of promising technologies. Intel Atom Z3400-series “Merrifield” SoC features two …

If you have a camera or smartphone that is constantly running out of storage space, forcing you to swap out for another card, then Sandisk's latest release will be right up your street. It's a new, record breaking microSD card, with a whopping 128GB capacity. Designed with Android tablets and …

Microsoft has made a fair few announcements at the Mobile World Congress over the weekend, one of the biggest ones being the company's new Windows Phone hardware partners. Microsoft has now welcomed LG, Lenovo and ZTE in to the fold along with a few Indian companies such as Xolo, Karbonn and Lava. …

Nvidia Corp. on Friday announced a new version of Tegra Note 7 media tablet with 4G/LTE wireless connectivity. The device is the first product to integrate the company’s Icera i500 software modem. The addition of fast cellular connectivity added $100 to the price of the gadget. Separately, the company revealed …

Dell this week joined the alliance for wireless power (A4WP), a wireless power standards setting organization that currently has over 80 members. Dell is the world’s first major PC maker to join the association. The company has already announced plans to integrate wireless charging capabilities into its future products, which …

Google is expanding its lineup with a newly revealed smartphone prototype, currently named Project Tango. The Android phone is built to learn about and then map the world around it, for example, the phone will learn the dimensions of your room just by being carried around and then eventually learn …

Chief executive officer of Canonical, the maker of Ubuntu operating system, confirmed at a meeting that Apple had acquired boat load of sapphire glass made by GT Advanced. He complained that last year Canonical intended to use sapphire glass for one of the first premium Ubuntu-based smartphones called Edge, but …

At the Mobile World Congress 2014 next week Samsung Electronics plans to reveal its all-new system-on-chip for smartphones and tablets called Exynos Infinity. The new application processor will likely power Samsung’s next flagship smartphone – the Galaxy S5 – which will also be launched at the MWC 2014. Samsung confirmed …

Chief executive officer of Intel Corp. said in an interview that the company’s relationship with Apple was “growing closer”. Unfortunately, he did not reveal any details about the development of relationship, but he clearly demonstrated that the chip giant is interested in providing Apple what it needs to win. “We …

Canonical, the developer of Ubuntu Linux operating system and mobile platform, has announced that Bq and Meizu, handset vendors from Spain and China, will use Ubuntu for their upcoming smartphones. The devices will be available later this year and at present not a lot of information is known about them. …

Have you ever lost small items at home or in office and then spent a lot of precious time to find them? Or maybe left home without keys? Or forgot something precious in a taxi? With Nokia Corp.’s new invention, this will never happen again. Nokia on Wednesday introduced “Treasure …

EE has switched on 4G LTE connectivity in 14 more towns as well as 18 airports, ramping up its 4G coverage in order to stay competitive with  the expanding infrastructures of rival networks: O2 and Vodafone. EE now has 70 per cent of the population connected to 4G, in total …

Developed initially for desktop personal computers, Windows operating system is now used on laptops, tablets, 2-in-1s and smartphones. Microsoft Corp. claims that it will not stop evolving its OS and eventually there will be Windows for ultra-small devices. The OS will be specifically tailored for the best user experience on …

Microsoft Corp. apparently has not cancelled plans to release its Office software suite for Apple iPad media tablet, according to a report. The programs – including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote – may become available as soon as in the first half of this year. But isn’t Microsoft too late …

Tizen Association, an industry consortium that supports the development of an open source Tizen software platform and operating system, last week announced that it had been joined by 15 new members. The expansion of the Tizen team will likely speed up its adoption and will make the platform more competitive …

Apple introduced its second-generation media tablet – the iPad 2 – in March, 2011, nearly three years ago. The slate was in many ways better than its predecessor, which was discontinued immediately after the newcomer hit the market, and became a huge success. For a number of reasons Apple still …

Even though Nvidia Corp. introduced its Tegra 4i system-on-chip with integrated baseband capabilities more than a year ago, the first devices based on the SoC will be announced sometimes this April, according to the company. Perhaps, some of the upcoming products will be demonstrated later this month at the Mobile …

Despite of all the efforts Nvidia Corp. has put into promotion of its Shield video game console introduced at the CES 2013, the system just did not sell well. While the exact number of Shield units sold is unknown, Nvidia admits that it is not high. Still the company claims …

In a bid to better monetize its intellectual property and expand its presence in the next generations of computing devices, Nvidia Corp. announced intentions to license its Kepler graphics processing cores as well as some other intellectual property to third-party designers of system-on-chips back in mid-2013. Unfortunately, so far Nvidia …

Evidently the lawyers for Candy Crush Saga developer King, have been a bit bored lately, as they've been allowed to get a bit trigger happy with their trademark infringement claims. First they went after Stoic Games, simply because its latest game, Banner Saga, had the word “saga” in it and …

Apple TV set-top-box (STB) was historically a pet project for the company, but recently things began to change as the company started to treat the product as a fully-functional device, not as an accessory for iPod, iPhone or iPad. The rumour has it that Apple is getting ready to release …

In a desperate move to popularize its mobile platforms in general and Windows Phone platform in particular among those who already use smartphones running the Android operating system, Microsoft Corp. may let applications designed for Google’s mobile OS to run on Windows and to be sold using Windows Store. Microsoft …

Clash of Clans and Hay Day developer, Supercell, decided to let everyone know just how much money its two mobile games made last year, spoiler alert- it's a lot. 2013 scored the Finnish developer $892 million in revenue which has led to work on a new title due to release …

MediaTek, a developer of application processors for inexpensive mobile devices, announced its first chip that can actually offer respectable performance along with high-end features, usually only found on rather expensive gadgets. If the new processor turns out to be affordable, it may revolutionise the market of low cost smartphones and …

SanDisk, one of the world’s largest producers of NAND flash-based devices, has announced its first drive that can be used both with mobile gadgets as well as with PCs since it boasts two interfaces. The SanDisk Ultra dual USB drive will help to quickly free storage space on mobile devices. …

Apple’s online stores in the U.S. and the U.K. on Tuesday changed shipping estimates of the latest Mac Pro desktops to April, delaying the highly-anticipated product by another month. The reasons why Apple cannot ship the new workstations immediately are still not clear. Apple’s new Mac Pro utilizes numerous proprietary …

Asustek Computer is reportedly working on its own portable video game console based on Google Android operating system and Nvidia Corp.’s Tegra system-on-chip. The console is projected to be similar to Nvidia’s own Shield device that has not become popular. If Asus proceeds with the release of the console, then …

Nokia is set to reveal its low end Android powered smartphone at the Mobile World Congress this month according to the Wall Street Journal. The publication cited sources “familiar with the matter”, the phone is said to be code named the Nokia Normandy and will appear at the Barcelona based …