RCR Unplugged

Yesterday we brought you news of issues with the battery for the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372. This morning, a representative from Canadian telco Rogers Communications wrote to update us about …

Chip giant Intel Corp. yesterday announced a new version of its Atom processor platform – the 45nm Z6xx – which the company claims consumes so little power that it will …

Motorola has seen huge success with its Droid phone and a number of other smartphone offerings based on Google’s Android platform and adapted with the firm’s own MotoBlur interface. But a series of odd choices indicates the company may be changing direction, and leaving the Google path.

Early reports out of Korea suggest that Samsung may have a tablet to pull out of its hat by mid-Summer. The tablet, tentatively identified as the S-Pad, purportedly boasts Google’s …

Some devices seem just too good to be true and it would appear that the Novatel Wireless Inc. MiFi 2372 3G router being sold through Canadian operator Bell Mobility is …

It may be Monday morning, but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is up bright and early with both Google and Apple in its sights for various antitrust related issues. The …

What good is a smartphone with only mediocre memory? Not much, says Samsung, as the Korean firm announced it has a smarter way to extend the battery life of devices …

If you’re anything like Lady Gaga on a Friday night [and let’s face it, who wouldn’t want to channel Lady G? – Ed], you’ll be all too familiar with the …

The Twitter blog announced on Friday that the popular social networking service had been made available for Android and was now being offered on the Android Market. “Mobile phones are …

Friday’s are typically feel good days, especially when the sun is shining and summer is just around the corner. Sadly for Nokia, however, even the blue skies can’t do enough …

LG has announced the Optimus, a smartphone the firm says is “a handset offering an optimal environment for first-time smartphone users with easy and convenient mobile access.” Basically, a smartphone …

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, is a man who likes to share his thoughts, and the outspoken chief’s latest rant on the company blog is no exception; taking aim at Adobe …

Cloud computing is no longer such a nebulous concept, with many major players in the industry pushing to make media convergence something of a priority, as the cloud content revolution …

HTC looks to be seriously benefiting from Android’s skyrocketing popularity, with the Taiwanese firm set to increase its shipments of all handsets based on Google’s OS. According to the Financial …

Just when I thought Twitter could not possibly become any more ridiculous or meaningless, someone had to go and figure out a way. The people over at the Critical Media …

On Wednesday, the mobile world was rocked with news flailing phone maker Palm had been snapped up by the world’s premiere computer maker Hewlett-Packard for a cool $1.2 billion. Palm …

In an ironic twist, it looks like Microsoft might be able to make money on every Android handset sold, while Google, which makes the operating system, won’t make a penny …

This month, NEC Electronics merged with Renesas Technology, giving birth to a brand new semiconductor manufacturer, Renesas Electronics. Showing off its wares at ESC in California, Renesas had a smart …

No. 1 computer maker Hewlett-Packard has snapped up flailing phone maker Palm for $1.2 billion, giving the PC firm a huge boost in the mobile computing and smartphone market. The …

We took a stationary spin in the back of QNX’s connected concept car at the Embedded System Conference (ESC) in San Jose, Calif., this week. The car, a Toyota Prius …

Catching up with QNX at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, RCR Unplugged delved into what the soon-to-be-signed-and-sealed acquisition of the company by RIM would mean for both …

Catching up with QNX at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, RCR Unplugged delved into what the soon-to-be-signed-and-sealed acquisition of the company by RIM would mean for both …

While ESC may not be all fun and games, little British chip shop, ARM, was doing its bit to liven things up at its booth, showing off a specially designed …

ESC, the embedded systems conference, is not exactly known as a thrilling technology show, but Texas Instruments (TI) was certainly doing its bit to liven things up, showing off its …

It seems pre-production phones have developed a tendency to walk off and end up where they are least wanted lately, with not only Apple, but now also Nokia managing to …