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HTC Droid Incredible spills its guts

As gadget enthusiasts, we’ve always had a morbid fascination for the innards of the devices we write about. Luckily for us, the good people at Tech restore recognizes this gruesome urge, and have obliged electronics fans with an up close and personal look inside...

Blackberry delays tablet plans

According to widespread reports, Research In Motion, maker of the famed Blackberry smartphone has decided to delay plans to introduce its own tablet.RIM's plans to delay its Blackberry branded tablet came to light after Rodman Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar told Thestreet.com that "everyone is...

Rogers offers compensation to MiFi 2372 customers

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 the situation for its own customers and the steps the firm was taking to ensure...

Intel unleashes revamped Atom, claims smartphone readiness

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 push the company into the smartphone and tablet game. Critics, however, say the move...

Motorola hedges its bets with Google

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.

Samsung to launch S-Pad Android tablet

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 Android operating system, a 7-inch AMOLED capacitive display, 3G, WiFi, and USB ports.It will be...

Battery danger concerns over Novatel's MiFi 2372

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 just one of those products, with Bell urgently sending out letters this week notifying...

Google, Apple on FTC's antitrust radar

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 commission is looking into suing Google over the search engine giant's AdMob acquisition, in...

Samsung to recreate smartphone memory

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 by a full 20% using phase change material in the same form factor as...

Lost or stolen phone? Time for Yougetitback.com

If you're anything like Lady Gaga on a Friday night , you'll be all too familiar with the following verse:“I've had a little bit too much, muchAll of the people start to rush, start to rush byHow does he twist the dance? Can't find...

New Twitter for Android app pops up: Screenshots galore

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 increasingly part of our lives, and we seem to be doing everything but making phone...

Dark days for Nokia

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 to raise the cloud of gloom surrounding the number one phone maker, who is...

LG releases smartphones for N00bs

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 for beginners.The Optimus, previously codenamed the GT540, has - like many of its...

Jobs blogs about why Adobe's Flash is trash

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 and its Flash offering in a move to silence critics.The Flash wars have been...

Newbay dissipates the fog surrounding cloud computing

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 takes off.Not everybody, however, is aware of the potential the cloud has to offer,...

HTC to dramatically increase Android handset shipments

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 Times, HTC will increase shipments by close to 50% over the next three months, moving...

RFID tags help cows teats to tweet: Got Milk?

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 Lab in the University of Waterloo have gone somewhat loony and teamed up with a...

We read HP's Palm to get a glimpse of the future

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 had been officially up for sale for a couple of weeks, with suitors including...

Microsoft to make money from Android handsets

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 from it.Microsoft announced it had signed a patent agreement with HTC licensing its IP...

Renesas Electronics shows off smart home demo

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 home demo set up. The demo shows how smart energy technologies and eco-friendly devices can...

PC maker HP buys Palm for $1.2 billion

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 deal has been given the go-ahead by the boards of directors at both companies and...

QNX shows off LTE connected car

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 kitted out by QNX and partner Alcatel Lucent, is a rather nifty future concept,...

QNX talks RIM and "synergy" with Blackberry

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 firms. Although it's still early days and QNX is obviously cautious about spilling the...

QNX talks RIM and "synergy" with Blackberry

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 firms. Although it's still early days and QNX is obviously cautious about spilling the...