RCR Unplugged

Because of an irrational fear of missing flights, I tend to arrive at airports around three or four hours before departure. While I have missed no flights, I have missed …

Nokia caused quite a stir – not to mention a drop in several competitors’ stock prices – when it announced back in January that the ‘Walk and Drive’ navigation component …

It would appear that Americans are becoming commitment-phobic, as a recent study reveals people are shying away from long contract mobile plans in favor of shorter month-to-month prepaid deals, with …

Don’t have an iPhone? Not to worry, there are some great motion based apps out there for you anyway, even for your not-so-smart phone. An Israeli firm called EyeSight has …

Grab your sunglasses, because you’re about to be completely dazzled by the bejeweled, crystal covered phone and laptop cases we found on display from Ed Hardy and Lux Mobile at …

Senior vice president of Enterprise Ireland’s telecom’s segment, David Smith, waxes lyrical to RCR Unplugged about the various Irish startups in the mobile and wireless space.

Anyone who grew up watching MTV’s Pimp My Ride will certainly appreciate the effort the folks down at SoundMan Car Audio have made to kit out an otherwise crummy car …

I recently went through the agony of switching phones from a Nokia N95 8GB Symbian offering to a HTC Hero running Android. For those unfamiliar with how much of a …

For the past 12 months I’ve been getting some really weird calls. Every few weeks, a phone number with an 08 landline prefix would call me, repeatedly, sometimes for hours. …

The last time I used a payphone, I was ten years old and it was a prank call to the operator asking if she wanted to sing a duet. She …

No one could exactly hail Google Inc.’s Nexus One a marketing success, so it comes as little surprise to see the search engine giant seeking to bolster its marketing team …

Those eagerly awaiting Microsoft’s “Project Pink” may not have to wait much longer, with press receiving a strong indication the firm will be announcing the launch early next week. Today, …

Palm’s current abyssal situation is akin to defusing a live grenade with your teeth – the best you can hope for is surviving the situation and paying for years of …

cy•borg [sahy-bawrg] –noun a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device. Origin:1960–65; cyb(ernetic) org(anism) My iPhone died the other day. For some …

Admittedly, I didn’t really want to like the iPad. As an Apple agnostic verging on Apple atheist, I had only the merest hint of curiosity about testing the way over-hyped …

Nowadays every smartphone comes with a camera. It’s a given. It’s taken for granted. We take photos of our breakfast, lunch and dinner. We document every flat tire, every random …

Will the iPad be a notebook killer? A significant amount of people seem to think so. And that’s before most have even tried one – talk about optimistic. But, of …

Anyone who owns an HTC Hero or who has been following the ongoing saga of updates for the device will instantly know where I’m going with this, but for those …

Computer eye strain, Gamer’s Thumb, but what’s the latest tech affliction? Well, according to Jabra it’s Cellbow. “Not sure what an ‘ulnar nerve’ is or how you might be compressing …

Stefan Dyckerhoff, EVP/GM of Juniper’s infrastructure product group told Unplugged “Juniper’s new mobility solutions continue to break ground for wireless operators who seek to efficiently ease the strains on their …

Sandisk show off their new 32GB Micro SD card, the first micro SD card of its size “on the planet,” compatible with any phone or mobile device. The card which …

RCR talks to IQMetrix about how the firm is using its software in conjunction with the Microsoft Surface hardware to make buying a phone a much more intuitive and enjoyable …

There was much made at this year’s CTIA about the problem of congested 3G network congestion and how to solve the issue moving forward. To this end, Marvell, a rather …

LG was showing off the Remarq mobile phone, its latest little lean, green eco machine at CTIA this week, made from predominantly recycled material. The device, being offered by Sprint, …

Sylvie Barak gets a demo of the LG Cosmos, due out on Verizon