Posts Tagged ‘Handset’

December 15, 2011 Off

Windows Phone 7.5 SMS bug breaks messaging hub, hard reset is the only remedy

By Joshua Tucker in RSS Feed

An SMS message on your Windows 7.5 handset could knock messaging out cold, a one shot kill you can’t prepare for. Apparently, WP devices that receive a text containing a certain string of characters will reboot and return with a non-functional mes…

Tags: Android, Apple, Bug, Cellphone, Cellphones, Device, Devices, Facebook, Flaw, Google, Handset, Handsets, ios, mango, message, messages, Messaging, messaging client, MessagingClient, Microsoft, mobilepostmini, Phone, Phones, Security, security hole, SecurityHole, SMS, sms hole, sms vulnerability, SmsHole, SmsVulnerability, Video, Vulnerability, Windows, windows 7 phone, windows 7 phones, windows live messenger, windows mango, Windows phone, windows phone 7.5, Windows7Phone, Windows7Phones, WindowsLiveMessenger, WindowsMango, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7.5, Wp7, wp7.5

December 14, 2011 Off

Nokia Lumia 710 official on T-Mobile: HSPA+ 14.4, 3.7-inch ClearBlack display, available January 11th for $49 on contract

By Joseph Volpe in RSS Feed

Go ahead and take that holiday and even some time to celebrate because Espoo’s ushering in the new year with the stateside bow of its Lumia 710. This lower-hanging Mango phone, which we first met at Nokia World, has already begun rolling out to mark…

Tags: 3.7-inch, 3.7Inch, 710, availability, espoo, Finance, Handset, lumia, lumia 710, Lumia710, mango, mobilepostcross, Nokia, nokia lumia 710, NokiaLumia710, Shipping, Smartphone, T-Mobile, Windows phone, windows phone 7.5, windows phone mango, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7.5, WindowsPhoneMango

December 14, 2011 Off

Microsoft Tag adds support for QR codes and NFC, seeks barcode dominance

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

Last year, Microsoft Tag shed its beta skin and stepped out into the wild world of multi-colored barcodes. Now, Redmond has decided to revamp and expand its system, with additional support for both QR codes and NFC capabilities. The update effecti…

Tags: Android, barcode, barcode scanner, Barcodescanner, BlackBerry, Business, Handset, ios, Microsoft, microsoft tag, MicrosoftTag, minipost, near field communication, NearFieldCommunication, nfc, QR code, QrCode, redmond, Smartphone, tag, vendor, Windows phone, WindowsPhone

December 12, 2011 Off

Android Market web store update adds user review filters, changes lives

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

It looks like Google has rolled out yet another update to its Android Market web store, bringing a slew of new filtering features for especially investigative users. In particular, the refresh allows consumers to filter user reviews by a handful of …

Tags: Android, Android Market, android market web store, AndroidMarket, AndroidMarketWebStore, app version, application, Applications, apps, AppVersion, Device, device model, DeviceModel, filter, Google, Handset, minipost, model, purchase, rating, refresh, Review, Smartphone, Software, Store, Update, user review, UserReview, version

December 12, 2011 Off

Huawei Honor gets Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade, feels honored

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

It looks like the Huawei Honor has been honored with a helping of Ice Cream Sandwich. The Chinese manufacturer posted a “demo-build” of the update to its support page today, offering Android 4.0 in both simplified Chinese, as well as the standard …

Tags: Android, Android 4.0, Android4.0, Handset, huawei, Huawei Honor, HuaweiHonor, Ice Cream Sandwich, IceCreamSandwich, ICs, mobilepostcross, operating system, OperatingSystem, Os, Smartphone, Upgrade

December 9, 2011 Off

Sphero shipments delayed due to high demand, won’t be here-o until January

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

Our hearts were aflutter with anticipation when the Sphero went up for pre-order last month, but that excitement has since been supplanted by a big knot of disappointment, because the smartphone-controlled robotic ball won’t be hitting the market …

Tags: Android, Apology, Business, Cellphone, delay, demand, Game, Handset, Holiday, Industry, ios, january, Manufacturing, minipost, orbotix, orbotix sphero, OrbotixSphero, Paul Berberian, PaulBerberian, robot, robot ball, RobotBall, Robotic, Shipment, Shipping, Smartphone, sphero, supply, toy, tshirt

December 9, 2011 Off

Nokia Lumia 710 now shipping, global rollout slated for ‘coming weeks’

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

It’s been a few months coming, but today, Nokia announced that its Lumia 710 handset has finally hit store shelves in Taiwan, ahead of its broader international release. Priced at around €270 (or about $332), the Mango-laced handset will arri…

Tags: 3.7-inch, 710, availability, espoo, Finance, Handset, lumia, mango, mobilepostcross, Nokia, nokia lumia 710, NokiaLumia710, Shipping, Smartphone, Windows phone, windows phone 7.5, windows phone mango, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7.5, WindowsPhoneMango

December 7, 2011 Off

Amazon will give you $5 if you use its Price Check app this weekend

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

No joke, it really will. All you have to do is walk into a retailer this Saturday, whip out your smartphone and use Amazon’s Price Check app to collect price data on in-store items. In exchange, the company will offer you a discount of five percen…

Tags: Amazon, amazon price check, AmazonPriceCheck, Android, Android Market, AndroidMarket, app, application, barcode, barcode scanner, Barcode Scanner App, Barcodescanner, BarcodeScannerApp, brick and mortar, BrickAndMortar, discount, Handset, ios, iPhone, iTunes, Mobile, mobilepostcross, Money, offer, Phone, Price, Price Check, PriceCheck, Promotion, Retail, Smartphone

December 6, 2011 Off

Cubic Telecom’s Maxroam data SIM card lets you roam the globe without breaking the bank

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

It’s never easy to travel the globe on a tight budget, but Cubic Telecom is doing its best to ease the financial burden a bit, with its new Maxroam card — a global data SIM card that allows American travelers to access the web for just 65 cents p…

Tags: Cellphone, cubic telecom, CubicTelecom, Data, data sim card, DataSimCard, Europe, Gsm, Handset, India, International, Internet, maxroam, maxroam data sim card, MaxroamDataSimCard, mobilepostmini, Money, Phone, Price, roaming, Savings, SIM card, SimCard, Smartphone, south africa, SouthAfrica, southeast asia, SoutheastAsia, Travel, unlocked, Web

December 6, 2011 Off

After strong Q3 showing, HTC sees nearly 20 percent drop in November revenue

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

All was looking rosy for HTC at the end of October, when the company released yet another stellar Q3 earnings report. Since then, however, things have apparently gone downhill in a pretty drastic way, as evidenced by an unaudited revenue report fo…

Tags: Business, Cellphone, ConsolidatedRevenue, earnings, Financial, financials, forecast, Handset, Htc, Industry, manufacturer, mobilepostcross, Money, november, q3, q4, Revenue, Smartphone, unaudited revenue, UnauditedRevenue

December 2, 2011 Off

Verizon-branded Galaxy Nexus runs impressive 4G LTE speed test on two bars (video)

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

How fast can the Samsung Galaxy Nexus run on Verizon’s 4G network? Pretty darn fast, according to a freshly leaked video. Originally spotted by the folks over at Phandroid, the clip shows a Verizon-branded Galaxy Nexus performing rather admirably …

Tags: Android, Android 4.0, Android4.0, download, Galaxy Nexus, GalaxyNexus, Handset, Ice Cream Sandwich, IceCreamSandwich, ICs, Leak, lte, mobilepostcross, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, SamsungGalaxyNexus, Smartphone, speed, speed test, SpeedTest, speedtest.net, upload, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, Video

December 1, 2011 Off

EFO turns its BlackBerry-like iPazzPort into a Skype handset (video)

By Terrence O'Brien in RSS Feed

We know what you’ve been thinking: “this iPazzPort is pretty sweet, but I wish I could talk into it.” Well, for those of you who can’t be bothered with owning an actual BlackBerry, EFO has added a microphone and speaker to its handheld keyboard and …

Tags: efo, efo ipazzport, EfoIpazzport, Handheld, Handset, iPazzPort, Keyboard, minipost, Skype, skype handset, SkypeHandset, Touchpad, Video

December 1, 2011 Off

Verzo repackages Kinzo Android smartphone, offers lower prices in response to user feedback (video)

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

We’ve gotta hand it to Verzo. It’s not every day that a manufacturer lowers the price of its flagship smartphone in explicit response to consumer feedback, yet that’s exactly what the Americano Czech company has done today, with a new pricing and p…

Tags: Android, Business, cardholder, feedback, GPS, Handset, kinzo, kinzo plus gps, KinzoPlusGps, mobilepostcross, Money, navigation, offline navigation, OfflineNavigation, package, Packaging, Price, Smartphone, verzo, verzo kinzo, VerzoKinzo, Video

December 1, 2011 Off

Galaxy Nexus OTA update quietly rolls out, addresses volume bug

By Amar Toor in RSS Feed

Google, as promised, has begun rolling out an OTA update for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, in response to a curious volume bug affecting many European users. According to Android Central, “several” Nexus users have reported receiving the update, bundl…

Tags: Android, Android 4.0, android 4.0 ice cream sandwich, Android4.0, Android4.0IceCreamSandwich, Cellphone, Galaxy Nexus, GalaxyNexus, Google, Handset, Ice Cream Sandwich, IceCreamSandwich, ICs, mobilepostcross, neXus, ota, OTA update, OtaUpdate, refresh, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, SamsungGalaxyNexus, Smartphone, Update

Posts Tagged ‘Handset’

Windows Phone 7.5 SMS bug breaks messaging hub, hard reset is the only remedy

Nokia Lumia 710 official on T-Mobile: HSPA+ 14.4, 3.7-inch ClearBlack display, available January 11th for $49 on contract

Microsoft Tag adds support for QR codes and NFC, seeks barcode dominance

Android Market web store update adds user review filters, changes lives

Huawei Honor gets Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade, feels honored

Sphero shipments delayed due to high demand, won’t be here-o until January

Nokia Lumia 710 now shipping, global rollout slated for ‘coming weeks’

Amazon will give you $5 if you use its Price Check app this weekend

Cubic Telecom’s Maxroam data SIM card lets you roam the globe without breaking the bank

After strong Q3 showing, HTC sees nearly 20 percent drop in November revenue

Verizon-branded Galaxy Nexus runs impressive 4G LTE speed test on two bars (video)

EFO turns its BlackBerry-like iPazzPort into a Skype handset (video)

Verzo repackages Kinzo Android smartphone, offers lower prices in response to user feedback (video)

Galaxy Nexus OTA update quietly rolls out, addresses volume bug

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