Category Archives: Mobile
Hottest WIndows Phones Mobile 6.5
This past Tuesday, at the start of the Fall CTIA 2009 show in San Diego, Microsoft finally launched their newest mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, and with it we got to see a crop of new and updated phones … Continue reading
Android Phone Droid phone
A new promotional Web site from Verizon Wireless appears to mention an October 30 date for their new Android 2.0-powered “Droid” phone. It’s still unclear whether that’s an announcement or sale date. The site, at www.verizonwireless.com/droid, contains a countdown clock … Continue reading
BlackBerry’s first foray into touch-screen smartphones
BlackBerry’s first foray into touch-screen smartphones, last year’s Storm, received a mixed reception. Loyal BlackBerry users felt alienated by the loss of a physical QWERTY keyboard, while a perceived rush to market to compete with Apple’s headline-grabbing iPhone led to … Continue reading
FM radio iPhone and iPod Touch
Apple is developing an in-house iPhone and iPod Touch radio application, which will enable users to listen to FM radio on their existing devices, according to sources quoted by 9to5Mac. The iPhone 3G/3GS and the latest iPod Touch are able … Continue reading
Omnia II Smartphone Samsung
CONSUMERS looking for an all-in-one Smartphone should check out Samsung Malaysia Electronics Sdn Bhd’s Omnia II (model i8000). The device, which was launched last Thursday by Samsung Malaysia Electronic (SME) Sdn Bhd director for mobile phone Andrew Cheong, features the … Continue reading
Pirated software
The Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Ministry seized RM794,300 worth of pirated software from a private institution of higher learning in Kota Kemuning, Selangor, on Thursday. The ministry’s Enforcement Division director general, Mohd Roslan Mahayudin, said it was the first … Continue reading
Install power-logging software on their smartphones
Continued complaints by iPhone owners about fast-draining batteries have prompted Apple to ask some users to install power-logging software on their smartphones in an effort to diagnose the problem, according to messages on the company’s support forum. “Some of you … Continue reading
Nokia N900 has 32GB of storage
Nokia marked the next phase in the evolution of Maemo software with the new Nokia N900. Taking its cues from the world of desktop computing, the open source, Linux-based Maemo software delivers a PC-like experience on a handset-sized device. The … Continue reading
HTC ANROID powered smartphone
We take a look at what kind of rabbit HTC pulled out of the hat with its latest Android-powered smartphone. THE first so-called Google phone, the HTC G1 was never officially introduced here. The phone, running Google’s Android operating system, … Continue reading
Nokia N97 mini plus X3 and X6
Nifty yet powerful; pretty yet functional. That’s how I’d describe Nokia’s recently-launched N97 mini, with which I got some hands-on time here at the Nokia OneConnectedWorld show in Kuala Lumpur. In essence a smaller version of Nokia’s touchscreen-plus-keyboard N97 model, … Continue reading
Cell phones Kill You inside
The question over whether cell phones pose a health risk has been debated for years, and researchers say the final answer could still be years away. Since the wireless industry’s early days, there have been fears that cell phones could … Continue reading
Wi-Fi hardware, the potential for FM transmission
Inside Apple’s updated iPod Touch lurks “n” Wi-Fi hardware, the potential for FM transmission, and room for a camera, according to iFixit. Gadget teardown specialist iFixit on Friday said that during its dissection of the new device, it found a … Continue reading
Motorola launches an Android phone
AS EXPECTED Motorola has released its first mobile phone using Google’s Android operating system. The CLIQ phone, a 3G smartphone with a hard keyboard and five mega-pixel camera, will be sold via T-Mobile in the US, with separate deals to … Continue reading
Blackberry Bold 9700
Couple of days back, we had seen the leaked images of the Blackberry Bold 9700, and now the official images are circulating over the web. The Blackberry Bold 9700 carries a codename Onyx and is believed to soon enter the … Continue reading
The first dual-LCD camera ever
AFTER aggressively making its mark in cutting-edge mobile phones and home electronics like LCD television (it now has the largest LCD TV market shares in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore, according to market research firm GfK), Samsung … Continue reading
iPhone 3GS Maxis
SELEPAS pelancaran iPhone 3G oleh Maxis Communications Berhad (Maxis) Mac lalu, kini pelanggan boleh mendapatkan iPhone 3GS yang lebih canggih. Naib Presiden dan Ketua Pemasaran Pelanggan Maxis, Tan Lay Han berkata, iPhone 3GS yang dilancarkan bakal memikat pelanggan kerana pelan … Continue reading
Model telefon bimbit N95
BUAT pertama kalinya pada 2005, syarikat peneraju produk telekomunikasi mobiliti, Nokia telah memperkenalkan model telefon bimbit N95 dengan fungsi pengimejan beresolusi lima megapiksel. Menyemarakkan lagi fungsi tersebut, tahun lalu pula menyaksikan kehadiran model N82 yang dilengkapi dengan lensa Carl Zeiss … Continue reading
Stifling the true potential of the device
Apple is the exclusive gatekeeper to its iPhone App Store, able to reject apps at will — as it did July 28 with Google Voice. Some would-be iPhone developers, rejected by Apple, are turning to an unauthorized app store called … Continue reading
