Apple today unveiled its latest smartphone, the Apple iPhone 5, billing it as “the world’s thinnest smartphone” during the announcement. Unfortunately, the claim is not quite accurate as a number of other devices have been slimmer. Among the smartphones that are thinner than the iPhone 5 are the Huawei Ascend P1 S (6.8 millimeters) and the Motorola RAZR (7.1 millimeters) […]
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Summary of Apple iPhone 5 September 2012 press event
With the usual stratospherically high expectations, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook once again took to the stage today to kick things off. Here is a summary of the event, including the announcement of the Apple iPhone 5: Update on Apple’s retail stores and sales: Apple now has 380 stores in 12 countries, promising “best buying experience and the best customer service […]
Amazon announces 7- and 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD tablets
Amazon today announced a refreshed Kindle Fire lineup that replaces the original Kindle Fire tablet with an upgraded model and introduces the Kindle Fire HD family of tablets. At the high end is the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD 4G with 4G LTE connectivity and 32GB of onboard storage. Below are the 16GB 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD without LTE connectivity, and […]
Motorola announces three 4G LTE DROID RAZR smartphones for Verizon Wireless
At an event today in New York, Motorola announced the latest members in its DROID RAZR family for Verizon Wireless: The DROID RAZR HD,DROID RAZR MAXX HD, and DROID RAZR M billed as “The Full Screen Phone.” All three devices offer the power and reliability that customers have come to expect from Motorola and Verizon Wireless. DROID devices give customers […]
Amazon to show off smartphone at tomorrow’s Kindle announcement?
Tomorrow’s Amazon announcement could have one very interesting surprise. Multiple sources have told The Verge that the online retailer could show off its rumoured Amazon smartphone at the event. The device is still in development but is expected to be powered by a forked version of Android 4.0, much like the new Kindle Fire tablet will. Nokia Maps could also […]
Google now seeing 1.3 million Android activations every day
Google CEO Eric Schmidt kicked off today’s Motorola-Verizon event to give a brief overview of where Android stood. According to his latest figures, 1.3 million Android devices are now activated every day. Some 480 million Android devices are currently active across the globe. The news was not all good though. Schmidt revealed that Android tablets only account for about 70,000 […]
Nokia announces Windows Phone 8 Lumia 920 and Lumia 820
Nokia today announced its new Lumia smartphones, based on Windows Phone 8. As expected, it unveiled both the Lumia 920 flaghsip and Lumia 820 mid-range smartphones. The Nokia 920 is the first Windows Phone device to come with Nokia’s PureView imaging technology (but without the 41MP sensor found on the Nokia 808 PureView). Nokia Lumia 920 specifications: Processor: 1.5GHz dual-core […]
HTC to hold September 19th announcement
Not to be outdone by Apple, HTC today also announced an upcoming event. As rumoured, it will host an event on September 19th in New York City at 1100 EST, a week after Apple’s own event. HTC is expected to unveil its Windows Phone 8 device lineup at the event. Three devices could be announced: The Rio at the lower […]