Huawei surprised many at CES with its Ascend P1 S and P1 announcements. At 6.8 millimeters thick, the Ascend P1 S could well become the world’s thinnest smartphone when it launches (Q2 in North America). The company now appears to be preparing to impress further with another line of high-end smartphones. Huawei device chairman Richard Yu told TWICE that the […]
Events
Quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 LG X3 to be announced at MWC?
Another quad-core smartphone set to be unveiled at next month’s Mobile World Congress has been revealed. LG will reportedly announce the LG X3 at the event with a late spring or early summer release to follow.
RIM outlines general topics for BlackBerry World 2012
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry World 2012 will take place from May 1st to 3rd in Orlando. Registration will open in February. Alumni of past conferences are receiving emails that provide a very general overview of what this year’s conference will cover: BlackBerry® 10 platform and roadmap BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet OS 2.0 for the enterprise BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion BlackBerry® Business Cloud […]
Apple unveils iBooks 2 and iAuthor
At a press event today, Apple unveiled an updated version of its iBooks and the new iAuthor software. As expected, both focus on new interactive textbooks intended for the education market. iBooks textbooks offer iPad users gorgeous, fullscreen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, unrivaled navigation and much more. iBooks textbooks can be kept up to date, don’t weigh […]
Apple to unveil iPad 3 and iOS 5.1 in early February?
A new rumour suggests that Apple will announce its next generation iPad along with iOS 5.1 at an event in early February. The Japanese website Macotakara cites “sources and suppliers in Asia” and the U.S. for the report. The actual launch would then follow in early March (as other rumours have hinted). The delay between announcement and actual launch appears […]
Upcoming HTC Ville headed to T-Mobile?
The only device HTC unveiled at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show was the HTC Titan II, the first LTE Windows Phone smartphone to be headed to AT&T. More announcements are expected at next month’s Mobile World Congress. Among these is likely to be the HTC Ville. PocketNow has learned that it is likely headed to T-Mobile where it could launch […]
CES 2012: Motorola planning fewer phones in 2012
Motorola will launch fewer smartphone models in 2012 than it did in 2011. The move will allow the company to focus its marketing dollars on fewer initiatives. Speaking at a roundtable meeting with reporters, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha explained that “a lot of products that are roughly the same doesn’t drive the market to a new place.” For example, Motorola […]
CES 2012: Huawei MediaPad to begin shipping with Android 4.0
Huawei first launched its MediaPad, a 7-inch tablet, back in June 2011. It was among the first to ship with Android 3.2. The company this week announced that it will continue to ship the MediaPad but will preload it with Android 4.0 starting this quarter. It will also offer an Android 4.0 OTA update for existing MediaPads. Huawei also announced […]