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Apple’s Siri names Nokia Lumia 900 “best cell phone ever”

Apple’s Siri has weighed into the best cell phone debate and its answer might surprise you. Asked “What’s the best cell phone ever?” Siri did not name the iPhone 4S or any of the previous models. Instead, it named the Nokia Lumia 900 in Cyan. Siri’s answer actually comes from the Wolfram Alpha analytical engine. It will return the same […]

Gmail Tap: Simplifying mobile device keyboards

Google has come up with an ingenious new keyboard input method for mobile devices. Instead of a 26 key keyboard, there are only two keys: One for dots and one for dashes. Google has reached back into the past and tapped (pun intended) Morse code for its new input method. The video below shows how this will work. Gmail Tap […]

Nokia unveils Nokia Ice “super-cool phone” prototype

Nokia today unveiled its latest smartphone prototype, the Nokia Ice. The most impressive feature about the Nokia Ice is the new material it uses. Promising to reduce material costs and the environmental impact, it is made, as the name implies, of ice. Nokia has its roots in Finland, a land full of ice and snow. Having tried to understand this […]

Toshiba launches Shapes tablet family

Toshiba today announced a number of new tablets all part of a new “exclusive” line designed for those who want to stand out in a crowd. It consists of the Oblong (“Technology that’s come full circle”), the Rhombus (“More than just a convex quadrilateral”) and Amore (“This is one heart that you can play with”). “Consumers have been telling us […]

Google launches Google Maps 8-bit for NES

Google today finally announced Google Maps for one of the world’s most popular computer systems, The Nintendo Entertainment System. In the first NES cartridge to be released in nearly 18 years, Google has managed to bring all of Google Maps’ features to the venerable system. It supports searching for famous landmarks and sites around the world, Street View (in full […]