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Bluetooth 3.0, and new Bada OS, 3.3-inch Super AMOLED

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:37:05 +0000

How's about a little smartphone love on Valentine's Day? Samsung's press conference just got underway in Barcelona, and one of Mobile World Congress' first smartphones to debut this year is a real doozy. The Wave (S8500) that we've heard so much about lately is finally official, and it's the first handset to ship with Bluetooth 3.0. It's also packing 802.11n WiFi, TouchWiz 3.0 and the company's own Bada mobile platform. You'll also get a 3.3-inch “Super AMOLE……

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impressions!!! Dell Mini 5 prototype

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:37:05 +0000

Dell's puzzled the world for quite some time with its outlandish Mini 5 — at first glance it's just another Android-based MID, but a quick fiddle with it reveals the full-fledged 3G phone inside. So will it fit in a pocket? Can we carry it around like a normal phone? Is this the future form factor that will bring the ultimate balance between portability and practicality? With such heavy dose of curiosity, we eventually traveled all the way to Shenzhen literally just to grab this protot……

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New Walkman phones confirmed for 2010, Sony Ericsson

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:51 +0000

Sony Ericsson may look like its steaming its way into smartphone territory this year, but music phone fans can be reassured its not forgetting its roots with Walkman brand.Nathan Vautier, Sony Ericsson's UK and Ireland manager, told Mobile Today that while the company is planning on streamlining its range down to 26 handsets, it would not be dropping Walkman phones from its line up.In fact, we can expect a number of Walk……

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landlines look cool. Android-packing house phone

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:51 +0000

While the mobile phone has excelled itself over the years to being a covetable, must-have device, the humble house phone has never quite reached the same level of desirability. A bit like the car insurance of the phone world – you had it just because you had to, not because you really wanted it.That was, perhaps, until now.DSP Group has just pulled the covers off its new Android-packing house phone at CeBit, complete w……

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handset outed. LG Cookie Fresh budget touchscreen

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:51 +0000

A new addition to the LG Cookie range has been pulled out fresh from the oven today under the rather fitting moniker of the LG Cookie Fresh, also known as the GS290 to its mum.From the spec sheet, it seems the Cookie Fresh will be aimed at the budget end of the market, while still offering the consumer favourites like a touchscreen and social networking integration.The Cookie Fresh packs a 3-inch resistive touchscreen displa……

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Samsung's Stunt

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:44 +0000

Looking for a rightful successor to your now-aging SCH-R211? Samsung and Cricket would like you to look no further than the SCH-R100 Stunt, a dead ringer for the candybar of the same name that launched on MetroPCS back in December of last year. It turns out this is a little bit more than your average ultra-basic phone, though: Cricket says this device is introducing Bluetooth to the lowest tier of its lineup, a particularly useful feature now that using the handset while driving is a no-no in m……

review: Motorola Devour

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:44 +0000

While Motorola's vanilla-Android Droid has become the most recognizable Android device on the market — thanks in part to a bombastic ad campaign — Motorola's primary focus has been on its own custom Blur UI. At least, if quantity of devices are any indication. Hitting Verizon just as the Blur-powered Backflip heads to AT&T, the new Motorola Devour is an odd cross section of the “consumery” Backflip and Cliq, and the high-end Droid slider. We've been playing with the phone for ……

does 3D gaming for Windows Phone, Microsoft bringing XNA Game Studio 4.0 to GDC this week

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:43 +0000

We've all had a feeling that Microsoft is holding back some pretty big surprises (or at least completely reasonable revelations) when it comes to Windows Phone 7 Series and gaming, and here at GDC this week it sounds like we're going to get a little glimpse into that. Microsoft is unveiling its new XNA Game Studio 4.0, which lets developers work on games for Windows Phone 7 Series, Xbox 360 and Windows PC. The integration with Visual Studio 2010 that we saw the other day allows develope……

Fiber-Optic Service With Viral Campaigns, Cyber-Nerdy Cities Woo Google

thumpad.com — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:41 +0000

Hoping to be selected as test sites for Google's upcoming high-speed fiber network, many cities have launched weird viral campaigns. According to an Associated Press report, Google set the nomination deadline for March 26th, and will announce the winners by the end of the year.

Sascha Meinrath, director of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative, told the AP that Google wants cities that are ready to hit the ground running. “They want a fast, easy rollout,” he said. “They are r……

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The Hybrid Enterprise? Apps for Army Launches

thumpad.com — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 07:59:14 +0000

The Army launches Apps for Army. Contest or harbinger of the hybrid enterprise that combines planning and emergence under one r……

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