The Sony Ericsson LiveView ought to be the ultimate Android accessory – on paper at least. It’s a clip on remote that slurps all the essential info from your phone over Bluetooth, like calls, messages and social networking babble, and it’s tiny. Does it work in practice though? Read on and find out in our full Sony Ericsson LiveView review.
The iPhone 5 could arrive as a substantially thinner package thanks to new, smaller conductive nodes to slip beneath its multi-touch screen. A patent application that just popped out of the tech innovation toaster that is the US Patent and Trademark Office with Apple’s name on it shows a new method for creating a thinner capacitive touchscreen. That could have a bearing on the iPad 2 but seems more likely to arrive in the iPhone 5 at the earliest. Regardless, the Apple tech is interesting as ever…
Yesterday, reports emerged that Asus would not be shipping with Android Honeycomb as announced at its CES press conference. We’ve been on the blower with the source of the info, Asus’ John Swatton, and found that this isn’t true: Asus has not said that its tablets will be shipping sans Android Honeycomb.
It’s that time of the day, your daily dose of morning tech news from this side of the pond. In today’s US Update we introduce you to the award-winning Korean director making a splash with a movie filmed on the iPhone 4, uncover the BlackBerry Apollo and Dakota, give you the latest dirt on upcoming webOS tablets and more.
A fresh new Google Nexus S, sporting model number GT-i9023, has been spotted on the FCC website. As the stomping grounds for all things tech heading west, the FCC filing has one important tidbit of information — an AWS 3G band, all but confirming a launch on T-mobile USA. Even more interesting is a video leaked across the Internet shows the device running none-other than Android 2.4.
On February 9th HP is set to unveil the first webOS tablet. Amidst the onslaught of nearly 96 tablets at CES 2011 last week, it will be very interesting to see how HP plans to compete in the now saturated tablet market. Does HP have the chops to stand in the ring with Apple and Motorola and what else can we expect from HP on February 9th?
The long rumored, highly anticipated, BlackBerry Dakota has been confirmed. Blending together the best of both worlds, BlackBerry’s hardware QWERTY keyboard, and a VGA resolution capacitive touchscreen, we might just be looking at the perfect ‘Storm’. Is this the BlackBerry you’ve been waiting for?
RIM might have been the silent player at CES 2011 last week, announcing only a 4G version of the BlackBerry PlayBook, but this week they’re bringing the heat. We’ve just confirmed the latest addition to the Curve line up, the BlackBerry Apollo, complete with NFC, five megapixel camera and HVGA display. Here’s what you need to know about the BlackBerry Apollo.
