The weeks or months, depending on who you ask, leading up to the fifth generation iPhone will prove to be a relentless assault of rumors and reports. Once such report this evening comes by way of FBR Capital Markets who believes they’ve got the inside scoop on the iPhone 5/iPhone 4S. On tap for the forthcoming iPhone is an 8-megapixel camera and Qualcomm’s CDMA/GSM baseband, the quintessential upgrade needed in a universal (worldwide) hardware refresh.
May, 2011
The date with destiny between our gaming consoles and the third installment in the Modern Warfare trilogy is now official. On November 8, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 will be released, becoming the eighth title in the CoD series. The pre-release hype should hit full swing as we approach this year’s E3 expo, set to take place next month.
If you own an Android smartphone, listen up. The Register has just revealed details on an Android vulnerability which could potentially allow hackers to collect digital tokens, normally stored on our smartphones, after we authenticate with a password protected service. Bottom line, logging into websites while using public WiFi networks may be bad for your health, and wallet.
The next wave of Google endorsed Nexus hardware is upon us. A rumor has begun circulation this evening suggesting the Mountain View team may look to talents of Motorola for its third generation hardware. Dubbed the Motorola Nexus Droid 4G, this Android smartphone will purportedly be powered by none other than Nvidia’s Tegra 3 processor — here’s what we know.
Two fine bits of Sony news this morning. First, the Xperia Play has been given a due date, bound for a US launch compliments of Verizon Wireless on May 26. Second, we have details on the PlayStation Network outage apology — ready to find out what free goodies Sony’s bringing to the dinner table?
The fabled Nokia N9 has just popped up in a spectacular leak courtesy of Pocketnow: an apparent advert for the first ever Nokia MeeGo phone. We’ve been watching the clip frame by frame to find out what we can and there are some surprises that it reveals: read on and find out what to expect from this smartphone before Nokia switches to Windows Phone 7 entirely.
Sure, Tinie Tempah may have a gold BlackBerry, but you know what? He’s so 2010. Rapper GT Solo catches the mood of a generation that’s slowly clocked onto the rather slow speeds and limited abilities of RIM’s emailers in this new song, “BB Is Dead”, that went live on YouTube this week.
It’s not just BlackBerrys that are in the pop culture firing line either. “Nokias get dashed in the bin” apparently, and “Android is alright” but these iPhone things are where it’s at with the urban and gritty yoof of today. Read on for the video.
We’re not sure where Angry Birds has left to go: we broke the news of the board game and card game, and showed you how to make an Angry Birds cake. Now Deutsche Telekom (parent company of T-Mobile) has constructed a real life level, several storeys high, complete with sound effects and a brass band playing Rovio’s now famous theme tune. Read on to see the insane video.