RCR Unplugged

Yesterday we brought you news of issues with the battery for the Novatel Wireless MiFi 2372. This morning, a representative from Canadian telco Rogers Communications wrote to update us about the situation for its own customers and the steps the …

Chip giant Intel Corp. yesterday announced a new version of its Atom processor platform – the 45nm Z6xx – which the company claims consumes so little power that it will push the company into the smartphone and tablet game. Critics, …

Motorola has seen huge success with its Droid phone and a number of other smartphone offerings based on Google’s Android platform and adapted with the firm’s own MotoBlur interface. But a series of odd choices indicates the company may be …

Early reports out of Korea suggest that Samsung may have a tablet to pull out of its hat by mid-Summer. The tablet, tentatively identified as the S-Pad, purportedly boasts Google’s Android operating system, a 7-inch AMOLED capacitive display, 3G, WiFi, …

Some devices seem just too good to be true and it would appear that the Novatel Wireless Inc. MiFi 2372 3G router being sold through Canadian operator Bell Mobility is just one of those products, with Bell urgently sending out …

It may be Monday morning, but the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is up bright and early with both Google and Apple in its sights for various antitrust related issues. The commission is looking into suing Google over the search engine …

What good is a smartphone with only mediocre memory? Not much, says Samsung, as the Korean firm announced it has a smarter way to extend the battery life of devices by a full 20% using phase change material in the …

If you’re anything like Lady Gaga on a Friday night [and let’s face it, who wouldn’t want to channel Lady G? – Ed], you’ll be all too familiar with the following verse: “I’ve had a little bit too much, much …

The Twitter blog announced on Friday that the popular social networking service had been made available for Android and was now being offered on the Android Market. “Mobile phones are increasingly part of our lives, and we seem to be …

Friday’s are typically feel good days, especially when the sun is shining and summer is just around the corner. Sadly for Nokia, however, even the blue skies can’t do enough to raise the cloud of gloom surrounding the number one …

LG has announced the Optimus, a smartphone the firm says is “a handset offering an optimal environment for first-time smartphone users with easy and convenient mobile access.” Basically, a smartphone for beginners. The Optimus, previously codenamed the GT540, has – …

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, is a man who likes to share his thoughts, and the outspoken chief’s latest rant on the company blog is no exception; taking aim at Adobe and its Flash offering in a move to silence critics. …

Cloud computing is no longer such a nebulous concept, with many major players in the industry pushing to make media convergence something of a priority, as the cloud content revolution takes off. Not everybody, however, is aware of the potential …

HTC looks to be seriously benefiting from Android’s skyrocketing popularity, with the Taiwanese firm set to increase its shipments of all handsets based on Google’s OS. According to the Financial Times, HTC will increase shipments by close to 50% over …

Just when I thought Twitter could not possibly become any more ridiculous or meaningless, someone had to go and figure out a way. The people over at the Critical Media Lab in the University of Waterloo have gone somewhat loony …

On Wednesday, the mobile world was rocked with news flailing phone maker Palm had been snapped up by the world’s premiere computer maker Hewlett-Packard for a cool $1.2 billion. Palm had been officially up for sale for a couple of …

In an ironic twist, it looks like Microsoft might be able to make money on every Android handset sold, while Google, which makes the operating system, won’t make a penny from it. Microsoft announced it had signed a patent agreement …

This month, NEC Electronics merged with Renesas Technology, giving birth to a brand new semiconductor manufacturer, Renesas Electronics. Showing off its wares at ESC in California, Renesas had a smart home demo set up. The demo shows how smart energy …

No. 1 computer maker Hewlett-Packard has snapped up flailing phone maker Palm for $1.2 billion, giving the PC firm a huge boost in the mobile computing and smartphone market. The deal has been given the go-ahead by the boards of …

We took a stationary spin in the back of QNX’s connected concept car at the Embedded System Conference (ESC) in San Jose, Calif., this week. The car, a Toyota Prius kitted out by QNX and partner Alcatel Lucent, is a …

Catching up with QNX at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, RCR Unplugged delved into what the soon-to-be-signed-and-sealed acquisition of the company by RIM would mean for both firms. Although it’s still early days and QNX is obviously …

Catching up with QNX at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, CA, RCR Unplugged delved into what the soon-to-be-signed-and-sealed acquisition of the company by RIM would mean for both firms. Although it’s still early days and QNX is obviously …

While ESC may not be all fun and games, little British chip shop, ARM, was doing its bit to liven things up at its booth, showing off a specially designed Rubik’s Cube solver. The solver was designed and programmed using …

ESC, the embedded systems conference, is not exactly known as a thrilling technology show, but Texas Instruments (TI) was certainly doing its bit to liven things up, showing off its new video series, entitled “Smash IT” at its booth. The …

It seems pre-production phones have developed a tendency to walk off and end up where they are least wanted lately, with not only Apple, but now also Nokia managing to lose top secret prototypes. Nokia has written a blog post …