Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt revisited what is rapidly becoming a popular theme for the search engine giant – the mobile world – at the firm’s inaugural cloud computing event, Atmosphere in Mountain View, Calif. Back at MWC in Barcelona, Schmidt …
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Android scored another victory this week, as chip-giant Intel Corp. announced at its Developer Forum in Beijing it had ported Google Inc.’s OS to its Atom microprocessors, the latest move to ensure the tiny chip supports a plethora of operating …
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Popularity. It’s what all the cool kids strive for, and it would appear the mobile playground is full of these social wannabees. Just a day after Microsoft unveiled its “deeply social phone,” the KIN, Nokia followed suit with three low …
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***HTC “4G” WiMAX smartphone due Q3*** A sales lady at one of the major Taiwanese Teleco’s let slip a surprise bit of info; apparently HTC will have a WiMAX enabled smartphone in Q3 of this year. Probed further, she realized …
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One completely ingenious product spotted at WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2010, was a little mobile WiMAX to WiFi device running on an integrated Lithium ion battery which can be slipped into your bag, briefcase or even left in your car. …
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If you already have a data package with a teleco, you may not see the point in considering WiMAX as an option, but perhaps you should think again. After all, it’s not just about bandwidth – although those companies investing …
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TAIPEI, Tawain–Taiwan was touted as being on the forefront of WiMAX adoption, with Japan, Malaysia and to some extent South Korea not far behind, according to executives at WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2010. Data package options between carriers are pretty …
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Just minutes ago, Apple finally approved Opera’s Mini browser for its app store after over 20 days. We bring you the first screenshots of Opera for iPhone.
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Opera is singing a rather triumphant aria today, with news that the browser has hit 100 million users globally, half of which are surfing on Opera Mini for mobile devices. Indeed, while the desktop version of the internet browser has …
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Phone giant, Nokia, is holding a mysterious launch in just under 11 hours – so mysterious, in fact, that no one seems to know what the event is about. There is of course plenty of speculation. It could be the …
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By now, we all know what Microsoft’s new Kin offerings do in terms of making one’s anti-social phone habits even more pervasive and irritating. But what’s powering the narcissistic device? Well, that would be Nvidia’s first-generation Tegra chip – Tegra …
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One of the great downsides of being psychic is trying to convince the unbelievers and skeptics of the world regarding your abilities that seemingly defy logic and sanity. Last week, RCR readers got several day’s head start on the climactic …
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Last week saw social media phenomenon, Twitter, take another leap forward in terms of smartphone saturation, with the release of Blackberry’s very own beta Twitter app. Twitter also announced its acquisition of Tweetie, a popular iPhone Twitter client. Blackberry lovers …
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We’ve all known about the Microsoft event planned for Monday April 12th US Time and we’ve all heard that it Microsoft will unveil its project pink phones codename ‘Turtle’ and ‘Pure’. But what if you are unable to attend the …
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The second largest Korean mobile operator, KT, has devised commercials using this TV personality’s viewer friendly persona and calm demure to sell its mobile phone and internet packages. The commercials mirror Ross’ TV program, The Joy of Painting. The only …
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For wireless lovers, nothing gets the juices flowing quite like taking something that was traditionally wired and letting it run free. Remember the thrill of seeing the phone go mobile, or the delight of seeing game controllers go wireless? Well, …
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Netflix has posted a job opening on its website for an “Android video playback expert” to help bring Netflix to the Android platform. Reqirements listed for the job are: • 10+ years of relevant software development experience • Expert in …
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Tablets are a natural upsell to smartphones, and therefore it comes as no surprise that handset manufacturers are falling over themselves to produce one of their very own. The latest in could-be tablet makers is none other than Blackberry maker, …
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We recently caught up with memory maker Kingston, and took a look at the firm’s latest class 10 16GB MicroSDHC, which boasts a super-fast 10MB-per-second minimum data transfer rate. The firm told RCR that the card, the size of one’s …
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited about the iPhone OS4.0 release that was just announced. It’s that same excitement, however, which prompted me to step back and mutter “Woah…dude” – in my best Keanu Reeves voice – “I’m EXCITED about …
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“The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million. They were the worst too. The third ten million I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.” – Marvin the …
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With the release of the iPhone OS 4 SDK Apple has updated its iPhone developer program license agreement with the following clause: 3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use …
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Here at RCR Unplugged, we like to believe we leave no stone unturned when it comes to finding you the chiseled edge of mobile and wireless. And what could be more fitting than this luxury mobile stone by Mobiado, crafted …
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What good is an all-you-can-eat music plan if you can only listen to the tracks on your phone and main PC? Not much, is the inevitable answer to that question, one which Nokia seems only now to be addressing – …
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In days where it seems everyone is talking about extreme wireless data traffic growth, Proxim Wireless, one of North America’s most well-known microwave radio vendors, says it’s providing end-to-end broadband wireless systems which deliver the quadruple play of voice, video, …