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Fujitsu Unveils the World’s Second Dual Touchscreen Android Phone
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Kyocera caught everyone’s attention when they introduced Echo, a dual touchscreen phone running Android. The Echo didn’t stay unique for long though, because Fujitsu recently showed off their own dual touchscreen Android phone at the Mobile World Congress 2011. The yet unnamed smartphone is different from the Echo in that… |
February 16th, 2011
Starbucks App Easily Hacked with Phone Cam?
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If you are a user of the Starbucks app that lets you pay for your coffee using a barcode on your smartphone screen, you need to be aware of a very easy to take advantage of vulnerability in the app. It’s not a security issue where someone can hack into… |
February 10th, 2011
Kyocera Echo: 2 Screens, 1 Phone
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Kyocera isn’t exactly well known in the smartphone industry. Until today that is, with the unveiling of the Echo, which has two 3.5″ touchscreens that can be used as a single 4.7″ screen with an equivalent resolution of 960 x 800. The Echo runs Android 2.2, but some of the… |
February 8th, 2011
Nokia Not as Lame as We Thought: Bubbles is Cool
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Nokia isn’t a cool company in my book. I have never seen a phone for Nokia that I looked at and thought, “Wow that is cool.”… Mostly I look at Nokia and think booooring. Nokia Beta Labs has rolled out a really cool new download for Nokia owners today that |
February 4th, 2011
VideoSurf Mobile App: Search For Video Using Video
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It’s as if Xzibit came up with the idea behind VideoSurf: “Yo dawg, I heard you like videos, so we made it so you can search for videos using videos.”… Currently in development, the smartphone app will let users find more information about a video and the people in it |
January 19th, 2011
Viewdle Facial Recognition Phone App Tags Faces, Spits on Privacy in Real Time
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A start-up company called Viewdle showed off some interesting smartphone software at CES. Their app can recognize faces in real time and automatically tag them, using either data from social networks or a user-created database from videos and photos on the phone itself. Obviously it’ll take care of the hassle… |
January 10th, 2011
BodyMedia Wireless Armband BW Helps You Manage Your Waistline
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BodyMedia unveiled their latest FIT Armband BW that will connect to your devices using Bluetooth. This means that it will connect to iOS devices, as well as cell phones, etc. It will collect information about how many calories are burned, steps are taken, and real time physical activity. The software… |
January 7th, 2011
LG Optimus Black Smartphone Revealed
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LG’s new slimline smartphone offers a svelte 9.2mm profile, and a new display LG calls “NOVA.” The new tech offers a super-bright screen that outputs 700 nits of brightness, and is about 15% more energy-efficient than prior LG smartphone displays. It’s also designed to work well both in indoor and… |
January 5th, 2011
LG Optimus 2X Web Browser Speeds By iPhone 4
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If you’ve got any doubts that having the latest mobile hardware in hand won’t improve your web-surfing experiences, look no further than this video demo showing off the LG Optimus 2X smartphone compared to the iPhone 4.… |
January 4th, 2011
Ford Sync Destinations App: Sync your Ride with your Phone
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It’s safe to say that smartphones are becoming the center of digital life of most of the people in the US. When you are lost, you simply open Google Maps, and you’re found. When you need to check up on prices, you just open the right app and then you’ve… |
December 30th, 2010
