Tagged: Smartphones
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Google’s Android competitors make formal antitrust complaint to Europe News
09.04.2013 A group of Android competitors, including Nokia and Microsoft, have sent a formal complaint against Google to European antitrust regulators who are in the final stages of an... -
MooMonitor is a real cash cow News
09.04.2013 Comparing a state-of-the-art smartphone with the sizzling sirloin steak on the table in front of you or that chilled glass of milk you are about to enjoy, you would at first... -
Review: the HTC One smartphone (video) News
29.03.2013 Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC has a lot riding on its latest device, enigmatically known as the One. The device went on sale in the UK this week, hits the shops in Ireland... -
Samsung reports US$7.7bn Q1 operating profit, up 53pc on last year News
05.04.2013 Consumer electronics giant Samsung has predicted a stronger first quarter than expected after estimating it has made operating profits of US$7.7bn on the same period last year. -
Facebook reveals ‘Home’ – it’s not a phone but could transform all smartphones News
04.04.2013 Facebook didn’t reveal a brand new phone today per se, but an Android-based feature set called ‘Home’, which it expects to sit on the home screen of all smartphones and will...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
PC sales plummet worldwide as tablets and smartphones roar ahead News
04.04.2013 As a possible indication of the declining fortunes of the personal computer as we know it, Gartner has grouped PCs in with tablets, smartphones and other connected devices to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: App, Tablet Computers, Windows 8, Smartphones, Mobile Phones, PCs, Mac OS X, iOS, Apple, Android, Google, Operating Systems -
BlackBerry to kill BBM Music – ushers users in direction of Rdio News
04.04.2013 BlackBerry is to kill its nearly two-year-old music service BBM Music and is instead ushering users in the direction of Rdio, with a voucher for a 30-day pass to the...Categories: Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Is Facebook a wolf stalking mobile operators – could a Facebook SIM be next? News
03.04.2013 Tomorrow, Facebook is expected to launch a new smartphone in collaboration with HTC, as well as a new home screen app for Android users. Analysts reckon this is the start of a... -
Vodafone vows to end bill complexity with new RED price plans News
02.04.2013 Vodafone said today it is challenging the current conventions on tariffing by revealing five new Vodafone RED mobile price plans that range in price from €35 a month to €75 per...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Financial, Data Management, Consumer Tech -
Apple poised to begin production of next-gen iPhone and lower-cost iPhone News
03.04.2013 More reports have surfaced whereby tech giant Apple’s manufacturing partners are preparing to ramp up production of a new iPhone in the second quarter in time for a potential...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Openmind app brings SMS text messaging to Android tablet computers News
02.04.2013 Dublin software company Openmind, whose technology transmits more than 1bn SMS messages a day across 120 operator networks, has brought out its first consumer-facing app...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Bitbuzz revenues up 28pc to €1.9m – will spread Freedom to other Irish cities News
02.04.2013 Wi-Fi provider BitBuzz said today it experienced a 28pc year-on-year increase in revenue to €1.94m in 2012, up from €1.4m in 2011. Successful uptake of its Bitbuzz freedom... -
Weekend news round-up: Bitcoin hits US$1bn; celebs crack Google Glass News
02.04.2013 In our round-up of the weekend's best tech stories, currency Bitcoin is now valued at US$1bn; Google's 'If I had Glass' competition features an embarrassingly high proportion of...Categories: Social Media, Security, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
O2 opens online presales for Samsung Galaxy S4 News
02.04.2013 Samsung’s latest smartphone the Galaxy S4 will be released in Ireland in late April and network operator O2 will from today begin taking pre-orders for the device.Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Specs for HTC Myst ‘Facebook phone’ leaked online News
02.04.2013 The upcoming smartphone collaboration between Facebook and HTC has been revealed as a budget consumer smartphone device codenamed ‘Myst’, it has been claimed. -
Facebook smartphone to become a reality – 'New Home on Android' with HTC News
29.03.2013 Facebook has invited press to a briefing at its Silicon Valley headquarters to reveal a new HTC device with an Android OS modified to reflect ‘Facebook Home’. True to its word,... -
BlackBerry reports fourth-quarter profit of US$98m, 1m Z10 smartphones sold News
28.03.2013 Smartphone marker BlackBerry revealed a fourth-quarter profit of US$98m, or US$0.19 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of US$125m, or US$0.24 cents a share, in its... -
Size doesn’t matter, context does, claims UK report on digital media consumption News
26.03.2013 A new report from digital video advertising provider YuMe and digital media research firm Decipher challenges our current notions of ‘lean back’ and ‘lean forward’ content... -
Now Sony's Xperia Z falls prey to the bypass lockscreen bug News
26.03.2013 Sony’s new Xperia Z is the latest smartphone device to fall afoul of a bug that lets hackers potentially bypass the device’s lockscreen. -
BlackBerry Z10 is super-repairable, but you really don’t want to drop it News
25.03.2013 Those intrepid tech repairs experts at iFixit have performed yet another smartphone dissection, this time on BlackBerry’s touchscreen Z10, which scores highly for being easy to...