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Powermat wireless charging system hits shelves
By Gizmag Team
04:33 October 6, 2009 PDT
The Powermat range of wireless charging products we first spied at CES 2009 are now available for purchase. The system consists of a plug in charging mat and a receiver embedded in a cover for your portable device that allows you to "drop and charge" without having to to fiddle with cords as well as simultaneously charge multiple devices. Read More
Flash 10.1 coming to Windows Mobile, Palm Pre, BlackBerry, Android and Symbian
By Darren Quick
21:36 October 5, 2009 PDT
Adobe claims that Flash content is present on more than 85 percent of the top 100 websites, and that approximately 75 percent of all web-based videos use Flash. In good news for the growing numbers of people accessing the Internet on their mobile phones, Adobe has unveiled its Flash Player 10.1: Full Flash software to bring an integrated Flash experience to browsers on Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile smartphones – but not iPhone. Read More
Today on The Mobiler - Vertu's luxury Constellation Ayxta
By Gizmag Team
08:04 September 25, 2009 PDT
Today on The Mobiler we take a look at luxury brand Vertu's latest handset, the Constellation Ayxta, the imminent release of BlackBerry Desktop Software for OS X, NTT's gorgeous TOUCH WOOD prototypes, CyanogenMod receiving a C&D from Google, and the fact you can buy a Palm Pre for under $100 without a single rebate to deal with. Read More
Sakhr's Blackberry app puts spoken word Arabic/English translator in your pocket
By Loz Blain
00:07 August 20, 2009 PDT
Mobile device convergence is accelerating like crazy, with a new breed of smartphones packing enough power to run an impressive range of software. And some of these mobile applications are getting pretty freakin' amazing - take Ray Kurzweil's kReader for Symbian, which allows blind or illiterate folk to point their phone camera at printed words and have them spoken aloud. Sakhr has gone a step further with an Arabic Spoken Translator for Blackberry devices. You speak English or Arabic into your handset, it transcribes, translates and speaks your phrase back in the other language, breaking down the language barrier in one fell swoop. Read More
Today on The Mobiler - The CrunchPad nears completion
By Tim Hanlon
05:00 June 4, 2009 PDT
Things aren't slowing down over at our mobile blog The Mobiler, with news of Mike Arrington's CrunchPad tablet nearing completion, a (French) review of a pre-production Nokia N97, cell phone use being linked to cubital tunnel syndrome, RIM patching a BlackBerry PDF vulnerability, INQ planning a Twitter phone, BenQ's latest 12-inch Joybook, Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipset getting bumped to 1.3GHz and the Sony W995a getting a price and release date. Read More
Recently on The Mobiler
By Tim Hanlon
03:27 June 2, 2009 PDT
Over at The Mobiler, we've recently looked at Google's plans to enter the e-book market, Samsung's 12-megapixel Pixon12 camera phone, spy shots of the new iPhone, the Skyfire browser for Windows Mobile and Symbian, Verizon releasing OS 4.7.0.148 for the BlackBerry Storm 9500, Qik for the iPhone, the underwhelming Palm Pre keyboard, and the Jitterbug phone for seniors being recalled. Read More
Smartphone feature: HTC Dream vs BlackBerry Bold vs iPhone 3G
04:06 April 30, 2009 PDT
Smartphones can seem just that bit too smart when you're trying to decide which one to buy - so many features and no way to thoroughly test them until money has changed hands and the shiny packaging is all over your kitchen floor. To shed a little light on the subject, Tim Hanlon over at The Mobiler has spent the last six weeks tirelessly hammering away at three standout Smartphones - the BlackBerry Bold, the iPhone 3G, and the HTC Dream (or T-Mobile G1). From web browsing and delivery times to spam filtering, keyboard performance, creating music playlists and much more, here's how they measure up. Read More
Today on The Mobiler
By Tim Hanlon
02:23 April 20, 2009 PDT
Today over at The Mobiler we've looked at Samsung's prediction that 29 percent of the mobile market will be made up by smartphones in 2012, using the iPhone as an ignition key for the Peapod electric vehicle, a custom homescreen for the BlackBerry Curve that makes it look like the Pip-Boy 3000 wearable computer from the hit RPG Fallout 3, a 3D PalmOS game running on the Palm Pre with MotionApps Classic emulator, the winner of Microsoft's Mobile Incubation Week, a launch date for Windows Mobile 6.5, and Dilbert taking on the dreaded Rebaterus. Read More
WildCharge expands wireless charging compatibility with new Universal Adapter
23:00 April 8, 2009 PDT
Boosted by the buzz surrounding wire-free charging at CES earlier this year, solutions for powering up portable devices without the hassle of messy cords and multiple chargers are making the transition from curious concept to viable consumer product. One of the obvious problems with the early examples of this kind of technology was that each solution is tailored to a particular device, but now early mover WildCharge has released a Universal Adapter for Cell Phones which works with multiple devices across multiple brands. Read More
Today on The Mobiler
By Tim Hanlon
05:32 April 6, 2009 PDT
Over at The Mobiler today we've covered an OS X app called DemoGod, which displays a feed of your iPhone screen on your desktop, next-gen iPhone rumors regarding 802.11n support and a 3.2 megapixel camera, tentative HTC Touch Pro2 and Blade Sidekick release dates from a leaked T-Mobile roadmap, Deutsche Telekom trying to stop Skype for iPhone, code names and specs of three upcoming BlackBerry devices, T-Mobile planning several Android-based devices including a home phone, Vodafone Australia getting into a spin over their iPhone plans, and Cell Phone Recycling Week which kicks off today. Read More
Powcell's green smartphone-charging solution
20:56 January 21, 2009 PST
We live in an era where pocket-sized mobile devices can keep us in touch with almost every corner of the globe, but this golden age of communication can quickly turn sour when your battery dies, and it usually happens when you most need it. To combat this issue there are a smorgasbord of mobile recharging devices now on the market, with our favorites being those that use alternative energy to get the job done like the Solio or HYmini solar/wind charger. Now there's a new kid on the block in the form of Powcell, a charging sleeve for iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry Curve that draws on almost any light source to provide a power top-up on the go and reduce your dependence on wall sockets. Read More
RIM to release FlipBerry?
By Darren Quick
22:27 July 7, 2008 PDT
July 7, 2008 Rumors of a low cost BlackBerry clamshell phone have been doing the rounds for a while now and appear to have reached critical mass. According to reports the new BlackBerry KickStart, will sell on US wireless provider T-Mobile for US$49.99 after subsidy with September the expected release date. RIM’s entry into the lower end of the market could well be in anticipation of the effect the imminent release of the iPhone will have on their traditionally higher-end market. Read More
BlackBerry's Bold smartphone
By Darren Quick
18:53 May 12, 2008 PDT
Research In Motion (RIM) has introduced the first BlackBerry smartphone to support tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world and comes with integrated GPS and Wi-Fi, plus a next-generation 624 MHz mobile processor for downloading email attachments, streaming video or rendering web pages. The BlackBerry Bold also gets a newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard, with AZERTY and QWERTZ configurations to support different language groups also available, and a half-VGA (480x320 resolution) color LCD, which is fused to the undersurface of the lens, improving definition and clarity. Read More
Otterbox protective cases for Blackberry Pearl and Curve series
By Darren Quick
18:26 November 11, 2007 PST
November 12, 2007 Otter Products, LLC. has added to its Defender Series of semi-rugged, fully-interactive protective cases with the OtterBox 1934 for the Blackberry Pearl and the OtterBox 1935 for the BlackBerry Curve. Both cases enable complete usability of the trackball and camera with three protective layers providing bump, scratch and drop protection. Read More
BlackBerry 8320 bridges the gap between home phone and mobile
By Loz Blain
01:40 September 28, 2007 PDT
September 28, 2007 Mobile phones are increasingly taking over as the primary contact number for many people, with home landlines hanging on largely by virtue of cheap local call rates. Aiming to offer the "best of both worlds" in one package, the new BlackBerry Curve 8320 is WiFi enabled, meaning that it can seamlessly switch between mobile calls and unlimited local and long-distance calls in the presence of your home wireless network. Read More
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- November 21, 2009 @ 19:38 UTC
