Archives for "Phones"

Posted by Alexandra Chang - Wired on 19th April 2012

Intel Silicon to Finally Appear in a Shipping Smartphone—In India

Intel processors are ubiquitous in desktop PCs and laptops, and now they're finally making their way into smartphones. Intel announced Thursday that the first Intel-powered smartphone, the Xolo X900, will be available for sale on April 23. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by Andrew Liszewski on 10th April 2012

Everything You Need To Totally Destroy Your Phone’s Beautiful Design

The hard working industrial designers behind your favorite smartphone spend months perfecting the handset's design so it feels great in your hand, and easily squeezes into your pocket. Only to have a bevy of casemakers come along with ridiculous designs that completely negate all the effort that's been put into the phone's aesthetics. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by Andrew Tarantola on 28th March 2012

How To Crack the Passcode of Any iOS Device

If you think your iPhone passcode will keep you as safe as a Pimp with an Android, you are sadly mistaken. The XRY cracking program can crush Apple's paltry security measures faster than you can say, "Bitch, where's my money." More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by Sam Biddle on 23rd March 2012

Millions of People Are Still Using Old Ugly Versions of Android for Some Reason

Here's something depressing and slightly horrifying: roughly 1.2 million people are using Android 1.5—a three year old operating system that looks like a Chinese bootleg of itself. How? Why? It gets worse. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by sam gibbs-gizmodo uk on 13th March 2012

New Sony Xperia Sola Offers “Floating Touch” For When Touching the Screen Is Too Much Effort

Sony's new phone line has been making waves – we quite liked the Xperia S. Now we've got another entry, the Xperia Sola aka the Pepper, touting something called "floating touch" for "magic web browsing without touching the screen", because dragging your finger on glass is just so last year. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by Jamie Condliffe on 13th March 2012

Will Anybody Pay $3,700 for Tag Heuer’s New Phone?

Some people have more money than sense, and even then a damn site more of both than taste. For such individuals, Tag Heuer's new phone—the Racer—is just the handset to slip into their back pockets. They deserve it! No, really, they do. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by Jamie Condliffe on 1st March 2012

HTC: Sense UI Was Bloated and Cluttered

Even though HTC makes some admirable phones, there has long been one common complaint about its handsets: Sense. The UI, that the company insists on plastering over the Android OS, is bloated, slow and a pain in the ass. Turns out HTC agrees, and it's changing it. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by Jamie Condliffe on 27th February 2012

The Best of ZTE’s Many, Many Newly Launched Phones

ZTE announced last week that it was to launch a slew of new phones this week, and it hasn't failed on its word. Pick of the crop is this, the Android-running Era. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by Jamie Condliffe on 27th February 2012

The ASUS Padfone Is as Confused as Its Name Suggests

There were rumors last year about ASUS releasing a strange, form-changing phone-cum-tablet. Those rumors are now reality; say hello to the Padfone, the latest in a rash of schizophrenic mobile handsets. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android
Posted by kat hannaford-Gizmodo UK on 27th February 2012

Panasonic’s Second Eluga, the Eluga Power, Has a Better Battery and Ice Cream Sandwich

It may not be Lumix-branded as we'd hoped, but Panasonic's second Eluga phone has a 5-inch 1280×720 HD screen so photos shot with the 8-megapixel camera should look crisp and bright. Theoretically. Inside, a dual-core 1.5GHz processor ticks away, powering the Ice Cream Sandwich flavour of Android. More »
Source: Gizmodo: Android