BlackBerry · Rumors

New Rumor: New Touchscreen BlackBerry aka Magnum, ditched for Dakota?

  • January 21, 2010

What you’re looking at might not even exist as a retail model, and be a prototype, but it might be a new BlackBerry Bold with a touchscreen. Keep in mind BlackBerry prefers the trackpad, but has its own SurePress technology, which if implemented correctly, can make some killer touchscreen BBs. To shed some light on this, CrackBerry has found out that it’s an early Dakota prototype; a touchscreen BlackBerry that also has a keyboard. What this means is that the above design might be altered in the future, and that the Magnum (above) has been ditched for the Dakota (a much better BlackBerry then seen up there).

[Via CrackBerry]

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News · Palm

Palm Pre Plus pushed to the limit with 50 apps at the same time

  • January 21, 2010

Take a Palm Pre, double the RAM (256MB more) and storage, get rid of the navigational button, put it on Verizon’s network and call it Palm Pre Plus and you get a 50 app multitasking monster. That’s right, your yes aren’t deceiving you, the chaps at Pre Central made an ultimate multitasking test: place a Pre Plus next to Sprint’s Pre and see how many apps each phone could take before running out of steam. The regular Palm Pre coughed and quit at 13 apps, while the Pre Plus stood proudly at 50 simultaneously. The video is after the break.

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Breaking · Nokia

Explained: Nokia Ovi Maps now available worldwide

  • January 21, 2010

You though Garmin and TomTom were in trouble with Google’s free Google Map Navigation app? Well, Nokia has announced that Nokia Ovi Maps will be available in 74 countries in 46 languages — which means Nokia could provide this free service that does not require a data connection to 20 million smartphones. Wow. It’s available on the N97 Mini, 5800 XpressMusic, 5800 navigation edition, E52, E55, E72, 5230, 6710 navigator, 6730 classic and X6. Notice that the Nokia N97 and N900 are not included, which is strange. You can find out why after the break,  but in the meantime here’s the download link to Nokia Ovi Maps, and the other explanations and videos are after the cut.

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HTC · Mobile

First HTC Bravo spy pic caught in the wild?

  • January 20, 2010

From that leaked roadmap for 2010, you should remember the HTC Bravo. Well, despite the picture above probably being one of the worst in history, that is the HTC Bravo right there with the Sense UI installed; also the trackball (as previously thought) seems more like an optical trackpad. Besides that, the industrial design differs from the Nexus One, but as according to numerous leaks, the Bravo has the same specs as the Nexus One, except the name . If 3 Sweden was correct, then we should expect the Bravo to come Stateside soon, or at least next quarter. Watch out, MOTOROI.

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Google · Mobile · News

Simple fix to cure all Nexus One 3G signal issues?

  • January 20, 2010

That’s right. According to a user called JkOnTheRun, there’s a simple way to fix all of your Nexus One 3G woes. Head into Settings, then Wireless Controls > Mobile Networks > Network Operators > and then “Select Automatically”.

This will make your Nexus One reestablish a connection with the T-Mobile 3G towers, and a good one as a matter of fact. Some users report getting 3G where they used to get EDGE. Try it out and comment here if everything works out okay?

[JkOnTheRun via BGR]

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Apple · Rumors

Leaked? Purported iPhone OS 4.0 screenshot and details

  • January 19, 2010

Since this is the iPhone after all, it’s big news. And so it goes without saying, before the iPhone comes the iPhone OS, and according to the secret *source*, Boy Genius as usual is trying to make the word “connects” part of the dictionary. One of his “connects” sent him this screenshot, displaying what is supposed to be iPhone OS 4.0. Details of the new OS is after the jump.

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Laptops · Sony

Sony VAIO Z Series: Core i7, 3.2 pounds, 4 SSDs, and 13.1 inches

  • January 19, 2010

Those are the main specs of the Sony VAIO Z Series coming to Europe in March. Meaning that sometimes after, the US should get it as well. This laptop is made out of carbon fiber. Carbon fiber! So it weighs only 3.2 pounds, and has a screen size of 13.1 inches, but can squeeze in a Core i7 CPU, and 4 SSDs in RAID 0 configuration. Oh, did I mention it had NVIDIA graphics and a 1920 x 1080 resolution? This is probably one of the most impressive designs in a computer for a long time. Although for all of this goodness, pricing is a concern, and there isn’t even one yet, but there are possible cheaper configurations in the shot after the break.

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Android · Mobile · Motorola

Motorola’s MOTOROI coming to the States in March

  • January 19, 2010

Watch out Nexus One? There’s another blockbuster  Android phone coming around, and it’s called the Motorola MOTOROI. Complete with Android 2.0, HDMI out, 3.7 inch WVGA display, 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash, and 720p video capture, the MOTOROI should be coming out worldwide in March, the USA included. If you’re excited about the MOTOROI, then check out the promo videos after the break!

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Cameras · Samsung

Samsung outs new TL, HZ, and SL-series cameras

  • January 18, 2010

Point-and-shoots. The lowest grade of camera. Inferior to DSLRs. But well priced. Moving on now, Samsung has released 5 of them (don’t ask how hard it is to write about 5 different cameras at once, thanks). Starting off, the HZ30W and HZ 35W both have a 12MP sensor, 15x optical zoom, a 24mm wide-angle lens, 3-inch AMOLED (or LCD) screen, and in the more expensive models, geo-tagging. The new HZ cameras are coming sometime in March for an unknown price.

The other two lines of cameras (which I will not go into because naturally, point-and-shoots are boring) will be sporting 12 or 14MP sensors, 720p video recording, 5x optical zoom, and some of Samsung’s image stabilization technology. those 2 series will launch sometime in February, for an unknown price. And I think I’ll leave it at that. Press releases after the jump. [Samsung] READ MORE

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