The Market May Experience a Shortage of 5” 1080p Panels in 2013
HTC
This would be worrying news for any high resolution display lover. It has been rumored that one key manufacturer of 1080p displays, Sharp, is having troubles keeping up with demands. This could directly affect the availability of high-resolution superphones. It should be noted that this isn’t an official report and there’s a possibility that it isn’t true. The Sharp Aquos …
Nvidia Tegra 4 SoC is Officially Announced
New Smartphone
Nvidia CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang appeared on the CES to announce the upcoming Nvidia Tegra 4 system-on-chip for mobile devices. The new product proves that Nvidia won’t be messing around in this industry and it’s claimed that the new quad-core SoC will outperform anything currently available in the market, including Apple’s powerful A6X chipset. Nvidia Tegra chips have been used on …
Samsung GT-I9600 is Revealed Through Benchmark Results
Android
It’s a guarantee that Samsung is a preparing a wide range of devices, although the company may not be planning to introduce a flagship in both CES 2013 and MWC 2013. After the GT-Q1000 was spotted moments after the New Year’s Day, another enigmatic handset called the GT-I9600 has also appeared on the NenaMark 2 benchmark results. The new device …
Corning Will Introduce Gorilla Glass 3 in CES 2013
New Smartphone
Glass may seem like a mundane material, but it has a vital role in 21st century technology including in the mobile industry. Its excellent transparency property never gets in the way of our visual enjoyment. Manufactured by Corning, the Gorilla Glass is widely considered by experts and consumers in the mobile industry as glass on steroids. The product has protected …
Upcoming Hyundai Cars Will Use Smartphones as Keys
New Smartphone
If you keep on misplacing the car keys, future smartphones can help you unlock the door. Researchers at Hyundai have developed an innovative system that allows smartphones to work as car keys. The technology will be ready for commercial use within couple of years. Instead of Bluetooth, the method is based on NFC (New Field Communication), which allows users to …
Samsung Focus Flash Review
New Smartphone
Packing a 3.7” Super-AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor and Mango, the Samsung Focus Flash looks rather unassuming in this Windows Phone 8 era. Even with its plastic-dominated body, the Samsung Focus Flash surprisingly feels nice in out hands. The Adreno 205 GPU won’t do much to help the Focus Flash keeps pace with the likes of HTC 8X and Nokia …
S-Memo on Rooted Devices Store Passwords in Plain Text
New Smartphone
If you have a rooted Samsung smartphone and S Memo in it, then your username and password will be stored in plain text. This is obviously a scary discovery and further signifies the drawback for having a rooted smartphone. There always are a few security risks that may come along with a custom modified device. If you fail to check …
Easter Egg In Android 4.2 Unlocks A New Interactive Daydream
Android
One new exciting features of Jelly Bean (Android 4.2) is the Daydream, which is essentially a built-in screensaver. The Daydream is activated when the device is docked or connected to a charger. It turns out that Google has hidden a rather interesting Easter Egg within the Daydream. Google regularly hides version art in each Android version release since Gingerbread. Users …