Jolla is known in the mobile industry for its unusual move. The MeeGo OS has been largely abandoned by Nokia and Jolla has decided to pick it up. To further improve its chance for success, Jolla has formed a strategic alliance with the development team behind Sailfish OS, a Linux-based platform. Jolla will soon reveal details related to Sailfish SDK …
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Future Smartphones
Kyocera DuraPlus is one tough smartphone with ruggedized body and push-to-talk capability. Released in Sprint’s network, the phone will support the Direct Connect service. Measuring at 24mm, the phone is unbelievably thick and bulky but its weight still feels acceptable at 116 grams. The Kyocera Duraplus has MIL STD 810 certification, so the phone should adequately resist humidity, temperature, vibration, …
Sofant Technologies has announced a revolutionary antenna design, which could transform the overall design of future tablets and smartphones. Despite the significantly smaller antenna size; short battery life, dropped calls and poor reception will be things of the past. Following years of development and research, Sofant is now aiming to license its innovative antenna design. Antenna technology hasn’t kept pace …
Supply chain is a frequent source of leaks and earlier rumors are reconfirmed with reports that Microsoft has been quietly developing the Surface Phone and it is expected to arrive on the market before Q3 2013. Microsoft’s close partnership with Nokia may not pan out as intended as early Lumia smartphones failed to gain traction in the highly competitive industry …
Qualcomm recently unveiled two new quad-core Snapdragon S4 platforms, MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q, which will be used for upcoming smartphone. The company revealed that these processors are direct successors to previous dual-core models: MSM8225 and MSM8625. These chips are highly optimized to allow phone makers upgrade their old Snapdragon S1 phone models to much more advanced dual- and quad-core S4 processors, …
Lumigon T2 is a smartphone, dominated by stainless steel and glass material. Sporting a minimalist design, the phone should appeal to style-conscious crowd. In case you’re curious, the Lumigon T2 is placed squarely in mid-range category with its 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 single-core processor, 3.8” display, Corning Gorilla Glass, and 8Mp of rear-facing camera. The camera can record 1080p videos …
We’ve heard and discussed wireless charging for a few years now and there were only limited implementations. But now, the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 support this new practical feature, making your smartphone much easier to charge than ever before. All users have to do is to place their handsets onto Nokia Wireless Charging Pillow, Nokia Wireless Charging Plate, …
According to recent survey, it appears that the new iOS 6 doesn’t do Apple any favor in user satisfaction category. The survey gathered data from 16,000 iPhone users in the United States and it appears, they are more satisfied with the iOS 5. While the drop is small, this is still noteworthy as new Apple’s releases are often wildly accepted. …
Samsung fans beware, it appears the TouchWiz UI is vulnerable to a special type of attack that erases all internal data, including SIM data. It is reported that a specific line of HTML code can trigger catastrophic data loss among Samsung device users. This can be triggered when users tap a link that contains data wipe command. Many Samsung users …
More details on Apple’s A6 processor have come to light and it was revealed recently that the chip is dual-core with triple-core GPU. More detailed examinations performed by iFixit and Chipworks revealed an interesting fact that the processor could be designed manually by hand. Modern processors are highly complicated and manual design works could prove to be time-consuming. Chipworks removed …