Posted By Malcolm Owen On February 3, 2012 at 6:37 pm ADD COMMENTS

Just when you thought there couldn’t be another Galaxy-named product from Samsung, they announce the Galaxy S Advance.

A dual-core 1.0Ghz processor, 4.0″ Super AMOLED display, Gingerbread and a 3.5mm headphone socket appears to be the main draws, but then there’s also the 5MP camera, Samsung’s “TouchWiz” UI and “Find My Phone”.
That last feature appeals as [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On December 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm Comments Off

Proporta, thanks to their access to the Built for Blackberry programme, have shown off their latest creations. They include for the Bold 9900, Torch and some Curves.
I do have to say, they look pretty good.

Lynnette Prigmore, the head of product at Proporta, saved me writing a whole paragraph of filler by saying:
“With a solid customer base [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On November 8, 2011 at 11:02 pm Comments Off

I fancy an icecream sandwich.  Sadly, all I have is a press release about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus being released in the UK on the 17th of November.
Featuring FacePalm Facelock (Unlocking your handset by showing it your face) a 720p 4.65″ HD Super AMOLED display, a hefty amount of Google+ integration and a thickness of [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On March 26, 2011 at 6:37 pm Comments Off

Remember Photosynth? The Microsoft project that allowed you to have “3D-ish” views of events based on a massive amount of photographs taken at the same time? Well, some impressive bods have managed to do the same but on a smaller scale…

This time, Microsoft researchers have come up with a version that actually extrapolates 3D data [...]

Posted By Justin Lee On November 24, 2010 at 6:55 pm Comments Off

LG Electronics Canada today announced the launch of the LG Optimus One high performance smartphone, now available in Canada. The LG Optimus One comes with the Android 2.2 operating system, Google’s newest and fastest platform which offers a 2-3 times better performance than previous versions of Android.
“LG has delivered what customers really want [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On September 15, 2010 at 11:39 pm Comments Off

HTC has announced the Desire HD and Desire Z, along with “connected services” through HTCSense.com
The new handsets are fairly hefty upgrades to the Desire. The HD gets the capability to do 720p HD video recording thanks to it’s 8MP camera. On the other hand, the Z (apparently it does not stand for Zoolander) gets a [...]

Posted By Malcolm Owen On September 14, 2010 at 9:13 pm 1 COMMENT

Do you feel that you aren’t getting enough giant robots in your life? Well, the Softbank 945SH is now Gundam themed to celebrate 30 years of cartoons involving fighting in space using mobile suits.

The phone has tones and sounds similar to the anime series and it looks like it could easily be in it.
But wait, what if [...]