Next iPhone in Final Testing Stage, Launches in September

Word has it that Apple is currently in the final testing stage, that being the AP stage, of their next generation iPhone. This means that the device is being carried around by high-level Apple and carrier executives, and we can expect the phone by September. This set of factoids comes from a source speaking with 9to5Mac that’d previously been “accurate” in providing inside tips. This news also came attached to some Verizon bits including the idea that Verizon and Apple have yet to strike...

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Samsung: Olympic edition smartphone coming in 2012

Photo : pocket-lint.com Samsung has outlined its plans as Official Wireless Telecommunications Partner of the London 2012 Olympic Games, and one of the big announcements is that it will be releasing a special edition smartphone in the UK. Speaking at the company's Olympic campaign press conference, with Pocket-lint (and David Beckham) in attendance, David Song, managing director of Samsung UK and Ireland, said that the company will be grasping the opportunity to help the Games be the most technologically...

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iPhone 5 to go completely SIM-free with August release?

The iPhone 5 could do away with SIM cards altogether according to new rumours trickling in from Macotakara and Apple Insider. Only last week Stephane Richard (CEO of France Telecom, owners of Orange) had revealed that the iPhone 5 was sure to be slimmer than the iPhone 4, but still felt the SIM card was an integral and important part of the picture. Now it seems the Cupertino-based firm are sidestepping SIM technology altogether in an attempt to make the handset as thin as possible. Macotakara,...

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Five Gadgets Your Smartphone Will Replace

The smartphone is what's called a convergence device: It's where multiple different gadgets converge, becoming one. And I've got apps on my Android smartphone that turn it into a camera, a camcorder, an MP3 player, a calculator, and even a flashlight. Most of you already know that smartphones are starting to replace these gadgets. But you may be surprised at the territory our phones are now encroaching on: 5. Tablets "Say what?" you ask. "Isn't the iPad the fastest-selling gadget of all time?" Why,...

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Samsung Demand to see Apple iPhone 5 and iPad 3

The legal battle between Samsung and Apple has taken another twist after judges gave Apple the right to look at various Samsung patent to check for breaches of copyright. Although Samsung went along with this request they haven’t taken it lying down and have demanded the right to look at Apple’s upcoming products before their official release date. Samsung believe if they can see the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 before they are released it would mean less chance of legal problems in the future. Earlier...

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Get Your Game On With Sony’s Xperia Play Android Phone

Mothers, lock up your gamers. The PlayStation phone has arrived. And while it’s a bit on the chubby side, we think that, for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, big is beautiful. You could almost call the Xperia Play the shorter, fatter cousin to the svelte Xperia Arc, which Sony Ericsson once described as the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” At .62 inches, the Play looks positively bulky compared to its Xperia-line relatives — a veritable Jan Brady to the Arc’s Marcia. But Sony Ericsson had to make some...

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HTC Sensation review: HTC Sense 3.0, hardware and operation

HTC’s brand new dual-core Android phone has launched in the UK exclusively through Vodafone at the moment, with the HTC Sensation featuring Android 2.3.3 running on a dual-core 1.2GHz processor, a 4.3″ contoured display, the very latest 3.0 update of the company’s Sense user interface and an aluminium “unibody” construction. It is very exciting and we were rather intimated and terrified at the prospect of reviewing such a new and important Android phone. However… …the bottom line is the HTC...

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1923 Leica 0-series becomes world's most expensive camera, fetches $1.89 million at auction

Just when we thought ancient wooden boxes were all the rage among camera collectors, a compact beauty has shattered our theories -- this 1923 Leica 0-series just sold at auction for €1,320,000, or about 1.89 million in US money. Curiously enough, the exact same auction house reportedly sold the exact same camera four years ago: No. 107, the first Leica to be exported, allegedly for a patent application inspection in New York. In 2007, it fetched a...

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play hits O2 after two month delay

O2 launch Xperia Play with exclusive white handset The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play has finally launched on O2 in the UK almost two months after the gaming-centric smartphone launched on other networks. O2 has today confirmed the availability of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play having held the handset back for almost two months from its official release due to issues it had with the device’s software. The bubbly network will exclusive host the Xperia Play in white whilst also offering the portable...

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TomTom GO Live 820 and 825 GPS Devices for Europe

 TomTom launches two new GPS devices for the Europe market, the GO Live 820 and the GO Live 825. Both devices come with one year of TomTom’s LIVE Service including the TomTom HD Traffic that offes accurate traffic information every two minutes. The Service also includes the Speed Cameras service, providing mobile and fixed speed camera alerts, while Local Search helps to pinpoint shops and businesses in the area. There are also QuickGPSfix that helps drivers to start navigation in seconds. The...

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