According to sources, Samsung Electronics is preparing to roll out a brand new identity at CES 2013 in coming January. Here are some hints. The present blue Samsung logo will go away, and shall be replaced by a new one in new individual colors that are said to represent the brand more as a global one, rather than just Korean....
Marko Ahtisaari has given a 30 min. interview for Mobile Geeks. The talk starts off directly with the design relationship that Nokia has with Microsoft. Further insight is given to the concept of finding inspiration for designs, and how projects take shape, how specific elements are looked at to aid in the development of new products from nearly every angle....
We’ve heard how Steve Jobs threatened a “thermonuclear war” to destroy the Android platform, which he considered a “stolen product”. Yet, the Steve P. Jobs Trust, managed by Job’s own wife, is making very good money from the sale of each Android flavored Motorola DROID branded phone. How ironic! The sale of Pixar to the Walt Disney Company on January...
On the way to 2013 Q1 launch of BlackBerry 10, the Canadian based manufacturer has announced that it has begun carrier testing of the OS. Currently, it has reached lab-entry with over 50 carriers. The fact is that the BlackBerry 10 OS is RIM’s last chance to keep the BlackBerry name relevant in the world of smartphones. We all know...
In America these days owning a patent is like holding a lottery ticket. Take Intercarrier Communications, from Texas, for example. These guys “boast” of an intellectual property portfolio consisting of one patent for something that they didn’t even invent, but ICC is taking a number of major corporations to court including Apple. The particular patent was granted in 2006 for...
For the T-Mobile customers hoping to use Wi-Fi calling on the upcoming LG Nexus 4, the sad news is that the device will not be supporting the feature. Nexus phones are generally developed without much input from the carriers, hence the gap. None of the other Nexus handsets supported the feature and neither shall the next Nexus phone, even if...
A new commercial from Samsung (check it here below) shows off the OEM’s latest lineup of Windows Phone products. The Korean manufacturer offers the Samsung ATIV S smartphone, the Samsung ATIV Tab tablet and the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro tablet. No, the Samsung ATIV S smartphone features a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED screen with resolution of 720 x 1280...
Most devices, and in general lots of the units around us, use plastic or metal, or here and there still wood, along with some newly developed materials as well in their design and build. That’s why seeing an unusual handset design, such as that of the ADzero bamboo smartphone, is as refreshing as taking a breath of fresh air on...
The new Samsung Nexus 10 uses the next-generation Exynos chipset – an Exynos 5 with two Cortex-A15 cores at 1.7GHz and Mali-604 GPU (the same chipset as the new Chromebook). As the next Samsung Galaxy S IV approaches, it’s rumored that it will use an Exynos 5 chipset, which is in fact bigger than we would have thought. It points...
Verizon, the USA largest carrier, is getting more actively involved with Windows Phone 8. A tipster sent a picture of the HTC 8X in ‘California Blue’, and the Nokia Lumia 822 in white. As you can see in the photo, both models are wearing the carrier’s name, which for the latter is not a surprise since the Nokia Lumia 822...
