Tag Archives : Mobile phone

Foursquare Android app users could now check in on Foursquare with their voices. It’s a speech-to-check in feature integrated by Vlingo and this absolutely is a time saver. With the new app, Android users can speak a simple “check in to < place name>” command from the home screen . The command will make Vlingo to automatically pull up the location in question, and other nearby venues, [...]

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Beware of those imprints Trojans and viruses may be soon a security threat of pasts. The smudges, mostly due to the oily residue left behind by fingers on your touchscreen mobile device may help an attacker deduce your password according to a study  by the University of Pennsylvania. The researchers studied two different Android smartphones, the HTC G1 and the HTC Nexus1, evaluating different [...]

Samsung Galaxy S ad Not content with the  marketing gimmick of  announcing free Samsung Galaxy S devices to disgruntled iPhone users,  in the latest ad for its Galaxy S smartphone, Samsung simply says “Hello,”  but, it  features bars of network characters making up the Ls in the word Hello and but everyone who has seen  and heard (who  hasnt) about  the signal issues on the iPhone 4  [...]

Antennagate has seen Apple sparring with its rivals which started when the new iPhone 4 reception problems began. Nokia took a dig by releasing a tongue-in-cheek ‘How do you hold your Nokia?’ feature , Steve Jobs retaliated during the iPhone 4 press conference and presented data that showed that its competitors phones, including Samsung Omnia II faced the issues which was quickly rebutted by [...]

Nokia might  have had a laugh at Apple expense for iPhone 4′s “death grip” woes, nevertheless, as it was pointed out in the same article Nokia phones are not immune to the issue and various videos and pictures have been circulating supporting the claim, a report from Consumer Report further strengthens the claim. In a study carried out by Consumer Report, it has been pointed [...]

iPhone Couple of days after the lawsuits started trickling in, Apple has given a press release stating that iPhone 4 reception problem is a software issue, until now Apple had indirectly blamed the user for holding the device in a particular fashion which interfered with the cellular signal.  Apple will be releasing the software fix in few days. The issue according to Apple  is that the device [...]

Nokia Nokia has released a tongue-in-cheek ‘How do you hold your Nokia?’ feature clearly taking a dig at Apple for comments made by Steve Jobs about how users experiencing reception problems on their new iPhone 4 devices should avoid taking a grip that blocks the antenna. “The key function on any Nokia device is its ability to make phone calls. After all, that’s why we [...]

Image via CrunchBase Spotify, the hugely popular peer-to-peer music streaming service which has recently opened the doors wider to the free service has updated its app for Android Mobile OS, the latest version 0.4.04 went functional yesterday afternoon. Spotify’s iPhone app also was updated recently. Andres Sehr, Marketing and Communications Manager, Spotify, wrote on its website. “This [...]

Image via Wikipedia HTC Wildfire smart phone which  is a lower cost alternative to the Taiwan based company’s  HTC Desire and HTC Legend models will now be available on mobile carrier Vodafone as well along with Virgin Media, Three and T-Mobile. Vodafone has announced that  it’s going to be selling the all-new HTC Wildfire.it has created a dedicated webpage giving  the lowdown [...]