Archives for January 10th, 2014
Samsung Galaxy S5 Could Include Head Gesture Controls
With the Samsung Galaxy S5 all but confirmed to arrive in March or April of this year, rumors about what to expect from the device are plentiful to say the least. A European patent that was recently spotted by Dutch website Galaxy Club reveals a new gesture control that would work by tracking your head movements. ...
Credo Mobile Releases Transparency Report In Wake of NSA Revelations
Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks shook the nation to its core and have created big questions among mobile phone users. The NSA’s collection of cellphone metadata, as well as other information, was done with the cooperation of mobile carriers. Customers understandably have begun to demand accountability from their providers. Credo Mobile announced today that it has ...
Analyst Claims New iPhones To Sport 4.7 Inch And 5.5 Inch Screens
Apple shipping an iPhone with a larger display isn’t a new rumor in any way, but the company just may be offering such devices this year. The latest claim by Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Brian J. White not only says that Apple may ship a 4.7 inch iPhone in 2014, but also a 5.5 inch iPhone ...
Watch a torn down Xperia Z1s being reassembled in detail
Sony launched the Xperia Z1s (C6916) earlier this week at CES and at one of its booths, the company demonstrated how to put together a handset that had been completely disassembled. The 27 minute video below does a good job of showing the process in detail and explaining what each of the parts do. Check ...
Sony Xperia Z Ultra Wi-Fi version benchmark hints at specs
We have already seen the Sony SGP412 model number appear back in November 2013, with strong hints that this will be a Wi-Fi version of the elegant Xperia Z Ultra. At the time, given the model number, we speculated that this version would sport internal storage of 32GB, but apart from that it would bear ...
Sony “on the offensive” as it targets US and China to help double Xperia volumes within two years
Sony is currently forecast to ship 42 million Xperia smartphones in FY13 (year to March 2014), however Sony’s Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai has ambitious targets going forward. Speaking to The Nikkei, Hirai believes that Sony can double the volumes of smartphones to 80 million units in FY15 (year to March 2016). He plans to achieve ...
Xperia C gets its first firmware update with build 16.0.B.2.6
The dual-SIM MediaTek powered Sony Xperia C (C2305) has up until now not received a single firmware update. The phone launched with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean on build version 16.0.B.0.21, however Sony is now rolling out a new update with build number 16.0.B.2.6 (still Android 4.2.2). The build number moves up from 16.0.B.0.XX to 16.0.B.2.X ...
Sony DK32 Magnetic Charging Dock for Xperia Z1 Compact
Sony provides separate magnetic charging docks for the Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra, so it’s no surprise that Sony will launch the Magnetic Charging Dock DK32 for the Xperia Z1 Compact shortly after the handset launches in February. Apart from size, the dock is no different to the DK30/DK31 docks for the Z Ultra and ...
Wi-Fi only Sony Xperia Z Ultra coming soon?
Sony phablet fans forgive me – I think the Sony Xperia Z Ultra is way too big to be carried around. And guess what – the Japanese company thinks that too. So it’s working on a Wi-Fi only model that will be sold like a tablet rather than a smartphone. Such device has already cleared the ...
BlackBerry opening the “Security Innovation Center” in Washington, D.C.
As part of the strategy to make its devices more secure than those made by competing handset makers, BlackBerry plans to establish the “Security Innovation Center” in Washington, D.C. The idea is not new and has been initially unveiled by CEO John Chen during the company’s recent quarterly results. At that time, Chen said that BlackBerry ...