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The PlayStation Phone Is a Button Masher’s Dream
What’s so hot about this phone, then? For one, Sony Ericsson has almost done away with its horrendous UI which so-clogged its X10 last year. It’s still lurking on there, but that’s no bad thing. Flick the homescreen right, and you’ll see the media player which is part of MediaScape; otherwise it’s just their special [...]
Inq Cloud Touch preview
We can’t accuse Inq of having the best timing in the world — the company announced its new Facebook-centric Cloud Touch and Cloud Q phones at about the same time that HP was busy blowing minds with its new webOS range in San Francisco. We’ve gotten to grips with the 3.5-inch touchscreen-equipped Cloud Touch and [...]
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo put through its paces on video
The rumored Xperia Neo still isn’t official — we think we’re probably looking at MWC next week for that — but there are enough floating around at this point so that they’re getting tested pretty thoroughly (or, at least as thoroughly as you can test a pre-production device). The latest tidbit comes via a series [...]
Sprint and Samsung prepping a candy-bar-style QWERTY smartphone
A trio of images have surfaced online that show Samsung is working on a portrait-style QWERTY handset running Android. Borrowing a bit from the form factor of the long-forgotten Samsung Blackjack, the device seems to feature a screen in the vicinity of 3.1 inches. At this size, we’re looking at HGVA resolution (320×480), which isn’t [...]
HTC leaks suggest big, small, buttonless, and Brew MP-based phones are on the way
All things considered, HTC doesn’t do the best job of protecting its roadmap; indeed, the slides that leaked a little over a year ago ended up doing a fabulous job of showing us what was in the pipe for 2010, so we wouldn’t doubt the massive spread that PocketNow published. We’ve got a device that [...]
Sony Ericsson eyes fresh Android start in 2011
Like many of you, I’ve watched the rumors of a PlayStation Phone spread across the Internet over the last few weeks. After a so-so 2010 for Sony Ericsson, this is exactly the type of device that could cement Sony Ericsson as a top Android contender. That is, if they get it right. Ask any Android [...]
Sony’s PlayStation Phone gets in-depth preview in China, PlayStation Pocket app in tow
Well, that was quick. It was just two days ago when the elusive PlayStation Phone popped up on a Hong Kong forum, and now it’s back again in full exposure thanks to Chinese website IT168. It’s now confirmed that said Xperia-branded device is powered by a Qualcomm Adreno 205 GPU, along with what’s likely to [...]
ViewPad 4 Tablet Is Really a 4.1″ Android-Based Smartphone
What’s the definition of a tablet these days? Generally, most tablets are between 7″ and 12″, but ViewSonic has us wondering if that’s the case. The company has just introduced what they’re calling a new tablet at CES. The ViewPad 4 is joining the ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10. You could probably guess, but the [...]
Samsung Galaxy S first smartphone to be Wi-Fi Direct certified
Samsung has generally been on the cutting edge when it comes to giving its smartphones the latest and greatest in terms of compatibility, with the Omnia being the first DivX certified handset in America this month two years ago. Now, it’s looking to wrangle yet another first, with this one having the potential to be [...]
The PlayStation Phone
It’s hard to believe that what we’re looking at is real — but we assure you, the picture above is in fact the PlayStation Phone you’ve long been waiting for. As we reported back in August, the device you see is headed into the market soon, likely boasting Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread), along with a [...]