Pocket-lint Podcast #85 – Motorola RAZR Maxx, Panasonic and E3
The hottest tech topics of the week
In this week’s podcast the Linters look at the impact Panasonics’ poor financial results for the last fiscal year will have on the plasma TV market, and wonder whether it will be able to continue to fend off cheaper alternatives.
Plus, we get our hands on the Motorola RAZR Maxx [...]
Baidu Cloud Smartphone
Kaiser Kuo, writing for Baidu Beat:
Chief among the Cloud-based services that Baidu Cloud offers,
Baidu will provide every purchaser of the handset with 100 gigs of
free personal storage through Baidu Netdrive. This will allow
users to capture multimedia content and upload it instantly to the
Cloud. In addition, the handset will include Baidu Music, Baidu
Map, Baidu Mobile IME [...]
HTC Ville C specs leaked: Cheaper alternative to the HTC One S?
Another ICS money saver
HTC looks to be working on another “affordable” Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, after specs for an HTC Ville C were leaked on the net.
Described as being an “ultra-slim PDA phone”, sources are proclaiming the HTC Ville C to be a cheaper alternative to the HTC One S, which itself was called [...]
Samsung Galaxy S III official TV advert debuts
We prefer the phone
Samsung’s official Galaxy S III advert has been unveiled, as the mobile world prepares for the phone’s arrival on 30 May.
The 60-second commercial – which is sure to appear on every advert break for the foreseeable future -concentrates more on what kind of person will use the phone, rather than the specs [...]
T-Mobile reveals Samsung Galaxy S III pricing
NOT free on contract
T-Mobile has finally announced its pricing for the Samsung Galaxy S III before it arrives on 30 May.
The operator is the last of the main UK networks to reveal its price plans and unlike its competitors the phone won’t actually be available free on contract.?
Available on a 24-month Full Monty plan at [...]
Huawei launches the Ascend Y 100 and the G 7105 exclusively with O2
Cheap as chips
O2 will be the exclusive vendor for both the Huawei Ascend Y 100 and the Huawei G7105, as the manufacturer again caters for an entry-level audience.
While not of the same calibre as the excellent Huawei Ascend G300, the Ascend Y 100 is again an Android-powered smartphone running on Gingerbread 2.3. The handset sports [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9320 officially leaked, on sale in the UK soon
For the socially connected
Research In Motion has revealed the BlackBerry Curve 9320 – a new device it claims is a “stylish new smartphone for the socially-connected.”
The new handset, which was previously revealed in the UK by T-Mobile by mistake, has befallen a second mistaken reveal by RIM on its blog, but not before the details [...]
Orange’s Intel processor Android phone edges closer
Pre-register now
The arrival of the Orange Santa Clara appears imminent, as customers can now register their interest on the operator’s website.
The Orange Santa Clara is an Android phone within the same price bracket as the hugely successful Orange San Francisco?-?that is to say lower-end.?Yet you wouldn’t think so by looking at the specs.
Kitted out with [...]
Bowers & Wilkins P3 headphones pictures and hands-on
Best in show
Bowers & Wilkins is known for its ultra-high-quality hi-fi systems. Behind the likes of the world-beating Nautilus speaker, it has moved its audio expertise to the headphones, first with the P5s and now the newly launched P3s.?
The build quality on these headphones is astounding. At ?169 they aren’t cheap but nor are they [...]
Pocket-lint Podcast #83 – Samsung Galaxy S III eyewitness account special
Plus, Laurence Dallaglio interviewed
Pocket-lint spent some quality time with the Samsung Galaxy S III a couple of days before its official launch, so the team focuses on that, revealing some of the features and details that makes the new handset so exciting.
Plus, we interview none other than the ex-England rugby captain and sporting legend Laurence [...]
