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 [...]
Wi-Fi blocking wallpaper to paper over security concerns
Cellular and radio signals allowed
A wallpaper that blocks Wi-Fi signals is being developed to help protect people’s networks, whether at work or in the home.
Although the paper will stop skinflint neighbours from jumping on board your Wi-Fi signal, the wallpaper has been designed in such a way as to still enable both mobile phone signals [...]
V.me: Visa Europe’s digital wallet and PayPal rival to hit UK in Autumn
Officially dated
V.me is Visa Europe’s answer to PayPal and Google Wallet, and the company has confirmed that it will be launching the service in the UK in Autumn this year. It will allow consumers to store the details of a number of cards, not just Visa-branded, in their own digital wallet, which can then be [...]
Another Samsung Galaxy S3 image appears – thank the heavens there’s only two more days to go
Bigger than the Galaxy S II
We suspect this may not be the last of them before the Samsung Galaxy S3 (or Samsung Galaxy S III, as it could turn out to be called) will be finally unveiled – on Thursday 3 May – but another “leaked” picture of what is purportedly the most sought-after Android [...]
Microsoft’s Mobile Comeback Is Looking Terrible
Dan Frommer:
One troubling sign: Even now, more than a year after Microsoft
started shipping Windows Phone 7 devices, U.S. mobile customers
are getting rid of Microsoft devices faster than they’re buying
new ones.
In the three months ending in February, Microsoft’s share of U.S.
smartphone subscribers was 3.9%, according to comScore. That’s
down from 5.2% last November and 7.7% last February.
One [...]
Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi R205 device now even faster
Personal hotspot on the go
Vodafone has upgraded its mobile Wi-Fi device, meaning faster speeds when using your own personal versatile hotspot.
The Mobile Wi-Fi R205 enables users to download, browse the web or check emails remotely without having to rely on 3G.?
Of course you’ll need a Vodafone signal, but the operator promises speeds of up to [...]
Pocket-lint Podcast #78 – iPad 4G refunds, PlayStation 4 Orbis and Vint Cerf…
Includes interview with Ubisoft
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It’s a big welcome to a new Pocket-linter this week as contributing editor Danny Brogan makes in debut in a discussion that includes the Apple ipad 4G advertising woes.
The team also [...]
Best Android utilities apps
Smartphone essentials
These are the apps that should be the bread and butter of your smartphone. They speed up the day-to-day happenings of your mobile and aid you in going about your business. Everything from list-making to money management and 3G monitoring is here.
Most of these apps are free and all should be a day one [...]
APP OF THE DAY: Popcorn Horror review (iPhone/Android)
Be afraid…
With big-screen smartphones comes the possibility of big-screen entertainment and today’s App of the Day on Pocket-lint is an example of just that. There’s even the popcorn to prove it. So, if you like a bit of horror or grindhouse is your thing, then get your headphones in and prepare for your blood to [...]
OLED Bluetooth Fashion Bracelet for ladies comes with Caller ID and hang-up
New angle bangle
It’s refreshing to see a gadget designed with women in mind that isn’t either garishly pink or purposely styled to match a handbag/miniature dog combination. It’s also refreshing to find one that’s as tech-laden as it is fashionable. And we think the?Ladies Bluetooth Fashion Bracelet is such a device.
Essentially a plain, conventional bangle, [...]
