Today Intel has revealed their plans for the Bay Trail collection of Atom Z3000 Series Processors, making clear that they’re aiming for devices that are small but powerful. This line of SoC is headed for tablets, phones, and everything in-between packing Intel’s newest Silvermont architecture for next-generation processing finesse. This is not Intel’s first move […]
Yesterday, we saw Apple introduce a new plastic iPhone. Why plastic? Because it’s cheaper, sure. But Apple’s shrewd decision to use plastic is about more than just money.
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So you say you’re in the market for a new tablet, but you’ve found the customizations available with the Motorola Moto X smartphone to be the bees knees? You may be in luck – there’s a tip from a very, very brief set of words exchanged between Engadget and Dennis Woodside this week that suggests […]
It’s one of the oldest tricks
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Motorola’s not just pinning its hopes on the success of its new smartphone, the Moto X, it’s also going after tablets. As CEO Dennis Woodside told Engadget at the company’s Fort Worth facility, “That’s something we are working on, but [there’s] nothing specific to talk about right now.” While we’re sure this new Moto tablet X will be a far cry from the company’s past Xoom and Xyboard efforts, it’s not clear if the device will be available to consumers through Moto Maker, the company’s made-to-order site. But with Woodside and other Motorola’s execs insistence that customization is the way forward, chances are you’re likely to see the in-the-works slate arrive with various configuration options. There’s also a likelihood Motorola could release a phablet-sized Moto X. Woodside said the company also plans to explore other form factors that incorporate “some of the design cues, as well as technologies, from the Moto X[.]”
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way: Motorola had picked the date for its Fort Worth, Texas facility’s dedication ceremony first. But then Apple went ahead to claim the date and stole the day’s spotlight with its new iPhone reveals. No matter, as the gathering of press, factory workers and bold-faced names — Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Texas Gov. Rick Perry — seemed minorly preoccupied with the major news of the day. We were in the midst of Nokia’s old manufacturing plant, after all, now the birthplace of all custom-made Moto X’s and there was the spirit of American manufacturing to celebrate.
To drive that point home, some very Springsteen-ish tunes were pumped over the loudspeakers as we all patiently awaited the end of Cupertino’s product showcase and the start of Motorola’s “we can too make it in the USA” toldja moment. I even half-expected Miley Cyrus to jump onstage with an assortment of teddy bears brandishing raver-hued Moto X’s. She didn’t and an Americana Twitter-trending hashtag moment was missed. Still there was one exceptional and unscripted highlight waiting in the wings. It wasn’t CEO Dennis Woodside nose-thumbing at those unnamed rivals that said US-based production could and would never happen. Nor was it Schmidt’s patriotic pledge to the Texas facility: “This is a bet we’re taking on America … on Texas [and] on this incredible workforce that’s assembled here. We think this is a very, very safe bet.” No. It was the moment Woodside presented Gov. Perry with a Moto X — designed with Texan colors — and Perry, in response, unceremoniously spiked his iPhone to the floor below. Yes, the moment is caught on tape.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Google
We hate to open too negatively here, but let’s just say that this seems like one of those ideas that’s just too good to be true. But heck, much stranger things have happened in the world of consumer electronics, and certainly the maker and crowdfunding communities have gone a ways toward helping us rethink our devices. What about a smartphone that could score a 10 every time iFixit teared it down? A simple, modular handset that you could configure and reconfigure it to your heart’s content and upgrade simply instead of throwing it all away? Phoneblok is still firmly in the chipper YouTube video concept phase, but its creators are hoping that, with enough social push at the same time, the company will be able to attract some big names to its big idea. Crazy? Sure. But crazier things have happened.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Source: Phone Bloks
The dust has settled on Apple’s 2013-era iPhone launch, so it’s time that we delved into what the damage is here in ‘ol Blighty. EE, along with its buddies Orange and T-Mobile, has confirmed that it’ll carry both the iPhone 5s and 5c from launch. LTE contract users who are six months into their EE deal will also be able to take advantage of the conveniently-announced Swap service. O2 has said that customers will be able to use O2 Refresh to upgrade their handset from launch, and Vodafone and Three have both given the thumbs-up to carrying the pair of handsets. No-one’s talking about specific contract pricing, but we expect carriers will drip-feed this information in poker-faced chunks between now and the September 20th launch date.
| iPhone off-contract pricing (UK) | 16GB | 32GB | 64GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone 5s | £549 | £629 | £709 |
| iPhone 5c | £469 | £549 | N/A |
| Prices subject to change | |||
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Apple
Source: Apple
Apple’s unsurprising debut of the colorful iPhone 5C has added another layer of complexity to the phone-buying conundrum: you will now be judged not only for your choice of OS, but according to girls’ mag Cosmopolitan, also for the color. Here’s what we think each color will say about you.
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Apple had two phones and the final iteration of its mobile OS to show off, so it’d be forgiven for letting smaller news slip through the cracks — especially when it’s the termination of an older service. It looks like not many people were in need of Cupertino’s Cards app, which launched alongside the iPhone 4S back in October 2011. In case you forgot, iPhone (or iPad) users could send an ole-fashioned greeting card through the app interface which would then be sent via snail mail. Apple’s official support page confirms that the service is being shuttered, but reminds us that it still has a Hallmark alternative and that we can make “beautiful letterpress cards customized with your photos and text using iPhoto on your Mac.” At $2.99 per greeting in the US (or $4.99 to send it globally) the service wasn’t cheap, so perhaps you’d already resorted to sending your photos and greetings digitally (and for free) on iMessage — Apple publicly launched its messenger app at the very same event.
Filed under: Cellphones, Software, Mobile, Apple
Via: 9to5Mac
Source: Apple
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