It seems like every time I look around some new images of the unannounced Nokia Lumia 1520 phablet are turning up. This time around, the leaked images are of higher quality than the images we saw back in late August. So far, there has been no official confirmation of any features of the device but […]
Someone was did an amazing job of predicting the future when they put that strange slot in the center of your dash. Spooky. [Reddit]
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Late last week, Wall Street Journal vets Jessica Lessin and Amir Efrati claimed that an Amazon phone launch was imminent, and that the handset would be free. Amazon has responded to those claims, stating that neither is true.
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Amazon has been rather quick to put rumors to rest, clarifying that the retailer giant has no plans to launch their own smartphone this year. And if they ever do release one, you can be sure it will not be offered for free as some have claimed, and would like, it to be. This statement […]
Roaming confusion has already caused the NSA to “accidentally” listen in on domestic calls, but according to a report from Spiegel, the organization is capable of a lot more. The German news magazine says it has seen evidence that the NSA can tap smartphones for SMS traffic, location data, contact list information and more. The claims, reportedly outlined in internal NSA documents, specifically call out iOS and BlackBerry devices as targets, describing the ability to access iPhone data by hacking a recently synced PC. BlackBerry access seems a bit more direct, Spiegel reports, suggesting that the NSA can tap into the BlackBerry email system. BlackBerry officials told Spiegel it wouldn’t comment on the allegations, but assured the news source that it hasn’t provided the NSA with a “‘back door’ pipeline to our platform.” Regardless, it’s a haunting claim — particularly for folks that use BlackBerry devices for their heavily touted security, but considering everything the NSA has been up to recently, we can’t say we’re entirely surprised.
Filed under: Cellphones, Blackberry
Via: Verge
Source: Spiegel
Canadians won’t have to wait much longer than their American counterparts to get their hands on the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear. Telus sends word that it will carry both Samsung devices on October 4th, just a few days after AT&T gets its turn at the Note 3. The carrier doesn’t yet have pricing. As for additional Canadian networks? We’ve reached out to Bell and Rogers for their launch details, and we’ll let you know when they have something to share. If history is any indication, though, other providers will quickly follow in Telus’ footsteps.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wearables, Mobile, Samsung
Source: Telus
Talk of new fingerprint scanning technology in the iPhone 5S may not be that far off the mark, with a new set of photos and some background from a biometric security expert lending weight to the chatter. The part photos were shared by Sonny Dickson, notorious for getting his hands on upstream Apple hardware and […]
One of the barriers to Lumia 1020 adoption in the US has been the high price; you’ve had to really love phone photography to justify spending $299 on-contract. That shouldn’t be an issue from now on, as both AT&T and Microsoft have permanently dropped the Nokia flagship’s price to $199 with a two-year agreement. If you buy from the Microsoft Store, you’ll even get a free black camera grip through a limited-time offer. The new pricing might not sway every Windows Phone fan when a next-gen Lumia may lurk just around the corner, but those who’ve been waiting for a good bargain on the 1020 will find one at the source links.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Microsoft, Nokia, AT&T
Via: Windows Phone Blog
Source: AT&T, Microsoft Store
VLC returned to iOS with big upgrades like AirPlay and Dropbox integration, but it left out a few of the very valuable features we’ve seen in other media players. The app’s new 2.1 update addresses several of those omissions in one fell swoop. VLC can now play audio-only files, and it will stream content from both UPnP devices and FTP servers. Even a few of the smaller additions could be quite useful for some viewers — there’s a video deinterlacing option, for example, as well as support for subtitles in non-Western languages. We’re sure that VLC 2.1 won’t please everyone, but iOS media lovers who held off on downloading 2.0 will want to give the update a closer look.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
Source: App Store
You’d think that the Lumia 1020’s 41-megapixel camera and unibody design would deter clone makers — how do you even get close to the real thing? That hasn’t stopped an anonymous Shenzhen company from giving it a shot, however. As you’d expect, this attempt at keepin’ it real fake is nowhere near as well-designed as the Nokia original. It’s housed in a crude two-piece shell and carries just a 2MP camera at the back. Most of the rear hump is occupied by “41-megaplxel” speakers and an attempted revival of Nokia’s XpressMusic badge. At least the Windows Phone-like Android launcher is more convincing. We’d advise against spending $69 on this knockoff for serious uses, although you may want one for the novelty; now that Microsoft is buying Nokia’s device business, it may the closest we get to an Android-based Nokia phone. Check out a second image of the clone after the break.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Nokia
Via: NokiaViews
Source: eBay
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