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Review: Windows 8 a big misstep for Microsoft

The venerable PC is at a crossroads. Sales growth has slowed to a crawl. And consumers and developers are increasingly turning their time and attention to smartphones and tablets.

Technology / Software

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (30) | comments 52

Samsung tablet concept shows a see-through, bendable future (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Samsung smartphone-ish, tablet-ish sized device is see-through, bends at will, and changes size according to what kind of app you want to use. Lest we forget, the device translates, explores, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Microsoft puts finger on 1ms touchscreen (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Touchscreen features in smartphones and tablets are satisfying perks in going wireless and mouse-less in mobile computing, but now Microsoft wants to make people aware of how much more satisfying ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Review: Sony's new PlayStation Vita disappoints

With the PlayStation Vita, Sony has attempted to infuse a traditional handheld game machine with some of the smartphone and tablet features that have made gaming on those devices so popular lately.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 1.9 / 5 (28) | comments 6

Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core chip stokes tablet wars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia has launched its Tegra 3, the quad-core chip designed for mobile devices. Tech and investor blogs were busy yesterday assessing what this means for upcoming tablets and smartphones ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Religion riskier than porn for online viruses: study

Web wanderers are more likely to get a computer virus by visiting a religious website than by peering at porn, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 20

HzO demos cell phone water-proofing product (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A company called HzO has unveiled what it calls an invisible vapor coating for electronic and other devices to prevent water damage, this week at the New York Press Preview prior to the annual ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Android mug shots have no lock and key

(PhysOrg.com) -- If Google loyalists will persist that this Internet Goliath can do no evil, they at least need to admit, based on new evidence this week, that Google can do a lot of mindless harm. A security ...

Technology / Software

created Mar 04, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Taiwan's HTC unveils smartphone with powerful camera

Taiwan's HTC on Monday unveiled the smartphones that it said would allow users to "retire" their digital cameras, as it sought to fight back against rivals Apple and Samsung.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Cambridge team uses solar cells in OLED screen to power smartphones

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the world's showroom floors crammed with prototype smartphones promising advanced functions, bigger displays, stunning resolution, wouldn’t you think the biggest crowd-pleasers would ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Review: Samsung Galaxy Note a too-big phone, too-small tablet

When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note in September, the South Korean tech giant pitched the Note as a gadget that offers the best of a smartphone and a tablet in one groundbreaking new category of device.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 03, 2012 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (15) | comments 13

Quad-core Snapdragon S4 is firing up for laptop wars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google is moving toward social; Facebook is moving to search; and now the chip kings are doing a similar dance into different territory. Intel is muscling in on smartphones and Qualcomm wants ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Crowds create Wikipedia-style maps of the world

When Benjamin Gleitzman moved from New York to the San Francisco Bay area, he used a talking turn-by-turn driving app to guide him across the country. In the middle of Wyoming, the voice told him to turn left ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3

New smart e-book system more convenient than paper-based books

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced today that its research team headed by Professor Howon Lee from the IT Convergence Research Institute has developed a technology that will ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Intel, Micron introduce world's first 128Gb NAND device and mass production of 64Gb 20nm NAND

Intel Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc., today announced a new benchmark in NAND flash technology - the world's first 20 nanometer (nm), 128 gigabit (Gb), multilevel-cell (MLC) device. The companies ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Smartphone

A smartphone is a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities, often with PC-like functionality (PC-mobile handset convergence). There is no industry standard definition of a smartphone. For some, a smartphone is a phone that runs complete operating system software providing a standardized interface and platform for application developers. For others, a smartphone is simply a phone with advanced features like e-mail, Internet and e-book reader capabilities, and/or a built-in full keyboard or external USB keyboard and VGA connector. In other words, it is a miniature computer that has phone capability.

Growth in demand for advanced mobile devices boasting powerful processors, abundant memory, large screens and open operating systems has outpaced the rest of the mobile phone market for several years.

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