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Orange UK launches registration page for Intel-based Santa Clara smartphone

Orange UK launches registration page for Intel-based Santa Clara smartphone

by on 14. May, 2012 in Misc

Intel announced their plans for mobile phones last year that will be powered by the company’s Medfield chipset. So far it seems that the first Intel-based smartphone has been launched in India as the Lava XOLO X900, but what happened to the Orange Santa Clara that was designated for the UK market? The good news [...]

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Foursquare for Blackberry updated with NFC support

Foursquare for Blackberry updated with NFC support

by on 03. May, 2012 in Misc

Blackberry users, if you’re fond of checking into the various locations that you go via foursquare, you will be pleased to learn that the app has recently received an update that will allow users to utilize the NFC feature found in some Blackberry handsets. The app will now allow users to check into locations that [...]

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Microsoft reassures developers of app compatibility with Windows Phone 8

Microsoft reassures developers of app compatibility with Windows Phone 8

by on 08. Apr, 2012 in Misc

While it might have been a logical assumption that current Windows Phone apps will work with the upcoming Windows Phone 8 “Apollo” update, it would appear as though there are some developers and users who have some lingering doubts about that. If you happen to fall into that camp of developers/users, fret not as Microsoft’s [...]

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Tap a Friend with Bump Pay for Cash

Tap a Friend with Bump Pay for Cash

by on 02. Apr, 2012 in Misc

Bump technologies has developed its own mobile payment app which as you might have already guessed, uses the Bump app to enable phone-to-phone cash transactions via PayPal. Bump got the idea from ING Direct which used its API to set up a service that could transfer money within the ING Direct network. If you were [...]

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Fujitsu set sights on Europe with new handsets

Fujitsu set sights on Europe with new handsets

by on 28. Feb, 2012 in Misc

Fujitsu of Japan knows that the world is a global village, and regardless of the continent, there is money to be made – with the right product, of course. Europe’s economy is not exactly in the pink of health at the moment, but that does not mean the Japanese giant has overlooked the continent. No [...]

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Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 to feature Liquipel

Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 to feature Liquipel?

by on 07. Feb, 2012 in Misc

Remember the smartphone waterproofing solution we covered last month called Liquipel? Well it looks like the company may become be more significant than we imagined – if the rumors from todaysiphone.com turn out to be true. According to its trusted sources, the next iPhone and the Galaxy S3 will both feature Liquipel treatment, rendering the [...]

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NTT DoCoMo Q Pot Phone SH 04D chocolate phone

NTT DoCoMo Q-Pot.Phone SH-04D chocolate phone

by on 28. Jan, 2012 in Misc

Roses and chocolates, or is it chocolates and roses? Unless your other half is neurotic enough to insist on the order of gifts which you give to her, it does not really matter. If she is a geek at heart who has dropped hints for the longest time (while you both reside in Japan, of [...]

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