It’s finally happened that embattled Blackberry Maker, Research in Motion, has lost the 4th spot of mobile handset manufacturers to Apple. Figures from IDC and published by Engadget show that the league table now stands as… Nokia Samsung LG Apple RIM …and given their recent and ongoing troubles, we can expect to see Nokia lose the [...]
Tidbits From The World Of Mobile Phones, Circa: Now [part 2]
This is the continuation of the last post that rounds up the latest on the popular smartphones of the moment. Of course, their smartness is highly relative – like whether your last phone had a color display or not and whether the rock that was over you was volcanic in origin. There’s a lot happening [...]
Tidbits From The World Of Mobile Phones, Circa: Now
With so much going on in the mobile phone industry, I have decided to do a bit of a comprehensive round up. This is an essential update of all the intriguing new phones that you have had your eyes on. Like the X6, the N900, the HD2, etc. This is a strictly non-Apple/iPhone update, mainly [...]
Sony Ericsson’s Kurara Is More than What You Think It Is
Remember Kurara? That phone from Sony Ericsson That got leaked right after the XPERIA X10 came out from behind the veil? Well, we had it pegged down as an ordinary phone that is the stripped down, cheaper version of the Aino megaphone. Turns out that that is not the case at all. It is actually [...]
New HD-Capable Sony Ericsson Phone Leaked (Twice Already): Kurara
Right after Sony Ericsson made the XPERIA X10 (AKA Rachael/X3) official, the rumor mill threw out another leak at us. This time it is as model called the Kurara. Kurara seems to be the basic version of the flagship model Satio. For those who don’t know, Satio is a new phone from Sony Ericsson that [...]
The Snapdragon So Far: Big Phones
The Qualcomm Snapdragon seems to be on its way to becoming the Atom of the smartphone world. With a clock speed of 1GHz and a low-power ARM design, this chip is fast becoming the mainstay of big new smartphones that are big on everything. However, more processing power always means less battery life and the [...]
Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10: Review
Finally, Sony Ericsson’s Rachael has become official. The amount of speculation and expectation that this phone had behind it, I was almost apprehensive about the entire thing. It might’ve been a huge let down. But thankfully, the leaks have been pretty accurate and now we are looking at a stunner of a phone. Yes people, [...]
XPERIA X3/Rachael/X10 Media UI Video Leaks
Just about a day ahead of the big launch, a video showing off the XPERIA’s media capabilities was leaked. Seems like it will pose a definite threat to the iPhone. It looks a lot like the Zune HD’s UI and no one thnks it is a coincidence. Still, even that is a good thing because [...]
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 AKA Rachael AKA X10 AKA Coming November 3 [?] [Updated]
Update: New teaser Video posted by Sony, embedded at the end of the article. So you know, the fact that we are almost completely skipping the X2 in our minds is probably a really good thing. We get to ignore the flashy, not-so-useful phone and get to something that will be as powerful as the [...]