The Quantified Self is one of the big trends of 2012, as we noted in our recent summary of the Consumer Electronics Show . As everything analog shifts to digital, we can collect a huge amount of data about ourselves.
Polaroid announces the Android-powered SC1630 Smart Camera
January 11, 2012 Updated at 6:02 am
Polaroid Announces the SC1630 Smart Camera Powered by Android™ Fusing the Feature Set of a High-End Digital Camera with the Power of Android*, the Polaroid SC1630 Makes Snapping and Sharing High Definition Digital Images an Instant Experience LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Polaroid today announced that capturing and sharing high-end digital images is now seamless with the Polaroid SC1630, an Android powered smart camera.
Polaroid Announces Smart Camera Powered by Android
January 10, 2012 Updated at 8:33 pm
Given that folks are replacing conventional cameras with the lenses built into their smartphones at an ever-growing rate, Polaroid is making the logical move of creating a smart camera that takes advantage of the features found in a mobile OS. Based on Android, the newly announce SC1630 combines a 36-108mm lens and 16MP sensor with 3x optical zoom with a 3.2-inch touchscreen to provide 18 different shooting modes and expansive sharing capabilities.
Sharp unveils thinnest CMOS camera module for smartphones
December 1, 2011 Updated at 4:03 pm
AT&T to launch HTC Titan on November 20th for $199.99
November 9, 2011 Updated at 7:35 pm
AT&T announced on Wednesday that it will launch the HTC Titan Windows Phone on November 20th for $199.99 on contract. The carrier touted the Titan as “the largest screen in our smartphone portfolio” alongside launch details in a post on its Facebook page . HTC’s Titan features Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone operating system, Mango, along with a massive 4.7-inch display, a 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor and a gorgeous unibody aluminum design.
Sony buys out Ericsson for $1.5B, as it tries to become more like Apple
October 27, 2011 Updated at 2:04 pm
Sony is moving forward with its long-rumored plans to buy out Ericsson from its joint mobile venture, in a bid to wrangle control of its future smartphones. The deal, worth some 1.05 billion euros (or $1.5 billion), is a significant move for Sony.
Sony wants to buy out Ericsson, take control of its mobile future
October 7, 2011 Updated at 8:01 pm
Sony Ericsson, the decade-long joint venture between electronics giant Sony and the Swedish telecom company Ericsson, may soon be no more. Sony is reportedly in talks to buy out Ericsson’s share in the venture, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and Reuters .
Oh, You Thought 1 GHZ, Dual-Core CPUs Were Fast? Meet Texas Instruments’ OMAP 5: 2 Ghz, Quad-Core
February 7, 2011 Updated at 7:39 pm
Whenever the Flux Capacitor is actually invented, this thing will probably power it 1 Ghz CPUs were all the rage in high-end smartphones throughout 2010 — and right now, the trend is to stick an extra core on that 1 Ghz CPU and call it a day. Nvidia bumped things up a big ol’ notch a few days ago when they unveiled the Tegra3, a 1.5 Ghz mobile processor with not one, not two, but four cores.
Sony Ericsson mystery handset leaks out, provides juicy rumor material
December 27, 2010 Updated at 5:51 am
Verizon Makes the Droid 2 Available to the Public
August 11, 2010 Updated at 7:35 am
It was a much awaited release. Following the successful Motorola Droid phone, finally here comes its successor – the Motorola DROID 2. And Verizon has just made it available for pre-order today under its various mobile data packages. But perhaps what makes the Droid 2 a much awaited Android device is the fact that it [...]