You read that right. Nokia has announced the 808 PureView at the Mobile World Congress, and it sports an astoundingly large 41-megapixel camera. Nokia is well aware that such large resolution pictures will be difficult to share, so the phone will over-sample pictures
Sony unveiled two new smartphones on Sunday night at Mobile World Congress, the Xperia P and Xperia U, which will sit alongside the company’s previously announced Xperia S phone. Altogether, the phones make up Sony’s new “Xperia NXT” brand. More than just being the next
Samsung kicked off its Mobile World Congress presence by revealing two new devices on Sunday morning: a larger, 10,1-inch version of the Galaxy Tab 2 Android tablet, and the intriguing (and baffling) Galaxy Beam, an Android smartphone with a built-in projector. Given Samsung’s propensity for delivering tablets
Samsung’s Galaxy S III is beginning to feel like the next iPhone, at least when it comes to rumours. The latest report pegs the phone with a 4,8-inch screen — 0,2 inches larger than Google’s Galaxy Nexus — and a luxurious ceramic back, sources tell the mobile site Boy Genius Report. The large screen size wouldn’t
Just how much does your smartphone’s camera matter to you? With its latest flagship Android line, dubbed HTC One, Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC is hoping that a killer camera is just enough to sway you over to its phones. Those killer features include the ability to take video and photos without switching modes
Foreigners visiting America are taken aback by how lax locals are when using credit or debit cards to make purchases. Allowing a sales clerk to swipe a card at a check-out — instead of doing it personally on a shielded terminal while keying in a PIN number — is the first surprise. Handing over a credit card to a
Apple may be getting ready to ditch the current dock connector used in iPods, iPhones, and iPads in favor of a smaller version, meaning you’ll possibly have to keep up with yet another adapter to use all the latest accessories for iOS devices. Annoyances aside, Apple could have a very practical reason
Facebook is set for a record-shattering initial public offering and, according to a new report, it will bring in more than US$5bn in advertising revenue this year. But Facebook’s financial future may not be as bright as the eye-popping figure would at first suggest. 2011 was a banner year for Facebook in terms of advertising revenue
For years, Google and Facebook have been waging trench warfare for big-brand advertising budgets. Billions of dollars are up for grabs, and since this money constitutes the bulk of revenue for both companies, the stakes are high. Twitter, which last week launched a self-service ad platform, is a relative
In his international bestseller The Hare With Amber Eyes, Edmund de Waal traces the fortune of a collection of carved Japanese netsuke figurines. Readers grew so entranced by the story of these objects that they started clamouring to see them. So after the hardback, the e-book, and the paperback came the
