Like most other mobile phones in the U.S., the iPhone has been locked to a specific carrier since its introduction. Before the Verizon iPhone debuted, AT&T was the sole carrier choice for American iPhone owners unless they were willing to jailbreak for the privilege of using the iPhone on an alternate carrier. Apple has just started selling its prized smartphone without any carrier partiality on its US online store. The big attraction is, of course, being able to take the phone abroad and switch MicroSIMs to your heart's content, an experience that most other nations are already well accustomed to. Additionally,
Read MoreSeattle-based Doxo (free, iPhone, web based, android on the way) founded by Steve Shivers, Mark Goris, Roger Parks service aims to be your ‘digital file cabinet’ for your household bills and important documents. Securely store your important documents in your digital file cabinet. Access them anywhere banish paper clutter. sign up to get bills from participating companies sent paper-free to your Doxo locker. The company has partnerships with national and regional service providers, who promote doxo as a new paperless option for their customers. doxo investors include top-tier venture partners Mohr Davidow Ventures and Bezos Expeditions. The company is led
Read MoreAccording to research by Nomura, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will become the world's largest smartphone maker this quarter, overtaking struggling Nokia Oyj which has lead the market since 1996. Adding on to it it envisages Apple Inc overtaking Nokia, pushing the Finnish company to No. 3 in the rankings. "Nokia looks set to relinquish its smartphone crown to Samsung and Apple," Nomura analysts said in a research note. "Further emphasizing the shift in power to Asia is our forecast for HTC to almost match Nokia during 2012." Nokia still makes more cellphones than Samsung due to its strong position in basic cellphones
Read MoreRimino, a project by Amid Moradganjeh from the Umeå Institute of Design at Umeå University in Sweden, is a look at what mobile phones might become in the future. Project Rimino redefines mobile experience through human factors research and design thinking. Informed by human experience, the project is guided by both observational and experimental design research methods. The Rimino concept is an E-paper mobile device with a user interface inspired by print posters. Historically, as technology has progressed, devices have become more conspicuous. Rimino challenges this trend and presents the alternative: technology that is more integrated and more sensitive to the
Read MoreAppysnap (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, free) is an app that motivates users to play a game, not on their handsets, but by interacting with objects in the world around them. The new iPhone application sets users “missions”, challenging users to take a photo of a specific object within a set time (night or day) and rewarding them with prizes for completing them. Some missions reward players with prizes at random, some are only for players in your city or neighbourhood - and watch out for secret missions too. Appysnap will prompt the user with a text message style notification, alerting
Read MoreDroid 3 is the new much awaited Android offering from Motorola. According to leaked specs it will be sporting a 5 row slide-out keyboard with Swype, a 8MP camera which will be capable of recording 1080p videos. Preferrably will be packing a dual core processor. More updates coming soon, should be one to watch out when it launches in India. Motorola Droid 3 Demo Videos via
We have got our hands on Huawei's Ideos an Android based smartphone which is recently launched in India. Ideos is for people who want a smart smartphone without making a hole in their pocket. Notice a Google logo on the back panel, right below the camera. With price around 9K you get android 2.2 (Froyo), decent look and built, mettalic finish, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors 240 x 320 pixels 2.8 inch capacitve touchscreen, 3.15 megapixel camera with Geo-tagging, 3G, Wifi , microSD expandable up to 32GB, colorful back options (blue, purple, yellow), unlimited entries and fields for phonebook
Read MoreWHAT IS LoSo - LoSo a location-based social media app (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, free) which bring the best parts of Foursquare, Yelp, and OpenTable together in one app for your mobile phone. It is targeting a very specific market: your local restaurants and bars. In a sence LoSo is addressing a problem cited by many small businesses in using Groupon: They’re happy to have a blast of new customers taking advantage of a big discount, but they want to see loyalty, not single-serving customers. And, on the other hand, LoSo wants you to be rewarded for doing just that:
Read MoreOpinionaided (free, iPhone, iPod Touch, coming soon for iPad, Android, Blackberry) a simple mobile utility app with the goal of helping people get and give quick opinions, in realtime, while they were shopping. It also provides a way to connect with each other leaving a plethora of opinions and advice. Opinionaided Features #1 Filter the vote stream by age. #2 No need to force a thumbs-up or thumbs-down vote; if you don't feel like you have the knowledge or expertise to vote on a question, just click Neutral to skip to the next one. #3 Personal advices welcomed invite, find, and organize friends
Read MoreSo you had promised your spouse you will fix food processor this weekend but you could not, made some other plans, forgot it, or you just hate doing these kinda stuff, such that you are willing to pat $50 to put it together for you. Perhaps one of your neighbors is an unemployed electrician who would take the offer. But how are you going to find him? Introducing Zaarly (free, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, web) to solve your problem, the name “Zaarly” is a play on the word “bazaar.” Anyone who signs up for the service can post a job bring
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