Ever since we witnessed the slew of accusations and bad reviews plaguing Microsoft's latest mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, we've been dying to get a chance to try it out for ourselves and see whether there was any truth to those reports or not. So, when the opportunity presented itself at a local Samsung-related event, we quickly took the smartphone the respective OS was running on, the Omnia II, for a brief spin, in order to see what the device and its integration with the Microsoft OS is all about.First of all, we'll have to tell you that we can't help but analyze this device from two different points of ... [read more >>] Dare to guess what announcement Sony Ericsson just made? Well, it has just announced the Xperia X10, its latest Xperia touchscreen mobile device sporting the “by now pretty famous” Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with a speed of 1GHz. The display sizes 4 inches, has a WVGA resolution of 480 x 854 pixels and sports a scratch-resistant capacitive screen. Keep on reading for a lot more information.The device features an 8.1-megapixel camera with autofocus, up to 16x digital zoom, as well as Geo tagging and intelligent face recognition features. Connectivity options are as follows: Bluetooth, Micro USB, Wi-Fi and, of course, the 3.5 m... [read more >>] Over the past couple of years, Samsung has really managed to climb to the top of the mobile phone manufacturer market, launching a myriad of products that target pretty much any single segment and/or niche, including that of youngsters, who want to be able to keep their friends updated on their whereabouts and activities at any given moment. For this category of users, the Korean company has recently announced the Corby family, which will include some colorful, easy to use touchscreen handhelds, able to deliver some basic communication functions, as well as integrated access to social networking services (Facebook and Twitter), which repre... [read more >>] As we were telling you in a previous article, there's a pretty high level of concern about the fact that radiation emitted by mobile phones can affect the human body in a very negative manner, ultimately leading to the appearance of cancer. So, the fact that a certain company has decided to come up just now with a protective case that, apparently, is able to cut the level of radiation emitted by an iPhone in half, can only represent either a very good thing or some eyebrow-raising material. Anyway, according to the manufacturer, Pong Research, the Pong iPhone Case is a sleek silicone skin containing a proprietary technology module tha... [read more >>] The XPERIA X2 smartphone running Windows Mobile 6.5 was one of the most important announcements made by Sony Ericsson at this year's IFA event, so we simply had to take it for a spin while being there. And although the units we've played with were not final, production versions, they made quite a good impression and provided some helpful insight on what we should expect from the finite product.First of all, let's talk a bit about the exterior. So, while the X2 looks a bit less “edgier” than its predecessor, it's still a pretty large smartphone, measuring 110 x 54 x 16 mm and weighing around 115 grams. It will... [read more >>] After a few reports regarding its N900 tablet appeared here and there on the Internet, Nokia has finally decided to take the wraps off its Maemo 5-running portable computing system, which is somewhat of a transition between a smartbook and a QWERTY-sliding handheld, but providing a seriously improved mobile communication experience.According to Nokia, at the core of its new N900 handheld, there's a powerful ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration. Moreover, it features a high-resolution WVGA touch screen and fast Internet connectivity with 10/2 HSPA and WLAN. Messaging on the N90... [read more >>] Cellphones have become a very important part of our daily lives, representing one of the most commonly owned and encountered consumer electronic devices out there. However, it seems that they might be as deadly as they are useful, since a report issued following extensive research by a wide collaborative group indicates the fact that talking on one's mobile phone seriously increases the risk of occurrence of brain tumors.As mentioned above, the study has been carried out by researchers from the Powerwatch and the EM Radiation Research Trust in the UK, and the EMR Policy Institute, ElectromagneticHealth.org and The Peoples Initiative Fo... [read more >>] When taking a look at the thin and somewhat... flimsy form factor of the iPhone 3GS, it's rather difficult to picture it as being able to output Full HD video resolutions. I mean, come on, how can this tiny smartphone carry out the same processes your large-size Blu-ray player is capable of?Well, the iPhone 3GS could be a lot more powerful than anyone might have believed up until now, given the fact that it's apparently capable of running 1080p videos just fine, as a Chinese... experimenter, let's say so, seems to have demonstrated.So, within a post on the Chinese forum Weiphone, a user called “fridtear” (the name... [read more >>] If security is quite important for you and if you also own an iPhone, then you should know that you're in big trouble, since it's been recently proved that Apple's smartphone is, in fact, a lot less secure than previously thought, allowing e-mails that have been deleted from the Inbox to be retrieved using a very simple tool, namely the iPhone's own Search.Hence, this rather serious bug was discovered by a Cult Of Mac reader called Matt Janssen (who's also made a very illustrative video of this issue that you can see at the end of the article), and affects the iPhone's and iPod's Mail application, which do... [read more >>] One of the things that really pushed ahead RIM's Blackberry smartphones was the company's advanced push e-mail system, which proved so secure and useful that was rapidly adopted by companies from all over the world for their executives. However, it would seem that iPhone users will be able to enjoy the same level of versatility regarding their Gmail account, thanks to an app recently released on the App store.As I am certain pretty much all of you are aware (or at least those of you who own an iPhone), setting up push e-mail with an Yahoo! Mail or MobileMe account is an easy task. However, that's not exactly the case with Gma... [read more >>] | 
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