Friday 22 October 2010

App Brings Overclocking To Droid With Just A Finger Press    [ 22-10-2010 17:41 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: Droid-Life     Translation by: Paul Smith     

What a world we live in when overclocking your handset now no longer requires geeky credentials or really any knowledge of the underlying firmware. Instead all you have to do is download an app and a higher clock speed is a finger jab away! Well at least for Droid X and Droid 2 owners that is.

The hubbub comes courtesy of the DX/D2 Overclocker app for Android, which works to overclock the afore mentioned handsets. The app, released by Unstable Apps (perhaps not the best choice of names for a company releasing an app that could potentially ruin your handset) allows the user to run their handset at either a low voltage setting, the default setting or two designated voltages that are above the recommended limit. The upper limit of the app apparently being 1.3 Ghz.

The app is available in the Market and will set you back $0.99.

Rating:

Comment
All comments (0)

Ballmer: We Have A Lot To Do    [ 22-10-2010 17:24 ]

Author: Ivanov Konstantin   Source: WSJ     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Windows Phone 7 is arguably the biggest thing to happen to the mobile industry since the launch of Android, but even though it has received a largely warm reception and positive reviews that doesn't mean that it will automatically be successful. Indeed yesterday's launch in the UK was something of a letdown for many if anecdotal evidence is anything to go by.

Microsoft themselves have acknowledged the mountain they have to climb with CEO Steve Ballmer saying "We have a lot of work to do to get back into the game." It's a frank and fair assessment of Microsoft's prospects in that is recognises just how deep the pit is in which Microsoft finds itself, but also holds out hope that it can be a serious contender again.

Windows Mobile ended with version 6.5 and by that stage in the proceedings Microsoft was an archaic throwback to a different age of the mobile industry. Enter Windows Phone 7 and suddenly Microsoft has something to offer consumers again. Ballmer himself is said to had said he wishes Win Phone 7 could have been released last year, but even so it does still have a fighting chance if Microsoft plays its cards right. Most consumers around the world are still using non-smartphones and even within the smartphone market many consumers are always ready to give something new a shot.

It's far too early to say how things will play out for Windows Phone 7, but they have everything to play for.

Rating:

Comment
All comments (0)

Sony Looking To Release More Android Devices    [ 22-10-2010 17:18 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: via IntoMobile     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Speculation has been running rampant over comments made by Yoshihisa Ishida, head of Sony's TV division, to the effect that they're looking to use Android in more devices, the comments reading:

The obvious jump in logic here are Android powered tablets and media players. Of course that is very much speculation, but given that Sony's joint venture in the mobile business, Sony Ericsson, is aiming to be the biggest supplier of Android handsets in the world it isn't that far a leap of the imagination to see Sony themselves jumping on the tablet bandwagon. Indeed it seems almost incredulous that Sony won't have some representation in the burgeoning tablet market at some point so perhaps the real question is whether it will be a Sony effort or a Sony Ericsson badged product?

Sony Ericsson already have Mediascape and Timescape overlays for their Android devices and whilst the UI layers have received something of a mixed reception perhaps they might translate better to a device with a bigger screen? Certainly Timescape would look pretty snazzy on something with a 7 or 10 inch display.

At any rate it's all pie in the sky at the moment, but what we can be sure of is that we'll be seeing a lot more of the little robot that could from Japan's finest.

Rating:

Comment
All comments (0)

News:

[ 31-07 16:21 ]Sir Jony Ive: Apple Isn't In It For The Money

[ 31-07 13:34 ]Video: Nokia Designer Interviews

[ 31-07 13:10 ]RIM To Layoff 3,000 More Employees

[ 30-07 20:59 ]Video: iPhone 5 Housing Shown Off

[ 30-07 19:12 ]Android Fortunes Decline In U.S.

[ 25-07 16:18 ]Why Apple Is Suing Samsung?

[ 25-07 15:53 ]A Few Choice Quotes About Apple ... By Samsung

[ 23-07 20:25 ]Russian iOS Hacker Calls It A Day

[ 23-07 17:40 ]Video: It's Still Not Out, But Galaxy Note 10.1 Gets An Ad

[ 19-07 19:10 ]Another Loss For Nokia: $1 Billion Down In Q2

[ 19-07 17:22 ]British Judge Orders Apple To Run Ads Saying Samsung Did Not Copy Them

[ 19-07 16:57 ]iPhone 5 To Feature Nano-SIM Cards

[ 18-07 14:20 ]What The iPad Could Have Looked Like ...

[ 18-07 13:25 ]App Store Hack Is Still Going Strong Despite Apple's Best Efforts

[ 13-07 12:34 ]Infographic: The (Hypothetical) Sale Of RIM

[ 13-07 11:10 ]Video: iPhone Hacker Makes In-App Purchases Free

[ 12-07 19:50 ]iPhone 5 Images Leak Again

[ 12-07 17:51 ]Android Takes 50%+ Of U.S. And Europe

[ 11-07 16:02 ]Apple Involved In 60% Of Patent Suits

[ 11-07 13:14 ]Video: Kindle Fire Gets A Jelly Bean

Subscribe