The concept of a Facebook phone has floated around since 2010, though it’s never come to fruition. Even last year’s efforts between the Big Blue and HTC amounted to nothing more than a basic Android handset. But now the New York Times reports that Facebook is buying up phone-designing talent — which could mean Facebook phone is still a possibility.
Some people have more money than sense, and even then a damn site more of both than taste. For such individuals, Tag Heuer’s new phone — the Racer — is just the handset to slip into their back pockets. They deserve it! No, really, they do.
Sony’s new phone line has been making waves — there’s lots to like about the Xperia S unveiled at CES, apart from the fact that it hasn’t officially arrived in Australia yet. Now more teasing: the new Xperia Sola touts something called “floating touch” for “magic web browsing without touching the screen”, because dragging your finger on glass is just so last year.
In the run-up to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, ZTE has just announced that it will be launching eight new phones at the event. I hate to be the one to break it to you, ZTE, but less can be more.
While Apple’s keen to make sure nobody ever uses the iPhone’s slide-to-unlock system, Google seemingly couldn’t care less. It’s filed a patent listing a whole heap of news ways to unlock your phone — including voice commands.
Since Intel showed off their first demo Medfield handset, we’ve only seen a production offering from Lenovo, and that’s only going to be available in China. rumour has it, though, that this is Motorola’s first Intel offering.
I’m flying to Tokyo today, but I’m rather hopeful that what’s at the other end isn’t this astonishingly ugly ‘Hello Kitty’ DECT phone that Pioneer’s released. I guess it’d match up with the Hello Kitty Android phone — not that I own one of those either.
