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Nokia officially denies plans to re-enter smartphone market
4/26/2015 12:37:35 PM
Nokia has no plans to re-enter the smartphone market after all. The Finnish giant released an official statement, which denied recent rumors that suggested the opposite. Here is the full text of Nokia's short statement: Nokia notes recent news reports claiming the company communicated an intention to manufacture consumer handsets out of a R&D facility in China. These reports are false, and include comments incorrectly attributed to a Nokia Networks executive. Nokia reiterates it currently has no plans to manufacture or sell consumer handsets. The above statement is as straightforward as it is concise. It is worth noting that, under the terms of its deal with Microsoft, Nokia isn't allowed to launch any phone bearing its name until the second half of next year. Source...
Xiaomi Mi 5 might include a fingerprint sensor
4/26/2015 11:03:08 AM
Xiaomi is working to bring a fingerprint sensor to its high-end to mid-range smartphones. A new patent filing at the State Intellectual Property Office in China reveals a method of implementing fingerprint recognition to the buttons. It is being estimated that the next Xiaomi flagship device might include the fingerprint sensor. While there is no confirmation on that, here is what the patent filing reveals: "The device comprises a bottom fingerprint sensors and optical sensor provided in the terminal equipment of the cover glass; fingerprint identification circuit connected fingerprint sensor for fingerprint recognition sensor and the fingerprint information analysis and processing, obtain fingerprint analysis ; host processor, and an optical sensor and fingerprint identification circuit connections for the monitored optical sensor light information received to determine whether cover glass touch button operation; identity authentication based on fingerprint analysis results obtained fingerprint identification circuit." Home button on the smartphones have become more than the button by integrating a fingerprint sensor. Premium devices such as iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 include fingerprint sensor. Xiaomi Mi 5 may feature 5.2" QHD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 mobile chipset, 3GB of RAM, up to 64GB storage, 16MP rear camera, 8MP front-facing unit, and 3,600 mAh battery. We suggest to take these specs with a grain of salt and wait for a formal announcement. Source |...
Counterclockwise: iPhone paint drama, Nokia 1100 robs a bank
4/26/2015 8:49:34 AM
Counterclockwise is old news - literally! - but looking back on events from the distance of several years can give you an interesting perspective. Like the madness that surrounded a simple paintjob or that time a Nokia 1100 allegedly robbed banks. The secret history of iPhone designs Apple changes the design of the iPhone every two or three generations. Back in April 2010 the current model was the curvy 3GS, but factories were already prepping for the next-gen phone. The "iPhone 4G" would have squared off sides, metal frame, plus a glass back. Apparently the initial leak happened well before April, but it's the nature of rumors that they are hard to confirm. And a confirmation did come in a rather dramatic fashion - someone sold a lost early unit to Gizmodo, which caused all sorts of legal trouble. The lost iPhone 4 The iPhone 3G introduced a White color option and the 3GS followed. The iPhone 4, however, launched in Black only as manufacturing issues reportedly slowed down production. The iPhone 4 officially launched in June 2010, while the White iPhone 4 launched a full year after the big leak on April 28. Why would a different color cause such a huge delay you ask? It turns out that the white glass affected optical elements in the camera and proximity sensor (which uses infrared light), so they had to be redesigned for the white model. The White color option came so late that the rumor mill had already moved on to iPhone 5 leaks. This one was off the mark with its iPod-inspired looks. Apple would eventually move to an iPod-like design, but that didn't happen until the iPhone 6 and the bezels never got this thin. Despite the delay Apple was rolling in the dough and iOS devices outnumbered Android ones in the US. In April 2011 Apple was getting ready to expand the iPhone's reach with a T-Mobile USA version. The issue was that the carrier was using the AWS 3G band (1,700MHz), which was not widely supported. Anyway, many lined up to buy a White iPhone 4 despite being practically the same. Apple would achieve a similar success with the Gold iPhone 5s - if it's Apple doing the painting, people really love new colors. Phones killed the Walkman star The Walkman was the iPod of its time, but sadly for Sony that time had passed. The brand lived on with some portable players, but phones were killing those off even faster than they were digital cameras. If the brand had any future, it was in phones. The Sony Ericsson collaboration had created a number of Walkman-branded feature phones, but those had their own extinction to worry about. It took a long time, some would say too long, but the company launched the first Android-powered, Walkman-branded phone in April 2011 - the Sony Ericsson W8. A decidedly low-end device, it had a 3" capacitive touchscreen with 320 x 480px resolution. It was powered by a 600MHz processor with a measly 168MB RAM. It ran an outdated Android 2.1 at a time when other phones had moved on to 2.2 Froyo or even 2.3 Gingerbread. Outdated or not, it was impressive that it ran at all. As you can imagine, the Sony Ericsson W8 was not a huge success. The company failed to capitalize on Sony's music hardware history, not to mention Sony Music Entertainment. The story of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play was similar - a great history of influential consoles and an in-house game studio counted for nothing when tied to way underpowered hardware. Vegas on the cheap The first smartphones we used could just barely manage to play an MP3 and "an MP3" is about how much you could fit in the internal storage. So we're continuously amazed by how advanced sub-$100 phones have gotten. The Nokia Lumia 520 is perhaps the best-known recent example - we've seen it as low as $25 on promotion, which nets you a capable dual-core processor, 480 x 800px screen and 720p-capable camera. This is not a new trend though, in April 2009 the Orange Vegas claimed the title "cheapest full touchscreen handset to date." It's light years behind the Lumia, but for just £48.50 - just over $70 in 2009 - you get a 2.4" touchscreen, 1.3MP camera, 64MB of storage plus a microSD card slot. Orange Vegas in pink and black The Vegas featured Facebook, MySpace and Bebo integration (that's how old this phone is) and while it wasn't a smartphone, the interface might have...
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