Canon to enter mirrorless camera market from September

A logo of Canon Inc is pictured at the 3D and Virtual Reality Expo in Tokyo June 20, 2012. The expo which showcases the latest technology will be held until June 22. Credit: Reuters/Yuriko NakaoTOKYO | Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:38am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc said on Monday it would sell its first mirrorless camera from mid-September in a bid to tap a growing market for small, interchangeable-lens cameras that rival Nikon Corp entered last year. Canon will manufacture 100,000 of the cameras a month, the company said in a statement. Mirrorless ...

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Powered by Blogger. Facebook Pageviews Nokia Lumia 900 vs. HTC Titan II vs. Samsung Focus 2: AT&T's Windows Phones Go Head-to-Head-to-Head

So for those that are looking for a Windows Phone 7.5 (aka Mango) experience with a little 4G LTE flavor, which of these three phones is the best choice? We compare the build, performance, display, camera, and battery life of the phones in this breakdown to determine which one comes out on top. Build Admittedly, this is a tough category to judge objectively, as it's almost entirely a matter of preference. On the one hand, you've got to give points to Nokia for trying something very new and different with the bizarre build of the Lumia 900....

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Nokia Has 'Something Amazing' on the Way in September

Nokia's partnership with Microsoft may not have produced any resounding success yet, but it appears that the Finnish company may still have something up its sleeve. Come September 7, Nokia promises to unveil something "amazing" to its customers. Photos of a sign outside a currently-closed Nokia store in Helsinki have surfaced on MyNokiaBlog, telling customers "Something amazing is coming," with the September 7 date next to it. There...

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Apple heads into choppy waters as new iPhone awaited

A man shows a photograph he took on his iPhone of an Apple store in Beijing June 6, 2012. Credit: Reuters/David GrayBy Poornima GuptaSAN FRANCISCO | Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:06am EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc faces an unusual phenomenon when reporting earnings this time around: low expectations. Few are expecting the world's most valuable technology company -- which surpasses Wall Street expectations with near regularity -- to deliver a bumper quarter once more on Tuesday. The main reason: consumers holding out for the new iPhone. Apple ...

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Youku, Tudou shares fall on China content crackdown

n">(Reuters) - Shares of online video companies Youku.com Inc and Tudou Holdings Ltd fell on what some analysts said was a reaction to a planned crackdown by the Chinese government on what it considers to be inappropriate content. China plans to target material on websites, including pornographic and violent videos, according to media reports. Youku's shares were down 6 percent at $17.86 in early afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, while Tudou was down 9 percent at $26.67 on the Nasdaq. Youku does not have much exposure to...

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Samsung Galaxy S III Lands at U.S. Cellular

With the past few weeks bringing the Samsung Galaxy S III to Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile consumers, it looks like the smartphone is now available to U.S. Cellular customers too, as the device is now available for purchase online. The Galaxy S III from U.S. Cellular is essentially identical to the version offered by the larger carriers. It runs the same Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, is equipped with Samsung's own TouchWiz flavor, and features an 8 megapixel camera on the back. Packing a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm...

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No Samsung Galaxy S III Has Spontaneously Exploded

Facebook logos on a computer screen are seen in this photo illustration taken in Lavigny May 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Valentin Flauraud By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:36pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A judge recused herself from overseeing a privacy lawsuit against Facebook over the social networking service's "Sponsored Stories" feature, one day before she was set to hold a hearing on a proposed settlement. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, federal court did not provide a reason for the recusal in a brief...

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No Samsung Galaxy S III Has Spontaneously Exploded

Last month, a single report that a Galaxy S III had caught fire for no reason caused a huge furor -- Was Samsung new flagship smartphone terribly flawed? As it turns out, the device caught fire for a perfectly natural reason: it had been put in a microwave. The report came from a a user on an Irish webforum who calls himself dillo2k10. In it, the individual claimed that his Galaxy S III was in a car cradle "when suddenly a white flame sparks and a bang came out of the phone." He turned the device over to Samsung asking for a replacement. As...

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Motorola Unveils Atrix HD, Coming July 15

Motorola has announced the Atrix HD, the latest addition to its Atrix line of phones, and it will be available to AT&T customers starting this Sunday, July 15. Sporting a "Kevlar strong" body and splash guard nano-coating, the Atrix HD will measure only 8.4 millimeters thick. Motorola's press release and website offered conflicting information regarding the size of the display, stating that it will be 4.5 inches in the former and 4.3 inches in the latter. Both sources do confirm, however, that it will be an HD ColorBoost display. As...

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Samsung TecTiles Review: NFC Tap Technology in Sticker Form

Many have hyped NFC, short for Near Field Communications, as the future of mobile payments. But in reality, their tap technology can also be used to share smartphone contents, contacts, and execute simple smartphone commands. And that's where Samsung TecTiles come in. Samsung TecTiles are NFC-enabled stickers that are about the size and shape of postage stamps. Through an Android app that's freely available in the Google PlayStore, the stickers can be programmed to enable various smartphone functions when tapped. Think of them as a more advanced...

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LG, Toshiba, AUO to settle display panel price-fixing case

A man looks at Toshiba Corp's Regza liquid-crystal display (LCD) televisions at an electronic store in Tokyo January 26, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Stringer By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:59pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp, LG Electronics Inc and AU Optronics Corp have agreed to pay a combined $571 million to settle a lawsuit over price fixing in the liquid crystal display panel market, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs. Joseph Alioto, a San Francisco attorney who was co-lead counsel for a class of consumers...

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RIM Down but Not Out: BlackBerry Curve 9310 Coming to Verizon

Although RIM is going through tough times, Verizon hasn't forgotten it used to be the top smartphone maker in the U.S. and it bringing out a new entry-level model from the company, the BlackBerry Curve 9310. This will use the traditional BlackBerry shape, with a small keyboard fixed below its display. In this case, that will be a 2.44-inch QVGA (320 x 240) screen. As it is going to boast a physical keyboard, RIM is putting an emphasis on the social-networking capabilities of this device, including support for the popular BlackBerry Messenger...

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Analysis: Is Twitter building ad business at expense of innovation?

Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo gestures during a conference at the Cannes Lions in Cannes June 20, 2012. Cannes Lions is the International Festival of creativity. Credit: Reuters/Eric Gaillard By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:15pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Is Twitter a technology platform, a media company -- or both? With Twitter's recent moves pointing toward "media company," there is a growing concern among technologists that a trend for greater content control will compromise both innovation and Twitter's future in favor...

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Google Chrome and Drive Released for iPhone, iPad

Google and Apple don't get along as well as they once did, but that hasn't stopped at least one of these companies from developing apps for the rival's operating system. Google Chrome is now available for iOS, bringing this web browser to a new array of devices. At this point, the main advantage of using this app instead of Apple's Safari is that it keeps items like bookmarks synchronized with the desktop version, so fans of the Windows version of Chrome can pick up their phone or tablet and have immediate access to their favorite sites without...

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RIM CEO says "nothing wrong" with BlackBerry maker

Research in Motion Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins holds up a prototype of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone at the BlackBerry World event in Orlando May 1, 2012 . Credit: Reuters/David Manning TORONTO | Tue Jul 3, 2012 2:27pm EDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd's freshman CEO insisted on Tuesday that nothing is wrong with the maker of BlackBerry smartphones and that it certainly isn't in a "death spiral," even as the company's already battered stock edged toward new lows. In what appeared to be a concerted effort to win over...

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European lawmakers reject global anti-piracy deal

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament rejected a global agreement against copyright theft on Wednesday, handing a victory to protesters who say the legislation would punish people for sharing films and music online. The vote marked the culmination of a two-year battle between legislators who supported the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and it's largely young, digitally savvy opponents. Tens of thousands of activists held rallies across Europe in February to protest against the law, which they said would curb their freedom...

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Next-Generation BlackBerry Significantly Delayed... Again

RIM has pushed back the release of the first smartphone running BlackBerry 10 until early 2013. This will have a negative impact on the company's efforts to turn itself around. Previously, the launch of the next BlackBerry was scheduled for this fall. That was until Thorsten Heins, RIM's President and CEO, revealed in his company's latest earnings report that, "Our top priority going forward is the successful launch of our first BlackBerry 10 device, which we now anticipate will occur in the first quarter of calendar 2013." Over the last...

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Verizon Begins Easing Customers Out of Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans

Verizon's switch over to its new shared data plans -- which happened this morning -- marks the beginning of the end for those of its subscribers who still have an unlimited data plan. The carrier stopped allowing new customers to sign up for the unlimited data plan last year, when it implemented tiered data plans instead, but Verizon allowed current subscribers to keep their old plan is they so desired, even when they upgraded to a new device. Starting today, the rules have changed. People can keep their "grandfathered" data plan if they...

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The Android OS: Splintered but Unbroken

The concept of an operating system for your phone is a relatively new development as smartphones have emerged as the go-to device for more and more work and play. How well companies manage those operating systems is proving to be quite a differentiator. Back when we all used flip phones, no one upgraded their OS and the phone makers didn't bother to push out updates, unless there was a serious problem that needed to be fixed. We got an updated OS when we got a new phone. Now, smartphones have adopted an upgrade cycle comparable to computers,...

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U.S. judge rejects Samsung request to lift stay on Nexus sales

n">(Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected a request by Samsung Electronics Co. to lift a pre-trial injunction against sales of its Galaxy Nexus phone, another legal setback for the South Korean firm ahead of an upcoming court battle with Apple Inc.. Last week, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, granted Apple's request to block sales of the smartphone. Samsung had asked the court to stay the injunction pending resolution of an appeal. On Monday, Koh rejected a similar request to lift a ban on the U.S. sales of Samsung's...

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