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Google Introduces Phone With 3-D Sensors
Makes real-time, 3D maps of its environment
A Sugar-Powered Smartphone? Sweet!
A more efficient, sugar-powered battery developed by a team at Virginia Tech could help move the technology out of the lab and into your favorite gadget.
There’s Probably Poop On Your Cellphone
Yep, one in six phones have fecal matter on them. Luckily, two inventors have a solution.
Gold: the New Smartphone Black?
Apple may not remain the sole purveyor of gilded phones for long
Awww: Real Lizard Licks Virtual Ants Off a Smartphone Screen
I wonder how long it took the first iPhone user to say, “Hey, maybe I should use this thing to take a video of my cat!” How far we’ve come. Now we take videos with our smartphones of our pets playing with our other smartphones. …
Virtual Supermarket Lets Commuters Shop in Subway Station
The one thing nobody wants to do after a long day of work is schlep to the supermarket and fight the crowds grabbing groceries for dinner. Commuters in Seoul, however, now have a different option—shopping by smartphone in the virtual grocery store in the Seolleung underground station.
It works like this: Photos of hundreds of …
Study: Most Mobile Users Stream Video Near an Actual Television
Video-on-demand apps allow users to stream movie and TV content to their smartphones or other mobile devices wherever they may be… So why do most people end up using them when they could just as easily watch television?
All Things D points out a new study showing that most VoD app users watch streamed video at home (74% of …
Android, Apple iOS Lead 60% Increase In Smartphone Usage In US
Americans were using their smartphones a lot more last year, with usage up an amazing 60%. But it’s only really good news for Apple and Google, as ComScore figures suggest that iOS and Android were the only mobile platforms to see any increase, with RIM, Microsoft and Palm all dropping in the last months of the year.
Google’s Android …
T-Mobile To Offer Free Phones on Verizon iPhone Day
Not to be left behind in the scuffle, but T-Mobile is entering the Verizon vs. AT&T fight with a great offer of their own: free phones. While the coveted iPhone won’t be included in the promotion, all phones – including 4G-capable phones – will be gratis on February 11 and 12. The last time the company attempted this on Father’s Day …
Best Buy CEO: Buy Back Program For the “Technology Enthusiast”
We talked a little bit about the rumors of Best Buy’s Buy Back program. Well, it’s official: Best Buy is launching a resale program creatively called Buy Back for your old electronic products. Starting with three categories (smartphones, computing solutions which includes computers and tablets, and televisions), Best Buy hopes to appeal …
CES: No iPhone, But 10 New 4G Devices From Verizon
Rumors of a possible iPhone agreement may have fallen flat once again, but Verizon Wireless did announce its new line of 4G LTE service-enabled mobile devices – 10 in all – to be released by mid-year 2011.
At a special press conference today, Verizon rolled out the new Android devices, including four smartphones, two tablets, two …